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The Wall Street Journal caught up with Nas and in between talks of Distant Relatives he shares his thoughts on Jay-Z’s New York anthem.

WSJ: In 1994 you put out a song called “N.Y. State of Mind.” Jay-Z recently had a huge hit with his anthem “Empire State of Mind.” What did you think of his track?
Nas: It’s just keeping that whole thing alive—this New York thing. There are a lot of people complaining about New York hip-hop, about it not being what it was, and he stood up and now we have another anthem to be proud of.

WSJ: Do you think you’ll write another New York anthem anytime soon?
Nas: I don’t know. I think [Jay-Z] pretty much handled it. Of course, I’m always gonna talk about New York—it’s the greatest city in the world. But I’m not in the studio making a New York record now to one up anybody, no.

This is Gooch’s first recording since his release from the pokey. It’s off Sean’s upcoming mixtape, Inkwell and unfortunately, the beat’s the real star on this particular one. But you can geek to it if you want to.

Dirty Glove Bastard

While out in Paris for his album’s listening session, the son of Chico Dusty fields questions from the press on the album title, upcoming projects, and the new music scene coming out of his hometown. Can’t wait for that musical nuclear bomb July 6th. We feel the funk already.

Sidebar: Daddy Fat Sax says Andre 3000 produced a Yelawolf collabo.

I wish this joint was tighter but I’m happy Bazerk and the bunch are finally back. It’s been a long time. Only 19 years. Ha. Reminisce on the other side.

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Puff’s next stop is the big screen and before Get Him To The Greek opens in theaters June 4th, here are two clips featuring Sean Combs Sergio Roma. Up top, Sergio wilds out on his fellow staff members and down below is the chase scene. You can not out run me. I am Black.

This summer, Sosa plans to follow up on his ’95 debut with Doe or Die 2 and with the first leak, we see the sufferings through his eyes. Produced by Frank Dukes and cuts by Statik Selektah.

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Well I think my crush has officially been reinstated too. And she is a rockstar. Here’s a sneak peek from a wigged-out Ri Ri.

A few weeks ago, it was reported that Diddy made a trip to the Island to visit Weezy. Not getting into too much detail, Puff confirmed the visit with MTV and insists that Mr. Carter’s doing fine.

“Wayne is a trooper. Wayne is doing great. It was a personal visit, so I don’t want to get into the details of that. We’re just counting down the days of him getting out. He’s somebody that has been there for me over the years numerous times. I live in New York. It wouldn’t have been right if I didn’t go see him and check on his health and well-being. But the status of where that’s at, that’s his personal business.”

Above is the trailer to the new movie, Holy Rollers. The film’s based on a true story about a Hasidic Jew drug smuggling ring. The movie debuted at Sundance this past January and is set to hit limited theaters on Thursday. In last week’s NY Daily News, star Q-Tip joked about practicing Judaism.

“I’m going to enjoy Sabbath on Saturday, so on Friday at sunset I’m going to turn off my TV, my radio – I’m not going to do anything,” says the rapper, who plays an Ecstasy dealer in a Hasidic community in the flick. “And then when the sun sets on Saturday night, I’m going to raise hell!”

Before Teflon Don hits stores in July, Ross plans to release his new mixtape, Albert Anastasia this Memorial Day weekend. The project is named after the deceased Gambino crime boss. Ross explains to Rap Radar the reasoning behind the title. Apparently, it’s still deeper than rap.

Sidebar: Rick Ross “Show Out”