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Robin Thicke must be doing something right. According to Billboard, Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” sits at the No. 1 spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for the 16th week in a row. Thicke’s single featuring T.I. and Pharrell claims the ...

Khloe Kardashian, La La Anthony and record executive Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith have joined The Game's Robin Hood Project campaign by donating $20,000 to the family of Martha Sanchez. Martha, 39-year old mother of five, was gunned down last Tuesday in South Central, LA while working at a discount store when it was being robbed...

Rap fans know they’re great. Critics know they’re great. The Clipse, themselves, know they’re great. But just when everyone thought their long-awaited, highly anticipated sophomore album was finally coming out, music biz fate pulled a Halloween trick on them. For Malice and Pusha ...

While critics have been quick to point to 2013 as the year of Pharrell, it's just as easy to think of it as the year of Nile Rodgers. The pop music legend made his name with the ground-breaking group Chic back in the '70s before going on to work with artists like Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran and more, but this year he reclaimed his spot in the pop landscape through his work with

There is nothing like a Nardwuar interview. During his time in Vancouver, British Columbia, French Montana chops it up with Nardwuar discussing a number of topics. Montana pays his respect to Slick Rick in the beginning and also gets amazing gifts...

The outcry from Kendrick Lamar's verse on Big Sean's "Control" track has started to die down. But some fans think, Drake tried to spark the conversation up once more with a subliminal shot on the track "The Language" off his latest release, Nothing Was The Same...

It's no secret that Arsenio Hall has long been a huge platform for hip-hop. First premiering in 1989 when the genre had no solid form of exposure, the comedian successfully pioneered into a then uncharted territory. Now in its revival, the show is back with a vengeance, already nabbing many of hip-hop's top acts to appear on the series...

XXL is partnering with Cinematic Music Group to give tickets to see the show in Detroit on October 23 for the 2013 Smoker's Club Tour. The tour will feature 2013 XXL Freshmen, Ab-Soul and Joey Bada$$, co-headlining the dates along with guests that include the entire Pro Era crew, Chevy Woods, Cashius Green, Black Dave, Hefna Gawp and the Underachievers. The tour will run fr...

Hate it or love it, Migos are on their grind. After dropping the visual for their track "China Town," yesterday, the trio (minus one) returns with PeeWee Longway with the song, "Rocky Balboa." No kooky Italian accents, training montages or title fights, here...

Mountain Brothers are back in business. The first Asian American rap group ever to sign to a major label is breaking their hiatus for a good cause. It’s been over 10 years since their official release, but the duo returns with founding member CHOPS (who has produced for industry heavyweights such as Lil Wayne and Kanye West) for Strength In Numbers. T...

The mother of late rap legend Tupac Shakur is suing Entertainment One for $1.1 million over unpaid royalties from Pac's music, reports TMZ. Afeni Shakur, who has control of her son's estate, recently filed a lawsuit against E1 alleging the company failed to pay Pac's estate royalties from Beginnings: The Lost Tapes which was released in 2007...

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