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The hip-hop and R&B worlds were well represented at this weekend's Hackney Weekend festival in London, where Jay-Z and Rihanna guested on each other's sets, Nicki Minaj rocked pink boots and Azealia Banks -- clad in a skimpy leather outfit -- gave a performance of "212" that contained "the strongest possible language from the outset and throughout," as per the disclaimer in

M.I.A.'s highly anticipated "Bad Girls" collab with Missy Elliott and Rye Rye has finally hit the 'net, featuring an unexpected guest appearance from M.I.A.'s three-year-old son Ikhyd. The frenetic single features the trio doing their "Bad Girls" thing, with Missy taking the lead with her signature flow, rapping "Scandalous, vandalous, M...

Azealia Banks has evidently had her fill of Twitter and the hip-hop scene. Yesterday -- following Billboard reports she'd split with manager Troy Carter, who also reps Lady Gaga -- the rising MC deleted her Twitter account. In a post on her Tumblr page, Banks outlined her frustrations with both the social media site and the music industry...

With certain memories, there is almost always a song or two attached. When you hear that beat -- no matter how many years have passed -- you can't help but relive the moment, whether it was the night the track played in the club or on the way to a best friend's wedding...

For the longest time it was testosterone running hip-hop's beefs and feuds. However, in recent years, estrogen has been proving itself a vicious antagonist. With the female rap pool constantly expanding, and Twitter allowing these ladies to immediately voice their opinions to large fanbases, many femcees are known more for their outrageous actions and 140-character tweets rather than their stellar

Lil' Kim takes aim at Nicki Minaj, the Notorious B.I.G.'s mother Voletta Wallace and Azealia Banks in a new interview with Power 105.1's "The Breakfast Club." The Brooklyn rapper was extremely candid during her sit-down on the radio show, which she initially arrived for to speak about her current Return of the Queen tour...

Interscope signee Azealia Banks drops the first song off her 1991 EP, due later this month. The effort, "Jumanji," which was inspired by the 1995 film starring Robin Williams, finds the "Black Rapunxel" delivering raps over a beat that commences with a harp for some fairytale flair...

M.I.A. solidified her position in the bad girls club back in February, when she released her jaw-dropping video for "Bad Girls," and flicked off the camera while performing at the Super Bowl, and the controversial singer now reveals that she is returning with "Bad Girls" remixes, featuring an O...

Azealia Banks is a fierce tweeter -- just ask T.I. -- and over the weekend, the rising Harlem rapper took to the social networking site to cook up some beef with hip-hop veteran Lil' Kim. It all started on Saturday (May 5), when the "212" MC alluded to a stalled song collaboration with the elder female rhymer, who Banks had previously talked about working with...

After several years spent dressing the part, Drake has finally made the move to Hollywood. "A lot of Take Care, it's down. A lot of it's down, and I think a lot of that had to do with being back home in Toronto and getting reacquainted with the life I had before, and the difficulties of that, but at the same time trying to express excitement and trying to express joy...