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Jay Z and Beyoncé going on tour together? According to a report, that’s exactly what’s going down, in the form of 20-stadium tour, this summer. 

Hip-Hop Wired recently sat down with upwardly mobile New Orleans artist August Alsina, who discussed signing to Def Jam as opposed to Cash Money Records.

MLB Hall of Famer Hank Aaron is a living legend and that fact was certified a week ago when he and the Atlanta Braves celebrated the 40th anniversary of him breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record.

The 2014 perception of Chingy is that he’s a solid gold struggle rapper. While the St. Louis native hasn’t had a legitimate hit since MTV played videos on the regular, he’s coming out saying that it wasn’t entirely his fault.

Outside of the work he has put in through his vast music career, Nas is generally a man of  relatively few words. On the 20th anniversary of the classic album Illmatic, he chatted with fans about a host of topics that gave us a better understanding of the Queensbridge MC.

As the world comes to grips with the untimely passing of professional wrestling icon The Ultimate Warrior, it sheds light on an unfortunate trend of pro wrestlers who died too early for various health reasons.

We’re all for surprises if the rhymes are dope. That said, Dreamville rapper Bas delivered the Two Weeks Notice EP with no, well, notice at all.

A 14-year-old Nigerian bride killed her 35-year-old- husband and three others at a party celebrating their nuptials, earlier this month. Wasila Umari poisoned the groom, Umaru Sani because she was upset about having to marry a man she “did not love.”

Sean “Diddy” Combs will deliver the commencement speech at Howard University on May 10. 

The infamous #NasLost trending topping made a return to the Internets today, as Nas answered fan questions on Reddit and Twitter. The Queensbridge rapper is a man of many talents, but let Twitter tell it, anything requiring technological proficiency isn’t one of them.

While interviewing an artist, it’s important that you respect any comment they deem “off the record” and the question they specially not as off limits. 106 & Park host Keshia Chanté broke the latter rule while interviewing crooner August Alsina, and the artist definitely reacted with malice.

Patrick “9th Wonder” Douthit has positioned himself to be Hip-Hop’s premier historian and his resume continues to be bolstered per the latest news to arrive from N.C. Central University.