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Lil Wayne steps on Elvis Presley’s blue suede shoes as he surpasses the legendary singer with the most Billboard 100 entries with 109. Wayne broke the record with his feature on Game’s Celebration which hit number eighty-two on the charts. ...

G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer compilation does slightly more damage than predicted, but it still isn’t enough to take the number one spot from P!nk’s Truth About Love. The album managed to sell 216,000 copies in it’s first week. What’s the ...

Rumors have been surfacing today that iconic hip-hop show 106 & Park will end Friday, September 21st with the departure of hosts Terrence J and Rocsi Diaz. Terrence J will join Giuliana Rancic as a co-host on E! News, while Rocsi ...

G.O.O.D. Music’s highly anticipated album Cruel Summer is now available in stores and on iTunes after some technical difficulties. According to HDD, the compilation is predicted to sell between 170-190,000 copies in it’s first week and grab the number two ...

After being #2 on iTunes charts immediately after releasing his new album Gravity, rapper Lecrae is poised to move 70,490 units for first week sales and a #3 debut on the Billboard Top 200 according to reports. This is a huge and ...

Slaughterhouse stops by Hot 97 to kick it with Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds and Kay Foxx on Juan Epstein. The crew talks about Joe Budden’s selection of women, money causing problems, welcome to: OUR HOUSE and more. Check out the ...

President Obama assumed that one of Nicki Minaj’s multiple personalities was behind the Romney rap line and YMCMB’s first lady confirms his assumption on Twitter. Do we really believe that though? Seems like Obama gave Minaj an out that she ...

President Obama talked with Orlando’s Power 95.3 this morning and was asked how he felt about Nicki Minaj’s Romney rap line on Lil Wayne’s Mercy freestyle. The line, “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney, you lazy bitches is fucking up ...

After exchanging words with Chief Keef on Twitter, Lupe Fiasco tweeted fans that Food & Liquor 2 would probably be his last hoorah in hip-hop. Lupe followed his bad news with by releasing an unfinished version of American Terrorist Pt. 2. ...

Last night, Harlem’s own Azealia Banks was the main attraction for SPIN Magazine and Refinery 29‘s Music x Fashion party at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Check out the footage above as Azealia Banks performs Liquorice, Esta Noche (which Banks announced will be her next single), ...

Another sad day for hip-hop as Violator Management founder Chris Lighty was found dead after shooting himself in his Bronx apartment on Thursday (August 30th) morning. Lighty was 44. He founded Violator Management in 1989 and helped develop the careers of ...

Tunechi got some explaining to do because his Dedication 4 mixtape was scheduled to drop today at 12pm, but has now officially been pushed back to Sept. 3rd at 12pm EST. Seems like Wayne values skateboarding over music and his fans ...

Bad news for Kendrick Lamar fans, but his debut album good kid, m.A.A.d City has been pushed back from it’s October 2nd release to October 22nd. We’re dying for that new K-Dot, but it’s probably a good idea to let ...

Snoop Dogg is one of many artists that believes hip-hop’s views on homosexuality have changed and supports the idea of an openly gay rapper. There have been several debates and negative comments after Frank Ocean came out in his open ...

After a slight delay, Lil Wayne took to Twitter to announce the official release date of his highly anticipated Dedication 4 mixtape, which is now dropping August 30th. Let the countdown begin for next Thursday and pray that old Tunechi ...

Legendary rapper LL Cool J put his NCIS: Los Angeles training to use when he caught an intruder in his L.A. home Wednesday morning (August 22nd).

Yes it’s TRUUU, 2 Chainz debut Based On A T.R.U. Story will top the album charts after selling 145,809 copies in it’s first week. This marks Tity Boi’s first number one album. He got that CRINACK, Congrats! Check out our review here. ...

Who’s ready for that new Meek Mill sneaker? MMG keeps winning as the Philly rapper signs with Puma as their lifestyle ambassador. Meek will begin his Be The Next Dreamchaser campaign which features a concert and meet-and-greets. Check out his ...

Big Sean is back on the scene with the announcement fans have been waiting for revealing his new mixtape Detroit will be dropping on September 5th. G.O.O.D. Music will also be releasing their album Cruel Summer later next month on ...

Last night in Atlanta at the New Era Flagship Store, Lecrae held an intimate album listening for his upcoming album Gravity and Shawty Lo dropped by to check the album out and show support. More pics from the listening session are below. Also be sure ...

G.O.O.D. Music might want to change the title of their album to Cruel Fall because, according to FSD, it’s been pushed back again to September 18th. Looks like fans will have to wait a few more weeks for the hottest ...

Rick Ross bares all for his NSFW debut on the cover of Rolling Stone spurred by the success of his new album God Forgives, I Don’t. Issue in stores August 17th. Rozay explains becoming a corrections officer below. For the ...

Keyshia Cole is working on her new album Woman To Woman and during her interview with ThisIs50, revealed Ashanti will be featured on the title track. Cole told J. Medina that her album will feature appearances from Meek Mill and ...

Recently at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Kendrick Lamar was spotted alongside Lady Gaga who flew in just to catch his performance. Today Lady Gaga announced via Twitter that not only has she collaborated with Kendrick but that the song they worked on is going to be on Kendrick‘s ...

Apparently, Chief Keef “don’t like” Kanye West getting credit for his success because of his I Don’t Like remix. Keef took to Twitter and tweeted Kanye saying he “Ain’t Do Shit For Me”.