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Reviewing Azealia Banks' performance last weekend at Coachella, the L.A. Times warned that Nicki Minaj "should be on the lookout." Banks is certainly on the rise, and as per The Hollywood Reporter, the 20-year-old Harlem rapper has now signed a deal with Troy Carter, Lady Gaga's manager...

Coachella 2012 offered hip-hop and R&B fans a wealth of surprises with the appearance of a Tupac hologram during Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's headlining performance as well as a ton of stars showing up in the audience to support some of their rhyming and singing peers. Ri...

Azealia Banks put her snide remarks against fellow rapper Iggy Azalea aside during her recent photoshoot for GQ magazine's April "Style Bible" issue. The Harlem native, who's released a brand new song produced by Diplo, "F--- Up the Fun," lived up to the title of her track while she posed flirtatiously for the camera in a black-and-white top and yellow shorts -- check out the p

In the last several years, an abundance of hip-hop artists have begun to sample their indie contemporaries. Perhaps it's because the hip-hop community is only so large, and its compulsively collaborative spirit could only stretch so far before it dried up the well...

If there's one thing lists are good for, it's starting arguments. This is true for just about any style of music, but it goes double for hip-hop, a genre whose diehards don't mince words. No wonder XXL's just-announced Freshman Class of 2012 -- as well as the accompanying magazine cover, seen below -- is already causing such a stink online...

Azealia Banks, an emerging rapper from Harlem, N.Y., known for infectious tracks like '212' and 'Liquorice,' spoke with the New York Times about her rising career and in the process, revealed that she was also a bisexual woman. While sexuality has little to do with her talents as an MC, the information she offered proves she's confident in herself, which translates in her lyrics...

Harlem native Azealia Banks has been spitting rhymes for quite some time but the 20-year-old unsigned rapper isn't being pushed into the spotlight just for her playfully witty raps. She's engaged herself in a war of words with West Coast 'Gucci Gucci' creator Kreayshawn, which caught the eyes and ears of the hip-hop world Wednesday (Jan...

From somersaulting breakdancers to mariachi bands, New York City subways are home to some incredible performers. And then there's the guy in the viral video below. An enthusiastic fan of Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Watch the Throne' single 'N----s in Paris,' the spastic MTA rider raps along as he listens on his iPod, barking out the lyrics as he pumps his legs and arms...