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Rumors of Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill's engagement spread like wild fire across the web today, (April 15), and Instagram was no different. Just about everyone from media outlets to onlookers were questioning the matter, and Nicki Minaj's nonchalant tweet didn't help...

With the release date for his long-awaited debut album, Free TC, finally set for June 2, the superlatively talented Ty Dolla $ign lets loose with the video for his Charli XCX- and Tinashe-assisted single, "Drop That Kitty." The tour-de-euphemistic-force is punctuated by outsized cat costume heads, Slurpees (we don't think they're metaphors) and an over-eager Ty nearly leaping out of a co

Here's a rundown of 17 hip-hop personalities who have been the subject of sex tape rumors over the years.

While this week marked the five-year anniversary of his breakout mixtape, Kush & Orange Juice, the interceding years have seen Wiz Khalifa transform into a veritable hit maker, the kind of artist whose anthems bleed through the traditional album cycle and stick in playlists and in the speakers at every freshman mixer house party. To wit,...

How awesome is this. This morning's episode of Who Want's To Be A Millionaire featured a question where Tyler, The Creator was an actually answer choice. The question asked was "Which of these is a member of Odd Future, and NOT the lead character of a children's show...

Dej Loaf is beloved by her peers in more ways than one. Ever since her 2014 single "Try Me" blew up, the pint-sized female MC has been on everyone's radar. With co-signs like Nicki Minaj and Big Sean, Lil Loaf seems to be the next big thing for female rap...

Ty Dolla $ign has, in short order, made a name for himself as one of the premier songwriters in hip-hop and R&B, lending his talents to hits from a litany of artists, able to bend and warp his stye enough to contribute to a project of just about any kind. Bu...

Omeeka could be getting more serious than we thought. A lot more serious. Today (April 15), Nicki Minaj posted a cryptic, emoji-filled tweet suggesting that her and rapper boyfriend Meek Mill are now engaged. In the tweet, the "Truffle Butter" MC used the diamond ring emoji followed by a heart and single diamond, finishing off by telling her fans, "I'll post it later...

From Big Sean to Lil Wayne to Migos, check out recent petitions involving rappers.

Beatking releases the video for “BDA (Remix)" featuring Danny Brown. The song was premiered with XXL back in January. The Houston artist released a fantastic new mixtape called Club God 4 back in February. That's following the underrated collaborative tape Underground Cassette Tape Music with Gangsta Boo, which released in 2014 . The video for “BDA ...

Dame Dash has had his hands on a lot of projects as of late and his latest venture is into the world of audiobooks. Dame is releasing Culture Vultures, an audio book that details Dame's rise from the street level to becoming one of the most successful businessmen in the music world as the head of Rocafella Records ...

Meek Mill and Rick Ross cover the Spring 2015 issue of XXL. In March, the XXL crew headed down to Atlanta for the cover shoot of our latest release, in which Meek opens up about his legal drama and confirms his relationship with Nicki Minaj, while Rick Ross breaks down his new health kick and explains why this year will be the biggest year for his empire yet...