Carl Lamarre

Lil Wayne has had an illustrious career over the past two decades. From conquering the Billboard charts to forging an indomitable empire with Young Money, he's already stamped himself in the hip-hop history books. Now, he's accomplishing another goal by launching his own music festival.

For years, Statik Selektah has instilled nostalgia into the hip-hop culture with his enchanting production. He's been busy over the past few months, enlisting a cadre of hip-hop artists to join him on his newest endeavor, 'Lucky 7, 'which released on July 7.

Looks like somebody already heard Kanye West's Swish album in its entirety. On Tuesday, (July 8) a rap fan headed over to Reddit and revealed that they recorded Yeezy's album from outside of a building as it was being played inside.

Season two of 'Empire' won't be boring in the least as some of your favorite rappers and singers keep getting added to the show. After Chris Rock, Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz and Ne-Yo joined the star-studded new season, now Kelly Rowland will team up with Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson on the hip-hopera.