USA Today Music — Rapper Prodigy, a member of the New York hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, has died at 42.             more info

Detroit Free Press — Rapper Prodigy, a member of the New York hip-hop duo Mobb Deep, has died at 42.             more info

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Stereogum — It's been difficult to keep track of the various twists and turns in Lil Wayne's feud with former friend, label head, and "daddy" Birdman. Wayne declared himself a "prisoner" on Birdman's Cash Money label way back in December 2014 when it became clea... more info

AllHipHop — BABY & WEEZY PRESENT DIFFERENT MESSAGES ABOUT HOW THEY VIEW EACH OTHER more info

AllHipHop — LIL WAYNE ACCUSED OF BEATING DOWN A WHITE BOY! more info

AllHipHop — THE HITMAKER COVERS BILLBOARD MAGAZINE more info

Stereogum — Last month, the once-dominant Auto-Tune hook goblin T-Pain finally unearthed T-Wayne , the long-promised collaborative mixtape that he and Lil Wayne recorded in 2009. And now he's back, teaming up with Brooklyn head-knocker Young M.A for "F.B.G.M.,"... more info

Stereogum — Gucci Mane isn't a consistently great rapper anymore. It's OK. It happens. It happens to a lot of once-dominant rappers once their unreal creative peaks come to an end. Lil Wayne isn't a consistently great rapper anymore, either. Neither is Jay Z or ... more info

Stereogum — "F.B.G.M." stands for "Fuck Bitches Get Money," which are the main subjects T-Pain and Young M.A sing-rap about on this new collaboration of theirs. It follows a flurry of recent activity from T-Pain, including the release of T-Wayne , his long-shel... more info