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Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: April 1-7 Staff picks for the week of April 1st to 7th. By Trevor Smith April 09, 2013
News Lil Wayne Has Eyes On A Joint Project With Rick Ross <p><span style="font-size: small;">These days you would have to live under a rock not to notice that <strong>Lil Wayne</strong> is seemingly everywhere. The superstar MC and Young Money label head has dominated the album charts with his latest release <em>Tha Carter IV</em>, which has remarkably sold over 1 million copies in little under a month. By Rose Lilah September 23, 2011
News US rap artists opting for less flashy cars <p>Rap artists in the US are toning down the colour of their rides, opting to go with a matte black paint job rather than the usual flashy colours.<br /> <br /> According to Forbes Magazine, the head of Los Angeles luxury car "pimper" Platinum Motorsports, George Keshishyan, said matte black paint jobs are the order of the day, as rappers now prefer to travel incognito.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 19, 2010
News George Bush Responds to Kanye West...FINALLY <p>Can you imagine being such a <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=118r50ga3/**http%3A//www.imdb.com/news/ni5011041/" target="_blank">soldier of pop culture</a> that your activism would warrant you making the pages of a book written by a President?</p> <p>Wouldn't such an inclusion make your family proud? Wouldn't it be a bragging right to share with your grandchildren? Shouldn't it get you an automatic NAACP Image Award?</p> <p>Maybe the above would be the case if the President actually had something good to say about you.</p> By Rose Lilah November 03, 2010
News Theraflu & PETA Release Statements Concerning Kanye West's "Theraflu" Theraflu and PETA have responded to Kanye West's new single "Theraflu," both disapprove. By Rose Lilah April 07, 2012
News 50 Cent & Floyd Mawyweather Offered $5 Million For Celebrity Boxing Match Two investors are offering $5 million to 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather for a three-round celebrity boxing match. By Rose Lilah November 08, 2012
Original Content Happy Birthday Kanye: A Look At Mr. West's Stylistic Changes From producer-only to present day, we take a look at Kanye's sound evolution to celebrate the birth of Yeezus. By Chris Tart June 08, 2015
News T.I. Speaks On Tupac Hologram & More In a recent interview on Shade 45, T.I. speaks on the Tupac hologram, as well as the upcoming projects for him and his Grand Hustle signees. By Rose Lilah April 22, 2012
News Kanye West Was Paid $3 Mil To Perform For The President Of Kazakhstan's Grandson Last Night Never a dull moment in the life of Yeezus. By hnhh September 01, 2013
News Jay-Z Tops Forbes' Hip Hop Cash Kings, Includes Eminem, Kanye West, Dr. Dre & More <p>Newcomers to the list include Nicki Minaj, B.o.B, Wiz Khalifa and others.<br /> <br /> Forbes has announced its annual Hip Hop Cash Kings list. The leader of the pack is none other than Jay-Z, while additional Hip Hop stars to make the cut include Eminem, Diddy, Dr. Dre, Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and more.<br /> <br /> Hov tops the chart with $37 million in income, thanks to “the benefits of a 10-year $150 million Live Nation deal, as well as stakes in the New Jersey Nets, the 40/40 Club” and more.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 10, 2011
News Flo Rida Sued For Not Paying For $58,000 Security System Flo Rida is at the center of a lawsuit over a security system which was installed in his home in '09, but for which he never payed off. By Rose Lilah September 23, 2012
News Mack Maine Reveals Lil Wayne’s Next Single <p>According to Young Money boss <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/mackmaine"><strong>Mack Maine</strong></a>, Wayne is set to release the first single from his forthcoming <em>Tha Carter IV</em> LP by the end of December, simply titled “6’7″.”</p> <p><em>“We definitely dropping it before the end of the year,” Mack revealed to MTV News. “We ready to go now; we getting it mixed.”</em></p> By Rose Lilah December 07, 2010