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Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean has playing it super low-key, music wise, as he plots on his return. Despite little if any material being released from the upcoming project, Ocean has been spotted in the studio cooking up with Hit-Boy and Rodney Jergins, and even Lil B...

After years of talking, the Dipset reunion that many have been waiting for is finally popping off. Following the New Year's Day announcement that a new mixtape and tour are on deck, Cam'rom, Jim Jones, Juelz and Freeky Zekey dropped the new track, "Have My Money" in less than a week...

Rae Sremmurd stopped by ESPN's Highly Questionable show earlier today and the whole ordeal was just hilarious. The SremmLife artists were turned up all throughout the interview, discussing their favorite city, parties, and the ladies. The pair gets serious for all of two seconds when discussing life while they were homeless, which according to Slim Jimmy, included "a lot of bud light platinum

Nick Young is in some trouble and we're not talking about his basketball game. The Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard was allegedly forced to sleep on the couch last night after the photo above surfaced on the web. The picture, which may or may not be innocent, shows the ball player and a young lady getting into his car—the same car that girlfriend Iggy Azalea purchased for Christmas for him as a

We're just two weeks in, but 2015 has already given us some great—and often confounding—hip-hop. Chasing muses down project hallways and double cups, the last week alone has seen young upstarts fleshing out their aesthetics and veterans making triumphant returns. These are ...

When FOX’s new hip-hop thriller Empire made its debut last week Wednesday (Jan. 7), what immediately jumped out was the opening scene. In the scene a young singer belts out a beautiful song that left many fans wanting more. That singer was V. ...

I am in search of a classy female rapper to collaborate with me on my new single,not looking for ghetto style rapper serious inquiries only please DM me A photo posted by Dennis Graham (@therealdennisg) on Jan 16, 2015 at 1:26pm PST This is interesting...

Over DJ Khaled's "They Don't Love You No More" instrumental, Waka Flocka Flame spits ferocious bars for the flockmix. In a black and white video shot by Kokos and DaddySevi in Barcelona, Flocka keeps things gritty and rough, spitting rhymes about his street and rap credentials...

Want to know what went down today on Instagram? XXL’s got it for you. Scroll down! I can't begin to articulate our connection but we speak daily trust me her birthday represents true love from one soul to another #priceless happy birthday I know in the short time we were on this planet together we laughed more then most couples did in a lifetime probably a couple of lifetimes...that's ... Read

Everyone in TDE has bars—even the man with the business plan. Punch, TDE's boss hog, surprised listeners last year when he unexpectedly and unceremoniously dropped loosies via his Soundcloud page. The biggest question on everyone's minds was what took so long? Well ...

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Maybe there's something to be said about the ghost in the machine. Kanye West's 2008 bloodletting 808s & Heartbreak has been widely credited with spawning a generation of imitators. And rightly so--Drake, Kid Cudi, and a litany of others have explored their insecurities in the moody negative space, becoming stars in the process. Bu...