In the hours after Rick Ross dropped his Rich Forever mixtape on Friday afternoon, my Twitter timeline could talk about nothing else. And it wasn't just that self-selecting sample, either. "#RUH,"…   Read Story »

A-list rappers don't have to give us free shit, but sometimes they do. And Rick Ross appears to be pulling out the stops on his new Rich Forever mixtape. It features appearances from guys like Drake,…   Read Story »

Almost none of us are at work this week, so almost none of us are getting fired. And with the holidays coming to an end, we don't have to keep the good-cheer veneer up for much longer. So: Time to…   Read Story »

Even in an era when rappers rarely share studios with their collaborators, emailing in their contributions instead, the art of the guest verse is alive and well. It's still a point of pride for one…   Read Story »

Rap kings Nas and Rick Ross have gotten together to record a song for the soundtrack to the weirdly OK-looking (terrible poster notwithstanding) Brett Ratner movie The Tower Heist. It's called "It's…   Read Story »

"How cool is it that Vice got Rick Ross to play their bar mitzvah?" That was one of those trademark Tanlines one-liners (hereby: Tanliners) that Jesse Cohen delivered between songs a couple of hours…   Read Story »

Lately, Rick Ross has been signing a blitz of blog-friendly rappers like Wale and Pill to his Maybach Music Group imprint. But at least in the early going, the only guy who hasn't been a total…   Read Story »

The gang's all here: Yeezy, Rick, Jay, Harajuku Barbie, dead models hanging from chains… Yikes. The's clip's intro warning -- "The following content is in no way to be interpreted as misogynistic…   Read Story »

The teaser for Kanye West's "Monster" video leaked in early December, and this unfinished version of the whole video showed up online just before New Year's Eve. I don't think either have officially…   Read Story »

Earlier this month Stereogum revealed that Yeezy flew Justin Vernon to a Hawaii studio for a few days to collaborate on ... something. Little did we know Kanye would invite Jay-Z, Rick Ross, and…   Read Story »