Chance the Rapper is a bright-burning 20 year old and a probable star in the fun/serious rap lane paved lately by Kendrick. With his efforts focused by the violent death of a close friend, Chance is ...

Ryan Hemsworth is back with a new mix, Just Rap, for the men's retailer Frank & Oak. (He recently made most of his old mixes available for free download, so you can catch up on the back catalog ...

Redman has been getting quite a lot of looks recently, as the Hip-Hop Nation pays homage to one of the lyrical greats. Well, France’s Just Dizle is no exception and the DJ has assembled “Best of ...

Twenty-two-year-old Chicago rapper Chancelor Bennett (hence, Chance The Rapper) achieved a rare feat in going platinum for a completely free album (or "diamond," in the parlance of rap mixtape ...

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For hip-hop fans, the mixtape download service Datpiff was a necessity as much as a tool. At a time where the dynamics of the game were changing in the corporate world – Jay-Z literally became an ...

As streaming plays the hot knife to the album sales' butter, the free album has become less of a leap of faith. Home studios, the internet, and DIY—it's a familiar storyline as of late. The booming ...

Wednesday is Diddy's birthday, and he extended the celebration to fans. The 46-year-old hip-hop mogul took to the streets of New York City to promote his new mixtape ...

Los Angeles’ Kilo Kish has been lumped in with confessional cutesy vocalists like Kitty (née Pryde), but her bona fides are stronger and her on-track profile is far more complex. The young artist — ...

Chicago’s Chance the Rapper is currently just an unsigned teen rapper with sizzling Internet buzz and a hell of a lot of talent (he clocked in at #9 on SPIN’s Hottest MC’s of 2013 list). But if he one ...