Rapper Kendrick Lamar has claimed himself as the King of New York (despite being from California) taking the title of being the best overall rapper away from Jay-Z, Mac Miller, Pusha T, ASAP Rocky, and Nas -to name a few- in his collaboration on Big Sean's newest single "Control (HOF)." Read More »
LeBron James gave us a sample of his rapping skills with his viral freestyle of Kanye West's and Jay Z's "N*ggas In Paris," earlier this year, but it was no surprise that he is a fan of rap. Now Bron Bron is putting his rap expertise to use as the musical director of NBA 2K14. Read More »
Big Sean's sophomore album, Hall Of Fame is hitting shelves soon, and Sean the Don is ready for his close-up. Sean revealed the album covers for the deluxe and regular editions of the albums. Read More »
Rapper The Game (real name Jayceon Terrell Taylor) has taken it upon himself to warn fellow hip-hop artists Nas and Kellis about their son Knight's current nanny, Karen Monroe. Apparently he had a bad professional experience with Monroe when she worked as a babysitter for the rapper's children. After finding out about her current employment situation, The Game took to his Instagram account and ranted about the nanny. He has since been hit with a defamation lawsuit from Monroe. Read More »
Anderson Cooper is known for his in depth reports on socially charged topics. Racism is America is one of the consistent themes of discussion for him CNN AC360 specials. Anderson Copper hosted a enlightening special Wednesday night, on racism in America, in which rapper Nas was Skyped in to offer his words of wisdom regarding the state of race relations in America. Read More »
Eminem will embark on a mini-tour of Europe this coming August, but details surrounding his highly-anticipated new album still remain nonexistent. Hopefully, fresh beats will drop sometime this fall. Slim Shady has yet enlighten fans about his eighth studio record, but several other big-name rappers aren't shy to mention working on collaborations alongside the "Not Afraid" superstar! Or in Tech N9ne's case, the fact that he "always wanted to rap with on of the rawest MCs" in the game. During a recent Power 105 listening session with the Strange Music rapper, Tech N9ne dishes on his upcoming album "Something Else," and how collaborations with Em and Nas were simply unable to happen. Check out the interview clip below! Read More »
A lot of rappers have brought home Grammys, but how many can say that an Ivy League University has endowed a fellowship in their name? Nas may have not won his first Grammy yet (although he's had 13 nominations), but at least he's the namesake for the new Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship at Harvard University. Read More »
You must live under a rock if you have yet to see or hear about Miley Cyrus twerking at a recent Juicy J concert. The former Disney star has long since shed her Hannah Montana image, and dad/Grammy award winning rapper Jay-Z is well aware of it. Read More »
The potential hits just keep on coming. Jay-Z is assuring that fans won't sleep on his Magna Carta Holy Grail app by releasing lyrics sheet after lyrics sheet from his new album. Today's addition is "BBC." Read More »
Kanye West's new album Yeezus hasn't quite reached the critical mass or sales numbers of Kanye's 2010 effort My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, but it was enough to get him into the rarefied air of conversations involving GOAT contenders Eminem and Nas. Read More »
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J. Cole has a lot to prove with his sophomore album Born Sinner. The Roc Nations rapper challenged Kanye West to a battle, and even made song directed at another rap legend Nas. Cole sat down with BET to recount the moment he played "Let Nas Down," for the Queens spitter. Read More »
Kanye is preparing to become a father, release new music, and a million other things, but that does not mean that the "New Slaves" rapper cannot make time to celebrate his birthday with some of his closest celebrity pals. While in NYC to perform at the Governers Ball, Ye took some time out to celebrate with Jay-Z, Beyonce, Nas, and more. Read More »