Frank Ocean released a mysterious video last night that revealed his new album title and release date. Def Jam confirmed that "Channel Orange" will be the name of Frank Ocean's upcoming album which will be out July 17th. Watch the video teaser below.

"Live From The Underground," Big K.R.I.T.'s debut album was released this past week, and Big K.R.I.T. talks about "Praying Man," and getting B.B. King featured on it. One collaboration on this album stands out the most because it features B.B. King, a blues legend. Big K.R.I.T. spoke on the song "Praying Man" while on MTV's RapFix. This song relates to the story of three different slaves facing...

19 year old Atlanta rapper Lil Phat was murdered in his hometown Thursday night. He was announced dead at an ATL hospital due to fatal gunshot wounds. According to reports, Lil Phat was found in a parking garage inside a car with fatal gunshot wounds. They then rushed him to Northside Hospital where he was later announced dead. Witnesses say that they saw two suspects running from the...

NY Daily News reports that Lauryn Hill is facing federal chargers for tax evasion. Lauryn made more than $1.8 million between 2005-2007, however, neglected to file income tax returns.  Mrs. Hill is being charged with willfully failing to file income tax returns with the IRS for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.  She could face one year in jail if convicted, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars...

J. Cole spoke on his upcoming album while at the MetLife Stadium for Hot 97's Summer Jam and also revealed that he has to put out a new project because he has a lot of songs, too many in fact. He told XXL, "I got too many songs. I gotta figure out how to put out a project out before the album. I gotta figure that out. I...

Nas recently revealed the cover art for his album"Life Is Good," and it features him holding his ex-wifes (Kelis) wedding dress. The picture had a lot of people talking so nas spoke to Rap-Up about the cover art and what it means. On the album cover: "Life, love, joy, anger, celebration. There’s so many things you can see on that album cover. You see my life. My life is on that album cover." On if he's heard from Kelis about the wedding dress: "We just...

Waka Flocka has released the full album stream of "Tripe F Life." "Triple F Life" is set to drop June 12th, and now you can listen to the full album before you buy it.  Listen to the album below.

There has been beef going on between Iggy Azalea and Azealia Banks for a while now and it seems to have started after Iggy made the XXL Freshman list. Iggy Azalea hasn't really commented on the beef too much, in a recent interview with Brroklyn Martino she talks about the feud and how it started.  Iggy explains, "It actually started at CMJ Music Festival back in September when...

Fat Joe recently released a track with a whole bunch of features, "Pride N Joy." This song featured Kanye West, Miguel, Jadakiss, Mos Def, DJ Khaled, Roscoe Dash & Busta Rhymes, and now he reveals how it all came together.  Fat Joe spoke with MTV about the impressive line-up and comparing it to Native Tongues. "That's exactly what it was," Fat Joe said of Native Tongues comparisons. "It...

Although 50 Cent dissed Oprah in the past, the two have made peace and 50 Cent will appear on Opeah's show "The Next Chapter" this Sunday. Oprah visited 50 Cent's grandmother's house where they had "Great conversation about rap culture, fatherhood, love, and life." Oprah continued, "He describes himself as two people, Curtis and 50 Cent. I was fascinated to hear his description of them both. Really...