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Dear Drake: Your thirst for Aaliyah has gotten out of hand. We applaud you for attempting to make your version of an Aaliyah record, but it just doesn’t sound like something she’d approve. Even worse, Timbaland and Missy Elliot weren’t ...

Christian singer Christon Gray want the ladies to know they’re Perfect just the way they are in his new video featuring KamB.I.N.O. “Perfect” is about acceptance, security, protection and beauty found in the way you are created, not in the way culture ...

Machine Gun Kelly silences the haters with his new single Hold On (Shut Up) featuring Young Jeezy off his Lace Up album. Your usual street single. MGK will announce the official release date for his album tomorrow via USTREAM at ...

Rapzilla chopped it up with Thi’sl about upcoming artists and how you can increase their sales, fan base, and overall image to make it in the industry. Stop complaining, start grinding. Best free advice you’ll ever get! Sound off below

Upcoming rapper CitoOnTheBeat gets trippy in his new video I Be High. Sounds like a winner to us, so be on the look out for him in the future. Also be sure to download his new mixtape Pinkster. Follow @CitoOnTheBeat

Upcoming rapper, producer and songwriter Black Knight turns the MatLock theme song into a banger and excellent video.  You can download his new mixtape Black Knight’s World here. Also check out his song Swerv after the jump. This guy is ...

Slaughterhouse will be releasing their first Gangsta Grillz mixtape soon and in this recent video reveal it will be cleverly titled On The House. No word on the official release date, but I’m sure it won’t be long. Check out ...

Talib Kweli is pushing his new album Prisoner Of Conscious with the video for his single Push Thru featuring Kendrick Lamar and Spitta. His new mixtape Attack The Block will also be dropping soon.

Dre Films gives us an exclusive look at the making Rick Ross and Pharrell’s God Forgives, I Don’t collaboration, Presidential. Album in stores and on iTunes.

Drake’s OVO Fest 2012 took place last night at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto and featured a few surprise guests including Nicki Minaj, Snoop Dogg, MMG, Waka Flocka, and more. 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, and The Weeknd also performed. ...

Tyga and 2 Chainz get x-rated on their new collaboration titled Do My Dance. Sounds like another winner. Well Done 3 coming soon. Listen and download below. DOWNLOAD: Tyga – Do My Dance (feat. 2 Chainz)

Things apparently get Outta Control when Jeremih, 2 Chainz and Gucci Mane collaborate on a new track. Off Jeremih’s upcoming mixtape Late Nights, which drops August 7th. Listen and download below. ILL OR CHILL?

Kirko Bangz links up with French Montana for his latest release Walk On Green off his upcoming Procrastination Killz Pt. 4 mixtape. Project due out August 20th. ILL OR CHILL?