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News Machine Gun Kelly Says He Finished Recording His Debut, Speaks On Upcoming DVD <p>Machine Gun Kelly has been gearing up for his debut album, which is most likely slated for release in 2012. During an interview with FLuD, the Bad Boy rapper said that he finished recording the LP and explained how he likes to divvy up time between the studio and performing.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 07, 2011
News Pusha T Talks G.O.O.D. Music Album, A$AP Rocky & More <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://hypetrak.com/" target="_blank">Hypetrack </a>interviewed Pusha T on "Fear of God II: Let Us Pray", the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music album & more. Check out some of the more interesting things he had to say below.</p> <p>On "Fear of God II: Let Us Pray":</p> By Rose Lilah November 21, 2011
News 50 Cent Discusses Current Rap Game, Working with Dr. Dre <p>XXL interviews 50 Cent for the December/January issue of the magazine, read some excerpts from the interview below.</p> <p>On The Current Regime In Rap:</p> By Rose Lilah December 05, 2011
News J. Cole Speaks On Jay-Z's Input, Creative Control & Production <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Cole talks about how much creative control he had, how involved Jigga man was with his debut and why he didn't chase down Swizz Beatz or Timbo for beats.</p> By Rose Lilah September 30, 2011
News Young Jeezy Opens Up About Rick Ross Beef <p>Young Jeezy made his way to MTV’s RapFix show earlier today and joined Sway to speak on his upcoming album “TM 103″. During their conversation, Jeezy opened up about his relationship and rumored beef with Rick Ross, explaining where things stand at this point. Young Jeezy feels that Rick Ross and himself should sit down and talk about their situation.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 01, 2011
News Lil Wayne Plans To Record Albums With Juelz Santana, Young Money <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Weezy preps a handful of new projects, including two more installments of his "Carter" series.</p> By Rose Lilah September 22, 2011
News Common Finally Speaks on Erykah Badu Breaking his Heart <p>Common Says Erykah Badu Broke His Heart<br /> <br /> Rapper Common is dishing on personal parts of his life including details of his two year relationship with Erykah Badu.<br /> <br /> The Chi-town emcee recently taped an episode of The Wendy Williams show where he revealed that the seductive songstress broke his heart when she ended their relationship.<br /> <br /> The rapper who recently released his "One Day, It'll All Make Sense" autobiography, tells Williams that he got a phone call from the woman he dated from 2000-2002 saying it was over.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah September 14, 2011
News Drake Speaks On “Take Care” & Working With Stevie Wonder <blockquote> <p>Drake:<br /> I had a song that’s very powerful, it’s called “Doing It Wrong,” and Stevie boosted it to another level. 40 produced it, but Stevie has a solo on it that he plays. It’s a great piece of music.</p> By Rose Lilah August 30, 2011
News Jay-Z Already Recording New Music, Says No I.D. <p>The recently appointed EVP of A&R at Def Jam says that Hov is already working on new material.<br /> <br /> Though he just released his collaborative album Watch the Throne with Kanye West, Jay-Z is already recording new music. According to producer No I.D., Hov has "started again" on laying down fresh material, but that he's unclear if it's for a new album.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah September 01, 2011
News Kanye West Says "People Look At Me Like I'm ADOLF HITLER" <p>Call him Air Fuhrer ... because this weekend, Kanye West compared himself to both Michael Jordan and Adolf Hitler during a performance in England.<br /> <br /> West was performing at the Big Chill music festival Saturday night ... when he went on one of his signature rants ... this time focusing on the hardships of being so painfully misunderstood (see video below).<br /> <br /> "I walk through the hotel and I walk down the street, and people look at me like I'm f**king insane ... like I'm Hitler."<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 09, 2011
News Game Says Dr. Dre Narrates "The R.E.D. Album,” Explains Its Delays <p>Chuck Taylor says that his kids and international tours kept him from putting in quality studio time.<br /> <br /> Game has spent nearly three years working on his oft-delayed project The R.E.D. Album, which he finally finished just last week. Before the LP drops on August 23rd, the Compton, California native spoke with MTV News’ Sway Calloway on RapFix Live to discuss details surrounding the album, most notably revealing that Dr. Dre narrates the entire offering.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 04, 2011
News Scarface Still Locked Up, Owes Over $123,000 in Child Support <p>Legendary Houston rapper Scarface is still in police custody for failure to pay child support.</p> <p>As XXLMag.com previously reported, 'Face was originally locked up in Montgomery County Jail in Texas back in October 2010 for four separate cases of not paying child support.</p> <p>The former Geto Boys leader has since been moved to Harris County Jail as of last week where he is being held for two active child support warrants totaling $123,372. He also faces two other child support charges as well as charges from the federal government.</p> By Rose Lilah July 02, 2011