Convicted drug dealer Freeway Rick Ross got his name jacked by not one, but TWO rappers. Philly’s Freeway and Ricky Rozay have assumed parts of the gangster’s I.D into their own stage names (the beards were their own idea). But they aren’t alone. Vibe compiled a list of 10 rappers who have borrowed names from […]

CyHi Da Prynce isn’t your average southern MC. Whereas the majority of rappers from the south make party music, CyHi takes a more lyrical approach to crafting songs. Since joining the G.O.O.D. Music stable of artists, his star has been on the rise. I recently got a chance to speak with the Atlanta native. During […]

Four of Chicago’s finest, Common, Lupe Fiasco, Jennifer Hudson, and producer No I.D., got together to record “We Can Do It Now” for the third season of Gatorade’s “Replay” web series.

Jennifer Hudson has lost all the fat that Simon Cowell once thought would hold her back from stardom, but she hasn’t lost the weight in a specific part of her body!

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14 years after their last recorded project together, 1996’s One Day It’ll All Make Sense, Common tells Sway of MTV News that he plans to work with producer No I.D. again.

Common’s last album, Universal Mind Control, left a lot of long time fans of the Chi-town MC scratching their heads.

Who needs a publicist when you have Twitter? Kanye West, via his twitter page, revealed that his anticipated 5th studio album will be called My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, officially abandoning the school to work title concept that he was running with on previous albums and the current project’s original title Good Ass Job. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is […]

Remember those days you were in your old neighborhood playing in the streets during the summer. Knowing you couldn’t keep running in and out of the house, children running the block had to make due with the change they found throughout the day. In the hoods across America, people hit the bodega to see what […]