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DJ Drama drops the latest single, “Never Die,” from his forthcoming album, Quality Street Music. The Atlanta DJ tapped into his virtual rolodex to get verses from Jadakiss, Nipsey Hussle and Young Jeezy while Cee Lo Green handles the chorus with some soulful vocals. Producer Cardiak gets credit for the regal sounding groove. Quality Street […]

For his Saturday Night Live debut, R&B/Soul crooner Frank Ocean enlisted the help of John Mayer and his guitar. Sporting his trademark flag bandana—and flanked by his band, Mayer and vintage arcade video games— first up was a performance of “Thinkin Bout You” and later on a rendition of “Pyramids.” The latter was a shorter version […]

Oops, we almost missed one. This is “Godsss,” MellowHype’s fourth release during the Odd Future duo’s #mellowhypeweek. The celebration, and this particular run of free tunes, is to to big the release of their proper sophomore album, Numbers, due out October 9th. Producer Left Brain takes a break on this one as rapper Hodgy Beats […]

Unfortunately, one of T.I. and his wife Tiny’s hustles seems to be a wrap, temporarily. Almost two weeks ago (September 3rd), there was a fire at Tiny Cottle’s nail salon, called Tiny’s Nail Bar, in Stockbridge, GA. TMZ reports that there was so much damage that the shop will be shutting down permanently.

Tameka Raymond suffered another loss in her battle against ex-husband, Usher. A judge denied her request to retry to the custody case, concluding that her cries of bias were unwarranted. Tameka argued that the judge sided in Usher’s favor because his lawyers helped raise money for her 2008 re-election campaign, but that theory wasn’t enough […]

We will never know what type of rapper, or man, Lil JoJo, born Joseph Coleman, would have developed into since he was gunned down on September 4th in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The 17-year-old’s funeral was held yesterday (September 14th), and tensions were high with a heavy police presence at the Jones Funeral Home […]

Lupe Fiasco’s highly anticipated album, Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album Part 1, is two weeks away from hitting stores. With some of the footage from this taken from Lupe Fiasco’s Rap Genius break down of “B***h Bad,” the Chicago rapper says that his album is a “challenge in psychological warfare,” and “to challenge your […]

Whatever happens in Tech N9ne’s tour bus, stays in Tech N9ne’s tour bus. That’s the gist of the Strange Music rappers new video for “Don’t Tweet This.” Staying on the road is part of the proudly independent MCs immense success (that’s despite a lack of support from radio) and debauchery is bound to happen. Just […]

Jayceon “The Game” Taylor has been sounding more and more mature lately as he’s gotten older. Not only is he getting married (albeit, televising it for an upcoming VH-1 reality show called Married To The Game), but The Game is also gearing up to release a brand new album called Jesus Piece which is inspired by his new […]

Freddie Gibbs recently announced the release date for his highly anticipated album, Baby Face Killa. Slated for September 25th, with DJ Drama, Baby Face Killa will be released for free, with a retail No-DJ version available soon after under his new label, ESGN. “ESGN is me. If you’re in it, you know what it’s all about. […]

It’s a Maybach Music Group affair in Torch’s newest video, “Slow Down.” The New York City affiliate of the MMG click rounds up some of his homies in this video including Meek Mill, Wale, Gunplay, Stalley and Young Breed. This video looks to have been shot during the group’s last visit to the Big Apple […]

UPDATE (9-15-12): A 40-second teaser of the Jay Martin directed video has been released. Check it out below. Nasty Nas just dropped his video for fan favorite “Bye Baby,” but the Top 5 Dead or Alive MC is already putting together the next clip from his latest, critically acclaimed album, Life Is Good. The latest […]