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Kendrick's New Single is Here - Check out, "i."

Kendrick Lamar’s audio of, “i.”    

New One to Watch: Andre Damar, "No Hope."

“I tried to show a vision through my words about the everyday struggles a lot of young black men go through in America through my eyes.”     The track is produced by Sal P, the Bay Area .. Read More

Edo.G is Back with "Fight," featuring Chuck D.

“After All These Years” will be available on iTunes tomorrow (September 9).      

Jay Z's Made in America Festival is livestreaming now!

Lots more music still to come tonight from the Made In America Festival: http://www.madeinamericafest.com/ photo: Made in America  

Ice Cube Receives Entertainer Award from BET Honors

Ice Cube received the Entertainer Award from BET tonight, noting his multi-faceted, 25 year career. Ice Cube and  wife, Kimberly Woodruff  photo: BET Ice Cube has moved from NWA to Boys in the Hood and Menace to Society in the 1980s and 1990s, to his .. Read More

Video of Suge Knight Allegedly Attacking Employee at Marijuana Dispensary

  Suge Knight, former CEO of Death Row Records, is in the news for yet another alleged attack. TMZ has released footage that appears to show Knight hitting an employee at a marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles on Sunday. According to TMZ, the altercation occured .. Read More

New Ashanti - "I Got It" ft. Rick Ross

Ashanti debuts the video for her new single “I Got It” featuring Rick Ross off her forthcoming album “Braveheart” (to be released March 4).   And a little classic Ashanti for those that remember…. “Baby” .. Read More

Meet "The First Lady of Arab Hip Hop" - Shadia Mansour

Shadia Mansour (شادية منصور‎ Shādiyah Manṣūr) is a British-born Palestinian emcee and singer who has been called “the First Lady of Arab Hip Hop”.   Check out her video for “Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh” (The Kufiyeh is Arab) featuring M1 of Dead Prez .. Read More

Kanye West's Debut Album "College Dropout" Marks its 10th Anniversary

Ten years ago on February 10, 2004, Kanye West released his first album The College Dropout. It debuted at #2 on Billboard 200, selling nearly half a million copies in just the first week. It soon went on to go double platinum and remains .. Read More

Pharoahe Monche Drops a Single off his Highly Anticipated Album "PTSD"

Pharoahe Monche’s highly anticipated fourth solo album PTSD is scheduled to be released on April 15 under his independent label W.A.R Media. With guest appearances from Black Thought of the Roots, Talib Kweli and Vernon Reid, to name a few, the album focuses .. Read More