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Best friends going viral with their first-ever song? That's wassup, Gway.

Rick Ross has spent most of his career on Def Jam Records, but recently decided it was time for a change inking a deal with L.A. Reid and Epic Records.

50 Cent's fractured relationship with Sha Money XL extends back over a decade, when the now-EVP of urban A&R at Epic Records was the President of G-Unit Records during the Unit's initial platinum-selling run in the mid-2000s. But things have gone sour over the years, with 50 calling Sha Money "soft" in a heated back and forth that took place on Instagram last June, shortly after G-Un

Bobby Shmurda feels like Epic Records isn't supporting him during his time of need and wants out of his contract. "I’m going to try my best to go back on the deal,” the Brooklyn rapper said to the New York Times. “If not, I’ll give them their music and bounce." The once rising MC...

Super producer and musician Timbaland is making moves. According to a recent Billboard report, Timbaland has joined forces with Sony Records, entering into a joint business venture with Epic Records for his label Mosley Music Group (MMG)...

Sylvia Rhone, the longtime label executive who headed up Elektra Entertainment Group, then Universal Motown for nearly two decades, has been named the new President of L.A. Reid's Epic Records, according to Billboard. Rhone, who got her start in the music business in the mid-1980s by making Atlantic Records one of the leading destinations for hip-hop and R&B artists like MC Lyte, The D.O.C...

Yo Gotti is gearing up to drop his first album for Epic Records, titled I Am (CMG/Epic) on November 19, and while he's out touring the country he took a quick break to swing through New York City's Jungle City Studios to preview the album for friends, the press and Epic staff...

Atlanta rapper Ca$h Out has had a pretty great year. After releasing massive hits in "Cashin' Out" and "Hold Up," he has consistently toured the country as he gears up for the release of his Epic Records debut, Patience. But today, Ca$h Out is celebrating his 23rd birthday, and in order to set it off right he took to Twitter to release a new cut called "I Know." List

Yesterday (May 13), it was announced that Michael Clervoix—better known as Sha Money XL—officially left his post as SVP of A&R for Island Def Jam to now become EVP of Urban A&R for Epic Records. Speaking exclusively with XXL recently, Sha touched on the new gig and the reasons behind the move.  Here's what he had to ...

After entertaining label deals left and right, from Bad Boy to Atlantic Records and more, Harlem mainstay Vinny Cha$e has decided to finally take his talents to Epic Records. Confirmed by Vinny himself, exclusively to XXL, the rapper has officially inked a deal with LA Reid's label home...

Looks like Valentine's Day isn't as sweet as Lil Wayne hoped it would be. Epic Records has been apologizing for some "disrespectful lyrics" that Lil Wayne featured on his remix of Future's "Karate Chop." The subject of these lyrics is Emmitt Till, a teenager that was killed for whistling at a white woman half a century ago...