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It seems these days that to be a rapper is to be on a Twitter. It's easy to see why. Twitter gives an artist the opportunity to promote their music, express their personality and connect with fans in ways that few media can. Not all rapper Twitter accounts are created equal, though...

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian reportedly plan to sue the person who released their proposal video, according to TMZ. Ouch. A video popped up on the internet and was published everywhere yesterday of Kanye proposing to Kim at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California. The fil...

A few years ago, Hit-Boy was a virtually unknown producer. Now the Grammy-winning beat maker is doing all he ever dreamed of. That includes recently chilling with one of his producing idols, Dr Dre. So, is the Hip Hop Since '87 head honcho on tap to work on the elusive Detox album...

PARTNEXTDOOR represents the life of the young and wild in his new video “Break From Toronto." Spawning together the tale of a quite eventful night, the OVO Sound signee crafts up an interesting visual to go along with the base driven track. “...

Back in September, Lateef and Lyrics Born announced that they'd be reuniting for another album as Latryx, continuing the tradition of Bay Area underground innovation they carved out on 1997's The Album. Now SPIN has the stream of "Watershed Moment," the Gift Of Gab-featuring single from the group's next project, the creatively named The Second Album...

It has been confirmed by the creative director of Calvin Klein, Italo Zucchelli that brand will be launching a partnership with "Young Money" artist Drake. The partnership will included a limited edition capsule collection comprised of several bomber jackets, hoodies, t-shirts, tanks and bottoms...

Boston based premium goods boutique Concepts has teamed up with The North Face to create an incredible camper duffle bag. The bag features a tonal reflective star pattern across the body, along with a reflective The North Face logo on both ends...

Brand Jordan is set for another high strung delivery with the Air Jordan 5 Retro "Laney High". The sneaker pays tribute to Michael Jordan's high-school featuring a blue and yellow colorway. The sneaker features a blue and yellow tongue, with MJ's '23' stitched on the heel, and a blue and yellow mid-sole with brand Jordan's icnoic icy blue translucent outsole...

We The Best Music's Caribbean connect, Mavado pushes out the visual for his single "Give It All To Me" featuring Nicki Minaj. In the video the reggae artist throws are banging beach party complete with surf, sand, bottles and number of women in bikinis...

Diddy stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week to speak about his newly launched television network Revolt. Puff and Jimmy had a hilarious conversation, where they touched on topics such as Ciroc, his dreams of becoming the first African-American to own a NFL team, ‘Ye versus Jimmy, and more. Watc...

That was fast. Last week, Rick Ross put his vocals over Drake's "Hold On We're Going Home" instrumental. Today, we get the slick Chris Le Touche directed visual for the track. In Rozay's version a young man arrives home to his girlfriend after previously partaking in some things we're sure his girl wouldn't want to find out about...