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Ludacris didn't become a household name for his humility. The rapper who built an empire on show-stealing guest verses has always been known for his cartoonish excess, his willingness to bend and warp reality until he was a larger-than-life hero (or villian) too charismatic to fail...

Kanye West dropped in to our #OriginalsLondon store today to say 'Thank you' and surprise a few fans with #YEEZYBOOST. A photo posted by adidas Originals (@adidasoriginals) on Mar 2, 2015 at 5:40am PST This past weekend marked the worldwide release of the adidas Yeezy Boost sneaker. Kanye'...

Wale is rapping about nothing. With his fourth studio album (and third Seinfeld-themed release), The Album About Nothing, due out on the last day of March, the DMV rapper is trying to channel the energy that made his breakthrough mixtape, 2008's The Mixtape About Nothing, so arresting. "Th...

Wu-Tang Clan's final album, Once Upon A Time In Shaolin, has found an online auction home at Paddle8 and new details are beginning to emerge. According to a new special micro-website, Once Upon A Time will have 31 new songs recorded over six years and produced by Cilvaringz and The RZA ...

Earlier today Converse announced the global launch of their “Made by you” campaign, which allows fans to view the creative self-expression of celebrities and artists who have worn the classic Chuck taylor silhouette. For the spring 2015 campaign, Converse collected several Chuck taylor sneakers that share a story of transformation. The 'Made ...

Action Bronson teams up with Chance the Rapper for his new song off his forthcoming album Mr. Wonderful. "Baby Blue" was co-written by Zane Lowe. Zane premiered the track just a few moments ago. Bronson singing the hook is what immediately jumps out (he does a good job). His vibrant personality...

Lil B is not joking around. The rapper, famous for his endless slew of music, his tongue-in-cheek celebrity odes and his fiercly loyal fanbase, gave a lecture last week at Carnegie Mellon University. While much of the student body was apparently unready for B's earnestness--the hour-long recording is often interrupted by shouts, laughter, and ad-libs--the savant from Berkeley was in, well, rare fo

Last night, Chance The Rapper took to Instagram to post a 15-second clip of himself beatboxing for Alec Baldwin, as the actor gave his best 16 bars on the visual. The video led us to thinking of Chance The Rapper and his unique set of friends throughout his young career...

The beef is on between NBA player Nick Young and SportsCenter anchor Robert Flores. During a segment on the popular ESPN show, Flores took a huge shot at Iggy Azalea, saying the rapper is "trying to kill hip-hop." Young didn't take to kindly to Flores joke at the expense of his girl and responded with a threat on Twitter: Its cool to talk about me all day any day I find with that, I can

After debuting the song last week at the recent BRIT Awards, Kanye West released the studio version of "All Day" featuring Allan Kingdom and Theophilus London. The song premiered on Power 106. The record is produced by French Montana and Velous. The song is as epi...

Theophilus London is one of the few people who has heard music from Kanye West's latest album So Help Me God. West and London have had a working relationship and Kanye clearly sees a lot of potential in the young artist as he executive produced London's last album Vibes. Whi ...

Nothing like a two-hour dance party in an igloo to end the weekend. For those who managed to crawl out of bed and brave the snowy trek to MoMA PS1 in Queens last night, DMV rapper GoldLink, his DJ Kidd Marvel and special guest Sango warmed the bones on a chilly evening. ...