Mos Def aka Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli are Black Star 

Listen to "Fix…

Listen to Mobb Deep Ft. Bounty Killa - "Dead Man's Shoes" 

"Black Cocaine" out Black Friday November…

1. Young Jeezy & T.I. Open Up with Performances of F.A.M.E. & Flexin'

1. (Shady 2.0 BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher) Yelawolf, Crooked I, Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5'9", Eminem

2. Reek Da Villian, 2 Chainz, Busta Rhymes, Ludacris Cypher 2011…

In just four days out, Weezy's latest sells more than 300,000 copies in the digital store.

Just a few weeks after Jay-Z and Kanye West broke the first week sales record for iTunes with Watch the Throne, Lil Wayne accomplished the same feat with his latest album Tha Carter IV in just four days.

According to HHNM,…

The collective of Jay-Z and Kanye West moved 290,000 digital copies of their long awaited LP Watch The Throne on iTunes, setting a record for the highest first week sales in the online music store's history.

The album, which was released exclusively on iTunes last Monday (August 8), shot past previous iTunes record holder Cold…

Consequence Releases "The Plagurist Society" Diss To Pusha T.

The rocky relationship between former G.O.O.D. Music rapper Consequence and Kanye West's record label continued yesterday when shots were fired in a diss song aimed at G.O.O.D.'s Pusha T.

After making claims earlier this year that Pusha T stole lyrics from one of his songs, Consequence…

The Pittsburgh emcee reminisces on the good times he had at the local hot spot.



After announcing his album title Blue Slide Park earlier this week, Mac Miller is divulging where the name came from. In an interview with Complex.com, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native explained that the name was taken from a playground/park in his city where locals hung out.…

2Pac Ft. Tha Dogg Pound- "NY 87"

Although the vocals of the tracks have previously been released, this mornings leak includes the original recordings.

2Pac unleashes a verbal assault on everyone from Nas to De La Soul including his then labelmate Dr. Dre by saying "Bowdown to Death Row, f*ck what you say we untouchable now that we done shipped Doc Dre" he says "he ain't made a beat in 6 years swear he the…

Touched after losing several friends to weight related issues, Fat Joe decided to lose weight through exercising and eating six small meals a day.



During the past 9 months, Fat Joe has slimmed down, taking 88 pounds off of his frame. According to the NY Daily News, Don Cartagena was able to…

After performing this past weekend live at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, rapper Lupe Fiasco (@lupefiasco) saw a large increase in awareness, website traffic, and most importantly, album sales.



The spike in sales can be attributed to this year's ceremony being the most watched MTV Movie…

The rapper took to Twitter to reveal the name of the album, which is titled Life is Good.

The Queens, New York rapper spoke with Billboard.com about progress to the follow-up to 2008's Untitled, claiming that he's in a new state of mind and is inspired by new cats in the…

To get the engine going on Eminem and Royce Da 5' 9" 's Bad Meets Evil: The Sequel album, earlier today the house the Jimmy Iovine built released the cover art to the upcoming EP. The album art is the second set of visuals released behind the project following this weekend's pics of Em and Royce on the set of their video for "Fast Lane."…