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A day after a fake tracklist made its way around the Internet, Maybach Music Group head honcho Rick Ross dropped a teaser video on Twitter today announcing the official lineup and listing for next month's Self Made Vol. 3. We knew it was gonna be a huge posse album, but the reveal on the video keeps going, and going, and you start to wonder, who won't be on this album? You got ...

Former XXL Freshman Blu is featured on Michigan producer 14KT’s new album, Nickel & Dimed. One of the standout tracks is “Paid,” which features the California MC spitting some razor sharp rhymes over some choice sample flips. Listen below...

Yesterday, Tory Lanez releases his latest mixtape, Conflicts Of My Soul: The 416 Story. Hosted by DJ Drama, the 16-track tape features guests Roscoe Dash and Kirko Bangz, as well as production by Lanez, The Mekanics and DJ Mustard. You can listen and download below...

E-40 illustrates the hardships of the streets of the Oakland in his newest video for “Off The Block.” Featuring Stressmatic and J. Banks, the video finds the three showing us how different people try and get out of the hood. Real recognize real over in the Bay. This will ...

HoodLove, LLC, a for-profit t-shirt company, is suing Jay Z's ROC Apparel Group, the corporate parent of the Rocawear brand, over copyright infringement over a t-shirt that features the words "Hood Love" on it. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, HoodLove, LLC is claiming that it has owned the right to phrase since 2006. Acc ...

After Sunday's night big announcement that a new Eminem album will be arriving in November, Eminem debuted the first single, "Berzerk" off his upcoming eighth studio album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2, on Shade45 tonight. A snippet of the Rick Rubin-produced track was heard during a 30-second commercial for the new #NewBeatsStudio line from Beats By Dre during the VMA's but we get to hear

For 10 years, Afropunk has brought a mixture of punk attitude and African-American culture to Brooklyn. The 2013 edition of the festival was perhaps the most ambitious yet, expected to draw over 30,000 people to Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park for two days of hip-hop, hardcore punk, metal, funk and more. The ...

For those of you wondering why the NY native was not so quick to fire back at Kendrick, Fabolous now brings forth some clarity. In an interview with VLAD TV, the rapper speaks on the subject saying that he was intially upset but now finds that the whole ordeal is just "an attention thing"...

True Eye Candy is not just a pretty face or a banging body -- it's a raw talent, it's a wifey type, it's a ride-or-die chick that gets her own while she helps you get yours! (It's the reason y'all look for a Beyonce, especially when you're trying to get your Jay-Z on...

With the second part of the final season of Breaking Bad under way, fans and followers of the epic crime drama are sad to see the end of one of the most celebrated TV shows in recent history. Meanwhile, through its five year run, the program has picked up an unlikely group of fans in hip-hop artists, who seem to either identify or empathize with the show’s protagonist, Walter White. So, ... Read

Video: CGW's Celebrity Hall of Fandom: Wale Last week Wale released a song about the Washington Red Skins quarterback Robert Griffin III and his struggle to comeback from an injury, so it's no surprise that he's a big D.C. spots supporter...

Drake's album art for Nothing Was The Same sparked some of the most intense and hilarious conversations about a single record's cover art since... well, probably since the last Drake record. The Canadian rapper simply has a knack for picking imagery that will tantalize, provoke and enrage his many fans—and detractors. B...