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Atlanta-born trap artist T.I., rap icon Queen Latifah, and the multi-faced talent Mike Epps team up in the upcoming indie film, The Trap. The movie is said to be directed by Chris Robinson, who debuted in the box offices with hit film ATL back in 2006, which also starred T.I.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere from Flavor Unit Entertainment will play significant roles in the film’s production, along with Epps and Naptown Productions’ Niles Kirchner.

Tip Harris, better known as T.I., will also be producing with partner Brian Sher, under the flags of his own Grand Hustle Films franchise, along with Robinson taking part in the film’s creative design. Veteran producer

The team-up of JSOUL and Wordsworth introduced fans to their latest single, “Blame It On The Music”, which is also the title track to their upcoming album scheduled to debut on September 23^rd under HiPNOTT Records. The song expresses the eMC rapper’s refusal to uphold hiphop culture as a supposed cause behind societal maladies.

“Police are steady hunting men/ your back they put a dozen in / behind you running plates and they putting numbers in / Suffering, Democrats, Republicans they governing / Politicians not to help but for wealth they run again.” Wordsworth dishes out several issues inherent in today’s culture, dynamically building up to their controversial refrain, “Blame it on the music”.

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The hip hop world was shocked when A Tribe Called Quest's Phife Dawg passed away suddenly earlier this year. Yesterday, the band announced that they had recorded a secret, sixth and final album with Phife Dawg before his death.

Phife Dawg was one of the founding members of A Tribe Called Quest, one of the most influential alternative hip hop groups of all time. He passed away earlier this year due to complications from diabetes at the age of 45, shocking many in the music industry. 

Hip hop fans across both coasts have a lot to celebrate, as today marks the birthdays of two rap legends: the West Coast's late, great Nate Dogg and the Bronx's own Fat Joe.

Long Beach rapper Nate Dogg was born on this day in 1969. Nate Dogg was one-third of the rap trio 213, which also featured Snoop Dogg and Warren G. He scored his first hit single with "Regulate," where he and Warren G helped popularize the "g funk" style of hip hop. Outside of 213, Nate Dogg had a long career where he collaborated with a who's-who of West Coast rap stars, including Dr. Dre and Tupac Shakur. Nate Dogg passed away in 2011 from a stroke. He would've been 45 today.

Today is also the birthday of a Bronx legend, Terror Squad's Fat Joe. The "

After numerous delays on his previously announced Boys Don't Cry, Frank Ocean surprised fans with a new visual album, Endless, and the promise of even more new songs to be released this weekend.

Endless, which Ocean says is different from his oft-delayed new album, is a visual album in the vein of Beyonce'sLemonade. Besides new tracks like "Device Control," the album also features a cover of The Isley Brother's "At Your Best (You Are In Love,)" where Ocean shows off his multi-layer, smooth vocals. Endless also features collaborations with Radiohead's  Johnny Greenwood, English singer/songwriter James Blake, R&B singer Sampha, and more. Ocean debuted Endless on a 3AM&nb

De La Soul continues their gradual roll-out of tracks from their upcoming, star studded And The Anonymous Nobodyalbum with "Greyhounds," a new, slower paced track that features Usher.

The two MCs of De La Soul, Posdnous and Dave, deliver two narratives on "Greyhounds" -- the first about a small town girl whose life takes a tragic turn after she moves to New York City, and the second story is about a pair of hustlers trying to make it on the road -- while DJ Maseo provides a deliberately paced, driving beat. Matching the tone of the track, Usher delivers a somber, seductive hook that ties the song together.

"Greyhounds" is the latest track off of And The Anonymous Nobody to be released. De La Soul has slowly b