A few days ago, Kanye said his album cover was banned from retail and implied that Walmart had a role in it.  EW reached out to the bargain chain and they said they never saw the artwork. “We’re excited about Kanye West’s new album and we look forward to carrying it in our stores on November 22nd. As always, it’s our standard practice to carry the edited parental advisory version. We did not reject the cover artwork and it was […]

Move over Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. Moonie and Count trade places in the latest video in support of Don’t Feed The Killaz Vol. 3. Visually, Creative Control outdid themselves with this clip. Motion picture, shit for real.

J.Cole was booked at Rutgers University this past weekend and during his set, he brought out the MPC and created a beat. Try freestyling over that, rappers. Ha! gfm

Kanye gave the L.A. Times a piece of his mind last night. Apparently, he was upset that writer, Chris Lee incorrectly called his album, My Dark Twisted Fantasy. In turn, Kanye let his fingers do the talking and vented on his Twitter account. Shortly after, he deleted the tweets. Maybe Chris’ apology had something to do with it. In any event, Sean did a screen grab of the rant, so here it is below. I would’ve taking offense 2 the […]

Yesterday, MTV’s Brain Trust named B.o.B. the ninth hottest MC in the game. Bobby Ray told 1515 that he was grateful for the honor. “My personal challenge was to put an album out that was well-received. And to be able to do that and still get the lyrical crowd to pay attention shows me a lot. Because I have so much more energy that I can put into the content. It depends on the time and what the focus is. […]

Hide ya wife ’cause the Lady Killer is on the prowl. Here’s the cover art for Cee-Lo’s third solo album. Tracklist below. 1. The Lady Killer Theme (Intro) 2. Bright Lights Bigger City 3. Forget You 4. Wildflower 5. Bodies 6. Please (Feat. Selah Sue) 7. Satisfied 8. I Want You 9. Cry Baby 10. Fool For You (Feat. Phillip Bailey) 11. It’s OK 12. Old Fashioned 13. The Lady Killer Theme (Outro) 14. F**k You hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.4717989&w=425&h=350&fv=] Love 50 Cent and Soulja Boy’s XXL cover? Well, here’s footage of how it all came together. The mag hits newsstands on November 2nd.

[vodpod id=Video.4712587&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D588130%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A588130] You can’t ban the Ye, man. Last night during the L.A. premiere of his film Runaway, Kanye revealed that there will be five different covers for his new album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Collect them all November 22nd. rapfix Yesterday: Kanye vs. Nirvana Cover Art

Model Selita Ebanks stars in Kanye West’s new film Runaway as a phoenix. Below, she discusses her part with Vulture. Remember, the flick premieres this Saturday on all the big music channels. What can you tell us about the plot? I come to earth in a fireball, and I cause a bit of destruction, and he finds me. He’s driving along, and he carries me from the scene, and there’s a huge explosion behind us. I don’t think it’s the […]

Two nights ago on Hot 97, Peter Rosenberg debuted some new music from Iron Solomon and Cassidy. And all this time, we thought Rule #4081 was never battle KRS-One. Below that, Solomon rips the mic to shreds with a freestyle. “Freestyle”