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Rihanna can now add Creative Director to her list of job titles. The superstar has taken said position with Puma, where she’ll oversee the woman’s line.

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Police are still investigating a Pleasantville, NJ shooting, during which rapper Beanie Sigel was shot in the torso. NBC 10 reports that the former Roc-A-Fella artist’s sister-in-law, Kamilah Salahuddin, is among a list of people being sought for questioning.

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Hate it or love it, Iggy Azalea had a crazy successful year. She managed to deliver a No.1 hit, land several mag covers, nab awards and drop a “critically-acclaimed” debut album (which was also rebranded with five new songs). And let’s not forget her four Grammy nods. But win or lose, she’s kicking off 2015 on the road and […]

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Mohammed Islam, the Queens high school student who allegedly made a staggering $72 million in stock deals, was one of the hottest stories of the week when it broke two days ago. But just like that, it’s coming out that the whole affair was nothing but a lie.

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The premiere episode of the 5th season of Love & Hip Hop: New York was full of the face palming f*ckery we have have come to expect.

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In 2011, Lil Wayne put out the Sorry 4 The Wait mixtape to hold fans over until Tha Carter IV finally hit shelves.

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If Rae Sremmurd is on the premises, it’s damn near promised that a proper party coincides. Such was proven by their major singles “No Flex Zone” and “No Type”; their new track “Up Like Trump” also echoes that sentiment.

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Lupe Fiasco has delivered a few ill Ty Dolla $ign-assisted records during the album roll out for Tetsuo & Youth. But neither he or the crooner appear in the thought provoking visual for “Deliver.”

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While rappers like Killer Mike, J. Cole and Macklemore have been vocal in protesting the failure of grand juries to indict the killers of Mike Brown and Eric Garner, Kanye West was silent. Until last night. 

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Remember those Sony Pictures emails that got leaked which revealed, well, almost everything about the company? Lost in that flurry of information was an almost overlooked tidbit about a possible upcoming film from everyone’s favorite rapper turned fashion maven, Kanye West.

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A St. Louis woman who was one of the witnesses whose testimony was  given to the grand jury involved with the Darren Wilson case has been revealed as a woman with a checkered and questionable past. Known previously as “Witness 40,” the woman has a history of racism, criminal activity and a host of other […]

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Fans around the world are going absolutely bonkers over D’Angelo’s comeback album Black Messiah, which with just a few days notice today. The man behind the music discussed the artists who influenced him during a conversation with Red Bull Music Academy.