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After A$AP Yams' untimely passing yesterday (Jan. 18), his family and friends in the hip-hop community received an outpouring of support from fans, collaborators, and admirers. At a show last night in the DMV area, that eulogizing extended to Yams' inner circle as A$AP Ferg took a moment between songs to be silent for his fallen friend, before reminding the crowd: "If Yams was here to party w

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On this week's edition of Saturday Night Live, comedian Kevin Hart channeled the most unlikely of all style icons: Tupac Shakur. Donning an All Eyez On Me-era leather vest, Hart trotted out his Chocolate Droppa character, a rapper better suited for gunshot ad-libs than confidant duty...

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The unexpected passing of ASAP Mob member, ASAP Yams, today (Jan. 18), has the hip-hop community in extreme mourning. As one of the founders of the famed Harlem rap collective, Yams has been heavily involved in the hip-hop scene since late 2011 and has been immensely influential in the careers of ASAP Rocky and ASAP Ferg...

Not everyone is impressed by Funkmaster Flex's recent attempted slander fest on Jay Z. As previously reported, Flex has been using precious air time to go in on Hov, talking trash about his website Life+Times, and accusing Jay of banning him from playing Dipset music at The 40/40 Club, among other things...

Just wrapped a movie w this special one :) pic.twitter.com/NsMqmrliW1 — Scott Mescudi (@KidCudi) January 17, 2015 KiD Cudi is quickly filling up his acting resume as of recently. The Ohio rapper just took to Twitter to announce he just wrapped another film titled Vincent-N-Roxxy. The ...

A photo posted by Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) on Jan 17, 2015 at 6:21pm PST While the ruling not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Mike Brown Jr. came out in November, the fight for justice in Ferguson, Missouri still lives on...

The news of A$AP Yams dying hit the hip-hop community hard this morning. There were many allegations that Yams died because of a drug overdose. Drug abuse has been a problem for the co-founder of A$AP Mob but both A$AP Ant and Joey Fatts confirmed that wasn't the cause of his death...

Word of A$AP Yams death is quickly circulating the 'Net, leaving many people wondering what happened to the 26-year-old MC. At the moment there are few answers about the circumstances surrounding the A$AP Mob rapper's death, only speculation...

The hip-hop community is in grief today after hearing about the unfortunate passing of 26-year-old Steven Rodriguez, better known as A$AP Yams. Details remain unclear on the death of Yams, but several A$AP Mob members have taken to their Twitter and Instagram accounts to confirm the death of Rodriguez and share with their followers the love they have for their fallen brother...

UPDATE: (1/18/14 11:50am) As promised, Funkmaster Flex used more radio time to go in on Jay Z, last night. Taking to the airwaves, Flex played a number of Jigga records before lobbing more shots at the rap mogul saying, "You are a corporate commercial rapper that drops a little catch phrase every three months...