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Nearly 50 protestors were arrested in Ferguson, MO last night (August 19) as freedom fighters and law enforcement continue to struggle to find a common ground in the wake of the Michael Brown shooting.

Remy Ma is now a free woman with the Rap world seemingly in her palm. Of course she stopped by The Breakfast Club to catch everyone up on her time in prison, how is she moving forward with her life and much more.

Nicki Minaj might be the queen of the thirst trap visual, as we’ve seen in several provocative Instagram shots in the past. The Queens rapper dropped the video for her new single “Anaconda” in the wee hours of the night, which began a hilarious hashtag “#TweetYourAnacondaVideoReaction” that’s still going strong.

There’s no denying Nicki Minaj’s prowess on the mic or in spandex gear, that’s why we’re not nearly as surprised about her “Anaconda” video gaining a million YouTube hits in an hour as we are that Drake didn’t just burst into tears while filming.

Violence in the Gaza strip resumed after militants fired rockets at Israel Tuesday (Aug. 19), triggering retaliation efforts hours before a weeklong truce was set to end. At least 50 air strikes were launched into Israel, officials in the country reported.

If the recent events in Ferguson, MO weren’t holding the credibility of those who “serve and protect” into question, then the actions of a Kansas City police officer will have you side-eyeing law enforcement in the state to no end.

In 2014, rappers are still guaranteed to get the party started, but how much bank are they actually making to keep the club crunk?

A 23-year-old Black man was shot and killed by police in North St. Louis Tuesday (Aug. 19) in the midst of more protests near the area. The man was gunned down roughly four miles from the city of Ferguson, although the deceased has not been linked to the continued unrest.

Artists drop albums and journalists review them; that’s the way things typically work. But rapper Wiz Khalifa–on the day he released Blacc Hollywood no less–took offense to a review of his third studio body of work, written by SPIN‘s Brandon Soderberg.

Any way that you try to spin it, the Michael Brown case is in a state of disarray and needs a federal probe stat. The latest display of blatant contradiction comes in light of the statement of Darren Wilson, the officer who fired and connected six gunshots to Brown, ultimately killing him. Through the words […]

On Saturday (august 16) at New Orleans’ The Maison, Red Bull Music Academy presented “The Mind of Mannie Fresh,” a first-ever tribute to the career and legend of the famed record producer.

Very few slain rappers ever have their killers brought to justice. However in the case of Trill Entertainment’s Lil Phat, there have been several shocking discoveries that likely won’t make him one of those statistics.