Natasha Young

In the heat of criticism for a lyric referencing date rape drugs in his contribution to Rocko's "U.N.E.N.O." track featuring Future, Rick Ross apologized via Twitter. Ross had already addressed the offensive lyric, but hadn't really apologized -- as Complex reported, Ross said of the lyric, "Woman is the most precious gift known to man ...

The Downtown Music Festival just announced the lineup for their New York edition, happening May 10-11 in the Manhattan's Lower East Side. The first set of artists confirmed for this year's fest, put on by the record label and publishing company annually, include Black Hippy, Purity Ring, Earl Sweatshirt, Sky Ferreira, DIIV, Palma Violets, Trash Talk, Beach Fossils, Teengirl Fantasy, Inc... Read Mo

Notorious B.I.G. and white suburbia don't have much in common, but put the two together and you get hilarious results. "The Smalls Family" is a new web series by Funny or Die user davecat, which shows the inner workings of a nuclear family, with the caveat that they only speak in lyrics from Notorious B...

Boom! No special effects required: Nicki Minaj is killing it on this cover. Our favorite source of colorful controversy took some time away from her busy schedule as a rapper and "American Idol" judge to pose in a stunning cover editorial for Elle magazine's April 2013 issue...

Following his attempted shooting last month, TMZ reports that Rick Ross has NYPD guards posted outside his hotel 'round-the-clock. The rapper has reportedly received new threats against his life and isn't taking any risks. The online tabloid posted pictures of a NYPD officer posted outside the London Hotel, where Ross is said to be saying...

Screencap of the offending Tweet. Donald Trump's Twitter account was compromised yesterday, resulting in some hilarious tweeting of Lil Wayne lyrics that we're guessing either confused or inspired his right-wing followers. The billionaire's response...

Mike Lawrie, Getty Images DMX has been arrested in South Carolina for driving without a license. The oft-troubled rapper was booked at the Spartanburg County jail early Wednesday morning, where he was ordered to pay a fine and was then released shortly after...

West-coast rapper The Game, formerly a member of G-Unit, has started an online petition at GUnitReunion.com in an effort to bring the powerhouse hip-hop group back together. 50 Cent and Game have been feuding since 2005, when the former kicked the West Coast MC out of Guerilla Unit for what the leader perceived to be disrespect and being unappreciative of helping him launch his career...

Multi-platinum hitmaker Timbaland has signed a management deal with Jay-Z's Roc Nation, according to an announcement posted on the company's website yesterday. News of the deal comes on the heels of the release of the producer/hip-hop artist's latest work, Justin Timberlake's new track, "Suit & Tie" (featuring Jay-Z). T...

The ink has hardly had time to dry on Trinidad James's new record deal with Def Jam (reportedly for a cool $2 million), but the "All Gold Everything" rapper's already got a new video for us. The Atlanta-reared rapper dropped the video for "Southside" off of his Don't Be S...