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Curren$y, Wiz Khalifa and Rick Ross have teamed up once again. This time it's for "Choosin," a Lex Luger-produced cut from Spitta's forthcoming mixtape New Jet City, due to be released Super Bowl Sunday (Feb. 3). Here, the three comrades go in over triumphant horn swells, a haunting organ line and rolling 808s...

When Curren$y met Harry Fraud, he knew he'd found someone worth working with. The New Orleans rapper asked the Brooklyn producer to play him some sample beats, MTV.com reports, and the five he heard became the basis for Cigarette Boats, a new collaborative EP the duo dropped Tuesday (July 10)...

In 2011, when he signed with Warner Bros., Curren$y gave the label exclusive rights to sell his music. At least that's how the rapper read the deal, and as TMZ reports, he's suing former associate Damon Dash for continuing to profit from his albums...

New Orleans MC Curren$y has released his highly anticipated double album 'The Muscle Car Chronicles' Tuesday (Feb. 14). The nine-song album, which was recorded with a live band lead by producer Sean O'Connell and featuring percussion by Thomas Pridgen of The Mars Volta, was executive produced by Dame Dash, and released via Dame's DD172/BluRoc Records...

In 2011, Schoolboy Q made a noteworthy entry into hip-hop with his debut mixtape, 'Setbacks.' With his riot-inciting verse on Kendrick Lamar's 'Michael Jordan,' the Los Angeles native had already established a fan base prior to that first collection...

Trademark Da Skydiver caught some buzz back in June when he released his second Jets International mixtape 'Super Villain Issue #2,' featuring Curren$y, Smoke DZA among others. The New Orleans emcee returns this week with the video for the second track off that tape, 'Dead Fool...

Rick Ross is an unabashed lover of marijuana -- just check out his Twitter account. So, it's no surprise that he's gotten with fellow connoisseurs Curren$y and Wiz Khalifa for a 'Sativa Remix' of his recent track 'Super High.' Ross premiered the track at -- ahem -- 4:20 AM on UStream this morning (June 30) with the other collaborators in tow and enjoying some of their favorite late night illicit a

Rumored former couple Trina and Lil Wayne are back together, but this time it's for the new track 'Currency' off her sixth album 'Amazin.' The song which also features fellow Slip 'N' Side artist Rick Ross, was recorded before Weezy headed off to prison in March to serve a one-year prison sentence for gun possession charges...

New Orleans rapper Curren$y has announced that he, fellow New Oreleans rapper Jay Electronica and Brooklyn veteran Mos Def have united to record an album together. The group formed after a chance meeting at Dame Dash's converted NYC art space and studio, DD172, which Mos calls a "24-Hour Karate School...