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Sorry, Drake: Kendrick Lamar has just earned the presidential seal of approval.

President Barack Obama revealed that he prefers the “Alright” rapper over Drizzy in YouTube’s Q&A chat on Friday.

Obama weighed in on the hip-hop titans after YouTube vlogger Adande Thorne asked him which one would triumph in a rap battle.

"Gotta go with…

Matt Barnes has some advice for Derek Fisher for Saturday night’s game – or maybe it was a warning: Don’t even try to discuss this.

“I just don’t like him. Plain and simple. He knows I don’t like him,” the Grizzlies' Barnes said ahead of Saturday night’s contest against the Knicks. “Don’t say nothing to me, I don’t plan on saying nothing to him. Don’t try to…

Score one for 50.

A federal appeals court ruled a Georgia rapper who wanted to get money for 50 Cent's hit "I Get Money" doesn't have a case.

Tyrone Simmons, who uses the rap name Young Caliber, says he purchased the beat to the song for $600 from a music producer named William (Apex) Stanberry in 2006 — and that Stanberry later sold the same beat to 50…

“Money Can't Buy” singer Ne-Yo, who has alleged his ex-manager Kevin Foster cheated him out of $4.5 million, is now suing Citibank, saying the financial institution is also to blame.

Ne-Yo, whose legal name is Shaffer Smith, claimed in a July 2014 lawsuit that Foster, whom the artist had hired to manage his financials, mishandled and stole millions.

Foster even…

His passport Mos Definitely wasn’t valid.

Hip-hop artist Yasiin Bey, formerly known by his stage name Mos Def, was arrested Thursday at South Africa's Cape Town International Airport for traveling with “fraudulent” documents — and has just 14 days to hightail it out of the country, according to local media.

The rapper and activist, who had been living in South…

El Chapo came down from the mountains during his time as a fugitive to undergo erectile dysfunction surgery in Tijuana ... according to a Mexican newspaper.

Reforma claims sources close to the investigation told its reporter, Chapo received a testicular implant to improve blood flow ... just a stone's throw from the U.S. border.

The paper claims the surgery…

It didn’t take long for 50 Cent to respond to Rick Ross saying that Rozay “is the biggest L [50] ever took.” The Queens MC took to Instagram to post a graphic photo with the caption, “When it’s all said and done, I will have his HEAD. I said I was gonna talk less and do more this year, watch it play out.”

The pissed off G-Unit boss was likely responding to comments…

Adele isn’t just a powerhouse vocalist — she can rap too!

The Grammy winner showed off her skills when she joined James Corden for his latest installment of Carpool Karaoke on Wednesday’s “The Late Late Show.”

Corden filmed the segment with Adele in London over the holidays, and while the two belted out some of her greatest hits including “Hello” and “Someone…

Jeb Bush is in dire need of some keys to success.

Ahead of Thursday night's presidential debate, Jimmy Kimmel asked DJ Khaled to film a motivational message for Bush — who is still struggling to gain traction in an ever-crowded GOP field.

Khaled is quickly becoming famous on snapchat for sharing rambling, often incoherent words of inspiration with his…

Iconic rap group Run DMC will be honored as one of the acts receiving the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award next month.

"I just got a call from the Grammys!! They shocked me!! We're the first rappers to get this award!! Shocked! Grateful!. God is good!!!," tweeted Joseph "Reverend Run" Simmons — who formed the group in 1982 with fellow Hollis, Queens natives Darryl…

The national nightmare continues as recent reports that Gucci Mane will be released from prison in March of this year been refuted. On January 4, Gucci’s 1017 Records made the announcement on Instagram that the incarcerated MC would be free in March. But in another Instagram post from January 9, the label went back on the claim writing, “So Gucci Mane NOT release [sic] on…

Ex-NFL star Lawrence Phillips is dead -- and officials are investigating his death as a suicide after he was found in his prison cell.

Philips was found at 12:05 AM Wednesday when staff conducted a routine security check and noticed Lawrence was unresponsive.

Officials say he was transported to an outside hospital where he was pronounced deceased at 1:27 AM.…

President Obama delivered his final State of the Union Address Tuesday night (Jan. 12), but before he declared the U.S. “the most powerful nation on Earth, period,” he was preceded by another Washington D.C. act, Wale.

The performance was Wale’s third visit to the White House, having last joined First Lady Michelle Obama in July of 2015 to help college-bound teens.…

Brooklyn has been perfecting their Milly Rock moves for quite a while now. But the dance finally blew up and took over 2015 thanks to 2 Milly’s track by the same name. In the time since its release, there have been several remixes and covers floating around the internet, but today 2 Milly delivers an official remix to keep fans rockin’ into the new year.

For the…

Fans of 50 Cent’s Power can mark their calendars; the rapper turned actor has announced when the hit Starz series will return. “Back to New York to work on the TV show people seem to like, POWER returns in June,” 50 wrote on Instagram on Monday (Jan. 11) below a photo of a jet.…

All eyes are on the new Tupac Shakur biopic this week.

"The Walking Dead" star Danai Gurira, who plays "Michonne" on the post-apocalyptic series, has signed on to play the late West Coast rapper's mother Afeni Shakur in "All Eyez on Me," according to Deadline Hollywood.

Gurira — whose signature brown-hued dreadlocks are just a temporary look for the AMC zombie…

Taraji P. Henson won Best Actress in a TV Drama at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards yesterday (January 10) for her role as Cookie Lyon on the Fox series Empire, according to NBC.

Henson handed out chocolate chip cookies on her way to the stage to accept the award.…

Meek Mill really doesn't tweet much these days, but he's still as active as ever on Instagram. While the majority of his posts are positive, he does sometimes send out some shots on the 'gram when he finds it's necessary. This morning must have been one of those times, as Meek's latest post seems to be a shot towards his rap peer Drake. The post is simply a quote that reads,…

Spotify, the Swedish streaming company that boasts twice as many paid subscribers as Apple Music, has been hit with another major lawsuit. The latest, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on behalf of the artist Melissa Ferrick, is seeking class-action status for artists whose work has not been properly licensed by the company. It asks for more than $200 million to be…