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Rick Ross will release his Ashes To Ashes mixtape tomorrow.

Former Bad Boy rapper G-Dep may have finally gotten the peace he was looking for but at a hefty cost; 25 years to life. A New York grand jury officially indicted him for murder Tuesday after he confessed to shooting a man three times in the chest when he was 18 and fleeing the scene. […]

Run DMC’s “Christmas In Hollis” was a landmark for hip-hop.

Lauryn Hill has just announced a string of concerts that kicks off on Tuesday, December 27th, in New York City.

Via: Hiphopwired.com Rap artist and philanthropist Trina is continuing to make headlines for her good deeds, this time for donating Christmas toys to a Miami children’s hospital. The Slip N’ Slide emcee distributed toys collected from her Jingle Bell Toy Drive & Fashion Show to the Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial […]

We thought Kanye West had given up on the whole “G.O.O.D. Fridays” thing after his album dropped.

Via: WRAL.com Forecasters say it is too early to tell how much accumulation there would be, but officials are already preparing. State agencies say they are monitoring the weather and are ready to respond to any hazardous conditions that may impact North Carolina over the holiday weekend. Officials say holiday travelers should plan on reaching […]

Via: WRAL.com Authorities are searching for the person that robbed  a convenience store onTryon road at gunpoint. Shots were fired during the robbery, but no one was injured. When officials spotted the vehicle believed to be used in the robbery,they tried to stop it but the driver took off and crashed on Lake Wheeler Road, near Interstate 40. The […]

Miss Minaj, while shooting her latest music video for “Moment 4 Life” spoke with MTV about hate and envy in the music business.

Hip-hop music has had a long-standing love/hate relationship with the Grammy Awards. Even though Will Smith received the first Grammy for a rap album in (“Best Rap Performance”) in 1989 for Parents Just Don’t Understand the first award in the category of Best Rap Album wasn’t given until 1996 for Naughty By Nature’s Poverty’s Paradise. […]

Talib Kweli is prepping for the release of his new album, Gutter Rainbows, on January 25th.