Bruno Mars has enlisted rising rap star Cardi B for a brand new version "Finesse," complete with a colourful matching video.   The cut originally appeared on Mars's 2016 album 24K Magic, but it's been given an update thanks to…

Kendrick Lamar and SZA team up on “All The Stars,” the lead single from the soundtrack to Marvel’s highly anticipated Black Panther film. K.Dot and Top Dawg will be executive producing the soundtrack which will arrive in February alongside the…

Open Mike Eagle was the latest musical guest on NPR’s celebrated Tiny Desk concert series where he delivered two songs from his recently released album, Brick Body Kids Still Daydream. The album, which made HipHopDX’s Most Slept -On Rap Albums 2017 list, features “Daydreams In…

Dave East found himself in a bit controversy after a graphic artist accused the KARMA artist stealing a design. St. Louis-based artist Rell Brodie claimed East was selling merchandise featuring the design some artwork he gave to the Nas protege…

Miami, FL – Chief Keef’s body was filled with eight different drugs when he was arrested in Miami last April. A TMZ report revealed the drill rap pioneer had Morphine, Codeine, Promethazine, THC, Hydrocodone, Norcodeine, Dihydrocodeine and Hydromorphone in his…

Everyday Struggle co-host DJ Akademiks got Twitter talking once again after he posted a video claiming he might be facing five to 10 years in jail. A video posted early Wednesday (January 3), finds Ak confessing he was headed to…

Keorapetse Kgositsile — South African poet laureate and the father Earl Sweatshirt — has died. He was 79. Born in Johannesburg in 1938, Kgositsile began his writing career with local anti-apartheid newspaper New Age, contributing both reporting and poetry. He was also…

Casanova has built his whole persona around full-on knuckleheadery. He frequently talks online about “going ape” on people, which carries over into his barking, slowed-down Busta Rhymes tracks. So, when someone allegedly attempted to rob him recently, the spotlight was…

Growing Up Hip-Hop star Angela Simmons swept fiancé Sutton Tennyson out with the dust to ring in the new year. That doesn’t mean her name won’t be throw into headlines alongside his… Bossip is reporting that Simmons’ ex was facing…

Beef knows no boundaries. It doesn’t matter if you’re still a reality star or if you exist in the same television sphere, sometimes you just plain don’t like somebody. That’s what happened when one-time Love & Hip-Hop star Rah Ali…