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Nicki Minaj joined HOT 97’s Hip Hop Has Heart Foundation last night, at her alma mater PS 45 in Queens.  

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T.I’s eight studio album, Troubleman, has seen it’s share of changes; but now it looks like this is the final inception of the album. 

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Atlanta’s breakout star, Trinidad James, performed for the first time in his hometown this past weekend in the dirty south. 

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Hip-Hop friendly soul crooner Frank Ocean is featured in GQ’s Men of the Year issue. In the informative Q&A, the Odd Future member discusses how he got in the game after driving to LA from New Orleans with about $1000 in his pocket and, of course, why he revealed that his first love was another […]

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KING Magazine gives love to reality television on their new issue featuring Brooke Bailey and K. Michelle. 

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It hasn’t been a full seven days yet, but the journalists aboard the Rihanna plane have had enough. We already reported on a naked uprising (no pun) courtesy of a possibly delirious  Australian writer, but there are far more amusing tales from the plane, thanks to a few crafty wordsmiths. Looking back, what seemed to […]

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You can now add “fashion model” next to Gucci Mane’s resume after the “trap star” entry. The Atlanta rapper with the infamous ice cream cone tattoo on his grill appears in the 2012 Holiday lookbook for Southern California based clothing brand LRG. 

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Israeli airstrikes continue to ripple through Gaza City, bringing the Palestinian death toll to 100 Monday (Nov. 19), nearly a quarter of which are children.  According to the Facebook page of ministry spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qidra, 24 children and 10 women have died from the attacks.

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Rappers and their A&R’s haven’t always seen eye to eye. Case in point, GZA’s on the record animosity to mountain climbing electric guitar players with record label gigs. In fact, there are plenty of Hip-Hop artists that would make excellent beat solicitors for artists whose selection when it comes to production has historically been suspect […]

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There is still no official ETA on when Derrick Rose will return to the basketball court. But his latest signature show, the adidas D Rose 3, has plenty of colorways in the stash to keep you preoccupied until then.

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French Montana isn’t sweating it if you hating on him. The Bad Boy rapper drops a new cut called “Hating On A Young’n.” Just don’t expect to hear it on his debut album, though.

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The Game‘s new album, Jesus Piece, caused some obvious controversy upon its release.