T.I.'s new album will drop August 24th.

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Lil Wayne's Rebirth is on track to sell around 150K copies in its first week. For some perspective: 2008's Tha Carter III sold one million copies in its first week.

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Lil Wayne's new album Rebirth is being streamed on myspace.

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Kid Cudi's next album will be called Cudder and the Revolution of Evolution.

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A list of Hip-Hop's most controversial album covers can be found here.

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Hyro Da Hero's new album, Belo Horizonte, is available for free download on his website.

Kid Cudi has been dropped from Lady Gaga’s Monster Ball Tour after punching a fan during a concert in Vancouver last weekend.

Lil' Wayne was sentenced to a year in prison today on gun charges.

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Lil Wayne has pleaded guilty to gun charges and could face up to a year in prison.

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The cover for 50 Cent's new album, Before I Self Destruct is right here. The album hits stores November 17th.

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Jay-Z will release The Blueprint 3 on September 11th.

Track Listing
01 What We Talkin' About [ft. Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun]
02 Thank You
03 D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
04 Run This Town [ft. Kanye West and Rihanna]
05 Empire State of Mind [ft. Alicia Keys]
06 Real As It Gets [ft. Young Jeezy]
07 On to the Next One [ft. Swizz Beatz]
08 Off That [ft....[read more]

Jay-Z will be replacing Beastie Boys at All Points West as headliner on Friday the 31st. This will be his first US festival performance.

Nas will have a guest spot on Dr. Dre's Detox.

I guess Joaquin Phoenix (who now looks like the unibomber) wants to be a rapper?

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland reunite for the track, "Bigger Than The World." Take a listen.

50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct now has a tracklisting.

Track Listing
1) Intro
2) Came To Win (produced by Red Spyda)
3) Get Up (produced by Scott Storch)
4) Need Your Hate (Produced by Dr. Dre)
5) Here For A Reason (ft. Nate Dogg) (produced by tha Bizness)
6) Good To Be A Gangsta (produced by Ty Fyffe & Sha Money XL)
7) Dont Mess With 50 (produced by Don Cannon)
8) Trust In Me (produced...[read more]

An American professor claims rap music originated in medieval Scottish pubs.

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Lil' Wayne has been accused of copyright infringement.

Lil' Wayne recorded a song specifically for Michael Phelps.

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Clipse have called out Pitchfork.

Hip-hop song that samples/remixes Circa Survive's "Living Together" - check it.

Eminem will release Relapse in early 2009. A new song called "I Need a Relapse" was played on Sirius last night and is rumored to be floating around the internets.

VH1 has compiled their list of 100 best hip hop songs, and "Fight the Power" came out on top, with "Rapper's Delight" in second and "Nuthin' But a G Thang" at number three. What do you think? Agree/disagree?

Kanye West is reportedly going to be producing Jay-Z's Blueprint 3.

Dr. Dre has confirmed that Detox is about finished, and he is shooting for a November/December release.

Eminem is back in the studio working on a new album.

The one and the only Snoop Dogg is going to be writing a bluegrass record.

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The legendary Bill Cosby has released "Why," the first single from his hip-hop album, State of Emergency, here.

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Big Boi's solo LP Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, is almost completed, says MTV. He also confirms that Outkast is not breaking up.