DIGABLE PLANETS: We be to Rap What Key be to Lock By Marielle V. Turner for RAPstation.com There is so much truth to this line Butterfly spits on “The Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat.)”  Their innovative sound really opened a lot of doors for Hip-Hop to become a more intelligent...… Read more

“You Mad?” Short, sweet, and effective. For the better half of the 2000’s the Diplomats ran rap like Usain Runs 100 meter race. You couldn't turn on MTV, BET, or VHI without seeing one or two tracks listed. That legacy unapologetically shines through with Camron and Stances lat...… Read more

  Yasiin Bey -- also known as Mos Def -- has finally been allowed to leave South Africa, where the rapper has been detained for most of this year. Already planning his retirement, the Brooklyn rapper has announced what will be his final live performances in the United States.  ...… Read more

YG has announced what he calls "The World's 2nd $100 CD," a special limited edition, physical copy of his upcoming Red Friday mixtape, which will only be available on Black Friday. Red Friday was originally scheduled to only be available digitally, but...… Read more

  The highly anticipated Tupac Shakur biopic was originally teased to be released sometime this year, but today it was announced that the film will be released next year, on Tupac's birthday. Actor Dom Santana, who will play Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight in All Eyez On Me,&nb...… Read more

Kanye West has quite the growing support group as Chicago emcee, Chance The Rapper, rallied alongside the laundry list of artists and personalities showing their support for the exhausted GOOD Music Boss. Chance seized a moment amidst his BBC Radio 1Xtra performance and vocalized his thoughts reg...… Read more