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It’s hard out here for a rapper. So hard and sinister, in fact, that many artists find themselves turning to religion shortly after their industry days are over, with some even stepping in the pulpit to spread the gospel themselves. Others see the writing on the wall, and head for the high road, even sooner. Many […]

New York’s own Nina B is here to show that the Big Apple’s female MCs extend past Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks. That’s in no way a shot to those ladies either. Nina B is just hungry right now, and that’s proven on the remix of her single “How Ya’ll Want It,” with Flint, Michigan wordsmith Jon […]

Meek Mill and Pastor Jomo K. Johnson are not going to be good friends anytime soon. The latter is organizing a boycott of the Philly rappers hit “Amen” single, citing it as blasphemous. Both parties called into their local radio station Hot 107.9 at the same damn time to discuss their issues with each other, […]

At the end of Frank Ocean’s channel ORANGE, there will be a bonus track on the album featuring his Odd Future homie, Tyler, The Creator. This festive track starts at about the 3:44 mark on the album’s outro. This didn’t appear on the digital release of the album, but will be available on the physical copy […]

Shortly after releasing their Life Is Good collaboration, “Summer On Smash,” Nas and Swizz Beatz joined each other on stage to perform their collaboration at the 2012 ESPY Awards. The ESPYs, which were celebrating their 20th year anniversary, celebrate the great moments and people of the year in sports. Besides performing “Summer On Smash,” Nas played the […]

Maybach Music Group’s power circle just got a bit wider. Rick Ross has officially signed Chicago MC Rockie Fresh to MMG. Rozay made the announcement in the early a.m., via Twitter. “Everyone Welcome @rockiefresh to the@MaybachMusicGrp Family!!!!,” tweeted the “So Sophisticated” rapper along with a pic of the signing. Rockie followed up with his own message, tweeting, “Salute […]

Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange debut quickly topped iTunes charts when it was released earlier in the week, but when the physical album is available one place you won’t find it at is Target. Ocean confirmed via Twitter that the project will not be sold by the retail giant. “Album won’t be available at target,” he […]

Azealia Banks works very hard for a person who retired from rap before she even dropped her debut album. Nonetheless, the Harlem native is ready for the world to hear her highly anticipated Fantasea mixtape, which she unleashed late Wednesday (July 11). Spawning joints like “Jumanji,” “Aquababe” and “Neptune,” Banks is masterful at keeping the public […]

The ongoing battle between Game and 40 Glocc is far from over. Less than a week after 40 was (allegedly) attacked by Game and his crew, both rappers gave conflicting stories of what actually went down. In two separate interviews with Power 99’s Cosmic Kev, Game and 40 recounted the night in question. According to […]

More details, sort of, are starting to emerge about Lord Finesse’s $10 million dollar lawsuit against Mac Miller, his label Rostrum Records and DatPiff.com. The issue is the Pittsburgh rapper’s use of Finesse’s “Hip 2 The Game” instrumental to create “Kool Aid & Frozen Pizza (The Kool Aid Song)” off his K.I.D.S. mixtape. After hearing/reading Mac’s, which […]

Back when Nas hosted a listening session for Life Is Good, is was an unnamed Swizz Beats collaboration that made the most noise when leaving. Here it is. “Summer On Smash” featuring Miguel and Swizz Beats is exactly what you think it should sound like. Life Is Good will be in stores next week, and with songs like […]

The Low End Professionals from Chicago will be on Ruby Hornet’s Closed Sessions Vol. 2 project dropping July 18. As a part of that project, Count and Moonie drop off their featured track on the project called “Dont Happen That Often.” The L.E.P. Bogus Boys will also be featured on MTV 2’s newest documentary, Sucker Free: Chicago, which airs […]