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Teedra Moses talks music, favorite Cognac, and Donald Trump

The Loft hosted DJ Tabone’s All Soul’d Out 10-year anniversary concert bringing out Atlanta’s new and old soul crowds. Featured guests included Alex Isley (daughter of the legendary Ernie Isley), BOSCO, and other surprise guests. The DJs, DJ HourglassT and

Kanye West song ‘All Day’ leaks, then gets pulled

A two-minute snippet of a new song by Kanye West hit the Web last night, only to be yanked shortly after it generated a tremendous amount of buzz online. THe bootlegged, low-quality track is called “All Day” and it found it’s way online just weeks after Yeezy discussed the song during an interview with GQ.

Maimouna Youssef aka Mumu Fresh explains ‘Already Royal’

this year, Mumu Fresh has drawn a lot of attention for “Already Royal,” her “response” record to Lorde’s 2013 smash hit “Royals.” Mumu Fresh spoke to Rolling Out about her motivation for recording the song and shared her perspective on artistry and the music industry.

Rick Ross defends his Biggie tribute, ‘Nobody’

Rick Ross has made his love for 90s hip-hop apparent throughout his career. His latest album, Mastermind, features a tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G. called “Nobody.” While some have balked at Rozay’s Biggie-isms–to the point where they have criticized him for ripping off B.I.G.’s persona–Ross has always maintained that this is his way of paying homage to one of the greats of hip-hop history.

Nicki Minaj reacts to Universal yanking her song from the Web

Hip-hop superstar Nicki Minaj shared a new track with her fans this week–only for her label to step in and yank it offline. This week, the rapstress posted a Soundcloud link for her new remix with PTAF, “Boss A– B—h”–much to the delight of her devoted base.

Ma$e complains about rappers exploiting B.I.G., DJ Khaled responds

Shortly after DJ Khaled premiered his new track “I Feel Like Pac/I Feel Like Biggie,” former Bad Boy Records star Ma$e posted a comment on his Instagram that got fans buzzing. In his post, Ma$e appeared to take offense to Khaled’s song–though he didn’t mention the famed Miami deejay by name.

R. Kelly’s latest single ‘Cookie’ combines oral sex and Oreos (listen)

The Chicago-born superstar is going back to what he’s most known for; ballerific slices of hip-hop soul and his own bizarre brand of “Raunch ‘n B.” Kelly released the 2 Chainz-assisted single “My Story” in late summer, and this week he’s debuted another new track–the sexually-charged “Cookie.”

Lil Kim disses Lil Wayne: ‘That was real cute, homegirl!’

The veteran rapstress blasted Young Money superstar Lil Wayne after Weezy made a backhanded reference to the Queen Bee and her numerous plastic surgeries on his new track “Pure Columbia,” from his just-released Dedication 5 mixtape.