Jay Z may be going ahead with his exclusive apparel line with Barneys New York, but apparently the new partnership is not one for a celebratory party anymore. The Daily News is reporting that the high-end retail store has scrubbed their planned charity event for Jay’s Shawn Carter Foundation.

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis visited the White House yesterday (November 18) and Macklemore posted two photos of the trip on his Instagram account.

A few days ago Trinidad James announced that he was going to address his recent comments about the south running New York in a project called “The Truth Will Set You Free.” It turns out the message was not shared in the form of new music, but rather as a vlog.

In a past interview, Detroit rapper Eminem revealed that there was an “intimidation factor” when it concerned Rick Rubin serving as one of the executive producers on his latest album, The Marshall Mathers LP 2. And during an interview with Zane Lowe of BBC Radio 1, the rapper revealed that he initially had reservations about recruiting the Def Jam Records co-founder.

In 2009, Kanye West caused a major controversy by taking the spotlight (and microphone) away from Taylor Swift as she came up to give her acceptance speech for an MTV Video Music Award.

Slim Thug is set to release his new album, Boss Life, tomorrow (November 19), as per xxlmag.

In an Instagram message posted yesterday (November 16), Trinidad James said that he is planning to release "The Truth Will Set You Free," an effort scheduled to be released Monday (November 18).

Rock The Bells is coming back in 2014. The festival was forced to cancel key dates in Washington DC and New Jersey/ New York.

Kanye West is slated to premiere the music video for his "Bound 2" selection off this year's Yeezus album on "Ellen" Tuesday (November 19).

In 1998, Swizz Beatz produced the majority of DMX’s sophomore album, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood which went on to sell over 3 million records. 15 years later, Swizz Beatz spoke with Sway on RapFix Live to reveal that his main priority is DMX’s comeback album.