Wale takes a page from Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues" to narrate his rise and encountering shade on "LoveHate Thing," a cut from his June 25th LP "The Gifted." "The idea behind "lovehate thing" is what comes with shine.

After unveiling his new single, "New Slaves," via projected images on buildings around the world, Kanye West performed the cut for the first time on "Saturday Night Live (SNL) on May 18.

While Eazy E and Ol' Dirty Bastard will perform once again at this year's Rock the Bells concerts, not everyone is excited about the virtual comebacks.

Ludacris has been fulfilling his acting bug lately, but the College Park rapper is about to release new music since 2010's Battle of the Sexes with a freebie called #IDGAF (I Don't Give A F*ck) , which drops May 24, the same day his movie Fast and Furious 6

Master P is back with the cut "Woke Up A Millionaire"," where the New Orleans native schools the haters on why they still don't have, while he went from rags to riches overnight due to his vision.

Fat Joe is living that phat life in the video for "Ballin,'" and Wiz Khalifa and Teyana Talyor are on the track to second that life.

Kanye brings the creativity once again! The groundbreaking rapper debuted his new single "New Slaves" last night (May 17) via his face across 66 buildings at 10 locations around the world on projectors.

Forget a boombox; Verbiage roams the streets with a mic in tow, just in case he needs to bust a rhyme for the masses in the video for "Kings of Kings" off his latest EP Inflection Point .

If this unreleased track "Execution in Autumn," from the music vaults, is any indication of the Wu Tang Clan's pending return, we can expect more of that famous Wu knock.

B.o.B shades his crossover style from something more ratchet on his new single "HeadBand," featuring 2 Chainz, and set to appear on his forthcoming third studio album.

It's been a decade since the hip-hop summer festival Rock the Bells descended upon San Bernardino, Cali. Now ten years in, the festival's lineup is beefier than ever...and more high tech than ever.

Wale's third album, The Gifted , may release on June 25, the DMV emcee has already released the album's artwork.