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Okay, Snoop Dogg officially needs to relax. The rapper continued to bully Iggy Azalea on Tuesday, Oct. 14, this time going as far as to call her a "c–t" in an Instagram video before rapper T.I. made ...

Iggy Azalea is already girding her loins preparing for Grammys backlash. The 24-yaer old Australian rapper has been nominated for Best Rap Album for The New Classic, and she talked to MTV about the ...

Chuck D is not one to hold his tongue. The Public Enemy head honcho has been saying what’s on his mind since the crew’s standout classic, “Fight the Power.” In his latest Twitter tirade, Chuck D ...

He's sold over 500,000 albums, his 2013 Long. Live. ASAP album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and he's earned the industry's respect for his uncompromising and obscure lyricism. It would be a… ...