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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. ...

With the third installment of his wildly popular Pilot Talk series little more than a month away, Curren$y has dropped off "Alert," his new Styles P-featuring single. What should be discordant--Spitta's trademark molasses drawl is a far cry from The LOX's percussive growls--is instead a winning combination...

The Nike Basketball division unveiled today the Elite Series Team Collection which features three coveted silhouettes, the KD7, Kobe X and LeBron 12. The three distinct Nike Elite Series Collections launch monthly starting April 2015...

Not everyone is a fan of Yeezy season. Whoever owns the domain name for Loser.com decided to redirect the site's homepage to Kanye West's Wikipedia page. Kanye is currently promoting his upcoming album So Help Me God and racking up plenty of wins along the way. A q ...

Kanye West's UK press run continued today when Yeezus made a speaking appearance at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History in Great Britain. The Tap Oxford, a British outlet dedicated to students, was on hand to cover the event and tweeted out the best of 'Ye's quotes during the talk ...

Migos hopped on Twitter last night to announce a new mixtape that will be dropping this week. Migo Lingo will keep fans occupied as we await the Atlanta group's debut album, YRN: The Album. The tape will be hosted by Quality Control affiliate DJ Durel and YRN Lingo. #MIGOLINGO M...

Herschel Supply presents the lightweight Nylon collection for spring 2015. The brand's premium interpretations of classic silhouettes unite functionality with an elevated aesthetic. Available in black, navy or army, sturdy construction allows each piece to maintain its structure...