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2 Chainz is reaching out to the community this year and doing good deeds with money raised through his TRU Foundation charity. On Saturday, 2 Chainz surprised Deidre Plater of Palmetto, Georgia, a veteran with disability, by announcing that he would pay her rent for a year. 2 Chainz, born Tauheed Epps, also gifted the family with bedroom furniture and sofas. "It's hard to keep gas in the car, food in the house, and do everything by myself being a single parent," Plater told Atlanta's CBS affiliate. "I am on a fixed income." 2 Chainz, who grew up poor in College Park, Georgia, took to Instagram to explain why it's important to give back. "I remember when we didn't have hot water and I didn't want my friends to know, so I told them it was something wrong wit

Since the announcement of Spike Lee’s new movie, "Chi-Raq" Chicago natives from Mayor Rahm Emanuel to rappers Rhymefest and King Louie have announced their disapproval of how the New York-native is addressing black-on-black gun violence in the city's South side. Chicago born artist Chance the Rapper tweeted earlier this week that the film is "exploitative and problematic". He went on to tweet, "Let me be the one from Chicago to personally tell you we not supporting this film out here. That shit get ZERO love out here. Shit is goofy and it's a bunch of ppl from NOT around here telling u to support that shit. The people that made that shit didn't do so to "Save Lives". It's exploitive and problematic." Chance went on to discuss the film's plot, which features women participa

HBO has released a trailer for the upcoming J. Cole documentary, 'J. Cole: Forest Hills Drive Homecoming'. The 90-minute special which is part documentary and part live concert will be broadcast on HBO on January 9th. The documentary has been directed by a previous collaborator with J. Cole named Scott Lazer, with executive producers including Cole himself and Ibrahim Hamad, president of Cole's Dreamville Records. The documentary features footage of Forest Hills, Cole's hometown, cut with film of him preparing to go on stage at Crown Coliseum for his homecoming show. The show itself had guest appearances from both Drake and Jay Z. Plus, Cole speaks about his childhood and rise to fame, and the filmmakers even interview his family and friends. All 13 tracks from Cole's 2014 album '

Kat Ouano Mobley has magical fingers. When she touches the keys, she lights up the room with her undeniable energy and the seemingly effortless way she rocks the ivory. The Wichita, Kansas native's innate talent has taken her all over the world. From playing with her original crew, Crown City Rockers (CCR), to Bay Area underground staple Lyrics Born, she's one of the few females who can boast such a resume. Mobley can now add singer to her list of endeavors with the release of her debut solo album, On The Cusp. The down-tempo, warm electronica vibe permeates the 13-track effort and lets her wispy singing voice shine through, something admittedly difficult for her to do. From the instrumental opener "Climb" to the hauntingly beautiful "Keep Up," the album is a foreign space she occ

Lupe Fiasco has rekindled his beef with Kid Cudi, making comments about the fellow rapper and former friend at a recent live show. The two rappers were close friends but fell out earlier this year after Fiasco was involved in a Twitter argument with Azealia Banks over comments made by Kendrick Lamar. Cudi appeared to criticize Fiasco at the time, tweeting: "Dear black artists, don't talk down on the black community like you are Gods gift to n****z everywhere." Speaking at a show in Milwaukee, Fiasco announced to the audience: "To all my enemies, you are now forgiven. Except Kid Cudi 'cause that's not my motherfucking buddy. If I see him in the streets, it's getting motherfucking ugly." He continued: "I know you might be a fan, me and him share similar shit and y

So So Strange Blockhead On the New Lice EP from Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman By Kyle Eustice Aesop Rock and Homeboy Sandman ushered in Christmas a little early this year when they decided to drop a surprise EP on Monday, November 30 via Stones Throw Records. Titled Lice, the five-track EP features production from DJ Spinna, Optiks, Alex "Apex" Gale and former collaborator, Blockhead, who did much of the work on Aesop Rock's 2008 effort, None Shall Pass. "It's always fun to do stuff with Aes," Blockhead, real name Tony Simon, says. "Add on that I got to work with Homeboy Sandman for the first time and that was a huge bonus. Simon couldn't really go into too much detail about the concept, he left that up to Homebody Sandman and Aesop Rock.