Rap News

Rap superstar Jay-Z has added a second leg to his BP3 North American tour and it includes a stop at the Mellon Arena on March 16.

Miley Cyrus drew headlines when she name checked Britney Spears and Jay-Z in her hit single "Party in the U.S.A.," but the pop singer has admitted she has never heard a record by the rap superstar.

Celebrities are always trying to build walls around themselves, literally and figuratively, and those walls cost money.

A federal court decision will allow students at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth to wear empty holsters next week during a protest over a campus ban on concealed weapons.

Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream, Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City and, in turn, a major-label executive following his short-lived retirement from music-making. In the wake of his 1996 debut, Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z's albums sold millions upon millions with each ...

Rap star Eminem is to appear in a 3D hip-hop horror movie, according to trade paper Screen International.

I wonder about some of you guys out there. This one is for Nicki. I have been bubbling over with several emotions such as disappointment, anger, confusion and dismay over these fans.

The Foundation for Reconciliation, a group that seeks to improve relations between gay people and the Mormon Church, marked the first anniversary of the passage of Proposition 8 on Wednesday by delivering a trunk filled with 2,000 petitions to church leaders in Salt Lake City.

Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Green Day and Carrie Underwood will be among the diverse roster of performers planning to take the stage at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, show producers said Thursday.

Pop star Beyonce and hip hop artist Jay-Z will perform at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday, being held in the German capital to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Beyonce ruled the 2009 Soul Train Awards on Tuesday after taking home three top prizes at the ceremony.

50 Cent spends $20,000 a week on security to protect himself. The 'Candy Shop' rapper - who was shot at nine times during an incident in 2000 and has openly admitted to dealing drugs in the past - takes extreme measures both to protect himself and his property and also to ensure he doesn't get sued.

As the embodiment of '90s gangsta rap, Snoop Dogg blurred the lines between reality and fiction.

Rap legend Warren G will be in Asheville before his show at The Orange Peel tonight to greet fans.

On the one hand, there's the mystique of 50 Cent : the "gangsta" rap, the rap sheet, the being shot nine times, the songs about partying and pimping and pushing drugs.

Organizers of a petition drive to ask the Mormon church to reconsider its policies and political activism against gay marriage are set to deliver the documents to church headquarters.

After airing Jay-Z 's monumental 9/11 anniversary concert, FUSE TV is providing fans a hip-hop fix every Wednesday.

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The first release from this new collaboration is Sacramento rapper Bueno's album, "Can't Knock the Hustle," debuting December 15.

The internet has been buzzing about the new diss track Beanie Sigel made directed at rap super star and his former boss Jay-Z. However, people have been even more interested in his exclusive radio interview with Charlamagne Tha God where he airs out a lot of dirty laundry with his situation and everything else that went on at Roc-A-Fella records ...