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Mixtapes Lil Wayne Sets "No Ceilings 2" Release Date Lil Wayne is dropping "No Ceilings 2" on Thanksgiving. By Angus Walker November 02, 2015
News CyHi The Prynce Announces New Album "L.I.O.N." CyHi The Prynce announces an album: "L.I.O.N." By Rose Lilah August 07, 2015
News J Cole's "2014 Forest Hills Drive" Goes Platinum "2014 Forest Hills Drive" passes the million mark. By Danny Schwartz September 02, 2015
Music Post Malone Apologizes For "Beerbongs & Bentleys" Delay The rapper previously suggested his sophomore album would arrive December 1st. By Trevor Smith December 02, 2017
HNHH TV Jeezy Talks "Pressure," Addresses Joe Budden's "Quiet Storm" Comments Jeezy isn't worried about his relevance. By Trevor Smith December 16, 2017
News Beastie Boys & Capitol Records Hit With Lawsuit Over Tracks On "Licensed to Ill" & "Paul's Boutique" The Beastie Boys have been hit with a lawsuit concerning four tracks, two on their debut album and two from their follow-up. By Rose Lilah May 08, 2012
News Lupe Fiasco Talks On 'Food & Liquor 2," Says It Will Be A Double Album Lupe Fiasco chopped it up with Fuse TV on his upcoming album. By Rose Lilah May 07, 2012
News Mike D & Ad-Rock Pay Tribute to Adam Yauch Fellow Beastie Boys' Mike Diamond & Adam Horovitz payed tribute to their friend and group-mate, Adam Yauch. By Rose Lilah May 07, 2012
News Jay-Z To Star In First Ever Rocawear Television Commercial <p>Although Jay-Z's own success is undeniable, his label, Rocawear, which he started with Dame Dash hasn't been doing so well.</p> <p>Rocawear recently had to lay off 28 of their 58 employees in their Manhattan headquarters, and they experienced a $500 million loss in sale globally. Their solution is to do a first-time ever television ad for the company.</p> <p>Jay-Z himself will star in Rocawear's first-ever T.V. campaign. The ads, which were filmed back in November, will air on BET, MTV, TNT and also during NBA games.</p> By Rose Lilah February 07, 2012
News 50 Cent Vents His Frustrations With Interscope & More On Twitter <p>Yesterday for some reason 50 Cent decided to vent on Twitter, and some of the tweets were kinda depressing...he doesn't think he's going to live much longer according to one of them.</p> <p>“I’ll be honest I don’t think I’m gonna live much longer,” 50 tweeted, “That’s why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other people’s lives.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News A$AP Rocky Talks On His First Time Rapping, Clams Casino & Araab <p>A$AP Rocky chopped it up with <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://pitchfork.com/tv/selector/1867-asap-rocky/3040-funtopia/">Pitchfork's Selector</a> and talked about how he first got into rapping because of his brother, and the difference between the "ambient beats" produced by Clams Casino and Araab.You can check out  the video clip of the interview below.</p> <p>On The First Time He Started Rapping:</p> By Rose Lilah November 28, 2011
News Young Jeezy Says He Discussed "Watch The Throne"-Style Album With T.I. <p>The Snowman says it's "not impossible" for an album with Tip to happen.<br /> <br /> After T.I. revealed that he and B.o.B discussed a Watch the Throne-style project, Young Jeezy is claiming that he and Tip considered the same thing. During a Def Jam conference call yesterday, the Snowman said that they chatted about a collaborative LP and that it has potential to happen.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 22, 2011