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The United Kingdom is known for birthing a few world-renowned spitters, namely Dizzee Rascal and M.I.A. But who outside the borders of North America has the potential to follow in their hit-making footsteps? For our latest New New column, we take a trip overseas to Europe to find out who is bubbling up and rockin’ the mic right on the European continent. X...

Any music video that includes an aggressive tooth brushing competition is bound for internet glory. Add to that a twerk team full of women, multiple pelvic thrusts, awkward turn up hands and hip hop icon Snoop Dogg in an ice cream man white colored suit and Youtube supremacy is all but assured...

Seems like Master P can't go anywhere without trouble finding him as of late, even when he is trying to do something positive. P, who is going through a very public, very odd divorce, was coaching at a youth basketball game that turned into an old-school WWF throwdown over the weekend...

It's been two years since "Gangnam Style" hit YouTube, and somehow, it's still relevant. PSY's phenomenon has recently become the first YouTube video to cross the 2 billion-view plateau. Bieber's "Baby" is second at 1 billion, which is superb, but still about half of what "Gangnam Style" did...

Photography By: Lauren Gesswein Governor Ball’s 2014 three days of music and fun in the sun came to close on Sunday (June 6) with some of the best acts saved for last. In hip-hop, Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, The Creator had back-to-back sets from the Honda stage to the Big Apple stage. Late...

Jamal Woolard aka Gravy, the rapper/actor who portrayed Notorious B.I.G. has been arrested for an alleged domestic violence incident that happened in front of his stepson according to TMZ. Woolard, 38, was arrested Saturday night in Gwinnett County, Georgia...

A$AP Mob's new single "Hella Hoes," which premiered on Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex Show last week, is starting to heat up just in time for the summer. Over the weekend, Danny Brown, who was featured on A$AP's Lords Never Worry project, claimed that he was cut from "Hella Hoes" but didn't know until the song was released. Via...

One glance down 11th street at 7:30 p.m. last night (June 8) was enough to know one thing: G-Unit is back. The block encompassing Manhattan's Webster Hall had cops posted at either end and milling all throughout, while the line of people waiting to get in as the doors opened stretched nearly out to 4th Avenue as everyone showed up as early as they could to get through what was, of course, multiple

Remember back in January where it was reported that Kanye West was performing at the 2014 X-Games and we were all confused why? Well he did and it was amazing. Kanye West was in Austin, Texas this past weekend to kick and performed at the 2014 Summer X-Games. The...

Childish Gambino and XXL Freshman Chance The Rapper are two of the more buzzworthy hip-hop artists in the game and yesterday, Gambino took to Twitter to announce that the two have an EP coming. Over the weekend, Chance debuted his unreleased verse from Childish Gambino's "The Worst Guys" and joined his friend on-stage during his performance at New York City's Governor's Ball...

You can see Puff Daddy and Meek Mill in the VIP Section of a nightclub with a Ciroc bottle in each hand as soon as the hook to "I Want The Love" comes on.  Perhaps the new single (the official version came out today) was made specifically for moments like that. The...

Go behind-the-scenes at the Monster Energy's Outbreak Tour Presents: XXL 2013 Freshman Live in NYC. Featuring interviews and outtakes from Riff Raff, Action Bronson, Trinidad Jame$, Travi$ Scott, Logic, Dizzy Wright, Kirko Bangz, ScHoolboy Q, DJ Drama, B...