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Rapheal Saadiq Announces Spring US Tour Dates
The respected veteran Soul singer who has worked with Jay-Z, Q-Tip and DJ Quik reveals tour dates.
Lil Wayne Makes Green Bay Packers Fight Song, "Green & Yellow"
Weezy F. looks at Wiz Khalifa's Steelers Nation anthem and says, "You can get with that, or you can get with this" leading up to Super Bowl XLV weekend.
REKS Speaks About Singing Abilities, And Why "R.E.K.S." Will Reach New Fans
Exclusive: REKS reveals that he has learned from watching Black Thought, Mos Def and Pharoahe Monch's mic skills, and why he made a song about trying to quit smoking at his son's request.
Big K.R.I.T. "K.R.I.T. Wuz Here" Band Sessions Come To Vinyl Release
Grillade and Big K.R.I.T. recorded four "K.R.I.T. Wuz Here" joints with a full band, that's now being released on a specially-packaged EP vinyl and vinyl, with handwritten letter from K.R.I.T.
Murs Launches Road To Paid Dues Tour With Tabi Bonney, AB-Soul
The "road is his religion," as the Living Legends emcee announces a tour that leads up to his celebrated annual Hip Hop festival.
Odd Future To Appear On "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," The Roots Backing
L.A. Hip Hop collective gets a national televised look with The Roots, as Tyler, The Creator tweets, "I want to scare the fuck out of old white fucking people that live in Middle fucking America."
REKS Calls "25th Hour" His Best Work To Date, Addresses 10 Years Of Albums
Exclusive: The Showoff emcee talks about why he calls out hipster Rap and mainstream acts so he, Skyzoo, eLZHi and others get their due, and why he's grateful that Hip Hop gave him a second chance.
Updated Tracklisting Revealed For Raekwon's "Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang"
UPDATE: Erick Sermon, Havoc, Alchemist and Sean C & LV are revealed producers in the album dropping in five weeks.
Exclusive: The Compton icon teams with an east coast legend to make a song about the south, champions "Green and Yellow" and talk about mainstream Rap going global.
Kangol Kid Urges U.T.F.O. Members For Reunion, Proceeds To Kool Herc
The first Rap group to come forward is 1980s Brooklyn legend Kangol Kid, calling the quartet to reunite for one show, with 100% of proceeds going to Hip Hop's founder.
Swollen Members' Madchild Turns U.S. Customs Banning Into An EP
UPDATE: Earlier this month, Mad Child couldn't cross the border based on his rep, now the veteran emcee has parlayed that into "Banned From America," an EP.
Young Money's Cory Gunz Gets April MTV Docu-series, "Son Of A Gun"
Nick Cannon will executive produce a six-part Thursday night series that looks closely at the persistence of one of Young Money's newest acts signed.
Mikkey Halsted Credits Kanye West As Inspiration, Despite '00s Split
The former Cash Money act chronicles the time he went to New Orleans and 'Ye went to New York, but how all these years later, Mr. West made his life better.
Tracklisting & Artwork Revealed To D12's Swifty Mcvay's "Hell To The Captain"
Eminem's homie finally breaks through with a new solo album.
Erick Sermon Has New Solo Material In The Works, New EPMD Single
EPMD tells 2011 Rap fans "Don't Get Clapped" as the Green Eyed-Bandit has much in the works.
KRS-One & D.I.T.C.'s Showbiz To Release "Godsville" On February 15
UPDATE: The legendary Bronx, New York link will have a physical release component in March.
Game Confirms That Wu-Tang's RZA Filed Lawsuit Against "Heartbreaker"
Exclusive: Game explains that he and RZA made a song that couldn't be used for "R.E.D.," but when it ended up on this week's mixtape, the Abbott started sending cease-and-desists.
Game Says That Nas Loves "The Kill", "Purp & Patron" Was Made In 72 Hours
Exclusive: Game reveals that the response to "The Kill" has come from many places, prompting him and DJ Skee to shoot a video, and that "Purp & Patron" was largely written since Saturday morning.
Tracklisting & Artwork Revealed To K-Rino's "Alien Baby", Due February 15
The Houston O.G. is back with a feature-less album, and a sequel to last year's "Flow Session."
Game To Release "Purp & Patron: The Hangover" Today, 10 More Tracks
UPDATE: After a double mixtape on Monday, Game is planning 10 supplemental P&P tracks for fans.
Game Talks About Dr. Dre Production On "Purp & Patron," Peace With Ashanti
Game talks about "Soft Rhodes," the Dr. Dre-produced mixtape joint featuring Ashanti. He also talks about how he went from dissing her on "Higher" to working together now.
