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This week in the world of hip-hop on Instagram: We have Justin Timberlake releasing his tracklist for his upcoming album and Travi$ Scott and P. Diddy drop some throwback pics, Eve Chilling with Angel Haze, Fabolous us giving thanks, Wale is partying with Drake, Nicki Minaj is showing off her dress, ...

When it was announced earlier this week that Harvard University had developed a fellowship in honor of legendary Queens MC Nas, it sent minor shockwaves through an industry that may have felt somewhat shunned by higher education in the past...

Ever wondered what a history book would be like if a famous hip-hop artist wrote it? Well, with his recent memoir Mo' Beta Blues, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, the drummer and bandleader of hip-hop's everlasting Roots crew, answers that question via a collection of stories that serves as a music guide as well as an autobiography...

On 2005's "Old School Rules" by Danger Doom, Talib Kweli raps that, "I might be buggin but it seem to me/That cartoons be realer than reality TV." While we could easily enumerate a number of reasons why Kweli's lyric is a bold hyperbole to make - namely because they're cartoons - it definitely speaks to hip-hop's longstanding history with the animated arts. Whe...

D'Angelo's first live performance in the U.S in 12 years finally receives HD treatment, thanks to the good folks at Bonnaroo. In addition to the live concert footage, viewers are treated with glimpse of never-before-seen backstage rehearsal...

The Roots frontman is 42 today.

Kanye, Nicki, will.i.am, ?uestlove and Bruno Mars make an appearance on the Fox animated-comedy...

The all-around music snob and Roots' drummer is now Professor Questo...

23-year-old J. Pinder seeks on raising the bar in music while contributing as much as he can as both an artist and producer.

With the internet buzzing on D' Angelo's recent GQ article, XXL looks back at the R&B singer's hip-hop contributions...