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As the world steadily accuses Kanye West of not respecting his fellow musician’s artistry, he quietly put another up-and-coming artist in Vic Mensa on a bigger scale by featuring him on his new album.

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Non-couple Hip-Hop couple Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill are allegedly going on tour together. Hey, it only makes sense. 

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Everything is Gucci. That mantra fuels “Free Gucci,” the latest release from Young Thug and Metro Boomin, together known as Metro Thuggin.

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For the record, saying Drake pulled a Beyoncé (damn it) is already cliché. Now that Drizzy’s surprise album has been released, the Internets has reacted, for better or for worse. 

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There are three sides to every story and every perp getting arrested always has a variation of one.

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Earlier today, Drake released a short film titled “Jungle,” but that was apparently to throw everyone off the scent. His long-rumored mixtape has been primed and readied for a surprise midnight release à la Beyoncé. The name of the game is If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. The aim is to deliver 17 new […]

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It’s been a rough week for the news media. One day after 60 Minutes columnist Bob Simon passed away in a car accident, comes the sudden death of 58-year-old New York Times columnist David Carr.

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Suge Knight sat up in court earlier today (Feb. 12) and claimed one of the men he ran over (one who survived) had a gun and was looking to end his life.

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Jaden Smith is a pretty frugal guy to be so rich. The 16-year-old only own one pair of shoes, three shirts, and five pairs of pants, because money isn’t his slave master. 

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In 2014, a number of what seemed like lucrative contracts ended up never materializing as supposedly promising rappers got dropped from their major label homes. It’s unclear if 2015 will bring more of the same, as a major label hustle isn’t what it used to be.

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The Diplomats are coming to a city near you. Today, the Harlem group announced the upcoming “Pledge of Allegiance” tour and an EP of the same night.