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Mark Sanchez is now the beloved quarterback in Philadelphia and Mike Vick might be able turn around the train wreck that are the New York Jets. Welcome to the 2014 NFL season.

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Bobby Shumrda isn’t ready to let the buzz fade on his 2014 winner Shmoney Dance, so he’s infiltrated digital devices everywhere.

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Rick Ross expands the MMG fold once again, as he announces Las Vegas’ own Yowda to be the latest rapper to join the fold.

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Continuing a crazy run of records, including a “Reasonable Suspicion,” Louisiana rapper Kevin Gates debuts a new record called “Crazy.”

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Havoc, one-half of the legendary Mobb Deep, crafted a new EP, 13 Reloaded, which releases on November 18. From the project, the veteran MC and producer debuts “What I Rep,” featuring The LOX’s own Sheek Louch.

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Chelsea Handler aka that white chick that 50 Cent once bedded, tried to pull a Kim Kardashian on Instagram. However, Handler’s “cakes” look hella boyish in comparison. 

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Back in September, rapper Waka Flocka Flame offered a hell of a proposition: become his personal blunt roller for an annual $50K salary. Not so surprisingly, the Atlanta local’s search has finally come to a close, sort of.

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Talk about closing the year with a bang. Big Sean has kept his foot steadily on the gas, since blessing listeners with a four-track bundle, including his smash record “IDFWU,” in September; continuing his streak yesterday (November 11), he teams up with Los Angeles-based DJ/producer and songwriter RL Grimes on “Kingpin.”

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With multiplatinum album sales and a bad girl, Bajan attitude, Rihanna is always a trending topic. Just to keep things interesting, she adds to the allure by also working the fashion angle.

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Los Angeles Lakers guard Wayne Ellington was struck with tragic news this week after he was alerted that his father was shot and killed in Philadelphia. The Lakers allowed Ellington to go on leave as he mourns the loss.

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Back in March, YG made a major impact with his Def Jam debut My Krazy Life, an album many would call a cinematic experience. But the Compton rapper has more West Coast stories to tell, as he announced plans to release a short film called Blame It On The Streets and an accompanying soundtrack.

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St. Louis rapper Tef Poe is one of the few artists that puts on for his city in all ways. The outspoken activist took to his familiar medium of music to unleash a scathing diss record against Missouri Governor Jay Nixon in response to  recent incidents in Ferguson.