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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...

Luda's Grammy-winner!

Produced by tHe renegades, ScHoolboy Q takes it back to Figg side with his new song “Banger (MOSHPIT).” There’s not too many surprises here—just Q going in with some tough-talking bars. Near the end, he shouts out various cities and states around America, including Arizona, Alabama, Texas, Philadelphia and more. Oxymoron coming soon....

Rich Homie Quan hasn’t slowed down his hustle ever since his single “Type Of Way” blew up. Today, Rich Homie assists Atlanta newcomer Money Makin’ Nique on “Feel Better,” which will appear on his forthcoming project Guyana Gold due out on October 3. Produced by The Break’s FortieBowie, it...

Stalley hosted a dinner party at a restaurant in New York City last night, celebrating the release of his recent Honest Cowboy EP, which dropped September 17. The EP, his first retail project since signing to Maybach Music Group in 2011, was a 7-track update on his August mixtape of the same name and included three new previously-unreleased tracks that did not appear on his last tape. ... Read Mor

Nicki Minaj has a whole lot on her plate right now, but the biggest thing she's working on is her third album, she told E! Online this week. Speaking while on a promo run for her new Minajesty perfume, the richest woman in hip-hop said that her decision to step back from her American Idol judging gig came from her desire to spend more time on her music. ...

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are amongst the lucky few who once got to record with the late greats, Biggie, Tupac, and Eazy-E. Bestowing the work a blessing, the group reflected on the those days telling that during that era, at the time of the "East Coast vs. Wes...

Looks like Drake's new album is heading straight for the No. 1 spot. Dubbing 'NWTS' the "second-biggest debut of the year so far", the  HITS Daily Double says the LP will bring in between 675-725k. Possibly falling under Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which brought in 968,000 copies first week, Drake's new album is likely to kick off quarter 4 as the top selling hip-hop album

DMX’s demons are real. It was evident when he stepped on the scene with his multi-platinum heart-pouring debut It's Dark and Hell Is Hot and 15 years later it still seems to be an uphill battle for the Yonkers MC. Earl recently appeared on Dr. Phil...

The quotes keep coming. Earlier this week, the BBC posted the first two parts of Kanye West's engrossing interview with radio personality Zane Lowe, and now the third part of the interview has surfaced online. The interview finds an energetic Kanye speaking on a number of topics from the Internet, which he describes as "the future sky," to his music to his forays into the fashion world..

Coolio is breathing a sigh of relief after serious charges were dropped against the '90s era rapper in an alleged beating incident that involved his former girlfriend, reports TMZ. Today, a judge threw out the charges after prosecutors failed to prove Lo's ex, Anabella Chatman's account of the events...