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Jhené Aiko leads the pack in today’s Daily Visuals, also featuring clips from G-Eazy, Kehlani, Deniro Farrar and more.

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When it comes to crafting mixtapes, Lil Wayne’s m.o. should be clearly understood by now. In summary, he spits an infinite amount of punchlines, similes and metaphors into 17 odd tracks or so, hoping something sticks. Fans observing his latest release of Sorry 4 The Wait 2 can attest to this, as there are some […]

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Bronx rap veteran Fat Joe and Brooklyn’s own Troy Ave channel that classic New York City feel on a new track called “How U Luv Dat.”

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Stalley delivers a visual for his smooth Ohio cut “Chevelle,” featuring frequent collaborator Rashad.

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Macklemore recently milked some more shine out of his 2012 hit, “Thrift Shop” during a Sesame Street appearance. Decades ago, it probably would’ve been impossible to picture a rapper on a kids’ show. But the (rumored) domestic partnership between Bert and Ernie should be a sign that Sesame Street is surprisingly progressive when it comes […]

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LL Cool J returns to host the 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards, making this the fourth year in the row the Queens rapper and actor has served as the award show’s MC. A two-time GRAMMY winner himself, the artist born James Todd Smith will undoubtedly bring his natural charm to the stage once more.

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A clip of a 12-year-old Kanye West speaking from his heart about Martin Luther King, Jr. sent us right to YouTube to see which other stars have archival footage on the Internets.

The world is currently enguled in Sorry 4 The Wait 2 fever and the prime reason for that is they don’t have Tha Carter V in their clutches.

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If you’re one of the 500K+ followers of Romeo Miller on social media, then you would have noticed the son of Master P creeping with a model-type blonde woman by the name of Toneata Morgan.

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Monday found Killer Mike penning a moving op-ed on Martin Luther King Jr.’s revolutionary legacy for OkayPlayer.com. Anyone who is a fan of Killer Mike knows he’s not shy to take a political stance. But Mike is also not alone.

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Back when Kanye West was “steal” looking for his big break in the music biz, he worked odd jobs in between crafting beats for up-and-coming producers.

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Jerame Reid, a 36-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by New Jersey police last December, was seen on video surrendering to cops before they gunned him down. The video supports eyewitness accounts that the police acted hastily during the Dec. 30 traffic stop and that Reid posed no threat.