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Just last week, Drizzy announced that his upcoming album Nothing Was The Same was mixed and mastered. Last month he was announced Jay Z & Lil Wayne will be featured on the album via Rolling Stone. Today, Billboard announced that Hov will be supplying two verses to NWTS' outro called "Pound Cake." The two have wor...

Hailing from Big Boi's latest effort Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors, Big Boi presents "Thom Pettie". Featuring Little Dragon & Killer Mike, the Atlanta rapper serves up plenty performance footage for the video.

Over the past few years, there’s been plenty of chatter surrounding potential films about the life of the late Tupac Shakur, so much so that it seems that several directors are working on their own rendition of the West Coast MC’s saga. To date, t...

This time Reddit called on Big Boi for their ever popular "Ask Me Anything" Series. Just rapping a tour, the Outkast rapper held no bars when it came to his music, personal life, and upcoming business ventures. Also unveiling a crazy encounter with Tupac, that he once live out of a hotel, and his last mean would be "Vagina", this AMA is one that will indeed go down in the book

Scotty shoots an a day in the life video for "Handle Biz", as he gets ready for his mixtape release party at #BeerAndTacos later that night where Dj Drama and Don Cannon show up to support. Scotty also stops by to holla at DJ Holiday at Streetz 94...

Madlib and Freddie Gibbs team up for two new upcoming projects. They will release the 6-track Deeper EP on September 24 and their long-awaited collaborative album, Piñata, on February 4, 2014.  Piñata is set to be released via Madlib Invazion. The star-studded LP will include features ...

Kidz Bop has been around for over a decade, making kid-friendly covers of songs on Top 40 radio. Every once in a while, the Kidz Bop children and teens do renditions of popular hip-hop songs and its quite possibly the greatest thing since slice bread...

Cam'ron is taking his talents from Vine to YouTube. Killa is set to drop a new series called 1st Of The Month and judging from the trailer above, it could be possibly one of the most outrageous series out right now. 1st Of The Month will be an ongoing series featuring Couzin Bang, Cam, JuJu and Baby Dee, kicking off on October 1...

In honor of Dedication 5, XXL thought it appropriate to gather up some photos of the man himself, Lil Wayne. As a huge contributor to hip-hop and the founder of one of the most prominent labels in hip-hop to date, Weezy more than deserves this recognition...

When Arsenio Hall makes his return to late night television after a 19-year hiatus on September 9, he'll be doing it with a star-studded, hip-hop-heavy lineup with some impressive guests. The first week alone will feature Ice Cube, Mac Miller and Nas as guests, while Kendrick Lamar, Russell Simmons, Big Sean, 2 Chainz and Nick Cannon are all on the bill throughout the rest of the month... Read Mor

Rick Ross Masterminds 'Self Made Vol. 3'

It was reported earlier this year that Jay Z was being forced to sell his 0.067 share of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets in part because of the potential conflict of interest that his new Roc Nation Sports Agency would have in representing NBA players in the league...