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One half of Crown Nation, Detroit spitter/producer Quelle Chris has been putting work in. Now, he’s ready to be the next to blow out of his hometown. Check him out. Standout: "Greene Eyes" Featuring Tanya Morgan, Fresh Daily and Cavalier Also check out: "Symbolic (Basquiat)" Featuring Denmark And: "Ratshit" Name: Quelle Chris Age: 29 Hometown: New York/Detroit I grew

On this day, September 9, in hip-hop history... 1999: Approximately three years after the tragic deaths of their sons, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace - the mothers of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G respectively - shared the stage together at MTV's annual Video Music Awards in 1999...

The Weeknd’s Kiss Land drops tomorrow. In one last promotional push, the Toronto singer opens up about his process of preparing for a show. Revolt TV captured him in Vancouver (a stop part of his Fall tour) tying up any loose ends backstage. We a...

Meek Mill appeared before a Philadelphia judge yesterday concerning his assigned etiquette classes and was given a glowing review from his instructor Gail Madison, reports The Philadelphia Daily News. Good enough to complete the course, according to the rapper...

The war of bars between Meek Mill and Cassidy got reignited with Meek's "Kendrick You Next" earlier this week. Cass quickly followed up with his response "Catch A Body." Da Hustla recently chopped it up in the studio with Much Better Films and expressed his thoughts on the latest round between him and his MMG nemesis...

Lil Wayne recently recorded a one-on-one interview with Katie Couric for the season two premier of her talk show, Katie. During the candid interview, Tune touched on a number of topics including revealing that fear for his safety was the reason why he chose to drop out of high school at his mother's urging...

There were many hot videos released this summer and sorting through all to pick the top 15 was quite a challenge. As hip-hop presented an array of visuals that varied in content, collaboration, and rhythm; there was certainly a vivid assortment to select from...

All hail. French Montana releases the new track, "Julius Caesar." Audibles on the beat.

A high Michael Jordan, an asian version of baby Drake, and Swizz Beatz' adorable daughter were the highlights of Instagram this week. Add in a few dope performance shots from Big Sean and Ace Hood,  Cam'ron clowning Lamar Odom's drug dealer, Killa pondering on WWPCD (What Would Pimp C Do?), M...

Rock The The Bells X popped off in a major way last night in San Bernardino, California. Scheduled performers for the festival include Wu-Tang Clan, Black Hippy, KiD CuDi, Big K.R.I.T, Common and others. Yesterday, the show was stolen by the hologram of Eazy-E that performed alongside Bone Thugs N Harmony...

Eminem was in the building for the Michigan versus Notre Dame game last night in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Detroit rapper kicked it in the broadcast booth for halftime and previewed a clip of the visual for his new single, "Berzerk." The video features cameos from Kendrick Lamar, Rick Rubin and Slaughterhouse...

Come on now. You knew Cassidy would clap back. After Meek opened back up the floodgates with the track, "Kendrick You Next," earlier this week, Cass ups the ante with a scorching new nearly eight minute diss over Canibus' "2nd Round Knockout...