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Scarface drops his first single featuring Rush Davis titled "Steer." The Houston legend and one of the greatest rappers of all-time is gearing up to drop a new album called Deeply Rooted next month, his first solo album since Emeritus in 2008. "Steer” ...

With the Straight Outta Compton biopic release right around the corner, Beats came up with a genius idea in efforts to promote the film, by creating a #StraightOutta social movement. When you search the hashtag #straightoutta you will see personalized versions of the biopic's logo, replacing Compton with whatever city the Instagram user reps...

#MeekMill gave #NickiMinaj a Dreamchasers chain last night. A video posted by XXL Magazine (@xxl) on Aug 7, 2015 at 7:47am PDT Meek Mill now has the hottest chick in the game wearing his chain. During The Pinkprint Tour stop in Camden, NJ last night, Nicki and Meek shared the stage and the Philly rapper draped his iced out pink Dream Chasers chain on Minaj's neck for the crowd to see ... Read M

Quality Control's New Orleans newcomer Young Greatness releases the video for his hit single "Lil Nigga," which is off his last project I Tried To tell Em. The mixtape is the first studio effort under the QC banner. Young Greatness takes viewers on a ride throughout the hood, as he whips around the block and bikers pull off sick tricks on the highway. The second half of...

BET recently took their Instagram to announce the return of the popular adult show, BET Uncut. The nightly show, which aired on the network from 2001-2006, introduced viewers to the most explicit and sexual music videos to come out at the time...

Yasiin Bey is charged up. Inspired, or annoyed, maybe, by the ongoing Drake vs. Meek Mill beef, the rapper formerly known as Mos Def laid down the gauntlet and challenged any rapper in the game to a battle. In a video posted on YouTube, Bey puts his foot down and takes shots at the battle records put out by Drake and Meek Mill and says he, Black Thought and King Los will take on anybody ... Read

Dr. Dre’s long-awaited new album is here. The 50-year-old hip-hop legend released his first album in a 16 years. His last studio album was 2001. The new LP features appearances by Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, YG, the Game and Xzibit, among others. Dre also said he, King Mez and Jus...

Earl Sweatshirt's music has been called depressing, but it's really just claustrophobic. The preternaturally talented Los Angeles native wowed fans and critics this spring with I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Got Outside, channeling his misanthropy into sparse beats and razor-sharp raps that taunted foes and turned on a dime...

Mac Miller surprised the rap world yesterday (Aug. 6) when he popped up on Hot 97 and gave a Sept. 18 release date for his Warner debut, GO:OD AM album. At midnight last night, Miller dropped the video for his single, "100 Grandkids," an tapped Nick Walker for the director's chair. The ...

What is Jeremih going to have to do to get a release date? The Chicago-bred singer has been pumping out hits for himself and others at an alarming rate, yet he can't get Late Night: The Album onto retail shelves. It was supposed to come out on July 17th, his 28th birthday, but instead all the "Birthday Sex" singer got was a DUI...

Method Man keeps it all in the family for his latest leak from The Meth Lab. Featuring OG Wu members Raekwon and Inspectah Deck, Meth also taps his son, who also happens to be named Raekwon. Over a looped up drum beat, Meth, Rae (x2) and Deck rap like their still trapped in the 36 Chambers and with Meth's son on the hook, the crew makes it a point to remind everyone that Wu-Tang is still for the

Remember when Kanye West had a new album coming out? It started on New Years Eve, when 'Ye dropped "Only One," the first in his trio of Paul McCartney collaborations. The second was the Rihanna-featuring "FourFiveSeconds," which ran back the rapper's 2013 claim that he had no interest in being on radio; West, Rihanna and McCartney performed the song at this year's Grammy Awards