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With a well-received selection of mixtape projects to his credit, features and interviews with just about every media outlet that matters and YouTube plays totaling well over a million, Houston’s Marcus Manchild knows what it’s like to have the industry eating out of your hand. Sometimes though, despite being poised for greatness, things happen that […]

Photo Credit: Steven Klein It may not be summer yet, but this new Rihanna spread for V magazine is sure heating things up. Not many women can pull off sexy as easily as Rihanna can, as she wears an over-sized blonde wig and makes it look very, very good. For the 95th issue, Rihanna is […]

Houston’s D-Boss aka Mr Trap Talk Tuesdays delivered another one yesterday in his continued quest to drop game. The beat is reminiscent of something you’d hear in a mafia film of days gone by giving the song a deep, theatrical feel and D-Boss uses his witty delivery and d-boy jargon to deliver a song […]

Ice-T announced the first ever Art of Rap Music Festival will take place this summer in California. The festival is set for two days on July 18th and 19th, in which Ice-T is calling it, “the most prolific and essential hip-hop festival ever”. That quote appears justifiable as the line up features some of the […]

While there are several names being thrown around for potential presidential nominations there is one name that no one expected, Waka Flocka Flame. Through a new video interview with Rolling Stone, Waka released his campaign announcement yesterday on National Weed Day, also known as 4-20. And as many of you could have guessed, Waka’s first […]

Jamie Foxx interviewed with Angie Martinez on Power 105.1 off of just two hours of sleep after working all night to put the finishing touches on his new album. Jamie discussed a range of different topics during the interview including his upcoming album, the Bruce Jenner joke, being a mentor to Chris Brown, meeting Chris’ […]

iHeartMedia hosted a very special performance with Ludacris for iHeartRadio Live. The event was hosted by Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club and featured his current single “Good Lovin”. The track is off Ludacris’ 9th studio album, Ludaversal which was released last week. You can view photos from the event below. Photo Credit: Katherine Tyler for […]

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta kicked off their season 4 premiere with an episode called ” The Danger Zone.” On this week’s episode Niko tries to make a comeback after his fallout with ex partner Mimi Faust, while she is in business with Stevie J and new cast member rapper Tiffany Foxx. With Joseline away […]

An alarming report came out of the New York Times detailing that there are 1.5 million black men missing from everyday life in the United States. Some statistics included that in New York alone there are 120,000 black men from the ages of 25-54 that are no longer around. In Chicago that number is 45,000 […]

After coming straight from his 4/20 activities, Juicy J decided to drop a freestyle. Hoping on Drake’s “IYRYITL” joint, Juicy keeps  everything trippy on “The 420 Freestyle.” “Nigga you don’t want no problems with me/I put money on your head that’s a hobby to me/I pull up and fill the hotel lobby with freaks/Your girl […]

Damon Dash aka “Chatty Patty” has recently lost custody of his two children with fashion designer Rachel Roy. Dash’s daughters 15-year-old Ava and 6-year-old Tallulah are now in the sole custody of their mother because Dame did not show up for the hearing, so the judge sided with Rachel and Dame only get supervised visits. […]

On a day where most stoners are content with hanging around and smoking more pot than their lungs can handle rap star Lil Wayne is out inking deals and dropping music videos. Weezy has teamed up with WeedMaps, an app designed to help users locate nearby medical marijuana dispensaries. And in celebration of the new […]

Vandals have destroyed a small memorial less than a day after it was erected in memory of Michael Brown. The Black Caucus of the American Library Association dedicated the memorial to Brown on Saturday and by Sunday morning the vandals had already struck. The memorial was located along a walking trail in January-Wabash park in […]

Quality Control’s newest signee, New Orleans up-and-comer Young Greatness, has just unveiled the cover to his DJ Drama-hosted Gangsta Grillz project, “I Tried To Tell Em”, which drops May 19th. The tape will feature label mates Quavo and Offset as well as Akon, Yo Gotti and Jazze Pha. In addition, the QC newbie has been […]