Three months after initially knocking out some of the competition on the Billboard 200, the ‘Creed II’ soundtrack sees another of its gems get the video treatment – the Mike WiLL Made-It track, ‘Runnin.’

Featuring the likes of A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, and Nicki Minaj, the high fashion visual – which premiered Thursday (February 7) much to fan delight – uses the streets of New York as a backdrop.

Run below to hear the quartet trade some of their hottest bars:

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The beef between Chris Brown and  Offset continues!

As we reported here, it all started after Brown took to social media to share memes that ridiculed the arrest and detainment of 21 Savage.  After the rapper’s ‘Ric Flair Drip’ co-star, Offset, labeled Chris ‘lame’ for the joke, the ‘Poppin’ singer popped all the way off on the Migos star and even suggested the two fight to resolve their beef.

Offset didn’t take the threat lightly.  Just a day after labelling brown a ‘coke head,’ he took to social media to tell the Grammy winner:

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As we reported here, former foes Meek Mill and Drake took to the streets of Los Angeles last month to film the music video for their collaboration, ‘Going Bad.’

Directed by Kid Art, the cinematic clip features a bevy of cameos from some of Hip Hop’s biggest movers and shakers including Swizz Beatz, Mustard, T.I., Nipsey Hussle, and many more.

The Wheezy-produced song, found on Meek’s chart-topping album ‘Championships,’ had already reached a #15 peak on the Hot 100 from hype alone.  Undoubtedly this visual will help push it into the top 10.

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Cardi B‘s ascend reads as if it were lifted from a fairy tale.

As such it’s fitting that the femcee poses it up in Harper’s Bazaar, paying hommage to a number of notable fables.

Speaking to the publication, the rapper – who is up for five honors at this weekend’s Grammy Awards – said:

“I feel like my life is a fairy tale and I’m a princess—rags to riches, people trying to sabotage.”

Peep more from Mama Kulture’s March 2019 spread, lensed by Mariano Vivanco, below…

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Missy Elliott has revealed that news of an ‘A No No’ remix with Lil Kim, Cardi B & Mariah Carey isn’t happening.

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Lizzo and Haim covering ‘The Boy is Mine’?

Yes, it happened.

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Justin Bieber and his life partner Hailey Baldwin grace the cover and pages of Vogue this month shortly before the launch of his next studio album.

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With barely a week separating fans of India Arie from the February 15th release date of her long-awaited new album, ‘Worthy’ (the follow-up to 2013’s ‘Songversation’), the Grammy winner’s sent her fans into a frenzy with news of its supporting tour.

Set to kick off April 30th in Jacksonville, FL, the North American trek will see her touch every corner of the United States with stops in Atlanta, Boston, Milwaukee, and more before coming to a close in New York City on June 9th.

Curious to see if Arie will be bringing live renditions of her soulful hits ‘Video,’ ‘I Am Not My Hair,’ ‘That Magic,’ and more to a city near you?  Look inside for the list of tour dates:

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More details are emerging from within the walls of 21 Savage‘s harrowing experience with ICE.

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Nicki Minaj extends her lead as the highest-selling female rapper of all time once again.

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As if fans of Pop rocker Avril Lavigne didn’t have reason enough to be excited for the release of the 34-year-old’s new album, ‘Head Above Water’ (due in stores February 15), reports that rapstress Nicki Minaj will serve as the project’s sole feature was enough to send them overboard.

The news came just as the singer’s track list was confirmed via preorder links on a number of international outlets, including Amazon and iTunes.  Once fans got wind of the listing, frenzy ensued.

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Ariana Grande is playing approximately no games with releasing the content found aboard her fifth studio album, ‘thank u, next.’

After releasing three singles in three months (the LP’s title track, ‘Imagine,’ and current release, ‘7 Rings’), the powerhouse songstress is calling upon album cut, ‘Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored,’ as the next tune to be launched.

Produced by Max Martin and written by ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ star/singer-songwriter Kandi Burruss, ‘Girlfriend’ reportedly samples pop group N*SYNC‘s ‘No Strings Attached’ song, ‘It Makes Me Ill’ (which was ironically produced by Burruss’s ex-boyfriend, Kevin She’kspere Briggs).

Look inside for the official word from Grande:

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