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Maffew Ragazino does it for the gospel. New York’s very own shares his mixtape Brownsville’s Jesus, which is broken up into two parts titled The New Testament and The Old Testament. The 20-track tape gathers some of Brooklyn’s finest, including Skyzoo, Troy Ave, Torae and many more. You can stre...

In a recent interview with 2Pac-Forum.com, Rick Clifford, the former chief engineer of Death Row Records, said that Tupac Shakur almost auditioned for George Lucas’s Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Unfortunately, that never happened, but here's how 'Pac would've looked alongside R2-D2, Obi-Wan and Queen Amidala. Ambi...

Childish Gambino continues his consecutive streak of creative Because The Internet marketing campaigns with his The Deep Web Tour announcement. To reveal the news to fans, the actor-turned-rapper used a fake webcam site featuring adult star Abella Anderson...

Noah "40" Shebib, the super-producer credited with creating Drake's sound, recently sat down with Vibe to discuss a wide variety of topics. During the interview, the award-winning songwriter discussed the status of Aaliyah's posthumous project. "I’ve be...

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Rico Love doesn’t stop putting in work. After releasing El Presidente last year, the rapper/singer releases his remix to Que’s “O.G. Bobby Johnson.” Rico does his thing as usual. Check it out above.

Today, E-40 drops the latest installment off of his new album, the visual for "Turn Up Or Burn Up" featuring Skeme. Accompanied by some lovely ladies in the clip, the Bay veteran straight tells youngings to turn up or take it in the crib...

Founder and creator of Staple Design and Reed Space, Jeff Staple is a man whose credentials speak for themselves. Having put 15-plus years in the game, Jeff has gone from being a student at Parsons selling hand-silkscreened T-shirts to starting his own global design and consulting company...

Monday night's episode of Jeopardy! played a category like no other: "It's A Rap." The arbitrary topic featured lyrics from unforgettable Hip-hop records by the likes of Biggie and Grandmaster Flash. This portion of the show is a knee slapper to say the least...

Everyday he's hustling. Juicy J is getting ready to unleash a fourth studio project sometime this year. He took to Twitter to make the announcement today. New juicy j album 2014 #thehustlescontinues — juicy j (@therealjuicyj) January 7, 2014   The Taylor Gang Records signee released his third album Stay Trippy in August of 2013 and executed a noteworthy string of features over the remainder of th

2 Chainz is a social guy, and he took photos with a lot of his friends in 2013. Check them out.

Second chances are hard to come by in life, and especially in hip-hop: your first impression is usually your destiny. So back in 2009 when Audio Push came out with “Teach Me How To Jerk,” the impression most had about the duo were that they were one-hit wonders. The song w...