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Next week just might be the biggest week in J. Cole's life because his highly anticipated sophomore album, Born Sinner, hits stores. Of course, the album has already hit the Internet—it leaked last week and Cole opted to bite the bullet and just stream the album…

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For coming on a decade now, Rihanna has dominated the music industry.

From girl-next-door to girl-gone-wild, Rihanna's image has changed over the years. As she's grown in…

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On February 10, 1992 Mike Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly raping 18-year-old Miss Black Rhode Island, Desiree Washington, during the Miss Black America Beauty pageant in Indianapolis on July 19, 1991.

Fast…

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Today is the 10-year anniversary of The Diplomats' landmark debut, Diplomatic Immunity. Although the album was certainly a crew effort, it was anchored by one star in particular: Cam'ron.



Juelz Santana and Jim Jones have had a slew of great moments in their…

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When Too Short was arrested for DUI in Los Angeles yesterday morning police say he tried to dump narcotics in the back seat of a…

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Yeezy done taught you well. Or did he?



You'd think: After everything he's rapped about, said in the public, said in private (that's made its way to…

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This weekend, Eminem's major label debut, The Slim Shady LP, celebrates its 14th anniversary.



You know the story. He exploded onto the music scene with "My Name Is," and with almost constant rotation on MTV, an instantly recognizable bleach blonde hairdo, and some of the most shocking rap lyrics ever…

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Consequence and his girlfriend Jen The Pen stopped by Hot 97 yesterday to talk with Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds and K-Foxx. After an awkward confrontation with Joe Budden, Cons…

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Kat Stacks appears to be keeping her word about turning her life around after spending two years in a Louisiana immigration facility.

Known for causing problems for members of YMCMB and other rappers by telling stories about them…

Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with IAMSU! for an exclusive interview.

He freestyles, talks about his collab with LoveRance and 50 Cent for "UP!", advice from 50 Cent, new mixtape "$uzy 6 $peed", collab with E-40 "Function" & much more!

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Last week, we dug up a ton of obscure facts for a post revealing 50 things you didn't know about Jay-Z. And since we did one on Hov, it's only right to do one for Nas, because since the turn…

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It's good to see Eve back on the scene. She will be releasing her fourth studio album titled Lip Lock in 2013. The Philly emcee stopped by MTV's RapFix Live earlier this week and was very open about a lot of topics including her relationship with…

Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Freeway for an exclusive interview.

He freestyles, says he defiantly feels underrated, Jay-Z bringing him out in Philly, why the G-Unit deal didn't work, motivation, current label situation, "Diamond in the Ruff" album, Beanie Sigel & much more!

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Hip-hop fans have been listening to, watching, and reading about Jay-Z for what seems like forever. At this point, it feels like Hov is a guy we know really well—even if he doesn't know us at all.



Jay has revealed so much about himself through his songs: how he shot his brother,…

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Despite being acquitted in 1995, O.J. Simpson is widely believed to have murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994. As Simpson sits in Nevada's Lovelock Correctional Center for…

Quincy Jones III -- the filmmaker behind the 2009 documentary "The Carter" about Lil Wayne -- insists he did NOT steal the rapper's music to make the movie ... and now, he wants Weezy's lawsuit thrown out of court.



Quincy -- son of the…

When Nate Dogg passed away in 2011 he didn't leave a will. As a result his family members are locked in a bitter dispute over his estate.

According to TMZ, initially after his death Nate's wife, Latoya…

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Jay-Z is probably the most well known rapper to proclaim that he doesn't usually write down his lyrics before recording them. Kanye West has worked closely with Hova since the beginning of his career and it seems he learned a lot from watching his…

Chief Keef took it to Twitter to express how he feels when people say he blew up because Kanye jumped on his track "I Don't Like" for the remix, which also featured Pusha T & Big Sean. Read what he had to say below...…