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Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj continues her steady assault on the Billboard charts, moving up to the No. 3 spot on the Hot 100 with her latest single 'Super Bass.' 'Super Bass,' Nicki's record-breaking seventh single from her platinum-selling debut album, 'Pink Friday, squeaked onto Billboard's Hot 100 chart at No...

Hip-hop's answer to Michael Jackson, Eminem has set yet another record: becoming the first artist to sell 1 million digital albums. Eminem's comeback album, 'Recovery,' which was the best-selling physical release of 2010, has notched over 1 million domestic digital sales, just weeks after his 'Hell: The Sequel' collaboration EP with Royce Da 5'9" debuted at No...

Rapper Game has had his fair share of beef, so when he saw Odd Future members Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean engaging in an online spat with Chris Brown via Twitter, he had to jump in. The Compton MC addressed all three parties for trading insults with one another, defusing yet another disagreement between Tyler and Brown, who have gone at it in the past on the social networking site... Read M

The NYPD's rep for being adverse to hip-hop events just got worse. Last night (June 28), authorities and patrons clashed outside of Tammany Hall in New York City's Lower East Side after an album release party and show celebrating the release of a new album from Smif-N-Wessun and Pete Rock...

Nicki Minaj's career is still very much on fire. While she is currently opening for Britney Spears on the Femme Fatale tour, Minaj continues to break records in the music world. The video for her latest single, 'Super Bass,' was viewed over 1 million times on the Music Choice channel, which is a Video On Demand service offered to cable subscribers...

Rihanna's 'S&M' will hit No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 today (April 21), marking the Barbados-born singer's 10th No. 1 single. With the Britney Spears-aided 'S&M (Remix)' giving her fourth single off the 'Loud' album a bit more push, Rihanna will attain the honor of scoring 10 No. 1's on...

Former Danity Kane singer and television personality Aubrey O'Day has reportedly signed a record deal with SRC/Universal Motown to release her solo debut album. The reality TV star will join a roster that features fellow R&B vixen Melanie Fiona and rapper Asher Roth. T...

'Only Girl (In the World)," the first single from Rihanna's fifth album, 'Loud,' has skyrocketed the pop princess to new Billboard heights, making her the artist with the most No. 1 singles since 1992. The song was released in September and gives Rihanna her seventh No...

Though initially labeled a "mis-step," it appears that Public Enemy's attempt at "crowd-funding" their new album via Dutch website SellaBand has provided the funds required for the legendary rap group to record and distribute their new release...

The Guinness World Record for World's Longest Freestyle is about to be broken four times over. The current record holder, DJ Green Arrow, has announced plans to break his latest record of 9 hours, 52 minutes by rapping for 52 hours, in an event he has dubbed "Suckas Need Bodyguards...