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No Malice at long last has announced the release date for his solo project Hear Ye Him which is slated for a July 2nd release via a trailer for the album. Seems like July will be all about the the Thornton brothers because Pusha ...

The Drake 2013 OVO Fest lineup has been announced featuring Frank Ocean, James Blake, and of course a few special guests. The festival will last two days and is being held at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, Canada. Tickets, starting ...

Kanye West performed at the Adult Swim Upfront party last night and, in typical Ye fashion, rants about random topics including appearing on Saturday Night Live. Kanye West also debuted to new songs. One is rumored to be titled Awesome ...

Jay-Z ruffled a few feathers in Washington D.C. with his new song Open Letter, which led to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney holding a conference to address Hov’s controversial lyrics. Carney denied that Jay-Z communicated with President Barack Obama ...

Kid Cudi’s new album INDICUD officially leaked yesterday and received mixed reviews from Cudder fans. I personally think it’s his best album since M.O.T.M., but others don’t agree. Suprisingly, Kid Cudi is moving the release date of INDICUD up to ...

Ray J called into Hot 97 to discuss his new controversial single I Hit It First and explains that it’s not about his ex-girl Kim Kardashian. Ray J says it’s “just a concept”. We don’t believe you, you need more ...

Big Sean stopped by Power 106 in Los Angeles to premiere his new joint Switch Up featuring Common and also address KiD CuDi’s departure from G.O.O.D. Music. A lot of people speculated Sean’s new track was aimed at Cudder, but ...

Lil Wayne released his tenth studio album I Am Not A Human Being 2 last Tuesday and the first week numbers are in. Weezy managed to surpass the projected sales of 190-210k by selling over 217,000 copies of IANAHB 2 ...

Kid Cudi stopped by Power 106 in LA this afternoon and dropped the shocking news that he has parted ways with G.O.O.D. Music (the powerhouse boutique label of Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, Common, John Legend and more). This news comes as Kid Cudi is prepping to ...

No word on whether Big K.R.I.T. is dropping his self-titled project King Remembered In Time as a free album or major release, but the southern emcee reveals the official album cover. Artwork by Eric Bailey. Check out the new single ...

Pusha T made his radio run to 107.9′s Q Deezy Show in Philly and discussed his upcoming album My Name Is My Name. Pusha confirmed his first single I Am will feature a verse Kanye West, which he’s currently waiting ...

XXL Magazine has at last announced who they deemed worthy of their Freshman class for 2013. Much like MTV‘s controversial “Hottest MC” list, the XXL Freshman cover often sparks heavy debate over which rookie artists should be included each year. I have to say, overall ...

Though no official details have been provided, The Weeknd took to his Twitter last night to reveal that his next album will be entitled Kiss Land and also released the cover for it. Hopefully some new music will surface soon as well.

Justin Timberlake will release his highly anticipated new album The 20/20 Experience next week however the good folks over at iTunes have released the full album via stream. Click the link below to check out the album (fair warning, you must be on a computer ...

Juicy J and A$AP Ferg are hitting the road this Spring/Summer on the Stay Trippy Tour to support their upcoming solo projets: Juicy J‘s Stay Trippy album and A$AP Ferg‘s Trap  Hitting 37 cities, you better believe this is going to be one ...

MTV is up to their usual shenanigans bringing you their annual Hottest MC In The Game list. The only thing they got right was Kendrick Lamar landing the #1 spot . No one can deny Kendrick had the best album ...

Young Money emcee Tyga is revving up to drop his sophomore album Hotel California next month and today treats us all to the album cover. Both regal and over the top, you can see homie rocking a full length full while posing next to ...

Emcee Andy Mineo is soon to release his upcoming project Heroes For Sale on April 16th and we the folks at illHype have gotten a hold of the tracklisting for the album. Featuring guest spots from Lecrae, Trip Lee, Christon Gray and more, Heroes For Sale ...

Tonight was the 55th annual Grammy Award celebration out in Los Angeles and during the pre-telecast, the Grammy award was given out for “Gospel Album of the Year” and it went to none other than Lecrae. Unfortunately Lecrae didn’t make it inside in time ...

Justin Timberlake made the music world rejoice when he FINALLY announced his return to music with his new single Suit & Tie. Now JT has dropped the cover and tracklisting for the new full length LP entitled The 20/20 Experience which will be entirely ...

French Montana’s highly anticipated debut album is set to release April 16th and here’s the official album cover. This is definitely the exact opposite of what I expected considering Montana’s lyrical content. Rollingstone debuted the artwork with the following statement ...

Rozay wasn’t in his Box Chevy, but following a celebration at Liv shots were fired at the MMG boss’ Rolls Royce in Ft. Lauderdale. Rick Ross’ vehicle crashed into an apartment building during the shooting. No injuries or arrests have ...

Requesting a late pass here as I was in Washington D.C. watching the President get inaugurated BUT while I was away, two new unreleased Aaliyah tracks surfaced via DJ Carisma. One is entitled Quit Hatin’ and the other is called Girl Friends. A statement regarding the track ...

This just in, Lecrae is set to appear alongside Don Cannon on BET‘s BackRoom Freestyle segment tomorrow. Lecrae will join the ranks of artists like Slaughterhouse, Action Bronson, 2 Chainz, ScHoolBoy Q and more to exhibit his skills on the mic reminiscent of the Rap City days. Man I miss that show. Be ...

J. Cole had some bad news for Cole World during his arrival at TAO in Las Vegas for the NYE celebration. Cole announced that his sophomore album Born Sinner has been delayed. The Roc Nation prodigy was scheduled to release ...