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Chicago rapper and 2016 XXL Freshman, G Herbo, gets stellar production from C-Sick on his song "Been Havin." Check out the official music video for the track below.

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Two of Chicago’s most creative minds in the hip-hop game, The Boy Illinois and ZVerse have partnered on this hot new song “International,” and it is most definitely a take off single! The two artists flow over a classic beat produced by legendary Xcel Beats rapping about going from local to taking flights overseas, fine living, foreign women and luxurious living. The Boy Illinois and ZVerse make no mistake live up to the hype of the single after recently touring with Lupe Fiasco, though they are enjoying the journey of life so far,  there is more to do and explore in this world, and they are not stopping until they have seen and done it all. “International” challenges listeners to dream beyond their current circumstances and aim for higher heights.

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The Game stopped by The Wendy Williams Show on Tuesday, September 20, to promote his forthcoming album titled "1992."

He talked about the origin of his beef with Meek Mill and said he wasn't sure how far it will go, hashing things out with 50 Cent and being a fan of "Power,"

The Compton rapper also addressed rapping that he had slept with three Kardashians in the song "Sauce."

"I used to fuck bitches that Usher Raymond passed off / Then I fucked three Kardashians, hold that thought," he says in the song.

During his conversation with Wendy, Game revealed that Kim, Khloe and Blac Chyna, though she's not technically a Kardashian yet, were the three he was referring to.

She asked so I told her. wendyshow #NewYork https://t.co/Y5euyEsVow

— Black Jesus (@thegame) September 20, 2016

 Peep the interview below.

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Tjuan Benafactor

Orange Crush

featuring Yung Fly Gang (YFG)

Tjuan Benafactor is staying his course by dropping one of the hottest song's to be released in 2016 "Orange Crush" featuring & introducing Yung Fly Gang (YFG) to the national hip hop scene @ the same damn time. "Orange Crush" is was just released Friday Sept 16 2016 & distributed across all platforms by Amada Records/Capitol Music Group.

It's a garuntee you will hear "Orange Crush" in rotation nationwide for the rest of 2016 & beyond.

Get your next project distributed at @Raphenom.

The Game responds to Meek Mill, Beanie Sigel and Omelly's "OOOUUU" diss track by going at all three of them over the same instrumental. Hurricane also takes shots at Sean Kingston.

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An unarmed black man killed by a white Oklahoma officer who was responding to a stalled vehicle can be seen in police video walking away from officers and toward his SUV with his hands up before he approaches the driver's side door, where he drops to the ground after being shocked with a stun gun then fatally shot.

In Tulsa police helicopter footage that was among several clips released Monday showing the shooting of 40-year-old Terence Crutcher and its aftermath, a man in the helicopter that arrives above the scene as Crutcher walks to the vehicle can be heard saying "time for a Taser." He then says: "That looks like a bad dude, too. Probably on something."

Police Chief Chuck Jordan announced before the video and audio recordings' release that Crutcher had no weapon on him or in his SUV when he was shot Friday. It's not clear from the footage what led Betty Shelby, the officer who fired the fatal shot, to draw her gun or what orders officers might have given Crutcher. Local and federal investigations are underway to determine whether criminal charges are warranted in the shooting or if Crutcher's civil rights were violated.

Tiffany Crutcher speaks about her twin brother Terence Crutcher's fatal shooting at a news conference

Crutcher's twin sister, Tiffany Crutcher, called for charges Monday.

"The big bad dude was my twin brother. That big bad dude was a father," she said. "That big bad dude was a son. That big bad dude was enrolled at Tulsa Community College, just wanting to make us proud. That big bad dude loved God. That big bad dude was at church singing with all of his flaws, every week. That big bad dude, that's who he was."

Police video shows Crutcher walking toward his SUV that is stopped in the middle of the road. His hands are up and a female officer is following him. As Crutcher approaches the driver's side of the SUV, three male officers walk up and Crutcher appears to lower his hands and place them on the vehicle. The officers surround him, making it harder to see his actions from the dashboard camera's angle.

Crutcher can be seen dropping to the ground. Someone on the police radio says, "I think he may have just been tasered." One of the officers near Crutcher backs up slightly.

Then almost immediately, someone can be heard yelling, "Shots fired!" Crutcher's head then drops, leaving him completely lying out in the street.

