HipHopDX's Alex Dwyer caught up with the former Ruff Ryders sensation about his decision to leave New York for China, making Christian Hip Hop, and the moving target life of being a battle emcee.

Adele is likely to cap off a big year, and launch her post-surgery return to the stage, at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb.

But at the Grammy Awards, which air tonight, rap has had a long-lasting losing streak in the top categories.

He slowly rose from beneath the stage amid billowing red smoke, then glided toward the audience aboard a conveyor belt.

The White House just released a list of 29 songs that will be heard at President Barack Obama 's campaign stops and events between now and November 6.A The list runs the gamut from R&B slow jams that includeA Al Green 's "Let's Stay Together" - which he just serenaded the country with last month at a fund-raising event at New York's famed Apollo ... (more)

Would Jesus invite Tupac Shakur and Queen Latifah into his house to save "those who hunger and thirst for right-eousness?" The Framingham resident who is chairman of the African-American Studies Department at Northeastern University and serves as founding pastor of the just-opened Community of Love Christian Fellowship church in Allston believes ... (more)

The president and first lady of hip-hop have shared their first baby photos via Jay-Z's Web site, Life + Times, an apparent follow-up to Beyonce's public appearances earlier this week, her inaugural ones since giving birth.

The Grammys take place this Sunday night, and though Kanye West is the ceremony's top nominee, all eyes have been on Nicki Minaj , who's up for three awards including Best New Artist.

Rap star Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson visited Kenya and famine-hit Somalia this week to raise awareness on hunger and poverty issues.

Can you smell it? Either love is in the air or the Chick-Fil-A has started using chicken-scented billboards.