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Peep the visuals for Lil Durk's song "Super Powers" off his new album titled "2X."

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Atlanta native and 2016 XXL Freshman, 21 Savage, dropped by The Breakfast Club to chop it up with Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God.

He talks about the origin of his name, getting caught with a gun in the 7th grade, selling weed in his teens, violence in Atlanta, his friend getting killed during a shootout he was involved in, getting shot 6 times, trying to change his life and be more positive, what made him start rapping, producer Sonny Digital helping his career, why he got the dagger tattoo on his forehead, rocking with Future, T.I., Offset and Gucci Mane, expecting to make 2016 XXL Freshman and more.

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DJ Snake is preparing to release his debut album titled "Encore" on Friday, August 5. Here's a collaboration off of it called "The Half" featuring Jeremih, Young Thug and Swizz Beatz.

Pre-order "Encore" now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/encore/id1132414935

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Check out Dreezy's official music video for "We Gon Ride" featuring Gucci Mane, off of her new album titled "No Hard Feelings."

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Remy Ma and Fat Joe are most definitely "Cookin" right now. The dynamic duo recruit French Montana and RySoValid for their new banger. Stream it up top.

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2 Chainz will release his new mixtape titled "Daniel Son, Necklace Don" on Friday, August 5. He's locked down features from Drake and YFN Lucci.

Production credits go to TM88, DJ Spinz, C4, Dun Deal, Bobby Kritical, Buddah Bless and more.

Daniel Son, Necklace Don Tracklist

01. Intro
02. Get Out of Bed (Prod. by TM88)
03. Ghetto (Prod. by Mr 2-17)
04. Ounces Back (Prod. by DJ Spinz)
05. Chirp (Prod. by K Wisher)
06. Kilo (Prod. by DJ Spinz)
07. Big Amount ft. Drake (Prod. by Buddah Bless)
08. You In Luv With Her ft. YFN Lucci (Prod. by Bobby Kritical)
09. Blessing (Prod. by DJ Spinz)
10. 1 Yeezy Boot (Prod. by C4 & Dun Deal)

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To say that ITSBIZKIT wears a ridiculous number of hats feels like an understatement. From running his own website to hosting podcasts and events to discovering new artists, the dude’s grind never stops. Proving that point is the release of “I Ain’t Got Time,” an aptly titled brand-new banger he curated that features Zoey Dollaz, Anoyd, Grafh, and DA The Future.

Despite the four rappers hailing from different parts of the East Coast, they complement each other perfectly here with charismatic flows and braggadocios bars that center on the chorus of, “I be outchea on my grind, ain’t got time for me to think/I ain’t got time to chase, unless I’m chasin’ to the bank.” The track is also tied together by producer BIRTHDAY, whose instrumental is just as rich with bass as it is hypnotizing and layered.

Miami’s Zoey Dollaz opens “I Ain’t Got Time” and catches your ear with a sing-song delivery before sending the mic to Connecticut’s Anoyd. He grits his teeth at his enemies throughout his rhymes before passing it off to Grafh, the Queens MC who flexes his shapeshifting flow and eats wack MCs. It may just be Amityville, N.Y.’s DA The Future who steals the show, though, as he closes the track with a hungry verse featuring clever references to Obama, Black Rob, Phife Dawg (RIP), and R. Kelly.

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Ain't Ballin: is the new Chicago anthem and is a nudge for the people out here faking their statuses. Take a look at the video and tell us what you think.

Be sure to follow them on Twitter, @BBELOUDPACKTEAM, @KINGBONE_ and @Young_Flash068!

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Philadelphia native and Original Block Hustlaz recording artist, Dark Lo, has been laying in the cut cooking up some audio heroin for his forthcoming street balbum titled "Darkaveli." The first leak off of the project is the V Don-produced "Dogs Day."

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In the other video, Gaines talks to the boy, who gives halting answers, which raises the possibility the boy might have been coached.

Gaines is heard asking the boy what the police are trying to do. He answers, "They're trying to kill us."

The boy is being treated for non-life threatening injuries at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, where he is in good condition, police said.

Responding to reporters' questions about whether police had deactivated Gaines' social media accounts during the standoff, Johnson said law enforcement has no power to deactivate an account.

Facebook has a portal for law enforcement requests, though, and police did ask the social media giant to deactivate her account "to preserve the integrity of the negotiations." Facebook complied, he said.

Gaines was posting video of the operation as some of her followers urged her not to follow police orders, Johnson said.

Gaines had shotgun, police say

Around 9:20 Monday morning, three warrant service officers went to serve a man and a woman in the Randallstown area of Baltimore County, Maryland.

Upon arriving, the officers heard the voices of a man, a woman and a crying child inside the apartment.

They waited outside the door for about 10 minutes, Johnson said. Then, one officer obtained a key to the apartment.