After that, someone on the police radio can be heard saying, "Shots fired. We have one suspect down."

Officer Tyler Turnbough, who's also white, used a stun gun on Crutcher, police said.

The shooting comes just four months after former Tulsa County volunteer deputy Robert Bates was sentenced to four years in prison on a second-degree manslaughter conviction in the 2015 death of an unarmed black man. Shelby worked as a Tulsa County sheriff's deputy for four years before joining the Tulsa Police Department in December 2011, officials said. She has been placed on paid leave.

Officer Betty Shelby

The initial moments of Crutcher's encounter with police are not shown in the footage. Shelby did not activate her patrol car's dashcam, said police spokeswoman Jeanne MacKenzie, and the ground-level video released Monday came from the car of a second officer who arrived at the scene.

Initial police briefings indicated Crutcher was not obeying officers' commands, but MacKenzie said Monday she didn't know what Crutcher was doing that prompted police to shoot. Two 911 calls described an SUV that had been abandoned in the middle of the road. One unidentified caller said the driver was acting strangely, adding, "I think he's smoking something."

After the shooting, Crutcher could be seen lying on the side of the road, blood pooling around his body, for nearly two minutes before anyone checked on him. When asked why police did not provide immediate assistance once Crutcher was down, MacKenzie said, "I don't know that we have protocol on how to render aid to people."

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, which also called for charges, said Crutcher was left to bleed while officers stood by. The group's executive director, Ryan Kiesel, said Crutcher's death shows "how little regard" Tulsa police have for the community's minorities.

Dozens of protesters gathered outside the county courthouse Monday evening holding signs that read, "Justice 4 Crutch" and "Don't Shoot."

With relations between police and blacks in Tulsa already uneasy, the community needs to be the place where change happens, Tiffany Crutcher said.

"This is bigger than us right here. We're going to stop it right here," she said.

U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams said the Department of Justice's civil rights investigation into the shooting will be separate from a local one into whether criminal charges should be filed.

"The Justice Department is committed to investigating allegations of force by law enforcement officers and will devote whatever resources are necessary to ensure that all allegations of serious civil rights violations are fully and completely investigated," he said.

Speaking Monday in Tulsa, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said Crutcher committed no crime and gave officers no reason to shoot him.

"When unarmed people of color break down on the side of the road, we're not treated as citizens needing help. We're treated as, I guess, criminals — suspects that they fear," said Crump, who is representing Crutcher's family just as he did relatives of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed, black Florida teenager who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in 2012.

He said Tulsa police drew their own conclusions about Crutcher.

"So I guess it's a crime now to be a big black man," Crump said. "My God, help us."

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Associated Press writer Jill Bleed in Little Rock, Arkansas, contributed to this report.

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Rap artist Oz gets real personal in the new single “She’s Gone”. This mid-tempo ode to a young love will take many listeners down a familiar path, reminiscing on past relationships that just didn’t go as planned. Oz is talking to a young lady in the song, expressing to her that the issues they had in their past are old news, and he’s trying to make things right again. The rapper declares that he has been going through some things, how he has felt lost without her, and how he would be so much happier if he could share the luxuries of his career with this special someone. The video follows this love rollercoaster, from start to finish. The video opens with Oz laying in bed alone, realizing that she’s not there. Over the course of the video we witness a playback of their time together and apart, with interruptions from Oz, on the phone with the woman, telling her that choosing someone over him is a mistake, and he is hell bent on making it up to her. Oz confesses that he is done with the games and is ready to get it right one last time.

Sicko Mobb is back and better than ever, with the premiere of the video for their new single, "Emoji” ft. Silento on The FADER. Filmed in Atlanta, the vibrant and fun visual was directed by Payne Lindsey (Naughty Boy, August Alsina), and features an upbeat Sicko Mobb and Silento dancing, while surrounded by emojis and the track’s lyrics.The release of “Emoji” ft. Silento is the follow-up to the duo’s 3-part mixtape release, Super Saiyan Vol. 1, 2 & 3which received critical acclaim from outlets such as, Billboard, Pitchfork, The FADER, Complex, XXL and more.

