Kanye West didn’t invent the weekly viral hip-hop series, but he damn sure perfected it. When Crooked I spent 2007/2008 dropping freestyles with his “Hip-Hop Weekly” ...

It must be easier than ever to assemble a label with a huge roster of artists, along the lines of the early '00s-era Roc-a-fella, if ...

Pusha T shot by Fabien Montique & Common shot by Marc Baptiste On a drizzly mid-August night, Kanye West hosted a private party at an exclusive ...

Hip-hop and Hollywood aren’t strangers. Dating back to seminal rap-centric films such as Wild Style (1983) and Krush Groove (1985), the culture has long been ...

As revealed by Popeater, Kanye West will appear on the cover of XXL’s October issue, hitting newstands nationwide on September 28. The Louis Vuitton Don penned ...

When one thinks of “rappers-turned-actors,” award-caliber performances aren’t what typically comes to mind. That’s because for every winning turn such as Queen Latifah’s Academy Award-nominated ...

"Realness" is overrated. It's a statement that hip-hop as a community should've been saying a long time ago. Rick Ross got busted. So? He wasn't ...

Last month, Jay-Z came in at No. 6 on Forbes’ magazine’s annual Top Earning Musicians of 2010 list. Now, not surprisingly, he tops the magazine’s ...

Common has been dabbling in feature acting for a few years now, since he appeared in 2007’s Smokin’ Aces, but he may have just landed ...