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Inglewood's Skeme returns, wavy as Max B, steering ships steady, fearing early death, talking fly shit. The swaggering new "Red Carpet (Roll Out)" is a slow burn, its creeping piano line and staid drums a perfect palette for Skeme's scowl...

J. Cole called into Hot 97 to chop it up with Funkmaster Flex. Cole's Interscope imprint, Dreamville, already he Bas, Cozz and Omen under his wing. However, the Fayetteville spitta says he wants to find the next Aaliyah in hip-hop. "I’m a producer," said Cole. "I had dr...

'The Break' alum, EarthGang, drop off their latest project, TORBA. Featuring Mac Miller, OG Maco and production from Childish Major, the ATL-based duo consisting of MCs Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot dedicated one song to each day of the week...

Common has had arguably the biggest year of his career but during one of his biggest moments, he took a near unforgivable L.  After being announced as the winner for Best Original Song for "Glory," his duet with John Legend from the film Selma, at the 2015 Oscars, an overjoyed common snubbed Oprah as she tried to give him a high-five when he was walking up to accept his award. The ... R

Billionaire Boys Club introduces their spring 2015 collection with a brand new lookbook shot by longtime collaborator Dexter Navy. The collection features classic cut and sewn Billionaire Boys Club apparel with graphic logos and distorted patterns...

Bizzy Crook has been out on the road for the past few weeks alongside Wale and Audio Push on his Simply Luck Tour and he's been documenting his travels and exploits along the way. The first installment covered the northeast, as Bizzy took us through Boston and New York City...

Harlem rap duo Cannibal Ox will be dropping their newest album, Blade of the Ronin, next week (Mar. 3). The album is Vast Aire and Vordul Mega's first in the last 14 years following their 2001 The Cold Vein, and will be released via IGC and iHipHop. MF DOOM, U-God and...

Danny Strong, one of the co-creators of Fox's Empire, appeared on Sway in the Morning to discuss the hit television show. While explaining the inspiration for the show's storyline, Strong shared that Empire is actually loosely based on the life of rap mogul and business magnate, Jay Z. Empir...

Jay Dee's studio debut.

Is this dress blue and black or gold and white? Since this dress hit Tumblr yesterday, the image above had everyone on the internet wondering if their eyes needed to be checked (seriously, it was analyzed by Forbes and CNN). To some weird...

Lil Herb tweeted that his Instagram was hacked and he doesn't have access to it. My Ig account is messed up I didn't make another one and j can't get in!!! — G HERBO NLMB ✨ (@LilHerbie_Ebk) February 23, 2015 If you go to his IG page it appears that nothing looks out of place, however, the reps for Herb confirmed with XXL. "I noticed ...