Sicko Mobb, a duo of best friends Lil Ceno and Lil Trav, continue to captivate the industry with their Midwest Dance Scene music. This movement brings fun, party music to life, while giving off a persona of being young and fly. Complex describes Sicko Mobb’s sound as “a combination of banging production and their excitable party rap style…(they create tracks) that are equal parts enticing and addictive,”  while Pitchfork calls their “particular fusion [of sounds] unique.” They have received praise from outlets such as The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, Complex, The FADER, SPIN, VIBE, and many more.

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Philadelphia native and Original Block Hustlaz recording artist, Dark Lo, delivers a new double disc mixtape titled "Darkaveli."

Features include Ar-Ab, Rigz, Lik Moss, Breeze Begets, Razor, Kylledge, Vodka, Wiz Lo, No Brakes Bras and more.

Stream and download the project up top and below..

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Lloyd Banks will release his highly anticipated DJ Drama-hosted "All Or Nothing: Live It Up" mixtape on Sunday, September 25th.

Here's a taste of the kind of bangers fans can expect to hear as he drops a new song titled "Reap What You Sow." Produced by Tha Jerm.

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YG kicked off his 52-city "FDT" tour Sunday, September 18, at The Observatory North Park in San Diego.

During the show he brought out a Donald Trump piñata and invited fans onstage to have a few swings at it.

It was the perfect lead-in to his song titled "Fuck Donald Trump." Peep the footage below.

@YG invites people on stage to beat a Donald Trump Piñata shit was too brazy pic.twitter.com/rnCIFMvjV2

— Jacob Flakoll (@JFlakoll) September 19, 2016

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As promised Juicy J drops off his "Must Be Nice" mixtape right on time. Features include Gucci Mane, PeeWee Longway, Wiz Khalifa, Que, Jeremih, Project Pat, Young Dolph and 21 Savage.

Stream it up top then grab yourself a copy from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Juicy-J-MUSTBENICE-mixtape.804141.html

Must Be Nice Tracklist:

1.Trap Feat Gucci Mane & PeeWee LongWay (Prod by Lex Luger, TM88) 
2.Ga Damn (Prod by Southside)
3.Plenty Feat Que (Prod by Lex Luger, Metro Boomin)
4.Feeling Like Obama (Prod by TM88)
5.Lotto (Prod by TM88)
6.Whatcha Gone Do (Prod by TM88)
7.Choppa (Prod by SouthSide)
8.I Wonder (Prod by TM88)
9.Lou Will (Prod by TM88)
10.It's Ok (Prod by SouthSide)
11.Super Fire (Prod by TM88)
12.Panties ft. Jeremih (Prod by TM88)
13.What I Call It (Prod by TM88)
14.Talk That Talk ft. Wiz Khalifa & Project Pat (Prod by Lil Awree)
15.Outro (Prod by TM88)
16.Baked Potato (Prod by Tarentino)
17.LIT ft. Young Dolph 21 Savage (Prod by Durdy Costello)

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The Hustle Gang is back with a new mixtape titled "Hustle Gang Over Errrrythang" featuring contributions from T.I., Future, Migos, Chocolate Droppa, Lotto Savage, Young Dro, B.o.B, Trae Tha Truth, Shad Da God and more. Stream the project up top and download a copy from LiveMixtapes http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/41044/hustle-gang-hustle-gang-over-errrrythang.html

Hustle Gang Over Errrrythang Tracklist:

01. Hustle Gang Business Feat. Ra Ra Tokyo T.I B.o.B
02. Baller Alert Feat. T.I Chocolate Droppa Migos
03. Dope House Feat. T.I Quavo Ra Ra Peanut Da Don
04. All Of That Talk Feat. Ra Ra T.I B.o.B
05. Dat Way Feat. Peanut Da Don B.o.B
06. Poked Out Feat. Shad Da God Lotto Savage
07. Pullin Up Ayo Feat. London Jae Trae Tha Truth T.I Ra Ra
08. The Wig Feat. Young Dro
09. Fuck Wit Me Feat. Ra Ra
10. She Going Feat. Yung Booke Future
11. Bobby Womack Feat. Big Kuntry King T.I Young Thug
12. I'm On Now Feat. Domani Harris
13. Land Of The Lost Feat. London Jae Trae Tha Truth
14. Mi Familia Feat. Shad Da God T.I Kap G
15. Depends Feat. Translee Zip K
16. Hell Na Feat. T.I Ra Ra Young Dro

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Crenshaw, California rapper and All Money In Records boss, Nipsey Hussle, is calling for cooler heads to prevail in the Meek Mill and The Game beef.

