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The FILA Profiles series continues with the third installment featuring an interview with Grammy Winning Producer Chase N. Cashe. FILA met up with Chase at Daddy's House studio in NYC where he shared some great stories about growing up in New Orleans, getting into music, and the impact FILA had on his personal style growing up...

Mr. MFN eXquire seemed to be on a bit of a run after dropping his most recent project Kismet in June. Today, he picks back up releasing the dreamy visual for the track, "Orbz a.k.a. Some Wise Quote Drake Never Said." Three heads are better than one, apparently, as a trio eXquire's spit for the camera...

Vans OTW Collection debuts their 2013 holiday season featuring a selection of apparel, accessories and footwear. The vibrant Lines motif covers four installments of the Prescott in an array of colors. The slim low-top is stylized in printed 10-ounce canvas, tonal metal eyelets and sport laces to present Black/White, Grey/White, Mint/White and Red/White colorways...

Earl Sweatshirt sat down with the Associated Press recently to voice how happy he was right now in his life. "I'm pretty (expletive) happy all the time now, to be honest," Earl says. After his highly anticipated project, Doris, dropped back in August and debuted at No. 5 o ...

In the early hours of the morning today, a 15-second video snippet of Kendrick Lamar's upcoming BET Cypher freestyle leaked online. In the video, Kendrick takes some not-so-veiled shots at rap's reigning Gold-in-a-week superstar, Drake. Much like Kendrick's vaunted verse on "Control," it garnered a ton of reaction on the internet, especially on Twitter, where fans, artists and tastemaker

Ja Rule's release from prison earlier this year has been followed by a few songs and a role in an upcoming film, titled I'm In Love With A Church Girl, due out October 18. And, in a recent interview with the Associated Press, Ja says that acting may be more where he's headed in the future. "I lo...

Louis Vuitton creative director of 16years and world renown designer Marc Jacobs along with long term partner Robert Duffy have stepped down today from the Louis Vuitton brand. The decision comes after a powerful business meeting between Jacobs, Duffy and LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) chairman and chief executive officer Bernard Arnault, sat down to discuss the future and growth of the Marc J

It be like that sometimes. Budding Chicago rapper Add-2 recently landed a deal with 9th Wonder's Jamla Records. Today, we get the track "Don't Go" which captures the MC kicking rhymes about his come up over soulful production from Khrysis...

While the saga continues for Drake and Kendrick Lamar, it seems another feud is coming to a close. Chris Brown and Drake, who have allegedly brawled at a New York nightclub and talked smack to each other afterwards, have let calmer minds prevail...

On this day, October 3, in hip-hop history… 2004: Hip-hop has often been neglected at mainstream award shows. Hip-hop categories had often been historically neglected during the televised show.  Meanwhile, hip-hop artists rarely get special recognition from their peers or other artists.  However, ...

Future made the rounds yesterday at HuffPost Live (above) and MTV's RapFix Live, where he let the fans in on some more details of his new album, Honest, which was originally slated to come out November 26. "Between November and December; I think I'm going for December," he told HuffPo, saying the original date wasn't going to stick. "Don't have t...

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