Diggy Simmons

Diggy Simmons plans to make his debut album leave a great first impression. A behind-the-scenes video has revealed that the hip-hop wunderkind -- and son of Reverend Run -- is aiding his goal by hooking up with production impresario Bangladesh...

The 2011 XXL Freshmen Class -- a body anointed by XXL magazine as the game's hottest newcomers -- have had a big 24 hours. After gathering at B.B. Kings Blues Club in New York City Tuesday night (March 22) for a concert, the group of 11 rappers dropped a collaborative mixtape this morning (March 23)...

Around this time each year, hip-hop fans begin to eagerly anticipate and debate the rappers that will make the XXL Freshmen Class list. Usually one has to wait until the magazine's issue hits newsstands to get the full list, but this year the cover has leaked nearly a month early and spread far and wide...

London native Dionne Bromfield is getting ready to release her second album 'Good for the Soul,' and the teen soul-pop star has enlisted a little help from Diggy Simmons for the album's lead single, 'Yeah Right.' Bromfield first made headlines in 2009 when she was signed to the record label of her infamous godmother, Amy Winehouse...

Diggy Simmons inked his first deal with Atlantic Records in March, after his freestyle over Nas' 'Made You Look' went viral and perked up some ears in the industry. On Thursday (Dec. 23), the 15-year-old rapper dropped his latest mixtape, 'Past Presents Future,' which is hosted by DJ Premier...

Diggy Simmons and Willow Smith are hip-hop kin with their own respective music careers on the rise. So why not a collabo? Fifteen-year-old Simmons recently hinted at the two working on a track. "I've just met Jaden Smith a few weeks ago...

Wale brought the buzz of his new 'More About Nothing' mixtape to New York City on Monday night (Aug.16) with an energetic set at the Highline Ballroom. Diggy Simmons held down the mic with his popular viral freestyle over Nas' 'Made You Look' before handing things over to Wale, who kicked off a one-hour set with the Bun B-featured track 'Mirrors,' followed by 'World Tour' off his 'Attention Defici

Bow Wow recently responded to 15-year-old Diggy Simmons' diss, saying "It's flattering because it lets me know how much of a prince I came into the game as people are talking about things I made 10 years ago. I'm still here and to me that's flattering because that kid that they talk about is the only kid at that age that sold three million copies...

Little Diggy Simmons must have made his dad -- former Run-DMC frontman, Rev Run -- proud this week when he inked his first deal with Atlantic Records. The 15-year-old released his debut mixtape, 'The First Flight,' in December 2009, but attracted some major label attention when he dropped a recent freestyle over Nas' 'Made You Look...