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Jay Z and Beyoncé made sure there were no hitches in their united front at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. Apparently, part of that entailed making sure Bey’s sister Solange stayed clear of the Hip-Hop power couple. 

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Jeezy was apprehended by police yesterday for gun possession in California, but with his album, Seen It All: The Autobiography, set to release on September 2, the show clearly doesn’t stop. Here’s a full stream of the Atlanta rapper’s LP to prove it.

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Big Sean recently put on a private show at Brooklyn’s The 1896, courtesy of Coors Light and Complex. Before he could take the stage alongside NOLA rapper Curren$y, Sean Don spoke with Hip-Hop Wired about his current musical undertakings, being a BAPE fan and more.

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R&B lost a real star in Aaliyah, it’s even hard to imagine where music would be if she were still here. Today (Aug. 25) marks 13 years since the then 22-year-old singer lost her life in a plane crash. As the story goes, Aaliyah wanted to get back home early from her “Rock the Boat” […]

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Nicki Minaj  was on the stage more than anybody other performer at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, and yet Beyoncé was the one who stole the entire  show.

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Starlito makes his craft seem so effortless, it’s probably a good explanation why there continues to be an infinite amount of struggle rappers who enter the game annually. Sometimes swag can’t be learned or practiced and if there is one thing you’ll learn from the Tennessee rapper’s music, it’s going to be nothing less than […]

As Mike Brown was laid to rest today, the unfortunate scenario coincidentally etched the unarmed teen’s name into historical context of tragedies that have become national learning tools.

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When it comes to the VMA’s, it doesn’t matter whether you’re a winner or loser, great dresser or fashion disaster.

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Raury represents a side of Atlanta’s music scene far less covered in the media. But a change may occur with the release of his highly anticipated album, Indigo Child, which listeners can stream guilt-free after the jump.

It’s hard to believe that a MC as talented and formidable as Ludacris has released an official solo studio album in four years but here we stand.

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In the early hours of Sunday morning, notorious Hip-Hop exec and Death Row Records co-founder Suge Knight shot in a West Hollywood nightclub at a pre-MTV VMAs party that Chris Brown was co-hosting. As details emerge, it has become clearly that the night in question was full of f-ckery and that Suge just might be bulletproof.

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UPDATE: Contrary to previous reports, P Reign delivered his Dear America mixtape on September 2. Find it here. OVO affiliate and Reps-Up member P Reign antes up a new single called “DnF” from his upcoming project, Dear America.