MTV has chosen this year’s “The Hottest MC in the Game,” and it’s Kendrick Lamar, who beat 2 Chainz and Rick Ross.

Lamar topped the 2013 list following the success of his debut album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.”

He commented on Rap-Up.com, "It's very important for hip-hop. I love that they have debates like that. We need that. It's competitive. Even though we (are) doing these collaborations and stuff like that and we cool, at the same time, this is still rap. It's still competitive and I'm trying to compete with everybody to be the best."

2 Chainz and Ross (who was last year’s winner), pl...

A$AP Rocky was set to conquer the world of rap music in 2012. His mix tape 'Live Love A$AP' made many year end lists in 2011 and netted him a major label deal. 'Long.Live.A$AP' was set to release in the middle of 2012, and yet it received numerous delays, and during that time Kendrick Lamar released his masterpiece 'Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City,' which seemed to take attention off of Rocky.

Well, it's now 2013 and 'Long.Live.' is finally here, and it was mostly worth the wait. In fact, the only let down on the album is Rocky himself.

Most of the beats on 'Long.Live.' are nothing short of fanta...

Rapper A$AP Rocky has reportedly been arrested after a street showdown with two amateur photographers.

The hip-hop star, real name Rakim Mayers, was taken into custody in New York City on Thursday.

According to TMZ.com, Mayers was embroiled in "a verbal dispute with someone in downtown Manhattan" when two male bystanders began taking photos of the heated exchange.

A scuffle then erupted between the 23-year-old rapper and the snappers, who suffered cuts and bruises in the fight. One of the alleged victims is said to have been taken to hospital to receive treatment for his injuries.

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Rap newcomer A$AP Rocky has signed on to play assassinated President John F. Kennedy as an African-American in Lana Del Rey's bizarre new video for National Anthem.

Del Rey will portray Kennedy's wife Jackie in the odd promo, which the hip-hop star describes as "some cool trippy s**t."

He claims his video partner's vision for the short film is way ahead of its time, adding, "People are gonna get it in, like, three years (and) that's the whole purpose of it."

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre brought Tupac Shakur back from the dead for a show stopping finale to the first Coachella weekend on Sunday night.

Shakur appeared as a hologram on the festival stage after a tribute performance of his hit California Love and the late star 'teamed up' with Snoop on Ain't Nothin' Like A Gangsta Party after an eerie solo rendition of Hail Mary from beyond the grave.

The ghostly apparition drew mixed reactions from those watching the set online, with one fan calling it "wrong on so many levels" and others stunned by the Tupac trick, tweeting, "WTF!"

However, most ra...

Lana Del Rey has sparked rumors of a collaboration with rapper Tyler, The Creator after the pair struck up a bizarre friendship on Twitter.com.

The odd couple recently began sending messages to each other on the social networking site, with the Odd Future star writing, "Just found out Lana Del Ray (sic) wanted to work with me. Had no idea. If your (sic) reading this I'm down, I have pretty instrumentals."

The Video Games hit-maker replied by telling him, "You're Number 1."

It wouldn't be the first time Del Rey has teamed up with a hip-hop star - she sings on rapper A$AP Rocky's upcomi...