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YMCMB’s head honcho Mack Maine clears the air about Young Thug’s status with the label. During an interview with VladTV, Mack and Young Money’s newest signee Euro chopped it up with DJ Whoo Kid about the buzz surrounding Thugga and hip-hop’s constant struggle with homophobia. Mack states that Birdm...

50 Cent and Steve Stoute have made it public that they don’t get along. After responding to Stoute's comments at a Knicks game and on Instagram, Fif adds his humorous touch on a leaked video on YouTube. In it, he throws clips of Stoute’s interview with Angie Martinez where he’s talking trash, and then adds a part in Juice to tie it all together. Don’t mess with ...

We can’t believe it’s already March. Last month was pretty busy. We saw the end of 50 Cent’s run with Interscope, as he is now signed to Caroline Records through an indie deal. Other big moments included an unexpected album release from Kid Cudi, a long-awaited major label debut from ScHoolboy Q, and the Air Yeezy II Red Octobers surprisingly dropped and sold out in mere minutes. Besides that, th

Seattle’s own Raz Simone is a much buzzed about name since signing to 300. The label, which is operated by industry vet Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles and Todd Moscowitz, is aiming to make Simone their next big star. After holding a private listening session for Cognitive Dissonance: Part One, Simone has made his album available for streaming. Prod...

In this week’s sales, Disney’s soundtrack to Frozen is No. 1 on the charts. The compilation has sold 89,000 copies, according to Billboard. Elsewhere, Eminem’s Marshall Mathers LP 2 is still moving units after selling almost two million copies altogether. Em’s eighth stud...

J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, who is the team of Rook, Colione and Barto, are the creative minds behind Rick Ross’ “Maybach Music” song series. Many rap fans look forward to another edition because Rozay and J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League manage to outdo themselves since they started the series on Trilla. On Ross’ fort...

Kanye West has a pretty good resume when it comes to producing other people’s LPs. Common’s Be, Pusha T’s My Name Is My Name and John Legend’s Love In The Future all featured ‘Ye’s golden touch. Recently, we saw the G.O.O.D. Music leader in the studio w...

Strengthening upon recent partnership deals with Kanye West and Rita Ora, fashion pioneer Nigo is now the latest edition to the growing roster at adidas. Nigo is best known for creating A Bathing Ape, affectionately known as BAPE. Nigo's influence is surely not overlooked with work extending to Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream, as well as ventures into the music industry...

Kid Cudi initially was set to put out an EP, but decided to change it last minute to an album. Continuing the trend of dropping projects without warning, Cudder releases Satellite Flight digitally on iTunes. The 10-track LP features Raphael Saadiq on “Balmain Jeans,” and rocks the rest solo. You ca...

Photography By: Christina Kelly In what can only be described as an experience rather than just a show, Hopsin brought heat and energy to his New York fans Saturday night (Feb. 22) at Irving Plaza for his Knock Madness tour, which he kicked off earlier this year in Santa Cruz, CA...

Pharrell Williams appears in MasterCard's newest ad and surprises one of his biggest fans Queen, as she's teaching a classroom full of play kids. Watch what happens now!

New York vet Uncle Murda and GMG (Gettin’ Money Gangstas) have released their first compilation mixtape Ain’t Nothing Sweet. The 17-track effort includes his collaborations with Troy Ave (“SelfMade”), Rocko (“Wu Wuu Wu Wuuu”) and more. You can stream and download it ...