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According to his manager, Soulja Boy never told LAPD he owned the loaded gun found in his car, which later lead to his arrest. As such, the rapper feels his rights were violated. As previously reported, rapper Arab was driving Soulja's car with Soulja riding shotgun when the two were pulled over for running a stop sign ...

Just a couple days after their partnership with Universal Music Publishing Group, Rap Genius is now available as an app. The app will provide the same functionality as the website—reveal references, define unusual terms, break down technical aspects of songs, and give context to songs—and has a pretty neat feature that will find lyrics to any song playing around you. The app is...

ScHoolboy Q announced a full tour in support of his forthcoming debut album, alongside Vince Staples and TDE's youngest and newest signee, Isaiah Rashad. The excursion kicks off in Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA on March 2 and caps off in Nosturi Helsinki, FIN on May 25 (more dates to TBA)...

On Terry Richardson's Tumblr, Terry's Diary, the photographer unleashed shared pictures of Kanye West, Jay Z, Pharrell and Rosie Perez from 2005. They crazy thing about the pictures is that they all pretty much still look the same, especially the ageless Skateboard P. Check it out above...

Jermaine Dupri voiced his support for Justin Bieber by saying the crooner was a victim of celebrity profiling by Miami Beach PD. The So So Def CEO knows a thing or two about South Florida cops targeting celebs, considering he was almost arrested during a routine traffic stop back in December. Acc...

Beast Coast fans rejoice. Issa Gold took to Twitter to announce The Underachievers will be releasing an album in the near future. Speaking on behalf of AK, according to Issa, The Lords of Flatbush will drop The Cellar Door anytime between before April...

Snoop Dogg, or as of late, Snoop Lion, appeared on CBS Sunday Morning (Jan. 26). The multiple-Grammy-nominated rapper spoke on his "reincarnation," giving back to the community through his youth football league and cheerleading squad, recent visit to the White House and more...

The certified platinum YG single "My Ni**a" featuring Rich Homie Quan gets a star studded remix. Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill were on set last night in Los Angeles to shoot the video for remix. Take a look at some behind-the-scene photos above...

Legendary A&R/Executive Dante Ross was the latest guest on The Juan Epstein Show and shared close to two hours worth of gems on the hip-hop historian podcast. The culture pioneer discussed the NYC rap scene in the 80s and early 90s, and shared personal stories featuring the Beastie Boys, LONS, Q-Tip, The Beatnuts, Pete Rock and CL, Brand Nubian, 3rd Bass, MF Doom, and much more. An... Read Mor

In a recent sit-down with 93.9 WKYS in Washington D.C., Waka, who just played the Highline Ballroom in New York City last night (Jan. 27), spills the deets about a few upcoming projects, including a new EDM album and joining the cast of reality TV hit, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Ac...

When Bossip asked Nasir Jones how he feels about the state of hip-hop in 2014, he responded by saying, "It’s going in a great direction." The Queens MC, who's most notable for creating the classic Illmatic album also named a few of the rappers helping steer his beloved genre. "...

Better late than never. DJ Skee recently liberated a previously unreleased set of Kendrick Lamar performing on the SKEE Live stage. The Compton rapper performed a live rendition of his bass-knocking single “m.A.A.D city,” backed by the SKEETOX band. The pe...