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Mixtapes Is Lloyd Banks Finally Dropping His "Halloween Havoc 2" Mixtape? Lloyd Banks hints that his "Halloween Havoc" mixape is coming soon. By Trevor Smith November 01, 2015
News Mariah Carey Announces Release Date & New Single For "The Art Of Letting Go" Mariah Carey announces a release date for her new album, "The Art Of Letting Go." By Rose Lilah February 10, 2014
Original Content Top Tracks Of The Week: Dec 30- Jan. 5 A selection of the biggest tracks from December 30th to January 5th. By Trevor Smith January 08, 2014
News Rumor: Is Jay Z About To Perform A Secret Show In Brooklyn? [Update: Rumors Are False] Jay Z may be putting on a secret show in Brooklyn any minute now. By Trevor Smith August 24, 2013
News Young Buck Filing for Bankruptcy & Might Have To Sell His Name <p> Young Buck is having financial problems and might have to sell his name, it seems. The rapper, born David Darnell Brown, has to file for bankruptcy, and apparently he owes a lot. He owes child support, the IRS, and supposedly $10 million dollars to 50 Cent & his G-Unit label, with whom he is engaged in a dispute over his contract.</p> By Rose Lilah December 27, 2011
News Freddie Gibbs Caught With Marijuana In Airport, TSA Agent Lets Him Go <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p>Freddie Gibbs was caught with weed in his bag on Wednesday (December 14th) and was subsequently let off the hook by a TSA agent.</p> <p>In a message posted on Twitter, Gangsta Gibbs wrote, "The TSA found my weed and let me keep it. They just left me a note. 'C'mon Son'. Lol." He attached a picture of the notice of baggage inspection with the phrase written on it, surrounded by several bags of pot.</p> <p>The Gary, Indiana native was not arrested and allowed to keep his marijuana.</p> By Rose Lilah December 16, 2011
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 2Pac Estate In Talks To Sell Sex Tape Song For A Million Bucks <p>As TMZ first reported, an anti-hangover drink company called NOHO has offered to pay $1,000,000 for the rights to the unreleased song 2Pac was rapping along with in the sex tape he is in.<br /> <br /> Now TMZ is saying that a rep for Pac’s people reached out to NOHO and the two sides are trying to work out a deal.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 17, 2011
News Nas Confirms He's Working On A New Solo Album, Gives Props To Odd Future & Frank Ocean <embed height="412" width="486" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" seamlesstabbing="false" name="flashObj" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" flashvars="videoId=946465729001&playerId=1126070790&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/ By Rose Lilah May 23, 2011
News XXL Freshman 2011 Freestyle: Lil B <object width="480" height="270" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="flashObj"> <param value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1" name="movie" /> <param value="#FFFFFF" name="bgcolor" /> By Rose Lilah March 07, 2011
News Nas Prepping Autobiography, Focusing On Acting <p>Nas is following the lead of his onetime rival Jay-Z, who released 'Decoded' last month, and entering the publishing world with an upcoming autobiography in 2011. When recently interviewed by Pedestrian TV, Nas revealed that his recent cameo on 'Hawaii 5-0' was a preview of coming attractions as he plans to focus more on writing and acting in the future.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 08, 2010
Beef Joe Budden Talks On Approaching Consequence Joe Budden discusses why he approached Consequence the other week, and says if the two are now on good terms. By Rose Lilah February 13, 2013