Nipsey took to his Twitter account on Sunday, September 18, to give his opinion on the situation.

"Hip hop need to stop gassing this 'beef' between @thegame and @MeekMill .... niggas gone sit down like men and express they differences. And come to and understanding," he wrote. "Ain't gone be no east cost west coast war. Ain't gone be no black men killing black men. Behind publicity or rap music or social pressure from the people. To the point we can all deal w each other as real niggas w respect. If someone's in tha wrong then it should be handled....and then everyone get bac to the money. This internet shit is a divide and conquer. @thegame u got a lot of young blac men on yo payroll. Same w @MeekMill this is bad leadership."

Hip hop need to stop gassing this "beef" between @thegame and @MeekMill .... niggas gone sit down like men and express they differences

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

And come to and understanding

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

Ain't gone be no east cost west coast war. Ain't gone be no black men killing black men.

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

Behind publicity or rap music or social pressure from the people.

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

To the point we can all deal w each other as real niggas w respect

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

If someone's in tha wrong then it should be handled....and then everyone get bac to the money @thegame @MeekMill

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

This internet shit is a divide and conquer. @thegame u got a lot of young blac men on yo payroll. Same w @MeekMill this is bad leadership..

— THA GREAT (@NipseyHussle) September 19, 2016

Do you think Neighborhood Nip's call for peace will make a difference?

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Tyga recently inked a deal with Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music imprint, but Lil Wayne would have prevented it if given the chance and he's blaming Birdman for letting it happen.

T-Raww was signed to Wayne's Young Money Records label, a subsidiary of Cash Money Records, which holds a 51% controlling interested in the company.

Birdman co-owns Cash Money, along with his brother Ronald "Slim" Williams. When Tyga asked to be let out of his contract Stunna granted his request, without consulting Weezy.

TMZ reports that sources in Wayne's camp say the rapper is angry because he feels like his 49% interest in Young Money should have required his signature for Tyga to be released.

Had Wayne known he never would have let the "Rack City" hit maker walk free.

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The midwest maverick Yung Ro has released new visuals to his track "Sittin In The Whip". The CEO of BPENT has been making major business moves in the St. Louis area. he owns Black Pearl Tattoo Gallery and BPENT Recording Studio. Be on the lookout for his next single with his youngest brother Jiro. Follow him via IG @yung_ro

Beanie Sigel just teamed up with fellow Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill to diss The Game on the song "OOOUUU."

"Philly period❗️ This thing bigger then Nino Brown," the Broad Street Bully captioned an Instagram photo.

Game responded by going at Beans in a new Instagram post and warned Meek that a follow up to his diss song, "92 Bars," was on the way in the caption of a dead rat photo.

"#MeekyMouse after I whoop his rat ass & how much crack you had to give that smoker weenie sigel to escape from rehab.... That nigga look bad homie... Stop posting pictures of that sick nigga, he need a bath, some warm food & a hug," Game wrote. "Give me the fat sigel back & take that saggy titty, sucked up sherm head back to #SelfHelpMovement Rehab Center Of Philadelphia.... The address is 2600 South Hampton Road Philadelphia, PA 19116..... Take that nigga back now so he can get better... He ain't in his right state of mind.... #PrayForSigel #ShitReallyHurtMeToSeeYouLikeThat #NiggasSupposedToThrowUpTheROCNotSmokeIt #GetWellSoon & as for you Meesha, soon as I get to a studio, you & Eddie Kane both bodied !!!!!!! You can run & go dig up anybody you want.... You still gettin yo ass whooped & I don't wanna hear that I don't fight shit..... See you soon "L" Debarge  #NickiWriteYaVerses #AndYouMakinRapGroupsWitCrackHeads #GTFOH nigga..... #WESTSIDE."

Who do you guys think is winning the Meek Mill vs The Game beef so far?

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Rap's undisputed Punch Line King is set to give fans a brand new project next week.

Lloyd Banks just announced that his highly anticipated mixtape titled "All Or Nothing: Live It Up" will arrive on Sunday, September 25th.

The tape is being hosted by DJ Drama.

Artwork up top by James Dunne.

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Meek Mill quickly replies to The Game's "92 Bars" diss record with his own track titled "OOOUUU" featuring Beanie Sigel and Omelly. Give it a listen and let us know what you think.

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