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Atlanta’s PeeWee Longway has racked up show-stealing guest appearances in recent months and collaborations with the A$AP Rocky, Young Thug and more. Now he returns with his Blue M&M Vol. 2 mixtape for your listening pleasure.

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Big Sean‘s new album, Dark Sky Paradise, is out today and the promotion for the new project is only just getting started The G.O.O.D. Music rapper is slated to perform at the 2015 mtvU Woodie Awards, which air live on MTV on March 20, at SXSW.

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The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday (Feb. 23) that it will honor the legendary Maya Angelou with a “Forever” stamp. Dr. Angelou passed away last year at the age of 86 and is best known for her memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.

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The 2015 BET Honors Awards finally aired last night. Kanye West was among five nominees, including Usher and Phylicia Rashad, and accepted the Visionary Award, for which he gave a memorable speech.

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Wearing your hair in dreadlocks does not mean you smoke weed, but apparently E! host Giuliana Rancic didn’t get the memo. After dropping wildly offensive commentary aimed at Zendaya Coleman’s hair, the actress clapped back and checked Rancic for her ignorance. 

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The Hip-Hop and R&B worlds are collaborating in pettiness. Safaree Samuels and Nicki Minaj have broken up, leading to Nicki Minaj linking with Meek Mill and now Safaree Samuels is courting K. Michelle. 

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Big Sean experienced a reality check in more ways in one after release his second LP, Hall of Fame, a time he describes as a low point. Creative blocks, a public breakup, and his grandmother’s death, among other things, would shape his next body of work, Dark Sky Paradise, which kicks off with “Dark Sky (Skyscrapers).”

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An Oklahoma woman was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for biting off her boyfriend’s penis following an argument about her being too “needy.” Irony.

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When it rains, it pours. And the storm is currently drenching down on Afroman’s microphone top because he’s losing money after he lost his cool and slugged a female concertgoer.

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Compton’s own Problem is perfecting his slick delivery one track at a time. This continues with today’s new release, “Hennessy,” featuring T.I. and Rich Homie Quan.

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Big Sean is feeling so blessed (pun intended) that he decided to drop off a freebie release ours before Dark Sky Paradise releases.

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Hip-Hop won at the Academy Awards last night thanks to Common, and John Legend, taking the Oscar for “Glory” from the Selma soundtrack. Com was hella excited for the win, as was Oprah, but she wasn’t one of the first people he dapped up or offered a pound to.