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The Game has recently confirmed the details for his new album 'The Documentary 2' with an all-star cast of guests lined up to appear. The album is seen as the sequel to his 2004 debut 'The Documentary' and will be released on October 9th. Kanye West makes an appearance on a song titled 'Mula' while the recent single '100', featuring Drake, will also appear. The nineteen-track album also features 'Just Another Day', which also appears on Dr Dre's 'Compton', and Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Diddy, Dej Loaf, Ab-Soul, will.i.am, Fergie, Future and Q-Tip also appear. In a statement released by The Game he states this album is better than its predecessor and is the latest cultural contribution in the recent run of success for the Compton area. "This album is better than my 1st for

Waka Flocka Flame has gone ahead to clarify his earlier remarks about Caitlyn Jenner through social media, after being criticized for being transphobic earlier in the week. Speaking to 'The Breakfast Club' earlier in the week, Waka made the following remarks on Jenner: "They don't market families and husbands and wives anymore. They're marketing young girls, transgenders, they're marketing evil. Evil is marketed. I ain't got nothing against anybody’s preferences, but putting it on TV, that's crazy, man. Kids is the only people watching TV." He continued, "I ain't saying nothing against like Bruce Jenner, you follow me, you are who you are when god made you, not who you became after he did. That's how I just feel. You rebuking god, man. God ain't put them feelings in yo

The LUV NY collective, consisting of Ray West, AG, Dave Dar, OC, Kurious and Roc Marciano continues to stay busy, working on quality hip hop projects that will stand the test of time. In 2012, they released their self-titled project and that album was just re-released this year on double vinyl http://www.fatbeats.com/products/luv-ny-luv-ny-2xlp which is a must-have for any serious collector. The project combines the original LUV NY album with the The Snake Tape EP and features new artwork and and an unreleased song by Lord Tariq and AG. To celebrate the newly released vinyl, LUV NY proudly presents the latest visually accompaniment featuring Dave Dar. "Me and Mine" is produced by Red Apples co-founder Ray West and the video finds Dave Dar doing his thing on the streets of New York.

Timabaland, the executive producer for the television show “Empire”, says he has completed his upcoming album and will use television as a platform for the new music. "Yes, it's done. I'm doing a TV show with that," he said in a recent interview. "I'm not going to talk about it. I'm going to leave it at that." The legendary producer, behind different hits from Justin Timberlake, Jay Z, and Missy Elliott refused to elaborate on details about his new album, which doesn't have a release date. On "Empire", Timbaland has had major success with the multitude of songs that helped drive the show's powerhouse ratings. "Empire: Original Soundtrack From Season 1" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and forced Madonna to debut at No. 2 earlier this year. T

Iggy Azalea's extended work partnership with rapper and producer T.I. has officially ended, according to T.I., with Azalea's extended argument with Q-Tip from late last year being the final straw. When talking to 'Ebro In The Morning' on New York radio station Hot 97, T.I. said he decided to not work with Azalea anymore "after the Q-Tip thing", referring to the beef where Q-Tip sent Azalea a series of tweets about the history of rap/hip-hop. Azalea then referred to the tweets as "patronizing" and then adding "I'm not going to play hip-hop squares with a stranger to somehow prove I deserve to be a fan or deserve to be influenced by hip-hop." The argument with Q-Tip followed behind Azealia Banks calling out Iggy Azalea for picking and choosing aspects of black culture but ignoring the

One of the most powerful things, if not the most powerful thing, in hip-hop music is the ability to reach someone with a message. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five had their version of "The Message" in 1982, then came the politically natured messages of pioneers like Public Enemy and KRS-One. Sadly, somewhere along the way, the messages got torn up and rearranged, lending to the mainstream rap pollution on the radio today. Void of anything of substance or reality, it creeps into the young minds of countless children and gives them the wrong idea about what hip-hop truly is. Fortunately, there are preservationists of the culture and Jahi is one of them. As a member of PE 2.0 (Public Enemy 2.0), the Oakland resident has a profound effect on young minds with not only his music, but al