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Is Rick Ross expanding his Maybach Music Group empire to involve film? The Bawse was recently in Utah at the Sundance Film Festival over the weekend and apparently the portly MC was in town for more than to catch some quality cinema. Ross posted a picture with former label exec/entrepreneur Steve Stoute along with a caption that hints he may be trying to get some box office bucks this year... Rea

Jay Z and Billionaire Boys Club creator Pharrell have collaborated once again on a line of t-shirts to commemorate Hov's Manga Carta Holy Grail, LP and tour. The special edition "Magna Carta Holy Grail" t-shirt comes in black and white, and feature a Jesus astronaut graphic designed by SK8THING...

Ice Cube's latest film, Ride Along, co-starring Kevin Hart, raked in $48.7 million over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, breaking a record for MLK holiday releases, reports Variety. The film, earned $41.2 million in its first three days in theaters and $47...

This week on Instagram Ice Cube celebrated the release of his new movie Ride Along, Drake posed as Lil Wayne for an SNL skit, and Rick Ross teased the release of his upcoming Mastermind Album. & a bunch more...Check it out!

Ying Yang Twins rapper, Deongelo "D-Roc" Holmes, has been arrested over a domestic dispute in his home state, Georgia, reports TMZ. The alleged incident occurred last November when Holmes' wife Porsche claimed he struck her in the head causing bruising over her left eye...

This week, Young Chop’s rising signee Johnny May Cash released his second mixtape, Death Row. The 8TMG representer creates melodic, Auto-Tune-charged raps that show there’s a growing presence of this style in hip-hop. Even though Johnny May Cash has yet to top his 2012 hit “Codeine,” Death Row has a lot of promise. Mostly produced by You...

Skateboard P was recently one of the headliners for the Holy Ship!!!, a three-night cruise concert featuring some of the most popular electro artists. The Virginia super producer used some of his stage time between recent hits like "Get Lucky" and "Blurred Lines" to debut an upbeat new Major Lazer assisted track that finds P flowing over rapid drum hits...

Next month, Cudder's back. Keeping true to his three-month timeline, KiD CuDi will drop his latest musical effort, SATELLITE FLIGHT: The Journey To Mother Moon EP in February. CuDi recently took to his Twitter account to explain his next moves...

  Today marks the 22nd birthday of Mac Miller. The Pittsburgh native gained notoriety after two breakout mixtapes with K.I.D.S. (2010) and Best Day Ever (2011). He would later go on and release two successful albums, Blue Slide Park (2011) and Watching Movies with the Sound Off (2013), have his own TV show on MTV2 ( Mac Miller and the Most Dope Family) and become a popular producer under his pseud

Shots were reportedly fired following a recent Nipsey Hussle concert in Chicago. Nip is currently on his Proud 2 Pay (Crenshaw Tour) and performed in the Chi on Friday (Jan. 17) night at Reggie's Rock Club. Initially reported by AllHipHop, following the show shots rang out...

Maino continues to put on for his city, this time grabbing French Montana and T.I. for the rowdy track, "Watch Me Do It." This song lives on the BK rapper's forthcoming project King Of Brooklyn EP which drops February 4. Check out "Watch Me Do It," below...

Drake was a busy man last night. As the special guest on the first Saturday Night Live episode of the year, Aubrey performed in various skits as well as taking his talents to the stage to do his rap and sing thing. He performed "Started From The Bottom" as well as his latest output "Trophies...