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UPDATE: The explicit version and album stream is now available, too. Hit the jump for more. At a moments notice, Kendrick Lamar delivers the most anticipated album in rap music, To Pimp A Butterfly, eight days before its slated March 23 release date.
The unceremonious rollout of Kendrick Lamar’s highly anticipated album, To Pimp a Butterfly, has set off Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony Tiffith in the worst way imaginable.
Lil Wayne hurled some more shots at Birdman a.k.a. Baby on a new freestyle.
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity’s good name has been effectively dragged through the mud after the revelation of the OU SAE racist chant video. Now it appears that the national SAE is attempting to remove connections to its pro-Confederate past in light of the spectacle that appeared in the viral clip.
Rae Sremmurd drop the official video for “Throw Some Mo” featuring Nicki Minaj and Young Thug.
There are some crazy people in this world. A New York City man allegedly brutally beat down a pregnant woman after she failed to thank him for holding the door open for her.
Depending on whom you ask, Pharrell and Robin Thicke getting peeled for $7.4 million after copying a Marvin Gaye track without permission is either justice being served or a bad legal precedent. The “Magic Man” doesn’t come cheap, but his classics can be legally sampled.
Nelly is either brave or foolish, but he certainly got paid. The St. Louis rapper took a trip to Iraq to perform for a charity that raises money for Kurdish soldiers who are fighting ISIS.
Tyga doesn’t care what you think about his relationship with a teenager. The Compton rapper, 25, recently took to the ‘Gram to profess his love for 17-year-old Kylie Jenner.
Amber Rose continued her crusade against slut shaming via Instagram and Twitter. Assuming the role of the martyr, of sorts, she coined the #AmberRoseSlutWalk hashtag.
Playboy magazine finally unveils the cover of the upcoming April issue, starring polarizing rapper Azealia Banks.
Manny Pacquiao reportedly purchased Diddy’s old Los Angeles mansion with all of the fixings for $12.5 million.