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Lil Pump Is Out Here Playing Lean Pong [VIDEO]

Lil Pump made a big show quitting Xans in 2018. But he's certainly not going drug-free in the new year. The 17-year old is embracing that other controversial rap drug, lean, in this variation the teenage drinking game Beer Pong. Is Lean Pong a game you'll be playing at your next get together?

Tyga Gets Fed Meat By Salt Bae [VIDEO]

Say what you will about Tyga, but he's still living well. The Hip Hop figure was partying at Nusr-Et, the new South Beach eatery from human meme Salt Bae (Nusret Gökçe), last night. It turns out T-Raww is a big enough star for Salt Bae to come out from the kitchen and personally deliver the food's seasoning with his signature pose. After Bae salts Tyga's meat, he feeds it to him. Since this is Tyga we're talking about, we have to assign a W or L. What do you think?

Teka$hi 6ix9ine Gets Exposed For Wearing Fake Diamonds

Teka$shi69 wanted the world to know that Ugly God rocks a chain with fake diamonds. So he brought out a diamond tester and it backfired big time. As you can see, it turns out Ugly's actually got the genuine product whereas 69's rocks are straight fugazi. There's something too perfect about the whole set up. Like maybe it was some kind skit. But we certainly wouldn't be surprised if all 69's diamonds are really fake.

The Game Wants Fan Input On New Project

After a relatively quiet second half to 2017, which included a lengthy break from social media, The Game has returned to announce he has begun working on a new project. In a video uploaded to Instagram, The Game is in the studio talking with Raekwon about the similarities between Ice Cube and Kendrick Lamar. The Compton rapper goes on to reveal he has started working on a new project in the post’s caption field. “& here we are….. in the golden years what has been an amazing career to say the least…. this is the process I enjoy the most…....

Kevin Gates Ready To Work With Troubled Teens After Prison Release

Upon his release from behind bars, rapper Kevin Gates plans to use his story to scare teens out ending up in the same predicament he’s currently in. TMZ reports that Gates’ lawyer Herschel Rush has revealed that the Louisiana musician will dedicate substantial time to sharing his personal story with troubled youth once he’s released on Wednesday (January 10). Gates plans to share his story with the Boys & Girls Club, among other organizations. In total, Gates has served roughly nine months out a 30-month sentence at Illinois East Moline Correctional Facility. After serving five months in Florida for kicking a woman at...

Joey Badass Launching "47 Minutes" Podcast On TIDAL

Following in the footsteps rappers-turned-podcasters like Joe Budden and N.O.R.E., Joey Badass will soon be hosting his own program. Titled 47 Minutes, the podcast will tackle everything from Hip Hop to spirituality. Badass made the announcement on Twitter over the weekend, and also revealed that the podcast will air TIDAL. “I have a podcast called ’47 Minutes’ coming to @TIDAL real soon. RT if you’ll tune in to hear me talk about shit from hip hop, politics, spirituality and whatever the fuck else I want,” the Pro Era frontman tweeted on Sunday (January 7). As part TIDAL’s podcasting network, Badass will join the likes Elliott...

Hip Hop Album Sales: Eminem, Kendrick Lamar & G-Eazy Maintain Billboard 200 Top 10

Hip Hop is heavily represented on the Billboard 200 Top 10 for the week ending January 4. G-Eazy’s The Beautiful & Damned lands in the #4 spot while Kendrick Lamar’s double-platinum DAMN. album hangs in at #5. Meanwhile, Eminem’s ninth studio album, Revival, remains in the Top 10 at #6. Elsewhere on the chart, Quavo and Travis Scott’s joint project, Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho, slides in at #9, and Bruno Mars’ 24K Magic and Kodak Black’s Project Baby 2 both see significant jumps in sales, landing them at #15 and #16, respectively. Making It Look G-Eazy G-Eazy is cruising along with his...

Offset Threatens To Fight King Yella Over Cardi B [VIDEO]

Earlier this week, King Yella IG posted a photo him and Cardi B with the caption "We had yo bitch first." It was @fsetyrn and @iamcardib. It was unclear exactly what he meant by "had." Yella did release a track called "Cardi B" in early 2016, which Cardi appeared in. But whatever the Chicago rapper was implying, it sounded pretty disrespectful. Now it looks like Offset called Yella and threatened him. And it looks like King Yella isn't worried about Offset's threat. How do you think this ends?

Producer TM88 Says Atlantic Stiffed Him For Lil Uzi Vert’s "XO Tour Llif3"

Earlier this week, producer E. Dan did an interview in which he detailed how labels stiff producers by calling albums "mixtapes" or something else besides an album. That's created somewhat a #MeToo movement among producers, who have been telling their tales getting stiffed. TM88 jumped on Twitter today to explain that he hasn't been paid by Atlantic for the Lil Uzi Vert smash hit "XO Tour Llif3," which was on Vert's debut album Luv Is Rage 2. E. Dan also called Atlantic out specifically, but there is evidence most the majors have been playing games with producers. ‘XO Tour...

Teka$hi 6ix9ine Taunts His Haters Like A Cartoon Villain

Tekashi69 has a lot haters, thanks to his confessed sex crimes against a minor and a flamboyant and disagreeable persona. He taunted them all with a heavily filtered web video: Is Tekashi succeeding in making you mad? We know we're a little angry whenever we have to spell his stupid name.