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Last year, Rap Genius was in hot water after the site was accused of not having the appropriate licenses to legally publish song lyrics on their site. Now, the database has partnered with Universal Music Publishing Group. By agreeing on terms with Universal and joining forces with Sony in November, Rap Genius has licensing rights to use lyrics from both of the world's top two publishing groups...

Kid Ink serves up yet another video off his new LP, this time partnering with Tyga in "'Iz U Down."Asking the ladies if they are down for a wild night in the clip, the Cali rappers don't hesitate to get raunchy in the video, all the while professing wild desires...

Mobb Deep announced late last year that they'd be getting together for a new, self-titled album due out at the end of March, which would also come with a remastered edition of their iconic The Infamous album from 1995 and a disc of ten unreleased tracks from the original Infamous sessions. They als...

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Courtesy of "Tom, Bob & Bert," the Kadir Nelson-designed Nothing Was The Same album cover is being used to report the weather on drakeweather.com. The sky is modified to reflect the weather forecast of the user’s location and tells you on the bottom left hand corner the current temperature. Check ex...

Pro Era invaded MTV Rap Fix and dropped some huge news. 2013 XXL Freshmen Joey Bada$$ is almost done. "I'll say I'm like 60 percent done, 70 percent; somewhere around there," Joey said "I definitely got my full concept together. I got my lead joints, I got basically my whole method down and how I'm gonna put forth...

Earlier this week, we reported Big Boi and Andre 3000 may release solo projects in 2014. Big Boi has confirmed the news, telling REVOLT he is in the midst of prepping his third studio album, which would be a follow-up to his critically acclaimed Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors LP. ...

Verbal Kent of Ugly Heroes is 100 percent hip-hop. You can tell by the onslaught of bars in “Sammy Sosa,” where he’s effortlessly weaving together sentences about not having opponents and lowkey dissing mainstream rappers. The underground ...

Jay Z and Will Smith are working together on an upcoming electronic music comedy show on HBO. The television network is said to be developing a 30-minute show with Scottish record producer Calvin Harris. The comedy, which takes place in the world of electronic music, will be executive produced by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Jay Z, James Lassiter, Tyran Smith and Miguel Melendez, among others...

After attempting to purchase the home from Florida couple Pierre and Marie Malette in 2009, Flo Rida today claims the two never closed the deal, having ran off with $170,000 of his hard earned money, according to TMZ. As Flo has it, he handed over the money as a down payment, but the Malettes never signed over the house, leaving their buyer without a home and without his loot. ...

Last night, DJ Self premiered Maino’s latest track on Power 105.1. Grabbing Meek Mill and Troy Ave, “Lights, Camera, Action” is most likely the final leak before Maino drops his King Of Brooklyn project. Hear it above. ...

YG unleashes the biggest remix of the year. The lead single off his Def Jam LP, My Krazy Life, is coming out in March, but the Bompton rapper recruited Wayne, Meek Mill and Rich Homie Quan again for the star-studded affair. Minaj especially shines here by flipping the track to cater to the ladies...