Alchemist

To celebrate the release of clothing designer Dr. Romanelli’s Coca-Cola inspired clothing line, producer Alchemist created a commercial-sampling beat mix called 'Diagnosis.'

The Alchemist has been one of rap's premiere beatmakers for over a decade now. The California native has produced songs for artists ranging from Group Home to Snoop Dogg, and anyone in between. And while ALC is known for his gutter contributions to Prodigy's 'H.N.I.C.' and for his substantial catalog with Dilated Peoples, he has been on a prolific tear in the last five years.

The Alchemist has just graced us with three new songs to promote the release of his limited line of SSUR snapbacks.

New York-based chef/rapper Action Bronson is absolutely winning the internet today. His newest mixtape Rare Chandeliers has hit the blogosphere and it's blowing up like a double barrel shotgun. The GIF cover above features Bronson in a Wolf-skin hat (complete with teeth) surrounded by a menagerie of odd characters: An alligator with a laser turret affixed to its head is juxtaposed by the bouncing

It's "Too Hot" for Coolio's son, Grtis Ivey, 22, who has pleaded guilty to a felony robbery charge, and is headed to prison for 3.5 - 10 years, after he and a prostitute friend robbed a man at gunpoint in Las Vegas. After his stepson's tragic jet ski accident, Usher has reported moved to settle his longstanding custody battle with ex Tameka Foster...

Leave it to Gangrene -- comprised of lauded hip-hop producer The Alchemist and rap figure Oh No -- to record one of the songs off their new album, 'Vodka & Ayahuasca,' inside a dump truck. Yes, an actual dump truck. Fittingly titled after the construction vehicle, the track is just one example of the group's absurd yet authentic ways. T...

Trading a career in the kitchen for the recording booth, Queens rapper Action Bronson has quickly become one of the media's favorite hip-hop success stories. Picking up rapping as a hobby just recently, while working as a chef for the N...

Mobb Depp rapper Prodigy will be released from prison on Mar. 7, after completing a three-year sentence for weapon possession charges. His fellow group member, Havoc, revealed the news during an appearance on Statik Selektah's Shade 45 radio show on Thursday night (Jan...

Nas and Damian Marley's collaborative album, 'Distant Relatives,' received a warm reception following its' May release, but the Queensbridge rapper says that now he's ready to focus on his next solo album -- his first since 2008's 'Untitled...