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The future is looking might bleak for one of the most recognizable Wu-tang Clan affiliates, Shyheim Franklin.

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New York City, there’s a crowned jewel walking your streets and she goes by the name of Erin Belle.

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Kid Cudi may not have been the only person in the Twitterverse to take issue with Lupe Fiasco‘s $500 personal verse sale, but he visibly called out the Chicago rapper online. Lupe didn’t turn the other cheek, and responded to Cudder’s jab with the quickness.

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 An ex editor at People magazine claims the publication is a “discriminatory organization run entirely by White people who intentionally focus the magazine on stories involving White people and White celebrities.” Tatsha Robertson — formerly the magazine’s sole Black editor — is now suing for discrimination.

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Ty Dolla $ign announced his upcoming mixtape, $ign Language, leaving fans yearning for new music. Not long after, the singer-songwriter antes up the first leak, “Lord Knows,” featuring Rick Ross and Dom Kennedy.

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Philadelphia’s Freeway and Bay Area Rapper, The Jacka, returns with their aptly titled single, “Combine The Coasts,” which comes accompanied by a clip.

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Wiz Khalifa just scored a re-up. Today (August 21), Converse revealed its second sneaker collection with the Pittsburgh rapper.

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C.J. Wallace, famously known as The Notorious B.I.G.’s only son, has his entire life ahead of him. How ever he chooses to live his life is completely up to him but that doesn’t mean lies should be thrust upon him.

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To celebrate Public Enemy‘s 25th anniversary in music, eyewear brand Arnette is releasing a special edition sunglass collection in their honor. This the latest addition to Arnette’s “Uncommon Projects” eyewear initiative.

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With Budweiser’s Made In America Festival set to descend upon Philadelphia and Los Angeles next weekend, Noisey presents the ninth episode of a new web series that places a scope on the music scene in difference stateside cities. This one is coined Made In Philadelphia.

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A couple of Caucasian supporters of Darren Wilson, the cop who shot and killed unarmed teen Mike Brown in Fergurson, MO, showed amongst the predominately Black protestors for seemingly the sake of starting controversy.

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Talib Kweli is a “conscious rapper” who doesn’t just talk the talk, and has been in Ferguson documenting what is happening in the aftermath of the death of Michael Brown. Don Lemon is a CNN reporter who has become a slander magnet. The two coming together for a live interview was even more awkward, and […]