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It has been three years since Frank Ocean his last album channel ORANGE and with one Tumblr post, the West Coast crooner cast the internet into a frenzy as he subtly announced that he has a new album coming in July. The picture (seen above) also featured the hashtags "#ISSUE1, #ALBUM3, #JULY2015 and #BOYSDONTCRY" got people curious about what the talented singer has in store. A rep fr .

XXL presents 'Run This Town' with Marshawn Lynch, E-40 and Mistah F.A.B. We traveled 2,576 miles across the country to the San Francisco Bay, touching down in Oakland, Calif., one of the major port cities in the U.S. The transportation hub is also home to Seattle Seahawks running back, Marshawn Lynch, rapper-songwriter, Mistah F.A.B....

New York based hip-hop crew Das EFX dropped their debut album 25 years ago today.

In their continuing quest to bring the base elements of hip-hop to the forefront, Red Bull has taken it upon themselves to once again host a competition to crown one of the country's most promising young DJs. On Saturday (April 4), DJ J Espinosa took home top honors at the Red Bull Thre3style National Championship, where he prevailed over four other finalists, including hometown favorite DJ Akshen

The Game's legal woes seem to be getting worse and worse. You might be aware that the Compton rapper was recently involved in an altercation at a pro-am basketball game in Hollywood, wherein he got involved in a fight with another player. Dep...

Detroit is a dark place right now. The American auto industry, the city's lifeblood for nearly a century, is now merely a decrepit,  maligned relic of the country's past. Add the troubling crime, unemployment and homeless rates (not to mention actual city-wide bankruptcy), and Motown is no longer the hub it once was. Per...

Certain rapper typify a quality--Jay Z is unflappably cool, Pac had unbridled emotional, Nas is still kicking knowledge somewhere. Curren$y embodies something less flashy, but maybe just as important. The New Orleans rapper is the model of consistency, a safe bet year-in and year-out to have one of the best projects of the 12-month period...

For an artists who has been stringing together hits for the past five years, Jeremih has a surprisingly low project output. Despite the lack of albums, the R&B singer continues to churn out radio friendly singles and rack up awards. The Chicago native has another song on his hands that will surely tear up the radio this summer with "Tonight Belongs To U!" J ...

Oddisee doesn't jump to conclusions. The rapper and producer is all about subtlety, all about patience, all about the kind of careful craftsmanship that has earned him a reputation as one of the finest hip-hop talents on the Eastern seaboard...

Following a successful run in 2014, Mad Decent has announced the dates for this summer's Block Party Tour. Beginning in Atlanta on the final day of July, the tour will run through the United States and Canada before wrapping up in Chicago on Sept ...

#beauty #brunette #wettshirt A photo posted by =Lynn= (@twolipsticksarebetterthanone) on Apr 4, 2015 at 7:00pm PDT With the weather getting warmer and hotter around the U.S., the wet T-Shirt contests are beginning to kick off in the Southern region of the States...

A$AP Rocky has been going by the moniker Pretty Flacko for years now but didn't start calling himself that until he got approval from the original Pretty Flacko, Yasiin Bey, formerly known as Mos Def. While out in London Rocky paid homage to mighty Mos by bringing the fellow NY MC out to perform "Ms ...