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Fifty Cent's Animal Ambition press tour continues to roll on and over the weekend, Fif went north of the border for an appearance on Canada's Business News Network. During the interview, Fifty spoke more on the business side of his career rather than his music and gave details on his $23 million buyout from Interscope Records. "I've...

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Mr. MFN eXquire is back to build his buzz again. Continuing his Bootleg Liquor on a Sunday Night series, the BK spitter drops "I Ain't Even Fuck Rihanna bka One For Lime-A-Rita Papi." Great title. And a little disclaimer for this record: Don't call eX "MFN...

Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse was a much-needed reality check for hip-hop as a lot of MCs tightened up their bars and puffed up their chests a bit. Although the loose cut that didn't make Big Sean's Hall Of Fame was released in August, the aftermath is still being felt well into 2014...

Kanye West contributed to the flood of social media motherly love yesterday. Ye posted a picture to his Twitter account with the simple cation, "hi mom." Kanye's mom Dr. Donda West passed in 2007 after complications for a surgical procedure...

Last week, Drake tweeted that he was in a late night studio session with his boy OB OBrien. It seems they were busy making some cuts. This morning, Drake let loose some new joints from the bearded MC: "2 On/Thotful" featuring Drake and "Hazelton Trump...

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Yesterday, the hip-hop Internet was trolled something serious when news began to circulate that Kendrick Lamar's upcoming album would drop in September. Initially reported by RapRadar, along with an alleged promotional picture, the album was purported to be titled United States of A...

From the release of the XXL Freshmen cover to Diddy giving the commencement speech at Howard University, this week on Instagram was full of action. Check out that and much more in XXL's "Best Hip-Hop Intsagrams Of The Week."

Mark Ryden, the artist behind Tyler, The Creator's Wolf artwork, currently has an art gallery entitled "The Gay Nineties West" which is taking place at Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles. As part of the exhibition, the artist asked Tyler, The Creator, along with several other musicians, to cover the 1982 song, "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)...

Busta Rhymes was the latest BK born rap star to lend his voice to the Brooklyn Nets. Last series, Fabolous was on hand to introduce the home team. Last night, Bussa Buss introduced the starting lineup for Game 3 against the Miami Heat. The Nets wound up serving the South Beach squad 104-90...