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Rich the Kid recruited Young Thug for his forthcoming "Keep Flexin" project, which drops October 31. Check out the official music video for their collaboration titled "Ran It Up."

Directed by Miles Cable.

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Jeezy and Jay Z have collaborated often throughout their careers and have a great relationship.

During a new interview with Rap-Up, Jeezy discussed working with Hov and left the door open for a possible joint album from them.

"I hollered at him about it, man," Jeezy said. "I was like, 'Let's just go ahead and dot it.' I guess it was fine at the time, but right now it's a little tricky out there. So, I wouldn't even wanna go in like that because we'd really have to go in ... 'cause it is me and him. So, we would have to really go in and find a happy medium as far as the sound. But I definitely don’t think it’s impossible. You know what's crazy? We had talked about it after we went on tour. We had a couple of words about doing a project like that. But at the time time he got busy, I got busy. But it was definitely a conversation had about us doing some type of project. Whether it was an EP or street album."

What are your thoughts on a possible collaborative project between Hov and The Snowman?

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Chris Brown is joined by his crew OHB as well as the Section Boyz on his new "Attack the Block" mixtape. Features include Ray J and French Montana. Grab a copy now on Datpiff: http://www.datpiff.com/Chris-Brown-Attack-The-Block-mixtape.809886.html

Attack the Block Tracklist:

1.Dont Fuck With Us ft. Chris Brown 
2.Everybody ft. Chris Brown & Young Lo
3.Kriss Kross ft. Chris Brown, TJ Luva Boy & Young Blacc
4.Cherry Red ft. Chris Brown, Ray J & TJ Luva Boy
5.Scared ft. Section Boyz & OHB
6.Trappin ft. Chris Brown, Flawkoe & Young Lo
7.Dolce ft. Chris Brown & Young Blacc
8.Dash ft. Section Boyz & OHB
9.Marathon Man ft. Chris Brown, Hoody Baby & TJ Luva Boy)
10.I Can Tell ft. Chris Brown, Hoody Baby & Young Lo
11.I Already Love Her ft. Chris Brown & Ray J
12.New Gang ft. Chris Brown, Ray J & TJ Luva Boy
13.In Love With The Bitches ft. Chris Brown, Young Lo & Young Blacc
14.Other Side ft. Section Boyz & OHB
15.Erday ft. Chris Brown & French Montana
16.Section One Hundred Billion ft. Section Boyz & OHB

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Common is preparing to release a new album titled "Black America Again." He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, October 27, to perform the title track with assistance from BJ the Chicago Kid and The Roots.

Pre-order "Black America Again" on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/black-america-again/id1163929261

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Kid Cudi is currently in rehab after suffering through a recent bout with depression and suicidal thoughts, but he's still keeping up with current events.

As we previously reported, Drake dissed Cudi on a song released last weekend titled "Two Birds One Stone."

"You were the man on the moon. Now you just go through your phases / Life of the angry and famous. Rap like I know I'm the greatest / Then give you the tropical flavors. Still never been on hiatus / You stay xanned and perked up. So when reality set in you don't gotta face it / I'm down 200 in Vegas but winning life on a daily basis / It seems like nobody wants to stay in my good graces / I'm like a real estate agent, putting you all in your places .Look what happens soon as you talk to me crazy. Is you crazy?" Drizzy raps on the song.

"Two Birds One Stone"

Social media users criticized Drake for dissing a man who is dealing with mental health issues.

On Friday, October 28, Cudi responded to the jab from rehab via his Twitter account.

"@Drake Say it to face, pussy. You think it's a game. I wanna see you say it to my face. I'll be out soon. Promise," Cudi wrote.

This beef started last month when Cudi dissed Drake and Kanye West prior to checking into rehab.

"Everyone thinks they're soooo great," Cudi tweeted the time. "Talkin top 5 and be having 30 people write songs for them. Let me tell you something. The days of the fuckery are over. The fake ones wont be lasting too much longer. Im the one they worry about cause they know I dont give a fuck about the corny shit they do. And all u jealous chicken hearted shits I see you too. I am the culture. I keep silent because I dont ever wanna come off like some angry hater, but today, not only do I feel fantastic, Im feelin like taking over. I already have. My tweets apply to who they apply. Ye, Drake, whoever. These niggas dont give a fuck about me. And they aint fuckin with me."

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Azealia Banks recently sat down with Access Hollywood to talk about her altercation with Russell Crowe at a Beverly Hills hotel on October 15.

Almost immediately, the rapper started to break down during the interview and was asked why by host Alex Hudgens.

"Because every time, every time something like this happens I'm always being blamed for wanting this kind of attention," the 25-year old Harlem, New York native explained. "Who the fuck wants to tell somebody they got spat on? You know, that's humiliating. And I'm just really, really humiliated."

