hip hop

The most provocative and controversial music video program to ever air on BET is making it’s triumphant return to television. Back by supposed popular demand, the network has confirmed that the program is coming to a late night TV screen near you in 2015. The announcement was made via the BET Twitter page late Wednesday evening. […]

One day ahead of the official release date, Dr. Dre has blessed the masses with a full preview of his new Compton album. Fans of the west coast rap pioneer…and just fans of hip hop in general….are in for a treat with this long-awaited gem that has finally emerged from the depths of Dre’s lab […]

Signing artists to a label and holding their albums hostage just may begin to become a thing of the past at the rate things are going in hip hop right now. More and more artists are coming forward to air out their frustrations with their record labels in public (whether on wax or on social media) and the […]

Dr. Dre is next up to set the hip hop world ablaze in 2015. Just ahead of the very highly-anticipated N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton hitting theaters in 2 weeks, Dre announced today that he will be releasing his first album since 2001. Dropping the bombshell on his Apple Music Beats 1 show “The Pharmacy,” Dre […]

Another familiar music industry name has been added into the mix of the Meek Mill vs. Drake fiasco . Earlier this week after Funkmaster Flex played the first reference track for Drake’s “10 Bandz” on Hot 97, the name Quentin Miller was nearly on the way to becoming a household name as the song’s alleged “ghostwriter,” […]

Nicki Minaj has chosen to stay out of the crossfire as boyfriend Meek Mill’s explosive rap feud with Drake continues to heat up, but that certainly doesn’t mean she has any problems standing up for herself when found in a similar situation. Three days after Drake dropped his first Meek diss track “Charged Up,” Nicki’s ex […]

If you thought Meek Mill was going to miss out on his scheduled show in Toronto after dissing Drake on Twitter……well, you were just like the rest of us. BUT, it didn’t happen. Despite uncertainty as to whether or not Meek would show at his tour stop in the 6 for girlfriend Nicki Minaj’s The […]

Rapper Shy Glizzy was reportedly arrested today in Maryland after a run in with local police. In a series of videos posted on Instagram that appear to show the arrest, Shy Glizzy is seen screaming the words “she put her hands over my mouth!” as police forcibly restrain and handcuff him before later escorting him into […]

Aside from one generic comment in a private DM conversation that ended up on the internet, Drake has been silent in the wake of Meek Mill’s Twitter tirade against the authenticity of his rhyme writing skills earlier this week….but that silence has now been broken. Putting his new OVO Sound Radio platform on Apple’s Beats 1 to good […]

Pop/ R&B icon Janet Jackson has treated her fans to a week full of surprises over the course of the last few days by dropping the album version of her latest single “No Sleeep” featuring talented rap superstar J.Cole before releasing the video one day later, and it turns out that she’s not quite finished just […]

Fewer things excite music fans more than two of the greatest in their respective genres coming together unexpectedly to make history in the studio and Janet Jackson teaming up with J.Cole most certainly fits that bill. Just last week, Janet was spotted attending J.Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive concert stop at the Staples center in […]

The Meek Mill vs. everybody saga is continuing to unfold and his ride or die lady Nicki Minaj is not letting her name get thrown around without jumping in to speak up for herself. Earlier today, a member of Nicki’s ex boyfriend Safaree’s crew allegedly spoke with TMZ and gave them a response on behalf […]