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Nicki Minaj is something of a diplomat. No pink Range Rovers, no bustdowns in Chicago--the "Anaconda" rapper recently gave an interview to BBC Radio 1's Charlie Sloth in which she danced around a series of controversial topics with the grace (or griminess) of a career politician...

Eva Mendes celebrates today her 41st birthday and in honor of the Miami bombshell, we show respect to her craft and her sex appeal by giving you seven of her most sexiest movie roles. The Cuban actress has starred in some of the biggest movies of all time...

Yesterday afternoon (March 4), Atlanta rapper T.I. made the hip-hop world and social media go crazy when he made the announcement that ATL 2, the sequel to the 2006 smash hit, was a go. Fans of the film remember ATL as the hilarious and heroic story of high schoolers trying to make it in The A...

"You hear the whispers / Tanboys did this!" Taking cues from the Billy Bats character from the mafioso classic Goodfellas, Bodega Bamz rhymes over blistering V'Don production and gives fans a taste of what's to come from Bamz's upcoming LP Sidewalk Exec ...

It's been one year since Boosie Badazz was released from prison after serving nearly five years in the Louisiana justice system. His release on March 5, 2014 was celebrated throughout the hip-hop community, with fans and rappers alike tweeting and Instagramming their celebrations and welcoming home one of the finest street rappers of his generation...

XXL kicks off their new docu-series Step Into My World. The episodes will allow fans to delve into the worlds of hip-hop's elite rappers, as XXL travels to the place it is they call home. Want to know where your favorite rapper made the album that you ranked one of the greatest of all time...

XXL Freshmen 2015 is on its way. But first, there needs to be a vote. On March 16, XXL will launch the XXL Freshmen 10 Spot. This is where the public gets to pick one of the artists for the XXL 2015 Freshmen Class. So artists, get your campaigns together and your social media accounts ready. Fans, ma...

Last night, a tracklist for Kanye West's upcoming album So Help Me God began to circulate on social media. With a Def Jam watermark, features from past 'Ye collaborators and even a release date, the tracklist only added to the massive hype surrounding the project. Wel ...

In another phone call from behind bars, Bobby Shmurda gave Hot 97 a number a frank look at his current life and mindstate. He repeats some of his more damning claims against New York police officers, including the allegation that upon his arrest, they told him they were tired of their children listening to Shmurda's music...

Drake is at the top of the hip-hop world and everyone is trying to get a piece of the pie. According to reports from TMZ and Houston's ABC-13, a fake promotion company is running a scam and selling tickets to Drake concerts that do not exist...

As John Wall continues a career season, looking poised to lead the Washington Wizards on a deep playoff run, adidas unveils a new colorway of the J Wall 1 signature shoe. The “Sky Blue” edition features a perforated suede upper in a rich sky blue, reflective three stripes, red accents and a marbled midsole for added style. The J Wall...

It looks like not only will we have a new Mobb Deep album in the next few months, but that said album will be produced entirely by the Alchemist. Speaking with The Huffington Post, Prodigy, one half of the legendary duo, confirmed that the record (which is coming out in "a few months, probably") would be helmed by the revered Beverly Hills producer...