As we previously reported, Banks was invited to Crowe's party by RZA, who she was negotiating a record deal with.

At some point during the night there was a heated argument between Banks and another female guest.

Everyone seems to agree that at that point Crowe physically removed Banks from his suite and had security escort her from the hotel. The exact sequence of events and why it happened depends on who you talk to.

Banks claims Crowe choked, spit on and called her a racial slur.

According to RZA, the "212" rapper assaulted a woman at the get-together, which led to her being kicked out.

"Azealia threatened to cut a girl in the face with a glass, then actually grabs a glass and physically attacks for no logical reason," he wrote on Facebook October 20.

The Wu Tang Clan co-founder admits to seeing Crowe spit at Banks, but insists it didn't land on her because he was standing in between the two. He added that he didn't hear Crowe use a racial slur or see him assault Banks.

Crowe also denies the allegations being made against him.

Banks told Hudgens she has a hard time believing hotel surveillance cameras didn't catch what transpired in the hallway.

"And then there's like no tape," she said. "You call the hotel, where's the fucking tape? Like, where's the tape? And they're just like, 'Oh, there's no cameras in that hallway.' How can there not be no cameras in that hallway? Like, the hallway where the suites are. As many fucking celebrities that come through here. As this much money moves through this hallway, there's no cameras here? You're full of shit."

Banks filed a police report the following day, but without footage and witnesses to back up her story it's unlikely Crowe will be charged with a crime.

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ITunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/atcy-single/id1164146863

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Fetty Wap and producers KDL team up for a new single titled "With You." Stream it below and grab a copy from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ru/album/with-you-single/id1163815636?l=en

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Top Dawg Entertainment recording artist and Black Hippy member, Ab-Soul, links up with Bas for a new banger titled "Braille." Give it a listen up top and grab yourself a copy from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/braille-feat.-bas/id1169516780?i=1169517126&ign-mpt=uo%3D2

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Yelawolf a.k.a. Catfish Billy releases an official music video for his country rap tune titled "Shadows" featuring Joshua Hedley.

Yelawolf “Shadows” Out Now! 
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/YelawolfShadows 
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/YelawolfShadows.sp
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/YelawolfShadows.ap
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/YelawolfShadows.gp

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Atlanta's very own 2 Chainz a.k.a. Tity Boi drops of a banging new EP titled "Hibachi fir Lunch." The 7-track project features Quavo, Gucci Mane, Ty Dolla $ign and Future. Grab it now from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hibachi-for-lunch/id1166676266

Hibachi for Lunch Tracklist:

1.Countin
2.Diamonds Talkin Back
3.Good Drank (feat. Quavo, Gucci Mane)
4.Lil Baby (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
5.Day Party
6.Doors Open (feat. Future)
7.Here We Go Again

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Master P is back with a brand new project titled "Louisiana Hot Sauce." Features include Romeo Miller, Cymphonique, Young Vee, Nano, Ace B, Lambo, Gangster Popeye, Moe Roy and more.

Stream it up top and grab a copy from Datpiff: http://www.datpiff.com/Master-P-Louisiana-Hot-Sauce-mixtape.809889.html

Louisiana Hot Sauce Tracklist:

1.Too Much Feat Young Vee 
2.Flex n On Em
3.Hood Story Feat Moe Roy
4.Put That On Everything Feat Nano
5.Dat s A Rap Feat Romeo Miller
6.Broken Feat Moe Roy Ace B
7.Put Me In The Game Feat Lambo
8.Lucky Feat Moe Roy Gangsta Popeye
9.Code Red Feat Nano
10.U Need Me Feat Cymphonique
11.One Time Feat Nano
12.Don t Believe Dat Feat Moe Roe Ace B
13.Dope Boy Feat No Limit Boys
14.Options Feat Nano J Slugg Ace B
15.I m Gone Feat BlaqNmilD
16.Domonique Wilkins Feat Moe Roy
17.Addickted Feat Cymphonique K Clover
18.Louisiana Sauce

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Check out K Camp's new mixtape titled "Rare" featuring Trouble, Ty Dolla $ign, Young Dolph and more. It's available now on Datpiff: http://www.datpiff.com/K-Camp-RARE-mixtape.809706.html

Rare Tracklist:

1.No Question [Prod By Bobby Kritical, MM, NardnB,XL] 
2.Drag ft Jxmii [Prod By Bobby Kritical, MMX, NardnB, XL]
3.Drop [Prod By Bobby Kritical, MMX, NardnB, XL]
4.Out The Loop ft Trouble [Prod By NardnB, XL]
5.F.A.C.T [Prod By Bobby Kritical, NardnB, MM, XL]
6.Extra ft Ty Dolla $ign [Prod By Music MajorX]
7.LV [Prod By Bobby Kritical]
8.Big Time ft Dae Dae [Prod By Bobby Kritical]
9.Real Me ft Young Dolph [Prod By Bobby Kritical]
10.It Aint Fair [Prod By Bobby Kritical, NardnB, MM, XL]

