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Since being released from prison for felony gun charges in October, Young Buck has been staying busy recharging his music career. In a new video that surfaced, Buck and Game are captured in the studio recording a song titled “Rolling Stone,” which is inspired by the classics Temptations sample. Watch the ...

A commercial for a new line of toys aimed at girls who want more than just dolls to play with uses a classic Beastie Boys song as its soundtrack. The song, "Girls," is off the group's 1986 debut, Licensed To Ill. Its original message was pretty straightforward: The Beastie Boys liked girls, and they wanted to date them, among other things. In ...

Another stop on the Yeezus Tour, another rant by Kanye West. And although he eventually got to his standard topics of fame, artistic credibility and the VMAs, he started his rant last night in Brooklyn by talking about the MPC 1000, a machine that a number of legendary hip-hop artists and producers have used over the years...

A Tribe Called Quest reunited at last for one of two final performances at the Barclays Center for Kanye West’s The Yeezus Tour. The crowd was full of energy as Tribe ran through classics such as “Can I Kick It” and “Bonita Applebum.” However, the biggest ...

Rumors are swirling that Eminem and his ex-wife, Kimberly Scott Mathers, have reportedly made up, and may get back together. Kim's mother, Kathy Sluck, recently spoke to RadarOnline.com that Em and Kim  "get along better than ever. He’s building...

Jeezy's CTE and Jay Z's Roc Nation have announced a management agency they are building together, according to sources close to the situation. A few weeks ago, the Atlanta trap star blasted Def Jam through a series of tweets threatening to leak his album if they didn’t show support. "Ni*...

Earl Sweatshirt along with Vince Staples visited NPR and sat down with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley for Microphone Check. There they talk about Earl meeting Paul McCartney, his production and his latest album, Doris. He tells Microphon... Read More ...

The Marshall Mathers LP 2 is officially platinum. The album hit the milestone after this week's sells. Also this week, the four part interview between Em and Zane Lowe are being released. Part 1 and Part 2 are already out. Today, Part 3 is here and it's a thing of beauty...

The legacy of E-40 continues to grow this year. The Bay area MC is gearing up to release three albums, The Block Brochure Welcome To The Soil Parts 4, 5 and 6 which comes out December 10. He released the massive 45-song tracklist for the three forthcoming albums back in October. He ...

Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP release tops Billboard’s Top 200 albums chart this week, even though there has been unsettling news that Interscope is expected to lose $25 million in marketing costs. However, on a positive note, Eminem dropped his new album Marshall Mathers LP 2 that has officially gone platinum. During a s...

Earlier in the month it was reported that Foxy Brown will drop a new album on Christmas Eve.  However, today Foxy and her camp clarified. Foxy wrote to XXL, "I set the bar; so as a die hard perfectionist I'm no where near finished my new album. My rollo...

Florida Congressman Trey Radel has said that he's a lover of hip-hop. Evidently his favorite kind is trap music. Radel was charged yesterday after trying to purchase cocaine from an undercover officer. He is slated to appear in court today and has released an apology letter, in which he blames the incident on his alcoholism...