They eventually gave me tickets but only for the red carpet,” the rapper wrote. “At that point I hadn’t started the rampage.” ...

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Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" breaks the record for most weeks at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart after his Super Bowl halftime show.

Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track "Not Like Us" shot back to the top of the Hot 100 following the rapper's Super Bowl LIX halftime performance.

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Sitting in the Rolling Stone offices in late January, OsamaSon, born Amari Deshawn Middleton, says he got the idea for the album’s title while in Madrid on vacation. “I was able to be sober, bro. I ...

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Xzibit opens up about his return to music, working with Conor McGregor’s Greenback Records, and why authenticity in Hip-Hop still matters.

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