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Today (Aug. 10) is Kylier Jenner's 18th birthday. In honor of her born day, the reality star had a birthday bash in an L.A. club called Bootsy Bellows Sunday night (Aug. 9). Kylie's family, friends and beau Tyga were all in attendance. Tyg...

This summer sneakerheads saw the release of the LeBron 12 silhouette in a low top iteration. Continuing the trend, Nike releases its latest LeBron 12 low in a "Total Orange" colorway. Now available for sneakerheads worldwide, the LeBron 12 "Total Orange" features an eye-catching, bright orange canvas made up of a mesh upper...

The Meek Mill and Drake drama seems to be never-ending as more rappers step into the ring. Dreamchasers rapper Omelly is the latest in the Drake and Meek Mill beef to drop a diss track. Omelly's reason for the shade? He's merely sticking up for his leader and cousin Meek, following AR-AB's "Back to Back (Freestyle)" where AR comes for longtime rival Meek Mill...

Ultramagnetic MC's solidify their place in hip-hop history.

Talk about a setback. Azealia Banks recently revealed she will be prohibited from dropping new music for the next eight months. The controversial MC took to Twitter to update her fans on her current situation telling them not to hold their breath in expectation of any new material before March 2016...

Is Nicki Minaj with child? During a recent Pinkprint Tour stop Saturday in Pittsburgh the rap star got the rumor mill going when she appeared to announce to her pregnancy in front of the crowd. As Minaj and Meek were closing out the show, the Philly rapper said, "I need yall to make some noise for the lady that got me starstruck, Nicki Minaj in the building...

In June, Iggy Azalea announced she was scrapping all the material she had done for her upcoming sophomore release and starting from scratch. Two months later and the Aussie MC is more than halfway finished with the project. She recently fielded questions from fans on Twitter, and doing so gave an update on where she is progress wise on the new album and what fans should expect to get the second ti

Taylor Swift loves her some rappers. Last night during her 1989 Tour stop in Seattle she brought out none other than XXL 2015 Freshman class alum Fetty Wap. The white hot rapper performed his breakout single "Trap Queen" for a crowd of 60,000 plus who crooned along with every note...

It's been one year since the killing of Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, MO. The event will forever be linked to the issue of race and police officer relations in the modern era of the Unites States. Riots and protests erupted in the St...

Plies hasn't put out an album since 2010's Goon Affiliated but a steady stream of mixtapes and quite possibly the most entertaining account on Instagram has kept the raunchy Florida rapper on most rap fans' radar over the last few years...

Timbaland has been holding out on us. Or maybe waiting for the right moment is the correct phrasing. The Virginia super producer recently took to Instagram to reveal he has more unreleased music with Aaliyah in the stash. Posting a picture of the late R&B goddess peering down from the heavens, Tim wrote, "Attention...

Vic Mensa keeps the new tracks flowing as part of his “Disrupting Traffic Fridays.” This week's edition included a new freestyle from the recent Roc Nation signee titled, "Heat It Up." The Chicago MC catches wreck over a Charlie Heat beat touching on current events like Ciara and Russell Wilson, and rumors that he plagiarized “U Mad.” Vic recently...