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UPDATE:Stream Wiz Khalifa’sRolling Papers 2below. Wiz Khalifa has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming Rolling Papers 2. The project features several guests, including Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, Gucci Mane, Swae Lee and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The 25-song set also includes a posthumous feature from Jimmy Wopo (“Blue Hunnids,” which …

Drakeunleashed a new song Saturday night titled “I’m Upset,” the rapper’s latest Scorpion single and not a sequel to his recent diss track. Despite the song’s timing and agitated title, Drake made it clear that “I’m Upset” is Scorpion-bound and not another salvo in the rapper’s new beef with Pusha-T …

“Just to be all the way clear with you. There’s no artwork, there is absolutely no single,I have not shot one video. Def Jam will be so angry with me” saysPusha-T, just two days before the Friday streaming release of his third solo album. Produced entirely by Kanye West,Daytona is …

British pop singer Rita Ora stakes her claim for song of the summer with “Girls,” a catchy squad anthem featuring Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX. Reminiscent of Jesse J’s “Bang Bang” or “Lady Marmalade” from the Moulin Rouge soundtrack, “Girls” showcases each vocalist’s distinctive style, from Rexha’s nasal …

Eddie Huang is precisely the sort of storyteller America needs right now: an ambitious, multicultural Everyman who believes the nation’s greatness lies not in assimilation but in diversity, that our mosaic strength comes from each of us owning and celebrating our own largely-immigrant stories in all of their idiosyncratic glory. …

Lil Wayne unleashed a relentless new song, “Big Bad Wolf,” set to appear on his upcoming mixtape, Dedication 6 Reloaded. The track finds Wayne delivering a breathless and dextrous performance over a barebones beat of snappy drums and resounding bass hits. Weezy starts at a steady pace and builds until …

A$AP Rocky has partnered with the candy company It’Sugar for a new cookie kit that will allow fans to bring their own ginger bread-based A$AP Mob to their next holiday party. The “Ginger Bread Mob Cookie Kit” comes with an eight ounce bag of gingerbread cookie mix, a person-shaped cookie …

Emerging Ohio MC Trippie Redd is not lacking for confidence. “There is no time where I feel like I will fall off,” says the hot young rapper. Only last year, he released his first batch of songs on SoundCloud and now, thanks to his breakout A Love Letter to You …

Gucci Mane has unveiled his new “Members Only” video, which appears on and precedes the release of his upcoming album, Mr. Davis. Directed by Be El Be, the visuals are filmed “somewhere in Ireland,” as stated at the beginning of the clip. As with the laid-back beats and vibe of …

Missy Elliott kicked off VH1’s Hip-Hop Honors: The ’90s Game Changers on Monday night with a fearsome performance of her 1999 single “She’s a Bitch.” Elliott recreated many aspects of the lavish,Hype Williams-directed video for the track onstage. At the Hip-Hop Honors event, Elliott and her dancers emerged from a …