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DJ Khaled had us all fooled when he planned a fake proposal to Nicki Minaj. As it turns out, the move was to promote his next single off Suffering From Success. After behind the scenes photos and a short clip surfaced online, today, we get the entire version of "I Wanna Be With You...

  Over the past weekend, Lil Wayne's highly anticipated mixtape series, Dedication, dropped its 5th installment on Sunday (Sept. 1st).  The mixtape has been the talk of the town, especially "Pure Colombia." On the instrumental for Young Scooter's hit track "Columbia," Weezy throws a shot at Queen Bee, rapping "Changed the face of my Rolex, shout out to Lil' Kim," ref

In an interview with Vibe.com, Jay Electronica revealed that he wanted to release Big Sean's "Control" on his upcoming album. Prior to the leak of the song a few weeks back, Jay Elect had expressed a desire to take the track for his himself after Big Sean told him that the song would not be coming out on Big Sean's Hall Of Game...

All jokes aside, Gloria James looks happy to be with emerging Miami rapper Lambo. Baller Alert was first to put us on to their relationship and the blogsphere just can't stop talking about it. Apparently, the two have been dating since Valentine’s Day. Whil...

"I'm blessed to be alive" says Romeo Miller  after surviving what could have been a fatal car accident, emerging with just scratches. Colliding in Calabasas on Sunday, Romeo caught up with TMZ detailing that night's tragic events. "Honestly, I'm just happy to be here. To ...

In an interview with online fashion magazine, Hypebeast, Kendrick Lamar discusses style and hip-hop and his thoughts on becoming a new fashion icon in the game. "I feel comfortable with being a style icon," Kendrick Lamar told Hypebeast...

There was a time in the late aughts when the thought of Lil Wayne being out of the larger hip-hop conversation for even a short period of time seemed near impossible, but it happened. Lil Wayne wasn’t nominated for any major MTV Video Music Awards or BET Awards this year, and he’s been receding from the spotlight for a bit. These deve...

TMZ is reporting that Lupe Fiasco has been named as a defendant in a new lawsuit by the estranged wife, Inita Patton, of convicted drug kingpin, Charles "Chilly" Patton. Patton's wife is accusing Fiasco of helping her husband move $9 million dollars into various accounts preventing her from accessing money as part of the couple's divorce proceedings...

A few weeks ago, while at the 2013 BMI Awards, Consequence chopped it up with The Source about his love of songwriting and his contributions to Beyonce's hit record "Party." While Cons has never been too out-in-the-open with his songwriting prowess, apparently he initially cut the record for his own project. As Cons ...

Now in its 20th year of outfitting the most fashionable hip-hop fans out there, Japanese clothing line A Bathing Ape returns with their 2013 Fall/Winter collection, equipped with all of your camo needs. According to the special sneak peak above, the collection is set to feature a number of jackets—from motorcycle to varsity to windbreakers—in various camo prints that the brand has become known for

Coming off an extremely successful year in which they received priceless cosigns from one of hip-hop's most fashionable artists, A$AP Rocky, street wear brand Black Scale returns with a collaboration with FRESH.i.AM for their upcoming "Somewhere In America" line. The...

With Self Made Vol. 3 on the horizon, Rick Ross is ready to tease fans with another single off his next album. “I Wonder Why” was a strong start for Mastermind. And so today, the biggest boss jumped on Twitter to announce his new single will drop on September 5. Stay tuned...