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DOPE unveils their summer 2015 delivery 1 collection, "Take Trips, Live Rich," inspired by leisure and luxury. Experimenting with new knits and fabrics, DOPE's summer delivery 1 collection will made up for the most part, out of mesh material...

Gucci Mane drops his new mixtape exclusively with XXL. Fetty Wap, PeeWee Longway, Chief Keef, Lil Flash, Migos and RiFF RAFF are all featured on the tape. FKi, 808 Mafia, Phenom The Don, Zaytoven, Metro Boomin and more handle production. The 10-track ...

Charles Hamilton returned to the stage at SOB’s last night (May 19) with a live band and a sleek piano. The once troubled rapper performed with both humility and a chip on his shoulder, professing his appreciation to the crowd for coming out. The ni...

Joyner Lucas tells a chilling story in his new music video. The Dead Silence Records signee releases the video for "Ross Capicchioni." The visuals depict the two point of views of the victim and the attacker. In the beginning of the video, viewers will learn that the events taking place in the visual are based on a true incident that happened in Detroit on June 6, 2007. The stor... Read

On this day, May 20, in hip-hop history... 1997: On May 20, 1997, Bronx rapper KRS-One dropped his third studio album, I Got Next. While already a revered rap icon, KRS-One’s artistic direction was hard to pin down as the genre saw increased mainstream adoption in the late '90s. The ...

50 Cent just dropped a banger, "Get Low," which features Jeremih, T.I. and 2 Chainz. "Get Low" is a loud-bumping record and is the perfect turn up song for the clubs. T.I. and 2 Chainz provide assistance with the bars, while Jeremih provides the vocals for the hook. The...

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Three days after Coke Boys MC Chinx was murdered in a drive-by shooting while stopped at a red light in Queens, few details have trickled out about the search for his killer. Yesterday, however, police said that Chinx's killing may be related to the murder of his friend and collaborator Stack Bundles, who was shot and killed in Far Rockaway, Queens in 2007...

There's something very interesting to be written about how rap music migrated back and forth between America's deep South and California's Bay Area. Separated by most of a continent, Memphis and Oakland are an awful lot closer than one might think. K C...

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After announcing Iggy Azalea as the headliner for the upcoming Pittsburgh Pride in the Street, the festival's organizers have been hit with protests and petitions from the LGBTQ community to shut down the event. The event, which is run by the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh, was already under fire for not being inclusive of all races and members of the LGBTQ community and the announcement of Iggy a

With his Def Jam debut, Living Legend, due out this summer, Gunplay has tapped the architects of last year's cookout playlists to help with their 2015 editions. The YG-featuring, DJ Mustard-produced "Wuzhanindoe" drops Don Logan into a hazy Southern California. "I'...