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The usually animated and often trippy Danny Brown had a mellower approach once upon a time, a la his days as The Hybrid. “Change,” the first leak from his forthcoming collaborative project Danny Johnson, entirely produced by Blu & Mainframe, features some of the Detroit MC’s calmer introspective raps from yesteryear.  Judging by this track, Danny Brown has […]

It’s great to see Action Bronson finally receive his just due, after making waves through the internets this past year with a few quality mixtapes and free albums. The chef turned lyricist discussed his success up to this point with Hypetrak, while in Los Angeles for Mishka’s grand re-opening event for their LA venue. Bronson, known to be calm, […]

Busta Rhymes, who has had to carry a heavy heart dealing with the death of Chris Lighty, drops a new video for “Doin It Again” off of Year Of The Dragon. The video starts of most importantly with a heartfelt message sent to his friend and manager of over 21 years, who was laid to rest late […]

The Morrocan MC, French Montana, is prepping the release of his Maybach Music Group/Bad Boy/ Interscope records debut album, Excuse My French. While in Los Angeles for the MTV Video Music Awards, Francois spoke on the status of his album as well as the next single that features Nicki Minaj. “I got my new single coming out […]

After going back and forth with his ex-wife Tameka Raymond in court, Usher is finally ready to speak publicly about his on-going custody battle. For the first (and last) time, Usher aired out the details behind the headlines, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey for her Oprah’s Next Chapter series. The singer was granted primary custody […]

The soundtrack for The Man With The Iron Fists is looking better and better with each and every listen and today is no different. Today’s latest song off of the RZA-produced movie soundtrack features a this Frank Dukes and S-1 produced jam with Joell Ortiz, Pusha T and Raekwon called “Tick Tock.” This is a no nonsense track […]

Police in Philadelphia are looking for a man caught on tape raping a woman then claiming to have infected her with HIV, according to the victim. The suspect reportedly attacked the victim from behind on August 29., beating her unconscious, and raping her repeatedly. With the suspect still at large, authorities turned to the media […]

This is hilarious. In another webisode with Cam’Ron and Cousin Bang, this video starts off in Cam’s house and starts talking about fried chicken. After Bang talks about making fried chicken, they flash back to Chicago where Kanye West and GLC hit up the world’s famous Harold’s Chicken. This College Dropout-era video takes place in the […]

Harvard University has long been looked at as a pillar of educational standards, but a new cheating scandal might damage its reputation. Late last month, the New England school announced an investigation into whether or not as many as 125 undergrads committed “academic dishonesty” during a take-home final exam for the Government 1310: Introduction to Congress […]

During MTV VIdeo Music Awards weekend, Pretty Flacko talks to Sway on Shade 45 about his first time at the awards show. In this sit down with Sway, A$AP Rocky talks about his mindset and how he doesn’t get caught up in the hype and how he doesn’t walk with a chip on his shoulder […]

The anti-Islamic film Innocence of Muslims caused an uproar among followers of the religion resulting in the attack on the U.S. consulate in the city of Benghazi, Tuesday (Sept. 11) night. Four Americans were killed, one of which was U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, who is believed to have died of smoke inhalation, following the […]

The hardest working man in Hip-Hop, Curren$y the Hot Spitta, releases this video off of his collaborative EP with (La Musica de) Harry Fraud, Cigarette Boats. In “Leaving The Dock,” the New Orleans MC is in the studio and in the streets rocking to some airy production from the Brooklyn producer who has been one of the […]