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The hip-hop presence was at an all time high at SXSW in Austin Thursday night (March 15), with Lil Wayne announcing a partnership with Mountain Dew, Snoop Dogg handing out Doritos, Nas, B.o.B. and T.I. rocking the Warner showcase, and Danny Brown getting pelted with a lemon, all on entirely separate stages...

The rapid rise of Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky has been a bit of puzzle to figure out. Sure his east coast-meets-Houston chopped 'n' screwed flow is pretty unique, but there's more to it than that. Maybe it's the fact that, unlike many of his homophobic rap peers, being gay isn't a big deal to him...

Last year, Kanye West put on a spectacular SXSW performance, bringing his G.O.O.D. Music signees and Jay-Z along for the show in Austin, Texas. This year, the 'All of the Lights' creator had no top-notch set planned and fans didn't expect him to take the stage...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Jay-Z may have 99 problems, but getting to the venue isn't one. The rapper brought the beat to South By Southwest, but not before he needed a police escort to make it from the airport to the show, which started 40 minutes late...

As the music portion of SXSW threatens to rear its crowded "it was better before Kanye" head again next week, The BoomBox has collected a selection of our favorite hip-hop events to ease your troubled mind while attending the event in Austin, Texas...

American Express is rolling out a fancy new feature that will allow cardholders to tweet certain hashtags and earn "couponless savings" at national retailers. Jay-Z probably doesn't concern himself much with discount shopping, but he evidently supports the idea...

Kanye West and Jay-Z are in full promo mode for their highly anticipated joint album, 'Watch the Throne.' Last night (June 7) in New York City, the latter previewed the effort for the BoomBox while West was in Paris. Now the rap team can look forward to giving the masses a solid look at a performance of the LP's buzz single, 'H...

Over the weekend, Kanye West stole the show at SXSW, the 4-day music conference that brings hundreds of bands and thousands of spectators to Austin, Texas each year. Kanye used the fest's hype, and, along with VEVO, threw his own unofficial after-hours showcase for his G...

Like many rap acts, Houston MC Chamillionaire headed to SXSW in Austin, Texas this week to inform the masses that he had a project on the way. Cham stopped by the Live From Aol booth to speak on his forthcoming project, 'Playlist Poison' -- his third studio album and first after parting ways with Universal Records...

Kanye West confirmed his upcoming SXSW performance earlier this week, and now it's been revealed that his entire G.O.O.D. Music roster will also be present in Austin, Texas for the festivities. Mr. West will be joined by label mates Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Common, John Legend, CyHi Da Prince, Big Sean and Mos Def at the VEVO Power station in Austin, on Saturday (March 19) for a special set, which is sc