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Rapper tries to clarify views on US race relations, telling New York hip-hop radio show The Breakfast Club that ‘all lives matter’ – and Bill Cosby is innocent A$AP Rocky has attempted to clear the air following the re-emergence of a controversial interview...

It’s the day after the night before. Stuart Vevers sits clutching a cup of coffee at a table by the floor-to-ceiling window of his office on Manhattan’s west side. The backdrop is a panoramic view over the Hudson River, seen from the 52-storey skyscraper...

Don’t get it confused. Tywan’s been in the game. Tywan has history. It’s just not as Tywan. Recently, the MC we’re familiar with as Cashmere decided to switch it up and go with his original name, Tywan. Same deft lyrical skills...

10 Rappers and Their Hip Hop Influences At one point in hip-hop’s history, rappers were influenced by jazz, funk, soul and blues artists, as well as a slew of artists from other genres. The same holds true today, but now that hip-hop has been around...

When people think of the hip hop life, they think of the players - the men who shape the music and the blinged-out lifestyle that comes with success. The fact is the hip hop life is different for the women involved: the spouses, girlfriends or artists...