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According to Odd Future's Hodgy Beats' Twitter account, MellowHype will be releasing a free album called Ineedssomeanswers on the Fourth of July. The duo, which consists of the aforementioned Hodgy Beats and rapper Left Brain, haven't released a project since 2012's Numbers. No music...

OutKast smashed New York City's Governor's Ball over the weekend, closing out the first night of the festival with an incredible set, and Andre 3000 returned on Saturday to catch the festivities as a fan. While hanging out in a media area, Three Stacks was approached by a member of the press and confirmed that he is working on new music but is in no rush to release the tunes...

The NBA might want to look into better way for its players to spend their off-seasons. Case in point Toronto Raptors' shooting guard Landry Fields. The b-ball player took to the stage of ABC's “Sing Your Face Off” for a performance of Nicki Minaj's "Starships" dressed head to toe as the "Pills N Potions" rapper. We're not ...

UPDATE: Lupe Fiasco took to Twitter to update fans on his upcoming album Tetsuo and Youth. Lupe says that the album will be on 12 songs. Final cut week...gotta get 25 songs down to 12...then #TY will be done...wooh! Tough decisions ahead... — T...

The upcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton will be keeping it all in the family as Ice Cube's son, O'Shea Jackson Jr., will reportedly be portraying his father. The film is being produced by Cube, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E's widow, Tomica Woods-Wright and is being directed by F. Gar...

UPDATE: K.Dot revealed he and Dre have been putting in work in the studio. “Dr. Dre is focused like he always been,” said Kendrick. “He focused on music, man. One thing about Dre, you can’t take the music away. No matter how much money he has,...

Yesterday, news trickled down that a fight between DJ Mustard's crew and Mistah F.A.B.'s crew took place at a San Francisco night club over the weekend. Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, who is F.A.B.'s cousin, was in the club but did not partake in the fight according to the "Ghost Ride It" MC...

What's a crazy way to lose all of your kids in court? How about by not even showing up to court to begin with. TMZ reported that Master P lost custody of four of his kids because he failed to appear in court to fight for them. Sonya Miller was awarded physical and legal custody of 13-year-old Hercy, 9-year-old Mercy, 17-year-old Tytyana and 14-year-old Italy...

The second drop of HUF's 2014 Spring/Summer collection, introduces us to some new cut-and-sew options, graphics, and all-over prints. Stand outs include the floral print t-shirts, and the retro printed button-down shirts. The collection also includes accessories like colored key chains, "Spring Break" socks, and beach towels...

After shutting it down at Webster Hall last Sunday, G-Unit continues to deliver their hardcore fans with new music. The crew decide to remix Trey Songz and Rick Ross' "Ordinary." As apposed to their street singles, this one sounds a bit more mainstream and mirrors the feel of "Wanna Get To Know You...

Puff Daddy has been teasing this single for a few weeks now and we knew it was going to be big. After two trailers clearly showing Puffy and Meek’s stunt levels were on 1000, they release the Eif Rivera-directed video for “I Want The Love.” In an unk...

It's that rebel music. After delivering the single off his forthcoming album, Rebel Music, the West Coast veteran adds his N.W.A. brother Ice Cube on the remix. This one is produced by E-A-Ski. Listen above.