Odd Future

Tyler, the Creator's onstage rampage at Hollywood's famous Roxy nightclub back in December has already cost him $8,000, TMZ reports, and by the sound of it, he's not done writing checks just yet. According to sources, the Odd Future MC has made peace with the venue and forked over thousands to help pay for the soundboard he wrecked back on Dec...

Odd Future show off their rapping talents and weird antics in the visuals for 'Rella,' a song featured on their new album, 'The OF Tape Vol. 2,' due March 20. Tyler, the Creator, Hodgy Beats and Domo Genesis get shine in the video in equally wacky scenes...

Ironically, Earl Sweatshirt was one of the most visible members of OFWGKTA when the group catapulted to fame a year ago, simply because he was fully off the radar at the time. His absence was well chronicled -- most notably by the New Yorker -- and while Tyler the Creator was off being a lunatic, and Frank Ocean was chillin' with Jay-Z and Kanye West, rumor had it that Earl's mother had sent him o

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...

Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator spent some time in jail for vandalizing equipment inside the Roxy in Hollywood, Calif., on Thursday (Dec. 22). Now, the 20-year-old 'Goblin' creator is giving details about his time behind bars as well as his account of what led to his arrest...

Game enlists fellow L.A. oddball Tyler, the Creator for the visual for his all-but-forgotten 'Martians vs. Goblins' single, from his August LP 'The R.E.D. Album.' Drawing from 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' 'Saw' and 'The Exorcist' equally, the Matt Alonzo-directed video depicts a straightjacket-dressed Game attempting to look his most deranged in white contact lenses, being wheeled around a h

The best videos of 2011 all have one thing in common: they're visual eye candy. With Beyonce snagging African dancers for 'Run the World (Girls),' Lil Wayne taking a cue from a blockbuster hit for '6 Foot 7 Foot' and Frank Ocean's hallucinogenic clip for 'Novacane,' there was no time to be bored while watching...

Two of the West Coast's best hip-hop festivals will be returning in 2012. First up, Cypress Hill have announced the date and lineup for their 2012 Smokeout Festival, which is set to take place on March 3, in San Bernardino, Calif. The all-day music festival will feature over 20 artists on two stages, and will be headlined by fellow weed enthusiast Wiz Khalifa, nu-metal band Korn, reggae rockers Th

Hip-hop and R&B had a big showing in 2011, with the genre controlling the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for about 12 non-consecutive weeks by 11 different artists. Take that, country music! There was a lot to sift through when compiling The BoomBox's Best Albums of 2011 list, and it seemed at times that the genre had multiplied at the speed of a gremlin in water. In...

GQ has named Odd Future crooner Frank Ocean its Rookie of the Year, in the magazine's annual Men of the Year issue. The publication recounts the singer-songwriter's long road to success via a prophetic message he addressed to himself five years ago, which he shared on Twitter, promising he'd be "on a plane right now to work with Kanye West & Jay-z. it...