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It’s been three years since 50 Cent dropped his Before I Self Destruct album, but 2012 marks a new musical direction for the rapper. After teasing and then scrapping the release of Black Magic, and public discrepancies with his label, Interscope Records, fans will finally get a chance to hear his fifth project, Street King Immortal. […]

The producers of Fox’s American Idol have reportedly been wooing Bad Boy CEO and Hip-Hop mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs to become a judge on the show. After Aerosmith front man, Steven Tyler, opted to leave the show this season along with Jennifer Lopez two seats were up for grabs on America’s biggest karaoke contest. Jennifer Lopez was […]

Spike Lee has never been a fan of Hollywood.The filmmaker—and committed New York Knick’s fan—has been very open in expressing his disdain over lack of mainstream financial support for Black films, and with his newest project, Red Hook Summer, hitting select theaters today, the Brooklyn native broke down his new disposition. “I’m moved passed trying to […]

Terrell Owens knows at this point in his career his reputation precedes him, and it is pretty cool that he can poke fun at himself now. In a yearly mini-camp tradition, the fun-loving head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, Pete Carroll, involved Owens in his annual team prank. Last year he Punk’d a player into […]

Chelsea Handler sure loves her some rappers, and Wiz Khalifa was the latest one to drop by her show, Chelsea Lately on the E! Network. In this short clip, young Wizzle spoke to Chelsea about the origins of his rapper name as well as the clean and dirty meanings of his album title, O.N.I.F.C.  Chelsea Handler has had […]

Well that was fast. After snatching his first #1 single as early as 2009, Drake has surpassed Jay-Z for the most #1 singles on the Billboard R&B/Hip-HOp charts in the 70 year history of Billboard.  Drake’s latest collaboration with 2 Chainz, “No Lie” rises to the top of the R&B/Hip-Hop Chart to become his 10th No. […]

Last night in New York City, the unicorn known as Eminem made a rare performance at G-Shock’s 30th Anniversary party at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. Prefaced by a set from his group, Slaughterhouse, Eminem rocked the house and performed all of his classic records ranging from the Slim Shady LP all the […]

It is a Black Hippy movement as Ab Soul grabs Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, and School Boy Q for the remix of the stand out song off of his controlSYSTEM album. The “Black Lip Bastard” remix has already been touted as one of the best verses of the year from the one and only Kendrick Lamar, where […]

Meek Mill has yet to drop his debut, but he already has some choice words for other rappers in the game. The Philly native unleashed his observations while speaking with San Franciso radio station Wild 94.9, and inadvertently called out other MCs for not having much to rap about. “A lot of people have been shying away from […]

A judge in Tampa, Florida denied Buju Banton’s request for a new trial, stemming from his drug trafficking conviction. Federal Judge James Moody struck down the appeal Tuesday (Aug. 7), more than a month after the reggae star filed paperwork in an Atlanta courtroom to have his conviction overturned, a move which was  denied by […]

Hip-Hop helped give DJ Khaled his career, and the Miami dweller dropped a new joint dedicated to the genre. “Hip Hop” is one of the more highly anticipated tracks off his forthcoming Kiss the Ring album, and features Nas, Scarface and DJ Premier. Khaled—who dropped a video chronicling the making of the record earlier in […]

Somebody needs to give Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star, Stevie J a lesson on how not to catch the fade.  As if the extremely entertaining punch, kick, and slaps, his side-piece Joseline Hernandez gave him on Monday’s (Aug. 9) episode weren’t embarrassing enough, he lost a battle with an open hand that just happened to belong […]