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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

After serving an 18-month sentence on weapons charges, Young Buck was released from prison today, according to the rapper's Twitter account. The formerly G-Unit-affiliated rapper released a new track, "Rage," in September and recently skated $171,000 in debt in a bankruptcy case involving his former G-Unit associate 50 Cent...

Cali jack of all trades, Terrace Marin continued to establish himself as a viable solo artist with his August release, 3ChordFold. Today, TM offers the video for track number 12 off the album with the Ill Camille-directed visual for "You're The One...

Lil Durk is building his own empire. Recently, Durk merged with French Montana’s Coke Boyz label and released “L’s Anthem (Remix)” as their first collaboration. Now, the Def Jam signee is recruiting his own artists for his OTF imprint. The first is Newark’s ...

Revolt is gearing up to launch their new network, Revolt TV, on October 21 in major cities including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago on Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The multi-platform, multi-genre network looks to be geared towards the millennial generation, bringing a plethora of content in music, art, culture, and news...

Linking with Nicki Minaj, Fabolous and French Montana for "I B On That," Meek Mill presents an array of hip-hop's top emcees in the new visual. Transitioning from a show to a party and ultimately a strip club, the rappers show off the extravagant life in which they indulge on the daily...

After congress failed to reach a compromise on the budget last night, the U.S. federal government officially was shut down at midnight on October 1. The GOP-controlled House Of Representatives continued to demand changes in Obamacare, seeking to defund the new healthcare initiative as the price of funding standard federal activities which the Democratically-controlled Senate sees as a non-starter

Cam'ron is finally set to drop his upcoming mixtape, Ghetto Heaven Vol. 1, tonight at 7 p.m. The mixtape was originally schedule to drop on July 4 but was pushed back. Hours before Killa Cam takes over the Internet tonight, he releases the tracklist for his new project...

Phonte is a noted fan of Breaking Bad, and often takes to Twitter to unload his opinions on both that show and others. Last night, he began comparing rappers to different television shows, with entertaining results and some spot-on parallels; Jay Z as The Wire, Nas as Breaking Bad and Rakim as The Sopranos being the holy trinity that he identifies. Check the twe...

The Kid Daytona’s upcoming album Savoir Faire is set to release on October 29. The Bronx native drops off one more leak called “Damier Suitcases” from the project and it features Raekwon. Over a soulful backdrop, the two NY MCs wax poetic about their high-end lifestyles and traveling around the world. While it’s a typ...