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After being arrested following Funkmaster Flex’s pre-Super Bowl Tunnel party at the B.B. King’s, Friday night, French Montana, Chinx and Jadakiss have been released from police custody. The reason for the arrests are still unknown, however, both Chinx and Jadakiss have taken to Twitter to confirm their freedom. "Fresh out...

KiD CuDi is in a zone. After announcing the release of the new EP Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon last month, he recently revealed that his creative juices had allowed him to instead make an album. In a recent sit-down with MTVNews, Cudder explained how the EP transformed into an LP and said the forthcoming release is his finest to date...

From Drake's tattoo of his dad's mugshot to the Carters showing off their love for the world to see, Instagram was all over the place this week. As the Superbowl also creeped in, Snoop Dogg had the splifs on deck and Rick Ross continued to celebrate his birthday week...

Angel Haze's debut Dirty Gold may not have did numbers but it wasn't because of lack of talent. On a recent Euro trip, the Michigan rapper made an appearance on Tim Westwood and flexed her lyrical muscle in the jock's famous freestyle segment rhyming over Eminem's "Rap God," A$AP Ferg's "Shabba," Jay Z's "F*CKwitmeyouknowigotit" and Kendrick Lamar's "B#tch Don't

Justin Bieber has been going through it lately, having numerous run-ins with the law. It's a good thing he has friends that care. One being Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon whom he collaborated with on Kanye West's "Runaway Love (Remix)" in 2011...

Fabolous releases the first visual from his recent offering S.O.U.L. Tape 3 giving a treatment to the smooth track, "Thim Slick" featuring Jeremih. Teyana Taylor makes a cameo in the Gerard Victor directed black-and-white as well as several other thim slick specimens...

Skeme is on a long list of West Coast rappers on the come up. People have taken notice. Including the brass at Top Dawg Ent. who reportedly asked the Inglewood rapper to join the team. In a recent interview with The NEHip-Hop, Skeme talked about his relationship with the label that put Kendrick Lamar on the map and why he turned down their proposition...

With his EP, K.O.B. just days away, Maino continues to pump new music into the streets. Today, he wraps his bars around Prodigy's classic "Keep It Thoro" instrumental continuing to stake his claim as the crown holder. K.O.B. drops February 4...

After debuting the Kendrick Lamar assisted track "Radioactive (Remix)" last week at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Imagine Dragon brought the song to the Saturday Night Live stage, last night. Again, with the help of K. Dot, ID's anthem rocks the crowd...

The first month of 2014 is behind us. As such, it was jam-packed with promising news for the year ahead. In the beginning weeks, DJ Drama was appointed A&R of Atlantic and shared with us during our interview three MCs he’s feeling right now. We also ...

Young Buck has spent the last month or so in workout mode making his way back into the game by dropping several remixes and freestyles. Now, he's "Trained To Go." The former G-Unit rapper recently gave DJ Whoo Kid the green light to premiere the new track which sounds like vintage Buck...

Kanye West and Chief Keef are working on new music. The Chicago entertainers were recently spotted in the studio together with Interscope A&R Larry Jackson. A picture of the session, apparently taken by Glo Gang member King Dris, recently surfaced on Instagram along with the hash tag, Bang3...