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Vic Mensa should be a familiar name to anyone keeping an eye on Chicago's multi-faceted hip-hop scene. The young rapper made an appearance on "Cocoa Butter Kisses" off Chance The Rapper's Acid Rap, he used to be part of the hip-hop band Kids These Days, he recently dropped an impressive track with singer Eliza Doolittle and now he's released a solo mixtape, INNANETAPE...

With a massively star-studded cast including Paula Patton, Boris Kodjoe, Jill Scott, Taye Diggs and the like, you’d almost expect to be blown away by Baggage Claim, which hit theaters September 27. The comedy flick is told through the narration of Montana Moore (played by Patton), a 30-something flight attendant who’s determined to both find a man and get engaged in 30 days before her sister’s wed

Pro Era’s CJ Fly is preparing to release his forthcoming mixtape, The Way Eye See It, on October 4. Today, he drops a heavy boom-bap affair with “Sadderdaze” featuring TDE’s Ab-Soul. The two deliver ill rhymes, spitting game about finding yourself in a lost world and being a rebel without a cause. Check it out above. ...

We've all had those days when we wanted to quit our job in some spectacular way, speaking truth to power in a righteous and glorious manner.  Most of us give our two weeks in a polite email and then quietly exit with little fanfare. Vid...

Out with the new, in with the Old. Detroit misfit, Danny Brown's forthcoming album Old hits shelves on October 8, so the eccentric rapper decided fulfill some fans' intrigue by taking part in Reddit's Ask Me Anything Session. Brown chopped it up with fans about everything from the craziest thing he's ever witnessed coming up in the D, his video game designing aspiration, to trippy sessions gone

Rock The Bells, the traveling hip-hop festival celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, announced last week that they are canceling their final two shows in Washington, D.C. and the New York City area. Rock The Bells released a statement regarding the cancellation of the final two weekends of its tour. According to the s...

Wale sets the scene in the only place seen fit for "Golden Salvation", the church. As the entire video is seen through the eyes of Wale, the rapper plays a pimp fighting off the world's ever present temptations. Check out the video off of Wale's third studio album, The Gifted...

Big Boi Remembers OutKast's 'Aquemini' 15 Years Later

Young Dro will release his latest full-length on High Times on October 8 and he just dropped the cover art and tracklist for it. In addition to the hard-knocking single "F.D.B." the Hustle Gang-affiliated rapper has unleashed another new track, "Strong," produced by California super-producer DJ Mustard, who brings his chilly, minimalistic touch to the song...

Street-wear label Standard & Grind is set to unveil their 2013 Fall/Winter Collection. The collection features a strong delivery of camo, forest twill, woodland prints through both tops and bottoms. The delivery consists of a hand full of logo tee's, coach jackets, camo printed down jacket and sweat-shirts.  C...

When did Jay Z become Jay Z? For some, the answer is as simple as when he took his name. For others, he emerged fully-formed on his tough-talking debut, Reasonable Doubt, or on his glossier Bad Boy-assisted follow-up, In My Lifetime, Vol...

With only two mixtapes under his belt, Chance The Rapper has garnered acclaim that some rappers with catalogs would kill for, including being tapped by Lil Wayne to appear on Dedication 5, having his mixtape, Acid Rap land on Billboard charts and getting his own North American tour...