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Best Hip Hop Moments in #BHM: 2Pac Releases ‘All Eyez on Me’ 20 Years Ago

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In honor of Black History Month, each day here at The Source we’ll be chronicling many of the best moments pertaining to Hip Hop that occurred during the meaningful month of February – celebrating the birthdays of now-legendary MCs; highlighting the most impactful album and single releases; even reminiscing on the most obscure, yet culturally-significant […]

Future’s ‘EVOL’ Album Debuts at No. 1

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He’s done it again. Just as folks were beginning to suggest a seemingly inevitable shift in his widespread momentum – somehow dissatisfied with the contents of his Purple Reign mixtape, which to their credit, he did later refer to as merely a warm-up (but then again, certainly not a cool-down by any means) – Future‘s new […]

Toronto Mayor to Award Drake with the Key to the City

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It’s safe to say at this point that few artists represent their country, and more specifically their hometown, with as much pride as Drake exudes while continually putting on for his birthplace of Toronto, Canada. Tomorrow, his efforts will be recognized once more on perhaps the greatest scale of all, as Mayor John Tory plans […]

Best Hip Hop Moments in #BHM: Kanye West Releases ‘The College Dropout’

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In honor of Black History Month, each day here at The Source we’ll be chronicling many of the best moments pertaining to Hip Hop that occurred during the meaningful month of February – celebrating the birthdays of now-legendary MCs; highlighting the most impactful album and single releases; even reminiscing on the most obscure, yet culturally-significant […]

Forbes Crowns Hip Hop Cash Princes of 2016; See Who Made the List

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Money makes the world go ’round. For the third straight year, renowned national business magazine Forbes has chosen to look ahead to the future by crowning its list of Hip Hop Cash Princes, comprised of rap artists and producers under the age of 30 to are believed to one day become Hip Hop Cash Kings […]

Kendrick Lamar Breaks Down the Making of ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’

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With the 58th Annual Grammy Awards exactly one week away, Kendrick Lamar, who leads the ceremony with 11 nominations for his second album, To Pimp a Butterfly – a Hip Hop milestone, and nearly all-time record had it not been for Michael Jackson‘s Thriller racking up one extra nod in 1984 – along with several […]

Best Hip Hop Moments in #BHM: 50 Cent Releases ‘Get Rich or Die Tryin”

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In honor of Black History Month, each day here at The Source we’ll be chronicling many of the best moments pertaining to Hip Hop that occurred during the meaningful month of February – celebrating the birthdays of now-legendary MCs; highlighting the most impactful album and single releases; even reminiscing on the most obscure, yet culturally-significant […]

Wiz Khalifa Performs “Bake Sale” on “Fallon”

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Wiz Khalifa returned to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” as the musical guest on Thursday for the television debut of his Travis Scott-assisted single, “Bake Sale,” the lead offering from his new album, Khalifa, available as of today. Backed by the legendary Roots crew along with his go-to DJ, DJ Bonics, while draped in […]

Best Hip Hop Moments in #BHM: Kevin Gates is Born

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In honor of Black History Month, each day here at The Source we’ll be chronicling many of the best moments pertaining to Hip Hop that occurred during the meaningful month of February – celebrating the birthdays of now-legendary MCs; highlighting the most impactful album and single releases; even reminiscing on the most obscure, yet culturally-significant […]

Yo Gotti and Future March As One on “General”

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Prepare for battle. Quick to the trigger, Yo Gotti – who joined us here at The Source for a live Twitter Q&A yesterday – sticks to his guns and fights fire with fire while waging a war against mediocrity on “General,” a combative collaboration with the purple-hearted Future from the Memphis MC’s upcoming eighth album, […]

Best Hip Hop Moments in #BHM: Cam’Ron is Born

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In honor of Black History Month, each day here at The Source we’ll be chronicling many of the best moments pertaining to Hip Hop that occurred during the meaningful month of February – celebrating the birthdays of now-legendary MCs; highlighting the most impactful album and single releases; even reminiscing on the most obscure, yet culturally-significant […]

Wiz Khalifa’s Dropping ‘Rolling Papers 2’ Before Summer

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Wiz Khalifa‘s about to set 2016 ablaze. With his new album, Khalifa – comprised of some of his most potent unreleased material from throughout his career – set to arrive this Friday with features from Juicy J, Ty Dolla $ign, Chevy Woods, and his son Sebastian; having already spawned the Travis Scott-assisted single, “Bake Sale,” […]

Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa Squash Their Beef

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Turns out Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose weren’t the only ones who met with each other and left on good terms yesterday, as their significant others Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa appear to have buried the hatchet as well, following their dispute on Twitter. In fact, Yeezy took to his favorite social media outlet this afternoon […]

Future’s Dropping a New Album This Friday

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Well, that certainly didn’t take long. Less than two weeks after calling his latest mixtape, Purple Reign, a warm-up – which itself occurred a mere two days following the project’s release – it’s been revealed today that Future will in fact be debuting a brand new album very shortly. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Currently […]

Tickets Are On Sale for Kanye West’s ‘WAVES’ Premiere

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Tickets are now officially on sale to experience the world premiere of Kanye West‘s seventh solo album, WAVES, in a theater near you. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The project will be unveiled during West’s Yeezy Season 3 fashion show – also set to include a performance by Italian contemporary artist Vanessa Beecroft – at Madison […]

Drake Checked Into Meek Mill’s Hotel the Night “Back to Back” Dropped

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The plot thickens. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information When Drake unleashed “Back to Back” in the wee hours of that fateful Wednesday, July 29, his scathing remarks towards Meek Mill could be heard all around the world – but apparently not just one floor beneath him. Because as it turns out, Drizzy had the nerve to check […]

Drake Reveals ‘Views From the 6’ Release Plans

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After premiering the project’s first official single, “Summer Sixteen,” during today’s 14th episode of OVO Sound Radio on Apple Music’s Beats 1 – and proceeding to run it back three additional times for good measure – Drake continued to provide further details regarding the current rollout of his upcoming fifth solo album, Views From the 6. […]