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Pop culture site Geek.com has compiled a list of some of the most notable references to comic books in rap lyrics, and you'd be surprised at the nerdy deep cuts some rappers are capable of.

“Like I’m the X-Men / Night crawling Luda / Cruisin’ in that Maybach / Or coming down the street up in a Kawasaki 1400 / Looking like Cyclops / Ice Man chain / White ice man whips / Storming through the club like it’s the Juggernaut bitch,” Ludacris rhymes on Jamie Foxx's "Yep, Dat's Me," showing that besides playing the team's tech geek in the Fast and Furious movies, he's capable of busting out some top tier nerdery in real life as well.

Geek.com list showcases 11 major rap artists tha

Producer, musical director and sound ambassador DJ Drez is a master of his craft in the studio and on stage. Drez cuts and composes profoundly original tracks that facilitate body movement practices of all forms. Rooted in the underground Los Angeles hip-hop scene, Drez applies precise turntablist skills to his provocative vision for truly universal music, which results in intelligently constructed masterpieces comprised of hip-hop, world music, soul, funk, jazz, and reggae. 

In the midst of a non-stop, world-wide tour schedule, Drez has released another solo effort, Alpine Swift, while simultaneously producing a Sānskrit mantra record with his wife, vocalist Marti Nikko. He’s also working on a more traditional hip-hop record with longtime c

After a slew of cryptic messages that hinted at his next album, there seems to now be a slightly more solidified release date for Boys Don't Cry, Frank Oceans long-awaited follow-up to 2012's Grammy winning album, Channel 12. According to the New York Times, Boys Don't Cry will be an Apple Music Exclusive, and its scheduled release date is Friday, August 5^th. The article cites an anonymous source who claims to be closely associated with the R&B singer.

According to this source, the album will be released with a music video and an accompanying book that will be sold at Apple Stores. Supposedly, the album will be streamed exclusively through Apple Music before other platforms get access to it as well.

Pharoahe Monch's 2014 album, PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, focused on the Queens rapper's struggle with depression and sobriety. In a new interview with Tim Einekel for Red Bull Music Academy, Pharoahe Monch detailed his deeply personal struggles and how it has affected his music.

"I knew that I had to touch on my personal issues," Pharoahe said. "In the past it’s very metaphoric, rhyming from a perspective of a bullet or some inanimate object, but this time I wanted to focus on Troy [Pharoahe Monch's real name] and what’s in his head and who he is personally. That’s what the album became."

The album forced Pharoahe to revisit his own struggle with dep

Chance the Rapper is using the momentum from the success of his recent mixtape Coloring Book to launch a new music festival in his native Chicago.

Chance's fans in Chicago were up in arms when it was originally announced that Chance's upcoming world tour was skipping his hometown, but now we know why Chicago was originally omitted from the tour schedule: Chance will not just perform, but he'll also host an entire music festival in the South Side, called the Magnificent Coloring Day Festival.

Besides Chance, the festival will also feature performances by Alicia Keyes, John Legend, 2 Chainz, Lil' Wayne and more.

“I want this show to sell out COMPLETELY. Bring your Family out, all ages are invited,” Chance told fa

Mixtape Madness is hosted by Southern California's MizBehavin. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Compton, MizBehavin's life has always been all about music: the daughter of a radio station employee, her uncle taught her how to scratch and spin records at a young age, and later in life she worked for KKBT FM-92.3 The Beat, one of LA's top hip hop and R&B stations, where she learned the ins-and-outs of the industry.

"That scene in Straight Outta Compton where Dr. Dre lies on the floor with the records spread about resonated so deeply with me... I cried. I still do that!," MizBehavin says. She grew up surrounded by her family's massive record collection, which included the works of music legends like Al Green, Shalamar, Luther Vandross, Rick James, T