J.Cole held a private event at Footaction in La la land yesterday and performed new material. The first song is entitled

The times they are a-changin’. With Kendrick Lamar’s album dropping on Monday, Pharrell turned to his Twitter account and compared Kendrick’s music to Mr. Tambourine

In August, Lil Wayne confessed that he didn’t like New York. The comment triggered outrage from politicians to fellow rappers. But while everyone was up in arms, Weezy says he was oblivious to the controversy. “I have to be honest with you, dog: All I do is work, and I swear to God, I don’t even know the reaction. If I knew the reaction I’d know how to be able to answer that question, but I don’t know the reaction. […]

Produced by 40 and Drake, A$AP flexes his rolodex for the first single off his debut album,

It’s been a minute, actually, over a year since Mela Machinko released solo material. But now she’s back with a new track off her Jay-Z-inspired project,

“I fucked 76 chicks this year nigga, and I’m still trying to get

Oh the games we play. The Weeknd’s releasing a trilogy box set of his album,

Last week, 79,000 fans purchased Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ debut,

Gucci Mane’s dropping his Trap God mixtape in a few hours, but for now, he throws his middle fingers up with Future in his new video. Fuck da song though.

Rev. Al Sharpton held his third annual National Action Network Triumph Awards last night in New York City. Amongst the honorees was Sean “Diddy” Combs. Videography wasn’t allowed, but here’s audio of his acceptance speech courtesy of Mike Feeney.