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TDE is winning because they look and act just like their fans

Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron is expected to sell between 150,000 and 160,000 copies by the end of the tracking week, according to Billboard. And the album, the rapper’s major label debut, will likely land at the #1 spot when the numbers are revealed next week. Needless to say, Q is having a great week.

Nas names his favorite young rappers

Any contemporary rapper will tell you Nas has been an influence for them. Since dropping his genre changing debut album Illmatic in 1994, Nas has been at forefront and

Hip-hop Instagram photos from Grammy weekend

Hip-hop Instagram was live and in effect over the 2014 Grammy Awards weekend. While most of our favorite hip-hop celebrities on Instagram didn’t win any

The Grammys got it wrong again; why are we surprised?

The day after the Grammys is always fairly interesting. Everyone talking about which performances they liked, which ones they hated, and which award winners were undeserving–it’s as much a part of awards season as the actual ceremony. After last night’s 56th Annual Grammy Awards, most hip-hop fans are feeling bitter over Macklemore & Ryan Lewis taking home Best Rap Album honors for their popular LP The Heist.

The best performances of the 2014 Grammy’s

Last night’s Grammy awards was certainly full of unforgettable and jaw-dropping performances from the likes Beyoncé, Pink and Pharrell. But who made our list of