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As if the Rick Ross d@te rape fiasco wasn’t already controversial enough, MMG cohort Meek Mill and We The Best Music Group artist Ace Hood recently came to the Miami rapper’s defense. In separate radio interviews, both artists shared their different stances on what most would consider a pretty cut and dry lyric.

In a recent move to merge digital with print, VIBE magazine has digital covers to accompany the ones found on newsstands. For their April/May issue, Miguel and Kendrick Lamar grace the digital issue cover, with individual print covers as well.

Dear LL Cool J: “Accidental Racist” was a bad idea. But you knew that already.

The Internets was on fire yesterday (April 8) after country music star Brad Paisley dropped his new song “Accidental Racist,” featuring veteran rapper-actor LL Cool J. Paisley shared in an upcoming print interview why he decided to release the controversial track, although it appears the West Virginia native is not necessarily an expert on race […]

Eight years later, Kanye West is still being chased by the gold diggers. This time however, it’s over a sample featured in his 2005 classic hit single “Gold Digger.”

Young Jeezy‘s “R.I.P.” remix, or should we say Chris Brown’s sneak dissing, had the Internets in an uproar a few weeks ago. It looks like that wasn’t enough for the CTE frontman, who returns today, via this leak courtesy of the L.A. Leakers, with another remix aptly coined the “G-Mix,” featuring California legends Snoop Dogg, Too […]

Marco Rubio, a Republican and noted Tupac stan, is still mad that Beyoncé & Jay-Z’s got to travel to Cuba. Although the couple’s trip was approved by the Treasury Department, the Florida Senator is calling for the Obama administration to explain why they were allowed to travel to the island nation. 

Last night, there were at least three killers on NBC. Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge hit Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform “I Declare War” off their forthcoming collaborative album, Twelve Reasons To Die. As usual, the Roots held down the beats while Tony Starks also brought along his Wu-Tang brethren Masta Killa and […]

J. Cole drops the video for “Power Trip,” featuring Miguel, the lead single from his forthcoming Born Sinner album.

We all deal with adversity in different ways. For Rihanna, coping with another alleged break up with Chris Brown apparently means puffing on some kush in the club. Role model much?

R. Kelly went all the way up to “12-play,” but The Dream has settled on the number four. The singer/songwriter drops his latest record, “IV play,” the title track off his forthcoming album.

KiD CuDi‘s Indicud may be the latest high-profile album to be a victim of Internet piracy, but he isn’t too upset. “I aint trippin bout my album leakin. Im the best. Love it. April 23,” tweeted the former G.O.O.D. Music artist. With that, we receive one of the more anticipated tracks from the record, “Solo Dolo […]