AllHipHop — WATCH THE TWO LEGENDS RUN THROUGH THE SONG FROM 'THE LAND' SOUNDTRACK The post Nas & Erykah Badu Perform “This Bitter Land” On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (VIDEO) appeared first on Exclusive Hip Hop News, Interviews, Rumors, Rap & Music Videos | All... more info

AllHipHop — THE EVENT WILL BE STAR STUDDED The post Erykah Badu To Return As Host Of 2016 Soul Train Awards, Drake & Beyonce Lead Nominations appeared first on Exclusive Hip Hop News, Interviews, Rumors, Rap & Music Videos | Allhiphop. more info

MSN Music — NEW YORK (AP) — Drake has nabbed 12 nominations for the 2016 Soul Train Awards. Nominations for the rapper-singer, who canceled three shows this week due to an ankle injury, include video, album/mixtape and song of the year. Beyoncé follows Drake ... more info

Stereogum — Last year, the spaced-out soul-music queen Erykah Badu hosted the R&B-centric Soul Train Awards, and she was just awesome in the role, clowning Iggy Azalea and presiding over the BET Hip-Hop Awards parody Soul Cypher. So it’s cool to learn that Bad... more info

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CNN Showbiz — Seven years after the discovery of 11,341 abandoned and unprocessed rape kits in a Detroit police warehouse, Shahida Mausi-Johnson sought out ways to somehow bring justice to the victims. more info

Stereogum — Detroit rap queen Dej Loaf has been making hits for two years, and she still has yet to release a proper full-length album. That will hopefully change soon. Over the weekend, Dej Loaf, who covered Erykah Badu’s “Phone Down” last week, shared a ... more info

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Stereogum — Detroit rapper DeJ Loaf has just shared her own take on Erykah Badu’s “Phone Down,” a track off of last year’s cell-u-lar de-vice-themed But You Caint Use My Phone mixtape. “Fuck Instagram and Twitter, I’m already verified,” DeJ Loaf si... more info

Detroit Free Press — Singer said she plans to bring national awareness to issue of abandoned rape kits, which is not just a Detroit problem.             more info