Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

Billboard has enlisted an all-star hip-hop line-up to perform at their annual award show this year. According to HipHopDX, Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj are slated to rock the stage at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards and perform their collaboration "High School" off Nicki's Pink Friday: Roman Reload - The Re-Up...

This week found two new hip-hop albums debuting in the top 50 spots of the Billboard 200 chart. The original soundtrack to the film The Great Gatsby - which was executive produced and features Jay-Z - took the number two spot on the chart with over 135,000 copies sold, while Talib Kweli's latest effort Prisoner of Conscious topped at the 47th position. At the same t...

Photographs by Sean Ryon (@wallysean) Macklemore and Ryan Lewis hit Lafayette College in Easton, PA for the final leg of their college performance tour. Although the show was nearly cancelled due to inclement weather, the fates aligned in fans' favor and after a half-hour delay, the Seattle duo took stage and rocked a frenzied performance...

This sales week proved rather tumultuous for the hip-hop genre, as most artists saw a dip in their sales. While mainstays like Justin Timberlake and Kendrick Lamar have continued to hover around their respective spot, others like Tyga and will...

For our Freshman Class of 2013 issue, staff writer Kris Ex caught up with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis to discuss the incredibly successful year they've had since being a part of our 2012 Freshmen Class. Check out the feature story and outtakes from our exclusive photo shoot below.  ...

This week found hip-hop more or less absent from the top ten spots on the Billboard Top 100 chart - however, Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience and Kid Cudi's Indicud held steady at #3 and #7, respectively. Debuting on the charts this week is will...

It looks like Seattle duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis have scored a platinum plaque with their second straight single. RapRadar reports that the XXL Freshman Class of 2012 alum's latest single "Can't Hold Us" featuring Ray Dalton has been certified platinum by the RIAA. "Ca...

This week fins Snoop Lion releasing his long-awaited debut reggae album Reincarnated, which sports features from Drake, T.I., Miley Cyrus and a host of others. At the same time, Mitchy Slick drops his newest album Feet Match the Paint, while Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa commemorating 4-20 with the release of Live In Concert. On the single...

This week in videos, we see Macklemore and Ryan Lewis explore the high seas, skydive and a whole bunch of other crazy stuff, Chance the Rapper celebrates his birthday, and Ghostface Killah evokes his inner Lucio Fulci in a '70s horror-inspired flick...

This weeks sports new releases from East Coast icons like N.O.R.E. and Ghostface Killah, as well as underground mainstays Nametag & Nameless, Illogic & Blockhead and Boston's own Slaine. On the singles front, DJ Khaled released Suffering From Success' lead single "No New Friends" with Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, while T-Pain linked with Juicy J and Trey Songz for his new tra

This week finds OFWGKTA head honcho Tyler, The Creator dropping his anticipated sophomore release Wolf, while Duck Down's Kidz in the Hall let loose a new EP titled Wishful Drinking. Despite the few album releases, fans have a number of new singles to bump, with recent ex-G...