N.O.R.E

After the Earth-shattering news broke this week that not only did Kim Kardashian give birth to her baby with Kanye West, but that the baby's name was actually North, a lot of people began talking about what the little girl's nickname would be, with a source confirming to People that the couple planned to call her "Nori." We...

Endorsement deals are just the tip of the iceberg in hip-hop these days—from Mac Miller to T.I., nearly every rapper has been snagging his or her own TV show. And with Rick Ross joining the cast of Starz's upcoming series Magic City, it looks like more and more of hip-hop's finest plan on taking their talents to the small screen. Now, X...

Here is new N.O.R.E. today. He links up with Pharrell for "The Problem (Lawwwddd)." This is off P.A.P.I.’s Student of The Game project. The video is directed by Will Millions. The Queens, NY native appears to get taught a lesson by a very attractive teacher in this video. Unfo...

News broke yesterday that Chief Keef was arrested for driving 110mph in a 55 mph zone. While speeding tickets are pretty common occurrence, the incident marks the second time in two weeks in which Keef found himself behind bars. If last week's marijuana arrest is any indication of how he handled his legal woes, it's likely that will see the GBE rapper laugh his arrest off with another mugshot Twee

The production duo of Blue Sky Black Death creates another dark anthem featuring two of hip-hop’s finest. After teaming up with underground favorites Nacho Picasso and Deniro Farrar, the Seattle native and another duo SAS grabbed Cam’ron and N.O.R.E. on “...

As we roll out our annual Top Ten Freshman List for 2013, XXL decided to take a look back 15 years to weigh in on who would have been the members of the Freshman Class in the year 1998. All decisions were based on our current Freshman guidelines, meaning entire groups and artists who had released their debut albums prior to the list date were excluded...

On Monday April 15 veteran The LOX/D-Block rapper Styles P celebrated the release of his sixth solo album Float. Beginning at 8 PM, Styles rocked the mic to a packed crowd at B.B. King's Blues Club and Grill in the heart of New York City. As ...

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

N.O.R.E. gets Lil Wayne for "She Tried" off his new album Student of the Game, which is ready for pre-order on April 16. The song is describing the dos and don'ts for women and men on having a "one night stand." The rapper illustrates how you should never try to get intimate with your fling...

This week in the Twittersphere, Drake gets gassed over Rosie O'Donnell, The Alchemist signs a new deal, and El-P comes to the realization that he's older than Rick Ross. Also, Action Bronson live-Tweets accidentally soiling himself. Maybe...

P.A.P.I. on New Album Student of the Game

XXL takes a look at some of the week’s best tweets…