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Meek Mill has come a long way from Flamers. The Philadelphia rhyme-slinger has grown tremendously in the last years, developing from a local North Philly artist to a major player in one of hip-hops hottest labels, Maybach Music Group. Since the Flamers series, to Mr...

Lupe Fiasco's fifth album, Tetsuo & Youth, is scheduled to hit stores in early 2014 but the Chicago rapper will be hitting the road this fall in promotion of the album with a new tour. Lupe announced today that his Tetsuo & Youth Preview tour will be hitting 32 dates in select cities starting on November 2 at Center Stage in Atlanta and running through December 15 at Rams Head Live in Bal

According to TMZ, Big Boi's wife of 11 years is now taking steps toward ending their marriage. Sherlita Patton, the OutKast member's estranged wife filed for divorce on Wednesday, also demanding sole custody of their 12-year-old child. Married in February 2002, the couple has two children together, one 18 and one 12...

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He was largely out of sight, but never out of mind. The past couple years have sometimes felt like a hip-hop Where’s Waldo? for CAM’RON’S fans. But now that Dipset dissension is public discussion, the Harlem crew’s founder comes back to give his side of things. Interview Vanessa S... Read More ...

As hip-hop has long struggled to sustain a relationship with the LGBT community, 50 Cent now takes yet another step towards closing the gap. Explaining that contrary to popular belief, he has never had a problem with homophobia, the rapper adds that he even experienced the LGBT culture at an early age as his mother was a bisexual. “...

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...