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Early this morning it was reported that Chinx was shot and killed in his Porshe by a gunman in Queens, NY. As soon as the news broke hip-hop artists and friends took to social media to share their memories of Chinx and pay respect to their friend...

Current XXL cover boy Meek Mill is preparing to put the game in a cobra clutch this summer. His highly anticipated sophomore album Dreams Worth More Than Money has suffered from a long delay, but the Philly MC is almost ready to reveal the fruits of his labor to the world...

Drake's previously announced upcoming collab with Beyonce has made its way to the Internet. A small part of it, at least. A 12-second snippet of the track, purportedly titled "Can I," recently popped up. In the not CDQ clip, Drake raps in a drawn out two-bar cadence over pacing violin chords...

As with most Black multimillionaires, Jay Z's contributions to the Black community are often questioned. He's even been called out in the past by the likes of actor, activist and singer Harry Belafonte for his perceived lack of keeping up with his social responsibility...

Two years ago I stood on the floor of The Metro in the shadow of Chicago’s Wrigley Field and watched as Chance The Rapper turned a crowd of teenagers and kids in their early 20s into a frenzy. It’s crazy to think it’s been two years since Acid Rap Live. The movement continue...

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five's impact on rap music and hip-hop culture is undeniable. Having released arguably the most influential rap song song ever "The Message" in 1982 - and becoming the first rappers to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2007 - the New York group is forever stamped in hip-hop lore...

B.o.B has played it low key for the first half of 2015, mostly pushing out features and highlighting his new imprint with the No Genre: The Label mixtape. Today, we get a new solo track from Bobby Ray titled "That's How You Feel." On the new single, B...

You ever feel like you're just part of a moment? Not in the pretentiously philosophical way, but in the sense that you're witnessing history as its happening? Thats how everyone at Terminal 5 felt thanks to Jay Z. Last night (May 16), only the purest of hip-hop heads were treated to a two hour show at New York City's Terminal 5 put on by Jay Z and Roc Nation...

Early this morning (May 17), Queens rapper Chinx, was killed in a shooting. He was 31-years-old. Born Lionel Pickens in Far Rockaway Queens, Chinx Drugz was a member of French Montana's Coke Boys crew, and signed to French's record label of the same name...

Early this morning in Queens, NY, Chinx was struck by a bullet and killed. At around 5am, the rapper, who was signed to French Montana's Coke Boys imprint, was shot while sitting inside a car. Born Lionel Pickens, Chinx was transported to Jamaica Medical Center with gunshot wounds to his torso, and later pronounced dead...

Incarcerated rapper Bobby Shmurda was recently involved in a fight in prison that included multiple people and members of the Crips and Bloods street gang. According to TMZ, a fight broke out Friday (May 15) at Otis Bantum Correctional Center with the "Hot Nigga" MC and five other inmates all throwing blows...

Kendrick Lamar is still riding high off the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore major label release, To Pimp A Butterfly. And as we've found out in the days following the release, there was plenty of heat that didn't make the cut...