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Those who've frequented Kanye West shows know that all the exhilarating live music will likely be met with improvised on-stage theatrics and a few open-ended monologues.

Kanye West was granted four minutes at Sunday's VMAs to do anything he wanted. Many hoping for a repeat of his epic Vanguard speech at last year's VMAs, and he did not disappoint.

The city of Cleveland is undoubtedly still in party mode but the Cavaliers' championship parade has finally come to an end after an entire days worth of boozing, scaling buildings, and taking their shirts off. 

Kehlani is no stranger to severe depression. A couple month ago, the Bay Area singer was hospitalized after attempting to take her own life following some boy drama & miscommunication on social media.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is a chance for the president to show off is comedic chops.

Despite being nominated for 12 Grammy awards throughout his storied career, Lupe Fiasco has only won a single Grammy.

Back in March, Kanye West delivered a lecture/inspirational speech at Oxford University's Oxford Guild Society, Europe's oldest professional society. Yesterday, the Guild published footage of the entire speech to their YouTube channel.

Killer Mike gave a powerful speech to introduce Bernie Sanders to the Atlanta voters yesterday.

Kendrick Lamar's intimate concert series, Kunta Groove Sessions, came to NYC the other week.

T.I. has been selected to give a speech at the 2015 Triumph Awards in Atlanta, which recognizes outstanding achievements in humanitarian services. Though T.I.

Kanye West was the recipient of this year's MTV Video Vanguard Award. After accepting the award from presenter Taylor Swift, Kanye proceeded to embark an epic 10-minute speech. Here is the full transcript. Full video is at the bottom of the page.

Kanye made an appearance at the Gold Thimble Fashion Show at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College Friday, where he delivered a speech to the students on creativity, passion, hard work, and dealing with haters. 

On Monday night, the 2015 BET Honors aired, paying tribute to African-Americans making an impact in art, music, theater, business, and more. Taped last month from Washington D.C., 2015 honoree list included Usher, Dr.

The BET Honors awards are filmed over a month in advance, and now with the instantaneous nature of Twitter and Instagram, it's hard to keep the winners under wraps for more than a matter of seconds.

Coming out of early legal troubles, Jeezy was able to persevere and make a successful career for himself. This week, he shared advice with some young men at Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center in Detroit, when he decided to pay them a surprise visit.

Teyana Taylor's debut album, VII is due out November 4th, and in GOOD Music tradition, a listening party for the record was held last night.

Nicki Minaj took to Twitter yesterday to let her followers know that her former high school, the famed LaGuardia High School in New York's Upper Westside, turned down Nicki's proposal to speak to the students.

In a rare moment of sincerity from a typically animated personality, Nicki Minaj decided tackle some big topics in her acceptance speech at the BET awards last night (June 29).

Unless you live an extremely sheltered life, you've likely heard that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are officially a married couple. Their wedding nuptials went down this past weekend in Florence, Italy and were undoubtedly lavish and extravagant.

It was recently announced that Diddy aka Puff Daddy would be delivering the commencement speech at Howard University, and today he will be taking the podium. Thanks to this handy live stream, you can watch Diddy's speech in all its glory as it happens.

J. Cole's idolization of Nas is no big secret, and the respect has also been returned from Esco himself, who hopped on Cole's "Let Nas Down" joint to express his admiration for the NC rapper.

J. Cole made a passionate speech, paying tribute to one of his rap heroes, Nas. Cole took the podium as a part of a Vibe pre-Grammy ceremony honoring Esco. Did he let Nas down or make him proud?Watch J.

Lupe Fiasco is known for his outspoken political attitude. The rapper has been known to rant about his views, and most recently wrote for Kanye West's racially charged track "Black Skinhead".

"Power 2 Change is Power 92's community outreach program designed to touch areas of health disparities, education, family cultivation, and the positive uplifting of listeners." Tip's speech begins at the 5:45 mark. Can you dig it?