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50 Cent has announced he will drop the follow up to Animal Ambition, the long-talked about Street King Immortal, in September. The album, originally slated to be Fif's fifth LP before he crafted AA, has been on people's radar since 2012 and has produced three singles, "New Day" featuring Alicia Keys and "My Life" featuring Eminem and "Major Distribution" featuring Sno

XXL's 2014 Freshman, Vic Mensa has a new look and some new music. The Chicago MC, now rocking a blond fro, recently performed for a raucous crowd at Webster Hall in New York City while celebrating his 21st birthday. Joined by Just Blaze, Syd the Kyd, Vashtie and others, Vic decided the event was worthy of debuting a new song for those in attendance...

Add Pharrell to the list of musicians who have been honored with the key to their hometown. The super producer who hails from Virginia Beach, Virginia was recently honored by Mayor Will Sessoms with the distinction. Yesterday, P took to Twitter to show off his accolades and thank the mayor for the recognition...

It's educational value can be debated, but there is no denying Sir Mix-A-Lot's 1992 hit "Baby Got Back" is a hip-hop classic. The song has been used in everything from commercials to movies, and, now "performed with a live orchestra" can be marked off the raunchy ditty's bucket list...

There may not a have been a more polarizing event in the music industry, last week, than the discovery of two videos showing a young Justin Bieber gleefully telling racist jokes. While frequent collaborators like the Young Money camp, Soulja Boy and Migos defended the Biebs, Ice Cube, Lupe Fiasco and Lord Jamar expressed their disdain for the singer's actions...

NBA player Stephen Jackson has been moonlighting as an MC for a while now with moderate success. Since crossing over to the rap scene with the 2011 mixtape, What's A Lockout, the man who once let 2 Chainz crash on his couch hasn't let up on his second dream...

After a long, drawn out split, Ma$e and wife Twyla Betha have finalized their divorce, reports TMZ. As previously reported, the couple has been separated for two years with divorce proceedings in limbo. The split had even become a matter of content with the rapper turnt pastor's church congregation with things getting even wilder when Murda reportedly banned the Mrs...

Busta Rhymes and his Conglomerate clique of J-Doe and O.T. Genasis continue the G-Unit circa 2000 route by strong arming previously used tracks for their own selfish motives. Previously putting in work over K Camp's "Cut Her Off," Wiz's "We Dem Boyz" and Future's "Move That Dope," this time the energetic spitters make use of Rae Sremmurd’s Mike WiLL Made It-produced

West Coast rap crew Cali Swag District has lost another member as Jayare has reportedly died from complications of sickle cell anemia. CSD member Smoove The General confirmed the passing via Twitter posting, "Rest in peace Jayare I'm gonna miss u forever ...

Gucci Mane is planning to flood the streets this year with new music, releasing an insane five projects all while cooling his heels in a Georgia prison. Having already recently released the mixtapes, Young Thugga Mane La Flare with Young Thug and Brick Factory Vol... Read More ...

Photography By: Lauren Gesswein OutKast are reunited and they are well into their run of playing 40 or so festivals this year. After a rocky start at Coachella in April, a triumphant show at BottleRock Napa Valley, their headlining set at Governors could have swayed either way...

Being slighted by 2 Chainz won't stop the Migos' hustle. The Atlanta trio continues their fast-paced grind dropping their third video this week, following the release of "Who The Hell" and "Freak No More." Today, they give us the video for the track "Fight Night" from their mixtape, No Label 2...