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Compton rapper/producer DJ Quik made a surprise announcement today that he was selling of all his production equipment and would not remix or engineer material going forward. If the legendary Cali artist is planning to formally retire from music, it would be a huge blow to L...

Shot on location in the California desert by photographer, Quang Le, the look book features the Holiday 2013 Collection from Pink+Dolphin. This collection showcases a category expansion into outerwear made from high quality, long-lasting materials, as well as, Denim in Slim Straight Fit and an assortment of Engineered Sweatpants and Crewnecks...

Eminem and Rihanna attempt to make chart history once again. After their 2011 single “Love The Way You Lie,” the pair returns with the new single “The Monster.” Produced by Frequency, the song finds Em tackling his inner demons, while RiRi supplies a catchy hook written by Jon Bellion. Em’s The Marshall M...

Depending on your point-of-view, the downfall of legendary rap label Death Row Records can be attributed to a confluence of many different factors - diminishing star power, financial mismanagement and the incarceration of key figures. However, Compton rapper/producer DJ Quik blamed the demise of the label to one man, Travon Lane, a Death Row associate and an alleged gang member surrounding the lab

When it comes to trapping, 2 Chainz insists that no one knows the term better than himself. Explaining the origin of the term on Jay Z's Life+Times "Decoded" series, the rapper stakes claim to the saying, claiming that the hoods of Atlanta were the founders of the trap movement...

Got a question for the "Rap God?" Eminem will be participating in a question and answer session with fans on November 4, the day before his album Marshal Mathers LP 2 hits shelves. Dubbed, “SiriusXM’s Town Hall with Eminem,” the friendly interrogation will be moderated by Shade45's Sway In The Morning host, Sway Calloway. Find out th...

The game may be fictional, but the numbers are certainly real: $800 million in sales in one day, 13 million copies sold in 24 hours, a billion dollars earned in three days. Rockstar Games' GTA V immediately celebrated the highest-earning video game launch in history after it dropped September 17, with everyone from Danny Brown to Tyler, The Creator reveling in the release. But those ...

Can you come up with a funny quote? Place your caption in the “Comments” section below. The best caption will be announced today at 4 p.m. Happy captioning!   Winner: "Those aren't ass shots baby that's my diaper !!" by Pete Abitanto...

Pusha went on ESPN's SportsNation, to play the hashtag game with Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley. Pusha T, who released a pretty great album, My Name Is My Name, earlier this month started off the show talking about the ranking ESPN gave Kobe Bryant for this season...

There has always been this natural, cozy connection between hip-hop and basketball. Just one of those pairings that make sense, in an unexplainable yet explainable way. From Chuck D. shouting out Charles Barkley to Phife Dawg name-dropping Scott Skiles to Tunechi making an entire song dedicated to Kobe Bryant, the two just feel right together—like peanut butter and jelly, or Liberals and Birkenst

Chris Brown is set to appear in front of a judge at the Washington D.C. superior court in connection to his assault case that happened over the weekend. According to a spokesperson for the D.C. U.S. Marshal’s Service, Brown remained behind bars earlier this morning on the felony assault charge, marking the longest time he has spent incarcerated in his various run-ins with the law. He i... Read Mo