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Taking a break from his upcoming album, Big Sean decided to take time out of his busy schedule to sit down with CNN recently and talk about giving back to the youth in his hometown of Detroit, Michigan.

Right before Christmas, King Louie was reportedly shot in the head while out in Chicago. The initial report didn't provide too many details, just that the rapper was in stable condition.

Vince Staples has become a unique voice in the young hip-hop community. He's one of Rap (and NBA) Twitter's top trolls, but oftentimes, he provides insightful commentary on rap music, social issues, and the nexus between the two.

Lil B stopped by CNN on Tuesday afternoon to talk about his endorsement of Bernie Sanders rather than Hilary Clinton in the upcoming 2016 Presidential race. He says about supporting Bernie,

Today Capone-N-Noreaga drop Lessons, their 5th studio album and their first album since 2010's The War Report 2. 

Capone-N-Noreaga have established themselves as guardians of the old school. Today Noreaga went even more old school than usual with "How Ever," exhuming the instrumental from Soul II Soul's 1989 smash hit "Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)."

CNN invited Trinidad James to discuss the use of the n-word for a panel discussion, in the wake of the SAE  fraternity controversy. As you are probably aware, the fraternity sang a racist chant, which went viral, and was shortly followed by anot

Waka Flocka made the decision to pull out of a show for the SAE Fraternity at the University Of Oklahoma a couple days ago, after footage of the frat performing a horribly racist chant went viral.

Talib Kweli is one of the few rappers (J. Cole did it too) who actually took the time to visit Ferguson, MO, in wake of all the protests that have been going on since the shooting of Mike Brown.

Since he showed up on the scene in Atlanta in the late '90s, Killer Mike has been a big man with even bigger opinions on government, social justice and law enforcement.

If you follow David Banner beyond his explicit hit singles about intercourse, you'll know that the Mississippi rapper-producer actually has quite the track-record when it comes to the topic of race relations.

Hip Hop on CNN? Yep, the Cable News Network decided to do a segment on the Thornton brothers, better known as The Clipse. Host Bill Weir went back to Virginia Beach with Pusha T and No Malice to reminiscence on their journeys in the music industry.

Common is all about the Chi these days, after revealing his forthcoming album would be centered around the violence from Chicago (titled Nobody's Smiling) and dropping tracks like "War", plus, we found out this past week he would be teaming up with Kanye West

In the latest segment of CNN's "Chicagoland" show, Save Money emcee Chance The Rapper details the inspiration behind his mixtape track “Paranoia” and how the Windy City’s violence has touched him personally. He says,

Bun B stopped by CNN to speak about the current issue of rap lyrics being used as incriminating evidence in court cases.