Lil Mama

Lil Mama hasn't dropped an album since 2008--that year's VYP (Voice of the Young People) sported two charting singles, the Chris Brown- and T-Pain-featuring "Shawty Get Loose" and the inescapable song with which she's most closely associated, "Lip Gloss...

All it took was one question from Chris Brown and the whole Internet went ham. On Christmas morning, while most of the world was unwrapping long-awaited gifts, Chris Brown was in a jovial dancing mood. The Virginia crooner decided to post a video of himself crumping in his PJs to Chingy's "Right Thurr" along with the question, "Who wanna battle...

From OG's like Q Tip and Snoop Dogg to youngbloods like Chris Brown and J. Cole, hip-hop has joined the protest against police brutality in America.

MC Lyte has always made it her duty to not only speak about making a change in the black community, but also taking action to implement that change. Last month, the veteran MC teamed up with Common for her inspirational single "Dear John," which serves as the anthem for her Educate Our Men Scholarship...

The wait is over. Taylor Gang, Vic Mensa, Snow Tha Product, King Los, Logic and many more participate in this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards cyphers. If you remember last year, it was TDE's cypher that got the most attention, with Kendrick's verse receiving a lot of attention...

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For those of you that don't think rappers shed tears, they most certainly do and we've got the pictures to prove it. Gathering up a bunch of photos of rappers on their emotional heavy days, XXL presents "Rappers Cry Too." And in the words of Ja Rule, "I cry, you cry...

Oh how the mighty have fallen. Even the best stage performers can slip up every now and again, and with a cell phone in every pocket you can bet that it will be captured, posted, and spread like wild fire. I'm not saying that serious injuries are funny, but a skinned knee and a bruised ego are the stuff of youtube gold...

It's no secret that Lil Mama put on quite a performance in the TLC biopic. Taking on the role of Left Eye, not only was she extremely convincing to viewers but word has it that her portrayal of the late performer even brought the icon's sister to tears...

Along with many triumphs, hip-hop has also had its fair share of epic fails. Whether it was a spur of the moment occurrence or a well thought out plan, some things that went down in rap culture are just too confusing to fathom. From Eve's unknown stripper past to Nas wearing the most demeaning shirt possible to the Grammys, like many circles,hip-hop has had to bite the bullet a few times... Read M