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Disclosure Talks Madonna Collaboration Rumors
The two brothers discuss meeting Madge at Governors Ball — and what happened after.
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Kendrick Lamar: The Hottest — and Most Conflicted — Rapper in the Game (Video)
He has feuded with Drake, provoked rappers on both sides of the country and picked a fight with Phil Jackson. But this 26-year-old "good kid" from Compton has been embraced by the music industry with no fewer than seven nominations.
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Jay Z Entrances L.A. Crowd, Despite By-the-Numbers Set at Staples Center: Concert Review
The rapper proves that he's truly too big to fail at a Los Angeles tour stop.
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What’s a King to a God? Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar Conquer Staples Center: Concert Review
Worth the hype and the hyperbole, the two rappers prove why they reign supreme at the Yeezus tour's Los Angeles stop.
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The 10 Most Awkward Sex Songs of 2011: THR Year in Review
Fornication ruled in 2011, but not every artist can pull off risque lyrics without inciting uncomfortable snickers.
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Grammy Attacker and Hip-Hop Ad Man Steve Stoute on the ‘Tanning of America’ (Q&A)
In his new book, the music exec-turned-marketing game changer explains "how hip-hop created a culture that rewrote the rules of the new economy."
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Lil Wayne’s ‘How to Love’ and Why Rappers Shouldn’t Sing Ballads (Opinion)
Like LL Cool J's much-derided 1987 slow jam, "I Need Love," Lil Wayne's latest marks a jump-the-shark moment for the hip-hop hitmaker. But he wouldn't be the first thug to "cuddle rap," argues THR contributor Jeff Weiss.
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Jay-Z and Kanye West’s ‘Watch the Throne’: Track-by-Track
Soul greats (Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield), loves (Beyonce), friends (RZA, Odd Future's Frank Ocean), fine art and luxury cars are all represented on the highly anticipated collaboration by the superstar rappers.
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