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With the recent release of Chinx's second posthumous album Legends Never Die, the world was blessed with a whole arsenal of new music in the memory of the late Queens MC.

Drake has repeatedly thrown shade at HOT 97 during the course of his 4-night Summer Sixteen stint in New York City. On the first night he declared, "Fuck HOT 97," directing his ire at Funk Flex in particular.

Situated on the corner of 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square, Playstation Theater hosted the second stop of the “Hitunes” Tour on Monday night.

Given how easy they are to put together, it’s really a shame we don’t have more cyphers in hip hop these days.

Bill de Blasio is holding it down for hip hop! The New York City Mayor signed a bill into action today that renames 42 streets and places throughout the city. Two of those renamed streets pay tribute to pioneering moments and people in hip hop.

Gerald Gillum, stage name G-Eazy, is trending right now. It’s easy to assume the emcee is riding white rapper fame to the top of the charts, but the man has been grinding for years.

On Monday night, The Weeknd took on his first ever show at Madison Square Garden, perhaps the most elite venue listed on his fall "Madness" tour, sponsored by his new XO-branded PAX vaporizer.

The NBA All-Star Weekend is going down in New York this year, and with the weekend arriving shortly, Roc Nation has announced a new event to take place during the weekend, their first annual Roc City Classic.

For the past year, Action Bronson has been keeping us insanely entertained with his food series "Fuck, That's Delicious," shuttling us around the world with him and narrating everything with his colorful, charismatic language.

"Q-Tip warned us the industry's toxic." Got some more authentic hip-hop for y'all this morning.

Last night, TMZ caught Kanye West and Kim Kardashian walking back to their apartment in the lower Manhattan neighbourhood of SoHo.

"You know what crime it is!"

"Brighter" is a levelheaded new single from NYC emcee/activist AWKWORD, soundtracked by Italian producer Pitus. It'll be included on Italian art crew Good Idea's upcoming Classic Corny Shit mixtape, which is coming soon.

"What the people really wanted." This is Part 1 of the cast of ThisIsHot97's spoof of their fellow VH1 reality television series Love & Hip Hop. Here's their disclaimer:

Far Rockaway, Queens representative Boogz Boogetz gets all up in your face on his latest joint, which was soundtracked by New York City's Fast Life Productions. Can you dig it, though? 

"Just make sure you rise above all this madness out here. Mind elevation, man. Fuck that petty shit - you don't need it. For real." -Sincere

Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch, who compose The Lox, give us another loving ode to the 5 boroughs of New York City in song titled... simply, "New York City"

Stream and / or download "Whose Streets", the first and only single from NYC representative Awkword's upcoming World View Bonus Disc, World View being his recent 100% for-charity global hip-hop compilation, which is available here.

"Bars" is the latest hyper-lyrical offering from Brooklyn, New York City poet Joell Ortiz, familiarly soundtracked by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania producer Sarom. Stream it to the left and let us know what you think, folks.

Bump Street Certified [Tags], the latest cut from M.O.P featuring Mobb Deep on the assist. It was released on Sunday, February 2nd, 2014. Things are improving for M.O.P with each new offering, and Street Certified [Tags] is certainly no exception.

The good news concerning OutKast just keeps on coming today. Following the official announcement from Coachella that the duo would be headlining the festival, another concert with the ATL legends has been announced.

For those unfamiliar, Kenneth Whalum is a GRAMMY-award-winning, platinum-selling saxophonist and producer from New York City.  "Away" is his latest single, which features Big K.R.I.T. on the assist (hit the iTunes link to cop it). 

In November, Atlanta rapper Trinidad James caused a firestorm with comments he made while performing in Brooklyn, New York City.

Give Sugar Mama a spin - it's a new offering from Leaf (NYC) , featuring Action Bronson. It was dropped on Sunday, December 1st, 2013.

A behind-the-scenes glimpse of Main and Jadakiss' upcoming visual for "What Happened". Check out Maino Feat. Jadakiss "BTS Of 'What Happened'" Video, the latest video from Maino, released on Sunday, December 1st, 2013.

Jay Z is lending his name and style to Barneys New York for a limited edition holiday line.

We go behind-the-scenes of K SYN's HNHH photoshoot with exclusive footage and an interview from our own Ashlee Ray!Behold HNHH Hotties "K SYN Photoshoot (BTS)" Video, a new offering from HNHH, which was released on Saturday, November 9th, 2013.

Following the release of his biggest project thus far, "New York City: The Album" Troy Ave hit up The Breakfast Club with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy to discuss the album and more.Peep Troy Ave On The Breakfast Club, the latest visual from Troy