#BREAKING: Armed woman barricaded into apartment w/ a juvenile in Randallstown. @cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/T5oOHAYYQH

— Devin Bartolotta (@WJZDevin) August 1, 2016

The man, Kareem Courtney, 39, was wanted on an assault warrant while Gaines was wanted on a bench warrant for failing to appear in court to face traffic charges, police said.

Gaines had a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun, which she pointed at police, Johnson said. Records show she bought the gun last year.

The officers called for a tactical team and waited.

Not long into the standoff, Courtney left the apartment with a 1-year-old child and was arrested.

That left Gaines and the 5-year-old in the home.

"Gaines was posting video of the operation as it unfolded," Johnson said.

Gaines vacillated between agitated and calm during the encounter, he said. Several times she pointed the shotgun at officers.

At around 4 p.m., after hours of standoff, the woman threatened officers verbally and with the weapon, according to the police account.

"If you don't leave, I'm going to kill you. I'm going to kill you," Johnson quoted Gaines as saying.

One police officer fired a shot and Gaines fired back with double-aught buckshot. Officers responded with three shots and the woman was struck.

Police didn't say why the first officer fired.

The 5-year-old boy was hit in the arm during the crossfire.

Child injured in yesterday's incident in Randallstown remains hospitalized in good condition. ^JW

— BACO Public Safety (@BACOPoliceFire) August 2, 2016

It isn't clear if the boy was hit by a bullet or shrapnel, or who fired the shot that hit him, Johnson said. The boy's location during the gunfire is also unclear, he said.

Social media deactivated

Gaines' Facebook account was deactivated, but nothing was deleted, said Baltimore County department spokeswoman Elise Armacost, emphasizing that police wouldn't want video deleted because it could serve as evidence.

Authorities are working to obtain warrants for records of social media accounts belonging to Gaines, who "clearly had anti-government views," Armacost said.

As for whether police secured their own footage of the standoff, Johnson said no officer involved in the direct conflict was wearing a body camera. Asked later if police contemplated bringing body cameras to the scene during the hours-long standoff, Armacost said she would have to check and get back to reporters.

The officers will be placed on administrative leave, which is standard procedure in officer-involved shootings, according to police. Their names will be released around Thursday morning, as dictated by the Baltimore County Police Department's contract with its union, the department said.

Wanted on misdemeanors

A search of Maryland court filings shows that police filed traffic and criminal charges separately against Gaines in relation to a March 11 traffic stop. An officer issued Gaines citations related to her vehicle registration, insurance and tags -- offenses that would have commanded at least $560 in fines -- and filed criminal charges stemming from the same traffic stop the next day, according to court records.

She was originally pulled over for driving without a license plate. In place of a tag, she had a cardboard sign with a handwritten message warning government officials not to compromise her right to travel, he said.

Gaines was accused of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, littering and failing to obey a reasonable and lawful order, all misdemeanors. A failure-to-appear warrant was filed when she did not show up to court July 13, court records show.

Police: Gaines filed assault charge

Courtney, the man in the apartment with Gaines, was wanted on an assault warrant filed by Gaines following a domestic violence incident in "the weeks prior" to Monday's standoff, Johnson said. Details were not immediately available, but Maryland court records show that Courtney was arrested for second-degree assault on June 28 and his case remains active.

The chief said it was unclear why he only took one child when he came out of the apartment Monday.

It was not clear if he was running or walking when he left, Armacost said. He was released from custody Monday, she said.

Police have yet to confirm the relationship of the two children to either suspect.

'Feisty' but 'respectful'

Anger against police violence remains high in the Baltimore area, which is still reeling from the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore resident who died on April 19, 2015, after suffering a spinal injury while in police custody.

12pt;">Gaines' uncle Jerome Barnett, 44, told the Baltimore Sun that his niece "was feisty, but she was smart and she was respectful."

"My niece is a good person; I never knew her to be a rowdy person," Barnett told the paper.

CNN affiliate WBAL-TV reports the case is the county's third officer-involved shooting of 2016 and the first fatal officer-involved shooting.

 

Following the death of another African-American at the hands of police, anger spilled out on social media pages.

Under scrutiny were authorities' initial uncertainty over whether officers wore body cameras, why certain videos had disappeared from Gaines' social media accounts and why three officers had arrived at her home to arrest her for misdemeanors and traffic violations.

Many users pointed out instances in which white people, such as Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shooter James Holmes, survived police encounters despite being heavily armed.

#JAMESHOLMES KILLED 12 PPL & injured 70 PPL! Deadly movie shooting! Guess what? was apprehended SAFELY #KorrynGaines pic.twitter.com/10oPTYCbtk

— BLACK POWER ranger (@MalcolmLondon) August 2, 2016

As details continued to emerge Tuesday, the outrage towards police was accompanied by a slew of tweets questioning the indignation. How, many people asked, can people rush to defend a woman who endangered her child by threatening police with a weapon when a child was in the home?

