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Tried to put this up earlier, but video player was actin’ up. Shout-out to Jerry Barrow. As SOHH reported, the chain on the bike ain’t feelin’ Jimmy Iovine’s residence.

Sidebar: Forbez also snatched Drake‘s first street DVD interview.

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Here are the final clips from Drake’s gig on Tuesday night. Above is crowd favorite, “Best I Ever Had”. After the jump, he fills in for Dwayne on “Every Girl.” Is anyone else really on that song? 

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Men lie, women lie, numbers video don’t. See ya in 2019.

Props: Broken Cool via AHH

The Pride of Beantown talks to the 1515 Boys about being mentored by Maurice Starr and his new situation with Officer Ricky. 

Real Talk: This guy being at the Drake show the other day caused more of a stir than you favorite rapper. Lyor Cohen is the Don Dada of music industry ball busters. Fuck a Pause. And fuck your camera. Historically: This guy is known for flippin’ the bird. Word.

With all the talk of Hov joining the wife at Sony, NY Daily News reports a reunion is in the works. Is a Hov homecoming with his old Def Jam crew on the horizon? Can you say Carter Music Group?

“Jay-Z may be a free agent for now, but he’s in talks to cut a deal with WMG/Atlantic that could make him one of the richest and most powerful men in music.

‘Jay knows Lyor and Kevin from back when they all worked together at Def Jam, and he obviously wants to work something out with his friends,’ says our insider. ‘He wants to get the dream team back together. There have been a few whiffs of a reunion in the past, but only now – and very privately – is something finally starting to happen.’

Our source adds, ‘This is big in hip hop. These are three of the most powerful men in music, who might be working together, and there’s no question the success they’ll have as a team will be huge.’ WMG Vice President Cohen and Executive Vice President Liles also attempted to convince Jay to bring his Roc Nation label – which is part of the reported $150 million deal he cut with Live Nation – to WMG. Jay, however, has chosen to release his much-anticipated 15th album, The Blueprint 3, with Live Nation in the fall.

‘Jay’s deal with Live Nation is massive,’ says another music-biz insider. ‘But if he were to cut a deal with WMG/Atlantic, he’d make even more headlines. Jay-Z, Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles are all brand names. They’re the industry’s heavy hitters, and the combination would bring them a lot of attention. They would be unstoppable. Jay himself is the most successful rapper-turned-businessman out there.’

Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) is a force to be reckoned with on his own. He reportedly bought himself out of his contractual obligations with Def Jam/Universal for a cool $5 million.

A rep at WMG would not comment; Jay-Z’s team didn’t return calls.”

That loud boom was the sound of Dame Dash’s head exploding.

If this really is the pitbull in a skirt’s Twitter, than Evey-Eve really isn’t feeling Chris Brown’s recent vlog. At least somebody got some sense.

Props: Lex’s Straight Outta NYC

Yeah, this probably is fake but remember this?:

The pre-game Internet hype on this is gonna be unbearable. With my homie Mike Heron in the mix I have hope that the final product lives up to the anticipation. I can’t recall one tune from Padded Room. No shots.

This was held last Saturday at my temporary Miami residence, the Gansevoort South Hotel. I didn’t stay too long due to the influx of groupies and man fans, but Thaddaeus did, and captured all the madness.