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August Alsina has been out of the spotlight for a minute as he’s busy putting the finishing touches on his sophomore studio album, This Thing Called Life. Late last night, however, the New Orleans singer uploaded two videos to his Instagram account that featured DJ Khaled speaking very highly of the project. The hitmaker even […]

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Have you ever wanted a Travi$ Scott action figure? Well now your dreams have come true. As a nod to the cover art of his debut album Rodeo, which was released this past Friday (September 4), Scott has unveiled an action figure that is sure to satisfy any La Flame enthusiast. The figure costs a […]

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Dex Osama, a Detroit rapper who was closely linked with Meek Mill and DeJ Loaf, was shot and killed during the early hours of this morning (September 7), according to WDIV. Osama, 26, was involved in a shooting at the Crazy Horse strip club in Southwest Detroit at around 2:00 am local time. According to […]

Jay Rock’s 90059 album is set to be released this coming Friday (September 11), according to the rapper’s Twitter account. The 11-track project will feature guest appearances from Black Hippy, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Isaiah Rashad, Busta Rhymes, and Lance Skiiiwalker. A few weeks back, TDE CEO Top Dawg announced via Instagram that the release date for Jay […]

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Ice Cube says that he will be voting for Kanye West should the Chicago rapper follow through on his promise to run for President in 2020. “Yeah, I’m voting for Kanye,” Cube said during a recent interview with Daily Mail Australia. “Why not? Who is better than Kanye that would run?” The N.W.A icon also […]

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Another day, another 50 Cent jibe directed at Puff Daddy. Over the weekend, Fif’ took to his Instagram account to let everyone know just how bad the Puff Daddy-endorsed vodka brand CÎROC is for you. “I got a fact, CÎROC has over 1,700 calories,” the G-Unit frontman says. Let 50 put that into perspective for […]

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Ja Rule took to his Twitter account yesterday (September 2) to call out Wikipedia for getting his height wrong by three inches. “Wikipedia is the most inaccurate shit ever lol how are they still in business??? Anyway somebody fix my shit I’m 5’9 not 5’6…,” Ja Rule tweeted. However, the Queens, New York rapper doesn’t appear […]

In preparation for the release of his forthcoming album The Documentary 2, which is set to drop on September 25, The Game has announced that he will be giving away $1,000 per day for the next 25 days to fans around in the world. Taking to his Instagram account yesterday (September 1), the Compton, California […]

Tyler, The Creator says that he’s “getting treated like a terrorist” in light of his recent bans from entering both Australia and more latterly, the United Kingdom. During an interview with The Guardian that was published yesterday (September 1), the Los Angeles native opened up about his recent goings-on and offered some insight into how […]

G-Unit rapper and New Orleans native Kidd Kidd recently released New Warleans: Katrina 10 Years Later, a half hour documentary addressing the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina and the progress the city of New Orleans has made since 2005. Alongside Atlanta-based photographer Cam Kirk and director Eddie Mensore, Kidd Kidd revisits the streets of New […]

Lupe Fiasco has a proposition for those fans who don’t like his 2011 third studio album Lasers. Taking to Instagram yesterday (August 31), Lupe Fiasco offered to destroy physical copies of the album “with an actual laser.” Any takers? If so, the destruction is set to take place on New Year’s Day, 2016, but, don’t […]

N.W.A’s former manager, Jerry Heller, recently weighed in on the possibility that Eazy-E was injected with AIDS by Suge Knight. This comes in light of the comments made by Yung Eazy, the son of Eazy-E, and his recent Instagram post where he highlighted his view that Suge Knight was behind his father’s passing in March of […]