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Young Jeezy‘s “R.I.P.” remix, or should we say Chris Brown’s sneak dissing, had the Internets in an uproar a few weeks ago. It looks like that wasn’t enough for the CTE frontman, who returns today, via this leak courtesy of the L.A. Leakers, with another remix aptly coined the “G-Mix,” featuring California legends Snoop Dogg, Too […]

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Marco Rubio, a Republican and noted Tupac stan, is still mad that Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s got to travel to Cuba. Although the couple’s trip was approved by the Treasury Department, the Florida Senator is calling for the Obama administration to explain why they were allowed to travel to the island nation. 

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Last night, there were at least three killers on NBC. Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge hit Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform “I Declare War” off their forthcoming collaborative album, Twelve Reasons To Die. As usual, the Roots held down the beats while Tony Starks also brought along his Wu-Tang brethren Masta Killa and […]

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J. Cole drops the video for “Power Trip,” featuring Miguel, the lead single from his forthcoming Born Sinner album.

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We all deal with adversity in different ways. For Rihanna, coping with another alleged break up with Chris Brown apparently means puffing on some kush in the club. Role model much?

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R. Kelly went all the way up to “12-play,” but The Dream has settled on the number four. The singer/songwriter drops his latest record, “IV play,” the title track off his forthcoming album.

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KiD CuDi‘s Indicud may be the latest high-profile album to be a victim of Internet piracy, but he isn’t too upset. “I aint trippin bout my album leakin. Im the best. Love it. April 23,” tweeted the former G.O.O.D. Music artist. With that, we receive one of the more anticipated tracks from the record, “Solo Dolo […]

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In these braggadocios times, fur is to rap culture what A$AP Rocky’s struggle braids are to his image; it doesn’t always look right, but it just kinda goes together. One person not buying this theory is Waka Flocka Flame.

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When mentioning Clipse’s cannon of albums, many devoted fans of the Virginia brothers agree that Hell Hath No Fury is their greatest work to date. Pusha T revisited those days in the latest  episode of Life + Times series “Decoded,” where he broke down a verse from the haunting dope boy anthem “Keys Open Doors.”

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Tons–and we do mean tons– of chocolate-hazelnut spread known the world over as Nutella (you’ve seen the commercials, don’t front) was stolen from a trailer near Berlin, over the weekend. German authorities announced Monday (April 8), that an unknown band of culprits jacked 16,00o Euros worth of Nutella, which translates into nearly $20,810. 

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A$AP Rocky has long dubbed himself the “pretty motherf-cker” in his songs, and is now offering questionable beauty tips to women. The Harlem rap star said that women of dark complexion should avoid wearing red lipstick, further adding only women with fairer complexions can pull the look off. 

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A former executive at Fox Sports filed a lawsuit against the network on grounds of racial discrimination, Deadline.com reports. Jerry Davis filed suit in a Los Angeles Superior Court Friday (April  5) claiming to have been overlooked for several promotions, and later fired–all for being Black.