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Champagne is not a favorite of ours, but apparently it is for many hip hop stars. Jay Z has Ace of Spades All-Pinot champagne and Rick Ross with Belaire Rose. Next up, surprisingly, to enter the bubbly sector...

The drill empress Katie Got Bandz has released a new track from her Drillary Clinton II mixtape. The song "Make Me Rich" is a banger and it features the go-to guy Jeremih and Chi Hoover. Check out the...

By: Antoinette Alston, contributing intern Lyrical tyrant Kendrick Lamar is teaming up with Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra for a one-night-only live performance on Oct. 20 at the Kennedy...

The IRS is on one and is leaving no celebrity out of their wrath. So...up next for nonpayment of taxes is rapper and "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" star, Yung Joc. According to Bossip.com, Yung Joc and his...

  If you haven't listened to Shoulda Been There Part. 1, then you're missing out. Sevyn Streeter has a knack for songwriting and from the female perspective she keeps it 100. Her latest single...

Outkast’s Big Boi has joined forces with synthpop group, Phantogram. The three has conjured up a eclectic mix on a new project entitled, Big Grams. According to The Guardian, the mini-album highlights each...

Pop icon Janet Jackson hasn't toured since 2011, but her current "Unbreakable World Tour" reveals that it's been well worth the wait. The pop icon is one of only three women to hold a spot in StubHub's Top 10...

Fetty Wap's debut album will be released on Friday, Sept. 25th. However, the self-titled album is now streaming through NPR.  The Remy Boyz movement is in full effect. The 20-track debut features all of...

By: Antoinette Alston, contributing intern Canadian vocalist The Weeknd has done it again by replacing his #1 song  “Can’t feel my Face," which dropped to no. 3 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart with “The...

The Drake era is real! What will be, as many are predicting, Drake's second-best selling album of 2015 is his latest project with Future, "What A Time To Be Alive." The album was released on Sunday and...

By: Antoinette Alston, contributing intern Tidal is well known for not being the most popular choice for many consumers, but as for Jay Z’s company, it still drops the most exclusive album and song...

  Jeezy dropped a new single "Church in These Streets" on Sunday afternoon. The Zaytoven-produced track is the title track from his forthcoming album, which is due on November 13th. "Church in...

Photo credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images It must be said that Lauryn Hill generated much of the excitement of the night. Sure, most of the crowd probably haven’t seen her live in years (if ever). And...

"Trap Queen" went triple platinum. "My Way" featuring Monty, "679," and "Again" all solidified his spot in music history as the first artist to ever have four singles simultaneously chart on the Top 10...

Sheek Louch, of The LOX's, dropped an album today. Silverback Gorilla 2 is his latest solo project. On it, it's expected that he will continue to bring BARS. As a hip-hop head outside of New York, you...

T.I. stopped by Hot 97 recently and discussed a bevy of topics. One subject that surprised some hip-hop fans is his present relationship with rapper Iggy Azalea. The past two years was a trying year for the...

By: Antoinette Alston, contributing intern Canadian rapper, Drake, has done it again with his second year being the top artist to receive the most nominations for the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards. BET...

The RIAA made an announcement yesterday (Sept. 14) that the file-sharing site, Sharebeast.com, was officially shut down by the Feds. Apparently, Sharebeast served as an illegal music file-sharing site...

Now, we know what #911 means. As we previously reported, T.I. started campaigning this "911" hashtag about two weeks ago. Well, after the release of "Check, Run It," T.I. has now dropped a 5-track...

GRAMMY Award winning R&B icons, Toni Braxton & Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds’ performed in South Africa last week. The two headlined shows in Harare, Zimbabwe, Cape Town, Durban, and then finally...

By: Antoinette Alston, contributing intern The Weeknd’s classic piano-driven ballad “Tell Your Friends,” a hit song from his album Beauty Behind the Madness, has sold 412,000 units in the first...

B Boi and B Town, of the hip-hop/R&B group Mullage, is back with their latest project Believers Never Die. The talented duo has returned to the music scene after being absent for several years. Since the...

Yesterday (Sept. 2), Def Jam held a conference call with several artists from their roster. It started around 3pm EST, however we got on the call late. Per the moderator, there were some technical...

  T.I. 's been promoting #911 for the past few days on social media. No idea if that means an album is coming or what. But, what we do know is that the King of the South will be dropped a new...

Today's $1,000 winner @islandgyaldede... $24,000 & 24 people to go... Tomorrow it could be you. @therobinhoodproject #TheRobinHoodProject #TheDocumentary2 A photo posted by The Game...

By: Antoinette Alston, contributing intern At the 2015 VMA’s on Sunday (Aug. 30), Kanye West said the unthinkable. During his speech to receive the Michael Jackson Vanguard Award, he stated he will “run...

Rick Ross is on one this week. Even with his short stint in jail and a semi-embarrassing "rap beef" hovering over the MMG brand, Rick Ross has completed an album that will drop this week on September 3rd....

Trick Daddy love the kids...but not enough to pay child support. According to TMZ, the Miami, FL rapper claims he is FLAT BROKE and is forced to file for Chapter 11. With checks from his music...

Los Angeles artist, Brian Todd Collins aka Kid Ink, teamed up with 1800 Tequila for a special episode of their "Enough Said Episodes" video series. In the video, Kid Ink reflects on his journey into the...

Broadcast Music, Inc.®, (BMI®), the global leader in music rights management, presented the BMI Icon Award to GRAMMY-winning songwriter, composer, producer, arranger and guitarist, Nile Rodgers, at the...