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Hip Hop Single Sales: Fetty Wap, The Weeknd & Silentó
Fetty Wap’s “My Way” lands atop of the chart while both Eminem and Meek Mill slip out of the Top 10. There are only a few changes to the R&B/Hip Hop single sales chart this week, as the backbone of the chart remains the same. […]
Mobb Deep Proclaims Itself Greatest Hip Hop Duo Of All Time
Mobb Deep also speaks on 50 Cent being bigger than his music. In an interview with Montreality Tuesday (July 14), Mobb Deep proclaims that it is the greatest Hip Hop duo of all time. It’s been 20 years since Mobb Deep’s 1995 album The Infamous was released and when asked who […]
The Game Posts Tupac Photo While Updating “The Documentary 2” Status
The Game pays tribute to Tupac. The Game has used Instagram to keep his fanbase abreast of his creation process for The Documentary 2. Today (July 16) the Compton, California rapper took to the social media site to announce that he is almost done with the sequel […]
Too $hort Opts For Jail Time Over Probation
Too $hort fails to complete community service required for past plea deal. Los Angeles, California rapper Too $hort will serve three months in jail following his recent appearance in front of a judge. TMZ reports that as part of a past plea deal, which stemmed […]
RZA: You Can’t Take Caucasians & Latinos Out Of Hip Hop
RZA & System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian blend Rap and Metal on their collaborative project, “Achozen LP.” In an interview with Pigeons and Planes, Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian discuss their Hip Hop and Rock-infused project, Achozen LP. In the […]
Method Man On Wu-Tang Clan: “We Needed A Jokester”
Method Man’s acting career trajectory was altered in 2001. Prior to that, the Wu-Tang Clan rapper – who appears in Trainwreck, which is due in theaters Friday (July 17) – had a cameo portraying himself in the 1996 movie The Great White Hype and a series of […]
DMX To Serve Six Months In New York Jail
DMX to serve time in jail after not paying $400,000 in child support. According to a news report from Buffalo, New York’s WIVB, DMX will spend the next six months in the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo. The Yonkers, New York rapper was placed […]
Marvel Comics Reimagines Classic Rap Cover Art
Marvel Comics pays tribute to Rap album covers. Marvel Comics has released comic book covers for Ant-Man, Spiderman and Iron Man that were inspired by Hip Hop album covers. More than 50 covers inspired by Rap album artwork are scheduled to be revealed by Marvel […]
Eminem & Kendrick Lamar To Be Featured On “Straight Outta Compton” Soundtrack
“Straight Outta Compton’s” director details the biopic’s soundtrack, says it’s “deep.” The forthcoming N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton is slated to provide fans of early 1990s Gangsta Rap an opportunity to relive the Los Angeles group’s rise in the Hip Hop game. Now, there may be even […]
The Outlawz Rapper Hussein Fatal Killed In Car Accident
Talib Kweli and Irv Gotti have paid their respects to Hussein Fatal over social media. Hussein Fatal, a member of Tupac’s group Outlawz, was killed in a car accident yesterday (July 11), according to HotNewHipHop. Details surrounding the car accident have yet to become available. […]