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Sean Price, Billy Danze, and Maffew Ragazino team up to pledge their allegiance for the borough that raised them, Brooklyn. "Land of the Crooks" originally appeared on the Price and M-Phazes'  EP of the same title that dropped in Dec. 201...

Today, Alabama rapper Yelawolf turns 35! Yelawolf, who was born Michael Wayne Atha, is with Shady Records and Interscope Records. In 2010, he signed with Interscope after gaining a major online following with the release of his Trunk Musik mixtape...

Chicago natives MC Tree and Chris Crack have joined forces to drop a collab project entitled Tree + Crack. The 5 track EP shows off the skills that these two MCs possess, gliding through tracks like "Kicked Out," a track about getting kicked out of the club, and "EZ," a hi-hat driven banger, with ease...

Much like he and producer Ryan Lewis' 2012 album, The Heist, Macklemore's race and the discussion thereof has become inescapable. From regional underground artist to NPR curiosity to the Grammys, the Seattle populist has been picked up and dissected by most Americans concerned with popular culture...

As anticipation grows for the forthcoming release of Nipsey Hussle's new mixtape, Mailbox Money, more information about the project continues to be released. The official tracklist recently surfaced and it features some of hip-hop's leading and rising MCs...

Joey Bada$$ has been going hard as of recent, dropping a bevy of new tracks as the release date for his debut album B4.DA.$$ approaches, and now he's dropped his latest joint, "On & On." The Freddie Joachim-produced banger features Joey in his comfort zone; delivering slick rhymes over smooth, bumping beats. On...

Earlier this month on Dec. 19, legendary producer Larry Smith passed away. Smith, a co-writer on Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks," was instrumental—often literally—in hip-hop's formative years, playing on and producing songs for many Golden Age pioneers. Often cited as ...

Before 2014 comes to an end, Young Scooter decided to drop some new heat in order to prepare fans for his forthcoming project Jug Season. Young Scooter just released a new slow bounce track called "Cocaina" with production help from C-Slick and DJ Swamp Izzo...

Modesty has never been LL Cool J's strong suit. In an interview with Rap-Up, the NCIS star claimed that to miss out on his upcoming album, G.O.A.T. 2, would be a travesty. But, more importantly, that the album contains collaborations with Eminem and Raekwon. ...

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The Internet came to a halt today when the hit-spawning duo, YG & DJ Mustard got into a public fight over payment for YG's album. DJ Mustard took to his Instagram to reveal that he had not yet been paid for YG's highly regarded debut LP, My Krazy Life...