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“Organic” is a term that’s tossed around quite frivolously in Hip-Hop. But it’s truthfully the only way to describe what The House, a bubbling movement based in the unlikely city of Chattanooga, Tenn., is doing.

Kevin Gates has become renown for his Instagram antics as of late, but his followers are accusing him of crossing the line this last time.

Azealia Banks has a way with words, be they in song or on social media. The feisty rapper/musician’s Playboy magazine interview has dropped and as you should have expected it features her unfiltered take on race, music, word choice, reparations and her admitting that being like Jay Z is her goal.

Hip-Hop Wired returns with part two of our discussion with educators and rap enthusiasts Bun B and Dr. Anthony Pinn.

Karen Civil hooked up a Young Money Cypher that features Lil Twist, Hood, Euro, Flow, Cory Gunz, Gudda Gudda and Lil Wayne. You probably already heard Weezy’s bars, which had some shots for Baby, but Cory Gunz absolutely blacked out when it was his turn to spit. 

The situation involving the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Mo. last week has come to a conclusion after the arrest and charging of the individual responsible. A Black man was arrested for the incident, which occurred during the resignation of Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson.

Lately, unique marketing strategies and release methods have become an essential aspect of an album’s narrative. That trend continues, as Curren$y becomes the latest rapper hop on this trend with Pilot Talk 3.

At some point this year, you’re going to be uncontrollably excited about the release of an album. We’ve already seen it happen last year for J. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, and earlier this year for Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late—and just last night, Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly. (No shade—Top […]

Five of the six teenaged girls who were seen beating down another teen in a McDonald’s in Brooklyn in footage that went viral have been arrested. A sixth is still at large. 

Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana drew the ire of legendary singer Elton John after its chiefs Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana stated their opposition to gay parents adopting children. In response, John and other entertainers are calling for a boycott of the designers’ brand using the #BoycottDolceGabbana hashtag.

Whether the early release of Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly album was a mistake or the end result of an intricately plotted marketing plan is of no consequence, because the music is finally here.

The past, more often that not, never stays in the past tense in matters involving sex tapes. 50 Cent is learning this the hard way, as New York Daily News reports that he’s to stand trial for leaking a video of Rick Ross’ baby mother.