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Back in February, Shorty and Kidd Kidd joined forces to release "I Luv Em," the debut single off their forthcoming joint project 'You're Welcome.' Today, the pair liberates the LP's latest leak with some help from NOLA rap legend Juvenile.

Stream "I Might," produced by KC, above.

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Azealia Banks has had her fill of online drama and decided enough is enough.

The 25-year old New York City native announced via a Facebook on Monday, August 1, that she is done with social media.

"I'm seriously tired of peoples feelings. I'm tired of seeing their overly sensitive reactions and responses to everything. I'm tired of having everything I say or do be monitored and I'm tired of being told how I should be behaving," Banks wrote. "I'm quitting Facebook, and any other form of social media that allows me to engage with people. My legacy can't live and die on the Internet."

In the past, Banks has feuded on Twitter with Jim Jones, T.I., Iggy Azalea, Skai Jackson, Perez Hilton, MNEK, Sarah Palin, Kendrick Lamar, Tiny, A$AP Rocky, Rita Ora, Lady Gaga, Baauer, Pharrell, Kreayshawn, Lil Kim, Troy Carter, Nicki Minaj, Funkmaster Flex, Angel Haze and more.

She was permanently banned from Twitter in May, following a homophobic and racist rant aimed at Zayn Malik.

Banks is a really talented artist. Maybe now her musical efforts won't be overshadowed by her beefs.

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Suge Knight caused a lot of mayhem when he was running Death Row Records. There are a lot of stories out there about people getting stomped out by the record mogul and his bloods gang henchmen back in the day.

Eminem and former bodyguard Big Naz

Eminem's former bodyguard Big Naz recalls Suge allegedly sending his goons to hurt the rapper at The Source Awards.

"There was a situation at the Source Awards, which was our first encounter with Suge Knight and his henchmen. They had it to where the artists couldn’t sit with the bodyguards," Naz said in an interview with the Murder Master Music Show. "I notice Em is in the middle of the isle and he is beefing with all these guys in red shirts. I noticed Em's face changing and he's turning like tomato red. There's a sea of red guys around him. I had to bust in the middle and snatch him up like, 'Hey man, what the hell is going on up in here?' This is what they said ‘Death Row motherfuckers! Suge Knight sent us to strong arm Eminem and it’s going down!’ I had to snatch him up. I had to call [Dr.] Dre and his bodyguards and tell them what was going on because they was backstage. Snatched Em up and took him backstage.”

Naz also recalled a situation in Hawaii when Knight sent a squad of thugs to mess up Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre's "Break Up to Make Up" reunion show.

“The scariest moment is when we went to Hawaii. When the plane lands we are greeted by 20 Honolulu police officers and they told us that Death Row is here — they tried to hem [Snoop Dogg] up," Naz said. "Suge Knight had sent 50 guys to try to break up the show. When we got there, vacation mode was over, we were lockin’-n-loading, putting on bullet proof vests with their wives and girlfriends sitting next to them. We had to have Interscope pick up the tab to put Honolulu police with each bodyguard, because of how deep Suge was over there.”

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Young Thug has decided to release his new mixtape titled "Jeffery" on August 16th, which happens to be his 25th birthday.

The Atlanta native, born Jeffery Williams, made the announcement via his Instagram page Tuesday evening, August 2nd.

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Cassidy stopped by VladTV to speak about new things he has in the works, including his upcoming project, "The Boy Barbaric," and he also touched on the possibility of a battle rap in the near future. When asked about if he would jump in the ring anytime soon, Cassidy told DJ Vlad that he's always down to battle.

During the conversation, Cassidy also addressed the current state of battle rap, as he admits that it has cooled off in recent months. He added that investors need to start jumping in the industry to get bigger talent and more diversity because Cassidy thinks rappers are relying on too many gimmicks to get a buzz.

Check out the below interview to hear more from Cassidy, including why he thinks he's considered one of the top five rappers of all time.

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2Eleven a.k.a Deuce is back with another banger. The West Coast rapper links up with Sean Mackk for "My Whole Life." The song was produced by Jay Nari of League of Starz.

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On Friday, August 5, 2 Chainz will bless his fans with a new mixtape titled "Daniel Son, Necklace Don."

The Atlanta rapper revealed the information via an Instagram photo of a conversation with Drake about the project. The pic was captioned, "Comin this Friday ....... 'Daniel Son ; Necklace Don' .....Time for some new music."

Y'all ready?

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Late Atlanta rapper Bankroll Fresh would have celebrated his 29th birthday on Tuesday, August 2nd. To mark the occasion YFN Lucci remixes Bankroll's song "Dirty Game."

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Will Smith took us back to 1991 during his appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday, August 2.

As Smith took a seat to begin his interview, the house band was playing the DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song, "Summertime," which prompted Will to hop up, grab a mic and perform the hit song.

check it out below.

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It's a Taylor Gang thing as boss Wiz Khalifa collaborates with Tuki Carter and Chevy Woods on a new song titled "Isaac Hayes." The track was produced by ID Labs.

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