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After jumping on remixes of hot tracks like "Versace" and "New Slaves" over the last couple months, Angel Haze has released a single from her eagerly anticipated Dirty Gold album. The song is called "Echelon (It's My Way)" and it finds Haze rapping (and singing) about fashion week and finding her own lane over a lush, kinetic beat from producer Markus Dravs (Coldpla

In a ABC News blog column, they give a scientific explanation on twerking. Michelle Olson, a professor of exercise science and a certified strength and conditioning coach at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala., explains the phenomena. “Yo...

Although many may think Dizzy Wright has just come into the hip-hop game, the XXL freshmen has actually spent a lifetime around hip-hop legends. As a youngster with close ties to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Dizzy tells XXL that even though he hails from a city not known for rap, he's been prepped for this career his entire life...

On Twitter yesterday, Joe Budden, one quarter of Shady Records' Slaughterhouse, announced two new projects slated to be released by the end of the year.  Budden announced that a new album, All Love Lost, and an EP, Some Love Lost, will both be on their way by the Fall and Winter this year. You can see the a ...

After Miley Cyrus memorable performance on Sunday (August 25) at the MTV 2013 Video Music Awards, "twerking" has been all over the main stream media outlets. Everyone has put in their two cents on Miley Cyrus' jaw-dropping twerkfest. The...

On Sunday night Miley Cyrus twerked her way through a controversial performance at this year's VMA's and the internet hasn't stopped dissecting, mocking and arguing about the performance ever since. Was it racist? Was it embarrassing? Was it secretly genius...

It seems as if Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange is keeping himself busy as he sits in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, evading sexual assault charges in Sweden. Yesterday on an Australian-based hip-hop site, Juice Rap News, Assange released a bizarre rap video promoting his Wikileaks party in his native home of Australia...

It has been reported today that R&B singer and frequent TDE collaborator, Jhené Aiko, was hospitalized after a bad car accident last night. Although, it will cause her to miss a concert at LSU this evening, it has been reported that she is currently ok and was soon released from the hospital suffering from a broken wrist, a cracked tooth and needing several stitches. While Jhené...

A few weeks ago, XXL spoke with Mississippi rapper David Banner about his role in recent film Lee Daniels' The Butler, in which he plays the lead character's brother, Earl Gaines. In the exclusive interview, Banner spoke about his budding career as a film actor, and even went on to mention that he'd directed a film of his own, a short called Walking With Gods. Yesterday, Ba...

Last week, Drake lit the Internet on fire when he revealed the cover art for his forthcoming album Nothing Was The Same. The double cover, which features profile portraits of Drake as a youngster and Drake as an adult, was celebrated as much as it was ridiculed, but he's stood firmly by the design. Thi...

After the bomb that Big Sean set off by unleashing Kendrick Lamar on the world, his new album, Hall Of Fame, is being released in stores today. The album follows a year in which Big Sean made a big name for himself after notable appearances on G.O.O. ...

Three 6 Mafia alum Juicy J delivers his third solo album (and major label debut) Stay Trippy this week. The project takes Juicy J’s traditional breed of club-thumping beats and sprinkles in some of Juicy’s most audacious bars (with the help of some guests of course). It’s a for...