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Tim Westwood went in the vault to unearth some classic footage of Kanye West freestyling on his show back in 2005. The video shows the Louis Vuitton Don rapping off the top of the dome for a well over 10 minutes. He briefly spits a few recognizable lines from Late Registration, which gives the inclination that […]

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Last year, Roc Marciano dropped a superb album called Reloaded. Plenty of critical acclaim followed, but instead of gloating, the Long Island rapper just keeps creating more heat. Which means today we get a new joint called “Ruff Town,” featuring Cormega.

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“Charlamagne we live?” infamously set off perhaps the greatest rant of all time. And that’s just one of many epic Ray J moments. Most recently, he set the Internets on fire with a track titled “I Hit It First,” but has denied that it was about Kim Kardashian. A noticeably calmer Ray J spoke on the single and […]

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Janet Jackson is already on the “music legends” list, but she’s also joined another sought after collective: the billionaire club. Jackson has made over a $1,000,000,000 throughout her career.

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Former MTV reality show participant RiFF RaFF and his outlandish image leaves quite an impression, if nothing else. The Houston native recently visited Hot 97’s Morning Show and dropped one of his trademark off-the-dome freestyles. Program director Ebro wasn’t too impressed and engaged in a war of words with RiFF RaFF, which spilled over to […]

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Every year, people all over the world vow to dust off their gym memberships, and finally replace that keg with a six-pack. Where some have succeeded, many more have failed. There’s not one person on earth that wouldn’t kill for a year-round beach body, and that includes rappers.

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No matter your opinions on his music, you have to appreciate 2 Chainz for his story. Last year, we witnessed the Atlanta native transform from rap underdog into one of the hottest artists in the game. His major label debut Based on a T.R.U. Story featured two undeniable hits in “No Lie” and “Birthday Song,” he was nominated […]

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The Cool Kids are in a great space creatively. They’re just doing their thing separately, and that’s quite fine if the music is good. Chuck Inglish lets listeners be the judge via a recently released EP called Droptops.

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Can’t say we saw this happening. Katy Perry has apologized to Chief Keef for saying his song casted “serious doubt” on the world.

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Fat Joe liberates a new single called “Love Me Long Time,” featuring the duke of the struggle falsetto Future. This smooth jam is the proper follow up to his previous release “Ballin’.”

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When it comes to videos, Mr. MFN eXquire tends to veer astray of the typical Hip-Hop boilerplate. The Brooklyn rapper drops a visual for the Alchemist produced “Fat Fool.”

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President Obama responded to the news that four Americans have been killed in drone strikes since 2009. In a speech Thursday (May 24), the commander in chief defended the counterterrorism efforts but called for better tactics limiting civilian casualties.