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U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch told NBC’s Chuck Todd during the Washington Ideas Forum, hosted by AtlanticLIVE and the Aspen Institute, that the federal government should not require police…

Puffy’s Bad Boy Entertainment is teaming up with Epic Records for an exclusive partnership. Bad Boy will be receiving a little help from Epic’s team on the marketing, promotional, and sales side. Epic Records will also assist Diddy by managing the marketing behind Bad Boy artists. According to Billboard, Epic Records will distribute Puffy’s forthcoming new […]

Times are a-changin’ at New York’s legacy hip-hop radio station, HOT 97. Staple on-air personality Miss Info has announced her departure. Born Minya Oh, the Columbia graduate has worked at the station for the past 10 years, but now looks to focus on raising her Instagram-famous son Max, relaunching her website, and writing a book […]

Gabrielle Union is looking to make some new holiday memories. The actress will be starring in the Will Packer (Ride Along) drama, A Myers Christmas. The…

The season finale of Basketball Wives LA was lit last night.

Ever since Drake hit the music scene back in 2009, he’s had the reputation of being a ladies man- but now his body speaks for him before he even gets a chance to lyrically woo the women. The Back To Back rapper has been linked to everyone from Rihanna to Serena Williams, and we can’t blame the ladies for […]

Kendrick Lamar is hitting the road. Kendrick just announced his “Kunta’s Groove Sessions” tour, which features eight intimate shows in eight different cities. The Compton rapper headlined a few festivals this year, but surprisingly, K. Dot didn’t go on an official promotional tour after the release of his To Pimp A Butterfly album in March. The “On […]

This comes as no surprise. Despite selling almost one million records collectively this year, Drake and Future are the most illegally downloaded artists of 2015. According to a Seat Smart study, Drake’s If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late is the most downloaded project of the year, but when it comes to daily downloads, Future’s […]

This is seriously like beating a dead horse. After Drake lyrically stomped the life out of Meek Mill with “Back to Back”, you would have…

The family of Vachel Howard, who was killed in police custody in 2012, will receive a $3 million pay-out from the city over his death.

As rap’s fight for mainstream relevance finally gains some traction, author and Grantland writer Shea Serrano is set to release The Rap Year Book: The Most Important Rap Song From Every Year Since 1979, Discussed, Debated, and Deconstructed. The upcoming book schools you on hip-hop history by breaking down the most pivotal moments from the genre […]