“How do you visually paint a portrait of power?” asked artist Marco Brambilla when approaching Kanye West’s video for “Power.” Inspired by Michelangelo’s frescos in the Sistine Chapel, the piece combines motion and imagery to depict a faux historical moment—an empire on the brink of collapse from its own excess, decadence, and corruption. “It’s a [...]

Nicki Minaj has enough “Love” to go around. Chris Brown eats up the beat, among other things, on the remix to Nicki’s hit single. “I just smashed this beat!!! UR LOVE REMIX DONE!!! for the ladies,” tweeted Breezy.

Dondria explores the art of “Makin’ Love” on a new cut from her debut album Dondria vs. Phatfffat (Aug. 17). The soulful record was produced by Jermaine Dupri and written by Cri$tyle (Beyoncé, Mariah Carey). “It kinda describes real love instead of sex,” says the So So Def singer. “It’s a deep connection between me [...]

Ice Cube puts some color into a black-and-white world in the video for “Drink the Kool-Aid,” the latest offering from I Am the West, in stores September 28. The rapper-actor rocks a purple Mr. Kool-Aid T-Shirt while journeying through the Wild Wild West. Take a sip of Cube’s latest banger below.

Take one look at the cover of Wale’s new mixtape, More About Nothing, and you’ll find the rapper standing beside the cast of “Seinfield,” a show seemingly (you guessed it) about nothing. Though the D.C. native’s current project is a follow-up to his 2008 release, The Mixtape About Nothing, it does anything but lack substance. [...]

Prison walls can’t cage Lil Wayne. Weezy F. Baby drops his new single “Right Above It” while behind bars. The triumphant Drake-assisted track can be found on his upcoming EP I’m Not a Human Being, arriving on his birthday (Sept. 27). DJ Clue premiered it earlier tonight on Power 105.1 and we’ve got a radio [...]

Sean Kingston takes the future Mrs. Kingston, Nicki Minaj, back to his home island of Jamaica in the video for “Letting Go (Dutty Love),” the first single from his forthcoming album. A polka-dot-dressed Nicki grabs the mic while dancers work up a sweat getting down to the dancehall tune in the X-directed clip. The 20-year-old [...]

This year, Black Friday won’t be black at all. Nicki Minaj has declared the Friday after Thanksgiving as Pink Friday.

Nicki Minaj’s “Love” brings all the boys to the yard. After Rick Ross jumped on her chart-topping hit, Jay Sean provides a more gentle touch on his remix, seducing his girl with nothing more than his voice. The Cash Money-Young Money cohorts have also collaborated on “2012 (It Ain’t the End),” the first single from [...]

Lil Wayne used his phone privileges to call up Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex from Rikers Island on Tuesday (Aug. 3). Lil Tunechi, who’s due to be released from jail in November, spoke about all the love he’s received from his fans, the first two rappers he wants to record with once he leaves jail, receiving [...]