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Songs Timbaland Pens Apology To Jay-Z On New Song "Sorry" Timbaland revealed that he has a song in the works that addresses his fallout with Jay-Z, in which he apologizes to Hov. By Trevor Smith July 17, 2013
News Did Drake Sign Cassie To OVO? Rumor has it that Cassie has signed with Drake's OVO label. By Trevor Smith August 10, 2013
News Will Smith Confirms He Did Some Work In The Studio With Kanye West Will Smith lets go of some details of his recent work with Kanye West. By Trevor Smith May 20, 2013
News Mac Miller Talks On Asher Roth Comparisons <p>Mac Miller and Asher Roth are both white rappers from Pennsylvania and based on that alone they are often compared. Mac Miller's debut album "Blue Slide Park" is projected to sell 100,000 units in its first week, whereas two years ago, Asher Roth's debut album "Asleep In The Bread Aisle" only moved 62, 000 in its first week. Why is that? <em>XXL</em> spoke to Mac Miller about the comparisons of himself and Asher Roth and what he says is quite true.</p> By Rose Lilah November 10, 2011
News Jay-Z Says Anti-Bitch Poem Is Fake & Re-Opens 40/40 Club <p>Recently reports have been circulating the internet that Jay-Z says he will not use the word "bitch" again, since the birth of his daughter. There was a poem, supposedly written by him, which has also been circulating and is cited along with these reports. Sources close to the rapper however have declined to confirm or deny its authenticity. The poem was first published by Rolling Out, and they did not cite a source for the poem.</p> By Rose Lilah January 18, 2012
News Lil Wayne Says He's Never Heard "Watch The Throne" <p>Lil Wayne talks about <em>Watch the Throne</em> as well as Drake and Nicki Minaj in a recent interview with <em>VIBE</em>, and here's an excerpt from what he haid to say:</p> <p><strong>On<em> Watch The Throne</em></strong>:</p> <p>"I haven't heard the album. I'll probably never hear the album."</p> <p><strong>On Nicki Minaj</strong>:</p> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2011
News Lil' Kim Announces Release Of Five-Track EP <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Kimmy Blanco takes to Twitter to reveal the upcoming release of a handful of tracks.</p> <p>Lil' Kim has announced the release of an upcoming five-track EP, set to impact around the holidays.</p> <p>Taking to Twitter to reveal the project, Kimmy Blanco broke news of the release yesterday. "#TeamLilKim For the Holidays I'm releasing a 5 song EP for yall as a preview of what's to come in 2012 & so on 4rm Lil' Kim :) !!!!!"</p> By Rose Lilah November 26, 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 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 ‘Watch The Throne’ Sales Strategy Prone To Multi-Scanning <p>There are whispers going around the industry that the sales strategy adopted by Kanye, Jay-Z together with the label which gives iTunes a 4 day exclusive window of Watch The Throne‘s release and thereafter physical edition at Best Buy from August 12th onwards, is prone to instances of multi-scanning for sales purposes.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 10, 2011
News Soulja Boy Breaks Silence On Facebook Rant, "I Am Being Labeled As A Racist & Homophobic Person" <p>Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em has broken his silence on an unexpected and controversial Facebook rant he allegedly posted over the weekend.<br /> <br /> According to Soulja Boy, his Facebook account was hacked resulting in the negative postings.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah June 14, 2011
News Lil Wayne Manager Speaks on Potential Merger w/ HHS1978 <p>Lil Wayne’s manager, Cortez Bryant, recently revealed that a potential merger with powerhouse management firm Hip-Hop Since 1978 is on the horizon.</p> <p>During an interview with BlackEnterprises.com, Bryant said his own Bryant Management and HHS1978, which recently added Nicki Minaj to its impressive roster, are just shy of “making [their joint venture] official on paper.”</p> By Rose Lilah June 06, 2011