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The “Pitbull In A Skirt,” Eve made her big return to the stage this past weekend at the “SummerJam for old folks” also known as, the Essence Festival. The bombshell performed many of her Ruff Ryders hits including “Love Is Blind,” and “Who’s That Girl.” She also performed her final hit single “Tambourine,” which came out close to […]

George Zimmerman is taking his safety very seriously. The accused killer of Trayvon Martin was released on bail Friday (July 6) and has been transported to a Florida safe house, which is being protected by security guards. After Judge Kenneth Lester set his bond at $1 million, Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mike O’Mara, went online to ask […]

Big Shug and DJ Premier bring back that classic Gang Starr Foundation sound on their gritty collaborative effort “Hardbody.” You can’t expect anything less than poignant bars on a track produced by the aforementioned Premo, that also features Fat Joe and M.O.P. “Hardbody” is set to appear on Big Shug’s I.M. 4-EVA album, which drops July 24 and […]

Busta Rhymes has about 90 rap lives. The former Leaders of the New School member recently announced that is new album, which will be released via Cash Money, Google Music and his The Conglomerate imprint, is titled Year of the Dragon. Today, Bussa Buss reveals ninth studio album’s artwork (see below). 

50 Cent sat down with Big Boy and the Power 106 crew in Los Angeles while promoting his new project 5: Murder By Numbers. The interesting note on this interview is when 50 speaks about his cooled relationship with his G-Unit cohorts. “‘I’ve enabled them to a point where they feel like they don’t have to do […]

The public won’t know the result of the 2012 presidential election until November, but Spike Lee already has an idea of who will win—and it’s likely not Mitt Romney. Lee, a longtime supporter of President Obama, said in an interview with Vulture that while the race will be close, the end result will come down […]

Drake continued his string of concerts across the pond at the 2012 Wireless Festival in London, England. After shouting out 50 Cent the previous day in Zurich, Switzerland at the OpenAir Frauenfeld Festival on his birthday, Drizzy brought him out along with Wiz Khalifa during his set. Drake went on to call the G-Unit founder […]

UPDATE: Game has released the full video, on the next page. Over the weekend, 40 Glocc was the talk of the Internets thanks to getting catching the fade courtesy of Game and his entourage. The G-Unit affiliate got jumped, with the incident being caught on camera, and Big Bad 40 was seen falling in some […]

If you’re a longtime reader of The Source magazine, you no doubt remember The Last Word column that ran on the last page of the magazine for years. It was actually a timely illustration by artist/journalist André LeRoy Davis aka A.L. Dre that hilariously and wittily covered a Hip-Hop trending topic, before the advent of Twitter, […]

Jay-Z is out to make sure the new home of his Brooklyn Nets gets christened properly. Back in April, it was announced that Hova would be the first artist to grace the Barclays Center stage with a concert on September 28th. Today, the “Brooklyn’s Finest” rapper announces that two additional shows have been added on […]

DMX drops a video for “I Don’t Dance,” featuring Bad Boy rapper and red carpet awkward interview subject Machine Gun Kelly. The song, first heard way back in February, is from Dark Man X’s forthcoming Undisputed album. 

Usher’s stepson, Kile Glover, has been declared brain dead after a Jet Ski accident left him in critical condition, reports TMZ.