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2 Chainz returns alongside his T.R.U. label soldiers Short Dawg, Cap 1, Skooly, and Kaelub in the official video for “Keep It 100.”

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BADBADNOTGOOD and Ghostface Killah connect with BitTorrent to dish out a treat to fans ahead of the February 23 release of their collaborative album Sour Soul.

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VH1‘s Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member Steven “Stevie J” Jordan appeared in a New York court earlier Tuesday (Feb. 10) and faced a federal judge. Stevie J is in the legal hot seat after failing to pay over $1 million in child support, pleading not guilty in the matter.

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Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show after 15 years. The comedian announced the news to an audience during a taping today (Feb. 10).

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The 57th annual GRAMMY Awards are in the can, and since Iggy Azalea didn’t win Best Rap Album, we don’t have to worry about Black twitter or Azealia Banks losing their respective minds today.

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WATCHLOUD went down to Dilla Day Weekend in Miami and spoke to some Hip-Hop notables including M1, Ski Beatz and Camp Lo about late Slum Village member, MC and producer du jour James “J Dilla” Yancey.

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Today makes 11 years since Kanye West blessed Hip-Hop with The College Dropout.

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Another day, another Bill Cosby accusation—this time, courtesy of a former actress on The Cosby Show, who claimed that when she was on the show, he would make “lewd gestures” towards her (we’ll just leave it to your imagination as to what those gestures were).

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Some never-before-seen Tupac Shakur letters that will be auctioned by Bonham Los Angeles name the individuals the late, great rapper held responsble for his 1994 hit at Quad Studios.

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When considering the case of Eric Garner and Mike Brown, this is a surprise. A Brooklyn cop was indicted in the fatal shooting of Akai Gurley in a stairwell in the Pink Houses in East New York last year. The officer has been charged with manslaughter. 

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Pharrell accepted a Grammy for his G I R L album on Sunday night (Feb. 8), and at the same time made his debut appearance in the animated world of The Simpsons.

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Kendrick Lamar’s new song “The Blacker The Berry” has been sizzling on the Internet since its impromptu release yesterday, February 9.