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That would be Travis Porter , the oddly named rap group of three performers from Decatur, Ga.

What are you doing this Sunday starting at 11am? Well, if you're a hip hop fan, you'll very likely be at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, MN for the largest hip hop music festival in the nation, Soundset .

Will Smith started off with a successful rap career, which he parlayed into the successful television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air . Since then, he's become a huge movie star with big box office returns.

Public Enemy plans to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its recording career not only by dipping deeply into its past -- 1987's "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" -- during its concerts but also by unleashing a wealth of new music.

Last Friday concluded the final auditions for the hit talent show Arabs Got Talent , marking the beginning of the final stage that switches to the format of viewers voting via text messages for their favorite contestant.

He cried a little, laughed a lot, got mad a couple of times, bragged a few more times and alternately showed flashes of curiosity, introspection, insecurity, melancholy and intense ambition.

Elisa Bray: Where's soul, reggae, rap, jazz, R'n'B, hip-hop and trip-hop on the Music is GREAT compilation? Soul Clap are one of my favourite DJ duos on the circuit, and it's not just me who loves them - they... An Iranian rapper has been forced into hiding after hardline clerics offered a $100,000 reward for his murder, incensed by his song ... (more)

Last week, AllHipHop.com featured Rhymesayers Entertainment's Brother Ali in an exclusive interview where he spoke on his last release, The Bite-Marked Heart , his upcoming album, Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, A the new music he's created with Jake One, and a slew of other topics.

An Iranian rapper living in Germany has a US$100,000 bounty on his head after an Islamist website offered a reward for anyone who kills him over a song that satirises the Islamic Republic and irreverently addresses a historic religious figure.

Brother Ali has got something to say, and you'd be wise to hear it, all of it. The 34-year-old albino rapper from Minneapolis has made a living off of his introspective and heartfelt lyrics, as well as his pure musicianship as one of the most respected MCs on the independent scene.

None of the members of Travis Porter were even born when the Beastie Boys released hip-hop's first #1 album in 1986, but the seminal rap trio influenced the new-age party animals all the same.

Earlier this month, Lakisha Robinson - better known by her stage name, Kilo Kish - commanded the bar at Top of the Standard while sporting a silver sequined jacket over an American-flag-patterned blouse and similarly decorated shorts.

There's no telling what's going to happen on Wednesday's "RapFix Live" when host Sway Calloway brings Atlanta's wild boys Travis Porter and hip-hop legend Scarface to the red couch.

They knelt in prayer, ignored the judge and would not listen to Arabic translations as they confronted nearly 3,000 counts of murder.

An independent commission charged with investigating abuses committed during the January 2011 uprising that ousted Tunisia's long-time dictator has identified more deaths and injuries than previously reported.

Get ringtones from your favorite artists sent directly to your cell phone. Choose from 1000's of the best names in Hip Hop! If you can't catch Brother Ali on his current European tour or over at Rhymesayers Soundset Fest here's a consolation prize in the form of a new track.

Related: Soundset 2012 lineup announced With Soundset 2012 less than a month away now, the Rhymesayers Entertainment folks have launched a rapid-fire barrage of new videos.

REKS announces his second album of 2012, which will feature Termanology and Jon Connor, produced entirely by Florida's Numonics.