Curious to know what Kat Stacks’ sugar walls would look like post-BET Hip Hop Awards weekend? Look no further than Trina’s 4th of July performance get up. After a shade-filled reception from the audience (just take a look at that front row) she was greeted with opened legs by one of Los Angeles most recognizable [...]

UPDATE: The album is for sale at iTunes right this very minute! .
M.I.A.’s highly anticipated new album /\/\/\Y/\ is out July 13 via N.E.E.T./Interscope. Listen to it in its entirety over at M.I.A.’s MySpace now.

Here’s your girl Brandy stuntin’ up in 160g Magazine.

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The family of legendary rapper Guru has officially announced plans to honor the late Gang Starr founder, who passed away from cancer on April 19th, 2010.

Nicki Minaj is talking about her trademark wigs that made her famous.
The Harajuku Barbie who’s been photographed wearing pink, green, blue and purple hair is dishing details on her signature mane.

“California Gurls” are undeniable and apparently inescapable.
Katy Perry’s new summertime anthem, featuring fellow California native Snoop Dogg, rings a fifth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week, leading a top 5 that mirrors last week’s.

Rapper Big Bad 40 is claiming that authorities are trying to use his lyrics against him. The southern California rapper, who up until last month went by the name 40 Glocc, went on trial in May for what the San Bernadino County District Attorney claims is his promotion of the gangster lifestyle. Last month the DA filed [...]

*Apparently, producers who worked on the new Kelis album will literally work for food.
The singer told Yahoo Music that she didn’t have a record deal in place or the budget to pay the crew needed to complete her album “Flesh Tone,” so she offered to pay producers with homecooked meals.

Kanye West visited the golden coffin of King Tut’s great-grandmother Tjuya at the “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” exhibition at the Discovery Times Square Exposition in New York City. Even the Egyptian pharaoh would have been impressed by the hip-hop king’s flashy Jacob & Co. Horus chain and four-finger pyramid ring, valued at [...]

Singer Kelis is pictured here celebrating the launch of her album Flesh Tone at RDV inSoHo, New York.
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Considering the subject, last night’s Noisemakers — an interview series hosted by Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg in the intimate confines of the 92Y Tribeca — wasn’t as ridiculous as could be expected: Rosenberg is a huge hip-hop nerd, so a lot of the questions were limited to Diddy’s early to mid-nineties pre-mogul days, and the [...]

Beyonce had an amazing escape when she opened her car door — and it got ripped off its hinges by a London taxi, The Sun reported Thursday.
The “Single Ladies” singer, with rapper husband Jay-Z, was about to step out of the vehicle and pop into the upscale Harrods department store for a quick shop Tuesday.