Seattle-based emcee Michael Martinez, better known as Onry Ozzborn, is a busy guy. As founder of Northwest hip-hop collective Oldominion (or the West Coast Wu-Tang Clan), member of Grayskul (Rhymesayers), Dark Time Sunshine, and master of his own solo career, there's rarely a moment when he's not wo...… Read more

After the radio silence received from Jidenna, he's finally reappeared with a new song and music video. In the red-accented, black and white video for "Long Live The Chief", the rapper takes his admittedly stylish following to church, strutting in front of a funeral procession. Rapping about runn...… Read more

Nicki Minaj has promised to release a mixtape six years after her mixtape release 'Beam Me Up Scotty', and hopes to give some inspiration to other female rappers as well. In an interview with Billboard, Minaj explains the impact a mixtape could have on her career, and commits to her first one in...… Read more

T.I. has been casted for A&E Networks’ Roots remake. T.I. will be featured in the finale episode of the four-part miniseries. He will be playing Cyrus, a strong willed slave who fights for his freedom alongside the Union Army and against the Confederacy. Other cast additions to the Roots reboot a...… Read more

2 Chainz is reaching out to the community this year and doing good deeds with money raised through his TRU Foundation charity. On Saturday, 2 Chainz surprised Deidre Plater of Palmetto, Georgia, a veteran with disability, by announcing that he would pay her rent for a year. 2 Chainz, born Tauheed...… Read more

Since the announcement of Spike Lee’s new movie, "Chi-Raq" Chicago natives from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to rappers Rhymefest and King Louie have announced their disapproval of how the New York-native is addressing black-on-black gun violence in the city's South side. Chicago born artist Chance the Rap...… Read more