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Chief Keef might be on the verge of getting evicted from the Illinois mansion he currently resides in. The Chicago rapper is being sued by his landlord who claims Keef has failed to pay rent for the months of July and August, reports TMZ...

Big Sean continues the push for his new album Hall of Fame. Last night, Sean's HOF release concert took place at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Detroit and the G.O.O.D. Music rapper brought out a few friends. Drake and Nicki Minaj also graced the stage...

Yesterday, Budweiser's Made In America Festival popped off in Philly. 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky and Public Enemy were among the acts to bless the stage. Peep the full sets here. The party continues today with performances from Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis...

The hype surrounding the Dedication series grows bigger with every installment. After a minor delay to add more songs, according to Mack Maine, Lil Wayne has put out Dedication 5 for his fans. Wayne first teased that D5 would arrive after releasing a remix to Ace Hood’s “Bugatti.” During th...

It looks like Young Jeezy is the next rapper to face litigation over a mixtape track. The Atlanta rapper is being sued by soul singer Leroy Hutson over a sample he used for a track on his 2010 mixtape, Trap or Die 2, reports AllHipHop. According to the suit, which was filed in the U...

After MTV held it's annual Video Music Awards on Sunday Night, hip-hop was dealing with the fallout of the event all evening. Miley Cyrus twerked her way into national infamy and suddenly, every media outlet had an opinion on this decade-old dance...

On this day, August 31, in hip-hop history... 2011: T.I. was released from Forrest City Correctional Facility in Arkansas, on August 31, 2011. Tip had spent the last ten months in prison but had recently been paroled a month early allowing him to be released from the federal facility in August...

Since sneak attacking Summer Jam, Papoose has kept the new music coming. Today, he highjacks Drake's "All Me" beat and turns up the auto-tune for his latest release.

Ryan Leslie offers up the Fabolous assisted single off his upcoming LP, Black Mozart. Cardiak on the beat. Check out the previously released Black Mozart documentary, HERE.

Young Money rapper/exec, Mack Maine will be charged with sexual battery and assault as the result of an incident that allegedly took place on a tour bus at an America's Most Wanted tour stop in Oklahoma City, reports TMZ. According to the two unnamed accusers, Mack invited the women onto his tour bus after a show last week in Oklahoma City...

The atmosphere on twitter this week was indeed a positive one. Rappers were congratulating each other left and right on their recent successes and upcoming projects. From Drake giving props to Big Sean to Kanye unveiling Pusha T's album cover,it's for sure that hip-hop was united this past week...

Lil Wayne's highly anticipated new mixtape Dedication 5 was supposed to drop Friday (August 30), but as of last night Weezy was still putting the final touches on the record. Mack Maine reportedly captured the footage of Tune going in, in the studio for his final bars for the project, seen here...