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Happy birthday, Biggie ! The Notorious B.I.G. would have turned 41 years old today, and even though he was tragically killed back in 1997, his music is more alive than ever! Not only have two albums hit the streets since his death, but dozens of homegrown MCs have taken to remixing his verses into new beats and classic tunes, creating a whole new ... (more)

T.I. 's Family Hustle is expanding in a Major way. Pun intended. For the Marc Klasfeld visuals to "Hello" featuring CeeLo he's brought along the whole clan to star in their very own T.I. style western.

The Notorious B.I.G.'s rugged street raps and brutally honest rhymes about surviving as a hustler are why he's a hip-hop legend.

The Notorious B.I.G. controlled tracks and needed little more than a producer and engineer to create magic n the studio.

Eminem's music publisher is suing Facebook and an advertiser for using a song from the "Marshall Mathers LP" without permission in a recent advertisement for the new Facebook feature called "Airplane." In the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Ferndale-based Eight Mile Style LLC alleges copyright infringement for using the ... (more)

We want to know what Cee Lo Green's secret to multitasking is. We can barely eat and blog at the same time let alone do everything Green has planned.

Some of the founding members of longtime local rap stalwart Poor Vida Productions, have teamed up with Media 13 for a major project: This Summer, they'll screen the feature length documentary, We From Dallas .

If you were to measure a man by his passion, it would be hard to find a baker held in higher esteem than Zak Stern.

This past week Downtown Abbey fans got a hell of a shock when Diddy announced via Twitter that he was going to be starring on the show, his purported favorite.

As US artist Snoop Lion performs for thousands of fans around SA, we asked concert goers what the name change means to them.

It is late rap icon Biggie's birthday! The Notorious B.I.G was born on 21 May, 1972.

The last time Jay-Z and Drake hopped on a track together on was 2010, when Hov gave Drizzy some veteran advice on how to handle beef on "Light Up." "Drake, here's how they gon' come at you/ With silly rap feuds, tryin' to distract you," Jigga rapped on the track which was featured on the OVO star's debut LP.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has denied a report by the Los Angeles Times that his associates were responsible for the 1994 robbery and shooting of Tupac Shakur at a New York recording studio, and that he knew about the attack in advance.

MC Hammer, one of the most successful entertainers in the history of hip hop, will bring his high-energy show to the Chumash Casino Resort's Samala Showroom at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 20.

Are you down with the Clown? The FBI, which recently classified Insane Clown Posse as a criminal street gang, is not.

DJ Old Man Ebro said on the air Monday that he had emailed the rap mogul with his congratulations over the weekend, and "he hit me back and said it's not true." He quoted Jay-Z as saying: "It's not true.

Video - CBS CEO Les Moonves Joined By Wife Julie Chen, Will Arnett and LL Cool J At CBS Upfront 2013 - Part 3 CBS CEO Les Moonves Joined By Wife Julie Chen, Will Arnett and LL Cool J At CBS Upfront 2013 - Part 3 CBS CEO Les Moonves and his wife 'The Talk' host Julie Chen were among red carpet arrivals at the 2012 CBS Upfront Presentation along with ... (more)

On a festival bill that swings from acts just breaking through to icons like Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy definitely fall into the legend category.

Soichiro "Patrick" and Cynthia Marie Hirami marked their 60th anniversary May 2. The couple wed in 1953 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colo.

One of the earliest original soundtracks written for a full-length motion picture was Max Steiner's score for "King Kong," in 1933.