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Jeezy locked down features from Chris Brown, Plies, Yo Gotti, Bankroll Fresh, Lil Wayne and French Montana for his new "Trap or Die 3" album. Stream it up top via Spotify and grab a copy now from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/trap-or-die-3/id1163301872

Trap or Die 3 Tracklist:

1. “In the Air”
2. “G-Wagon”
3. “It Is What It Is”
4. “Where It At” (Feat. Yo Gotti)
5. “All There” (Feat. Bankroll Fresh)
6. “Going Crazy” (Feat. French Montana)
7. “Bout That” (Feat. Lil’ Wayne)
8. “So What”
9. “Let Em Know”
10. “Recipe”
11. “Goldmine”
12. “U Kno It”
13. “Like That”
14. “Sexé” (Feat. Plies)
15. “Pretty Diamonds” (Feat. Chris Brown)
16. “Never Settle”

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Kanye West's rant last week during the Seattle stop of his "The Saint Pablo Tour" about "Tidal/Apple bullshit" and Jay Z calling instead of visiting him following the Paris robbery of his wife, Kim Kardashian, might be rooted in a much bigger problem.

'Ye and Hov have been friends and collaborators for over 15 years, dating back to the Roc-A-Fella Records days, but according to the New York Post's Page Six, things aren't looking good between the two lately.

“Jay can’t stand him,” a source told the newspaper. “He looks at him as this crazy, eccentric motherfucker he can tolerate in small doses. Kanye is a nut job. Everyone knows that.”

The women in the rapper's lives might also be playing a part in a possible rift between them.

When Kanye married Kim in Italy on May 24, 2014, Jay and his wife Beyonce were conspicuously absent. 

Kim's mother, Kris Jenner, told Australia radio station KIIS 106.5 FM at the time, "[I] just assumed they were working."

However, a source told Page Six: “Beyonce has never genuinely liked Kim. She’s mostly tolerated her because of their husbands’ friendship and [their] mutual friends, like Jennifer Lopez. She is always a little icy to Kim. The last time they hung out, the minute Beyoncé could leave the conversation, she did. They always have lots of awkward pauses when they speak."

Another problem is the fact that both Kanye and Kim are outgoing, while Beyonce and Jay like to keep a low profile when they're not working.

During last week's rant, Kanye told the Seattle crowd not to expect a follow up to the highly successful 2011 "Watch the Throne" collaboration album with Jay.

"Let me tell y'all something. There will never be a Watch the Throne 2. You know why? Because that's the reason why i wasn't on [Drake's Pop Style]. I wasn't on the song because of Hov. Because of some Tidal/Apple bullshit."

Page Six's source confirmed Kanye's declaration.

“There will never be a Watch the Throne 2. Kanye is likely trying to distance himself from [Jay Z's] Tidal so he can collect a bigger check from Apple. There will never be a Watch the Throne 2 because Kanye is a nightmare to work with and Jay’s not going to deal with that again.”

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(CNN By Frida Ghitis) There's something of a revolution spreading across social media in the United States and beyond.

You can see it in the sharp reaction after Newt Gingrich clashed with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, accusing her of being "fascinated with sex" when she tried to ask him about women who accuse Donald Trump of grabbing them and kissing them against their will.

You can see it in the curious ways in which women changed their social media profiles to include "nasty woman" after Donald Trump used the term to critique Hillary Clinton, and you can see it in the conversations in Facebook pages, where women are newly and openly venting about their encounters with sexism.

You can also see it in the polls and in the increasing likelihood that Hillary Clinton will win the presidential election, propelled by a growing margin of support from women voters.

A feminist revolution? It's all rather startling, because it wasn't very long ago that young women were explaining why they had lost interest in feminism. During the primaries, with Clinton running to make history as the first female president of the United States, a new generation of women voters were indeed excited -- but not about Clinton. Millennials, including women, were lining up behind Bernie Sanders, yet another white man.

Feminism had gone out of style. A young writer explained that feminism is "made up of outdated issues," adding, "we already have everything [feminism] is fighting for."

But just a few months later, all of that is ancient history. What happened? Donald Trump.

Trump's rise in the political arena made it jarringly clear that women still face barriers bolted into society's foundations. Sure, women can get jobs in every field, study in every university, earn good salaries and make life choices that would have seemed inconceivable barely a generation ago.

But the Republican candidate for president has cast a blinding neon light on the everyday indignities of pervasive sexism that gnaw and degrade and look impossible to fight without

seeming to make a mountain of what some might view as a molehill.

