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After months of delays, Cam’ron drops his new mixtape Ghetto Heaven Vol. 1. Killa keeps it strictly for the block with features from Sen City, Loaded Lux, 2 Chainz and more. Guests on the production tip include Araab Muzik, Skitzo, YH Zombies, among others. Y...

West Coast rapper Blu has teamed up with producer Nottz for a collaborative EP, Gods In The Spirit, that's set to drop on October 22. Yesterday the pair revealed the god-like artwork for the record along with the tracklist, but now the pair is back with the first track off the collection, a triumphant bit of boom-bap featuring Nitty Scott, MC called "Boyz II Men...

Unveiling his "Shoes For Running Tour Webisode", Big Boi gives fans a behind the scenes look at his day to day life.  Granting viewers a glimpse at his hectic schedule, the rapper travels from place to place following the release of his new album. ...

Drake’s Nothing Was The Same is set to top the Billboard 200 charts this week. Drizzy’s optimism turned out to be half-true (not quite a millie), as his album will attain Gold certification, according to HitsDailyDouble. Early projections indicated his album is on course to sell over 675,000 copies in the first week. Currently,...

A couple weeks back, XXL reported that model-turned-rapper LoLa Monroe was no longer affiliated with Taylor Gang Records after we spoke with an executive at the record label. In an interview with HipHopWired, LoLa reiterated what XXL had previously reported regarding her status with Taylor Gang. According to ...

Fans of the the fight inciting, crunk creations of Three 6 Mafia have been wondering what is up with the future of the group for some time now. DJ Paul teased about a quasi reunion with most of the founding members of the group, minus Juicy J, back in June...

During an appearance at Cipha Sounds' Take It Personal at the UCB Theater in New York City, Brooklyn rapper Lil Cease spoke about the time that Cease and his late friend The Notorious B.I.G. were to meet legendary pop singer Michael Jackson at the late singer's personal studio to record Biggie's collaboration with Michael Jackson, "This Time Around." ...

Ja Rule is finally out of jail, and we’re finally getting some new releases from him. In addition to releasing new tracks like "Eerrthang," Ja Rule recently made headlines with Irv Gotti by talking about resurrecting the Murder Inc. name...

Along with many triumphs, hip-hop has also had its fair share of epic fails. Whether it was a spur of the moment occurrence or a well thought out plan, some things that went down in rap culture are just too confusing to fathom. From Eve's unknown stripper past to Nas wearing the most demeaning shirt possible to the Grammys, like many circles,hip-hop has had to bite the bullet a few times... Read M

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:: "What's 50 Gwand to a baby like me! Can you pwease wemind me!" by Cy Tiger ...

Rich Homie Quan was by HipHopSince1987 stopped on the green carpet at the BET Hip-Hop Awards last weekend in his hometown of Atlanta, where he was asked about his "Type of Way" remix and the new projects he's been working on. "I want to drop a new mixtape for the streets before the year is over before that debut album," he said when asked about new music...

Troy Ave isn’t slowing down his output for new music. He says of his latest Keymix for Katy Perry’s “Roar": i was in the Studio fukin around sippin champagne wit 1 of my lady friends with MTV on mute. when this @KatyPerry ROAR video came on and she said "Oh Turn It Up this My Song" i instantaneously got inspired to make KEYMiX more suitable to the streets. & with that said... R