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Despite Young Buck’s legal issues, the Memphis rapper is getting ready to drop a new album under Cashville Records called G.A.S. (Gangsta & Street). 

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Raekwon was a guest on Wednesday’s episode of RapFix on MTV. The Staten Island rapper reminisced about working on the Cruel Summer single, “In The Morning.”

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Wiz Khalifa fans understand his affinity for tattoos, but the latest, etched “Bash,” on his forehead was seemingly inexplicable. The recent birth of the “Work Hard” rapper’s son, Sebastian “The Bash” Taylor Thomaz, reveals that there was indeed a method to his madness, though.

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As the Taylor Gang welcome a new member into the fold, the work doesn’t stop as Chevy Woods drops a new video for “Things Change.”

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Surprise, surprise; Cash Money Records is being sued. The record label is named in a $600,000 lawsuit over a Bow Wow song that illegally samples a song from 70’s group the Persuaders, allegedly. TMZ reports: The septuagenarian behind the lawsuit is Robert Poindexter from the 70s band The Persuaders. Poindexter claims Cash Money sampled his band’s song “Love […]

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Fans of the high energy Diplo’s EDM , Major Lazer, have been waiting with baited breath for their new album, Free The Universe. 

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Ab-Soul has sought advice from his higher power: Jay Electronica. Ab appeared on MTV’s RapFix Live alongside Reakwon, yesterday, and talked about how Electronica’s influence has inspired him to make some life changes.

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Wale faced an awkward moment when he confronted two announcers for making fun of his career in comparison to Drake’s, and now he’s explaining why it needed to go down. Essentially, he’s not into people disrespecting the hard work he’s put in, but understands how his intentions could’ve been misconstrued.

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As rap fellow rap snobs, we always turn our nose up at NBA players who attempt to rap. From Kobe Bryant,  Metta World Peace, and Kevin Durant; they’ve all tried their hand at rap. Most have failed. 

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Ted Nugent believes that he has done more for Black America than President Obama. In a column written for  World Net Daily, the conservative musician named the commander in chief, and members of the democratic party , as the destructive force aimed at taking down Black people.

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It’s no longer legal to shoot immigrants in Texas, if done from a helicopter. Following the shooting deaths of two Guatemalan immigrants last October, the state announced Thursday (Feb. 21) that officials will no longer be allowed to attack from the sky.

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New Orleans rapper and former Cash Money Millionaire, Turk, is out of jail and back to business as he drops his new mixtape Blame It On The System.