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News Travis Porter Announces Album Title & Release Date Travis Porter's album is set to be released on May 29th. By Rose Lilah March 22, 2012
News Def Jam Announces New Label President Joie Manda Joie Manda will be filling the President position at Def Jam. By Rose Lilah March 14, 2012
News French Montana Reveals Why He Didn't Sign With Kanye's G.O.O.D Music <p>French Montana recently sat down with Hot97's Angie Martinez for an interview. Although he signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records, a number of labels were vying for him, one of which was G.O.O.D Music. He finally revealed why he chose not to sign with Kanye West, naming Kanye's lack of a phone his number one reason.</p> By Rose Lilah January 25, 2012
TV Netflix's "Strangers Things 2" Averaging 4 Million Viewers Per Episode "Stranger Things 2" is pulling in some giant numbers. By Matt F November 02, 2017
Music Billboard Reportedly Going To Start Counting YouTube Streams On Albums Chart According to reports, Billboard will start to count Youtube streams as part of album sales on their Top 200 chart. By Kevin Goddard October 05, 2017
Songs 21 Savage Previews New Music On Instagram Check out a preview of an unreleased 21 Savage song. By Kevin Goddard October 05, 2017
News Drake Talks "Take Care", Girls, Sweaters & More <p>Drake recently had a very interesting Q&A with <em>GQ </em>on his upcoming album, "Take Care", girls & more. Here's some of what Drizzy had to say...</p> <p>On the album name "Take Care":</p> By Rose Lilah November 11, 2011
News Wiz Khalifa Accused of Stealing "Black & Yellow" In Lawsuit <p>More lawsuit troubles for another rapper, this time Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa. According to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://allhiphop.com/2012/01/04/exclusive-wiz-khalifa-accused-of-stealing-black-yellow-in-2-million-dollar-lawsuit/" target="_blank">AllHipHop</a> Wiz Khalifa is charged with a $2 million dollar lawsuit, having been accused of stealing the hit "Black & Yellow."</p> By Rose Lilah January 05, 2012
News Game Announces "The R.E.D. Album" Tour <p>Chuck Taylor is hitting the road for a monthlong trek around the country.<br /> <br /> The Game has announced his upcoming "The R.E.D. Album" tour, which brings the Compton, California native from the West Coast to the Midwest.<br /> <br /> The tour kicks off in San Diego, California on October 20th at 4th & B, with plans to make stops at Idaho Falls, ID's The Peppertree, Salt Lake City, Utah's The Complex and Detroit, Michigan's St. Andrew's Hall. The monthlong trek concludes at Dallas, Texas' House of Blues on November 17th.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 10, 2011
News Outlawz Confirm That They Smoked 2Pac's Ashes <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Taking a line from 'Pac's song "Black Jesus" seriously, some of the group members smoked his remains.</p> By Rose Lilah August 26, 2011
News Lil Wayne Speaks On Alleged Jay-Z Diss On ‘It’s Good’ <p style="text-align: justify;">Lil Wayne’s <em>Carter IV </em>track ‘<a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/en/play/s/a4e5e2a-428447/">It’s Good</a>‘ sparked some interest amongst the fans yesterday due to an alleged Jay-Z diss line which goes as follows:</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><em>“I got your baby money/Kidnap your bitch, get that how much you love your lady money.”</em></p> <p style="text-align: justify;">This was a response to Jay-Z’s jab aimed at Birdman on ‘H.A.M’:</p> By Rose Lilah August 25, 2011
News 9th Wonder Not Feeling ‘Watch The Throne’ <p style="text-align: justify;">Producer & Professor 9th Wonder made some interesting comments on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/9thwondermusic">Twitter</a> last night about how he wasn’t feeling the most hyped album in a while.</p> By Rose Lilah August 08, 2011