With his incessant judging of women by their attractiveness and his boasts about grabbing women between their legs and kissing them without their consent, Trump has reinvigorated feminism by reminding everyone, women especially, of the small irritations and the serious violations.

How many women have been told they should smile more? Enough that a spoof video ad "Smyle, for women, the first daily medication that helps you smile," has drawn millions of views and thousands of comments from women recounting stories of bosses telling them they must smile more.

And when Canadian writer Kelly Oxford went on Twitter with "Tweet me your first assaults... I'll go first" and told of being grabbed, as Trump put it, "by the pussy," when she was 12, the response was overwhelming. Tens of thousands of women around the world told their stories of being assaulted.

Women: tweet me your first assaults. they aren't just stats. I'll go first:

Old man on city bus grabs my "pussy" and smiles at me, I'm 12.

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 7, 2016

Women: keep tweeting me assaults with #notokay
Here was my second assault:

Boy in drama class grabbed my "pussy" during class, I was 13

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 7, 2016

1hr ago I shared my sexual assault & asked if you could do the same. Look at my timeline. 1000's of stories. We must discuss. Not our shame.

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 8, 2016

It is not just "two guys talking shit" when Trump says he grabs a "pussy" Read my timeline. It's not funny, Billy. It's abuse. Let's talk.

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 8, 2016

If you have not looked at my time line, please do. I've had a million women describe their assaults tonight. A million. This is not nothing.

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 8, 2016

I am in such horrendous shock and yet so proud of the women sharing their assaults. #notokay is trending in US. Not our shame anymore 

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 8, 2016

I posted my assault, asked women to share theirs, thinking "if no one discusses I'll pull it down." 9.7million later pic.twitter.com/h1y7iIiU7M

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 9, 2016

Many asking what is Rape Culture. Simple explanation here https://t.co/k9g4uiRL7I Read my replies, we live in one. pic.twitter.com/H48XCSeT4P

— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) October 12, 2016

Trump's attitude toward women, his words alone, prompted the most powerful speech of the entire campaign. Michelle Obama articulated the experience of women -- in the US and around the world -- who confront "The disrespect of our ambitions and our intellect..."

"It hurts," she noted, describing a feeling most men could not grasp. "It's like that sinking feeling you get," she said, "when you're walking down the street... and some guy yells vulgar words about your body. Or when you see that guy at work that stands just a little too close, stares a little too long, and makes you feel uncomfortable in your own skin."

Men like Trump and his surrogate, Gingrich, like to have it both ways; stretching the limits of what's allowed for them, and then accusing women of being "fascinated with sex" when they complain about it. Not surprisingly, those words came from Gingrich, a man who is resplendent in his hypocrisy, a cheater, who demanded that Kelly use the words "sexual predator" to refer to Bill Clinton, the president he lambasted in the 1990s for his extramarital activities, at the precise time when he, too, was having an affair.

The good news is that young women who thought the war for equality was won have now become acutely aware how far we have to go. Better yet, they have no intention of abandoning the campaign.

Hillary Clinton explained feminism clearly, saying it has nothing to do, contrary to rumor, with disliking men. Feminists, she said, believe that "women have the same rights as men, politically, culturally, economically."

That means not being judged primarily as objects of physical attraction, and not being subjected to different standards, such as the one that rejects strong women as overly aggressive and unfeminine.

If Trump wanted to make history, perhaps he can take comfort in the wave of feminism he unwittingly unleashed across the world. Newspapers in Argentina are reporting how women are raising their voices and mobilizing against Trump.

And in Russia, that band of performance artists Pussy Riot released a new video in reaction to Trump. Their trademark provocative words have lost some of their edge since Trump's use of the word in the Access Hollywood video. The lyrics go, "Don't play stupid, don't play dumb, vagina's where you're really from."

CNN Editor's Note: Frida Ghitis is a world affairs columnist for the The Miami Herald and World Politics Review, and a former CNN producer and correspondent. The views expressed in this commentary are her own.

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Slim Thug drops off an official music video for "Peaceful."

Get the album, "Hogg Life, Vol. 4: American King". Out Now!
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/hog...
Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/7aObui...
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/music/a...

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Charli XCX recruits 2016 XXL Freshman rapper Lil Yachty for her new single titled "After the Afterparty." Grab it now from iTunes and Google Play: http://lnk.to/AfterTheAfterparty

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Snow Tha Product is back with a new song titled "Let U Go." Take a listen to the DJ Pumba-produced track up top and let us know what you think in the comment section below.

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In this episode of Mass Appeal's "Rhythm Roulette," super producer araabMUZIK stops by Moodies Records in the Bronx, New York to pick up CDs from Blue Magic, Diana Ross & The Supremes, and The Dramatics.

The beat maker says he doesn't sample from vinyl.

He then heads back to the lab to do what he does best. Peep it below.

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