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Apparently, Rick Ross has been in Wiz’s ear about signing him to his Maybach Music label. In this portion of MTV’s RapFix Live, Rozay makes a public plea. So what’s it going to be Wiz, deal or no deal?

“You know, Wiz, what’s happening, this is the Boss, Ricky Ross, Teflon Don. You know we spoke of this in the last week or two, but my question is even more personal that I’d love to ask you right now. What would it take for us to close the deal, Wiz Khalifa and Maybach Music?

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UPDATE: You snooze you lose. Atlantic Records beat cha to the punch.

Simon says get the fuck up and pay attention. In this portion of How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC, Pharoahe Monch shares his writing process behind the 1999 hit. Now girls, rub on your titties. Yeeah!

50 continued his promo rounds for his new movie Twelve and appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. He spoke on his role and his eagerness to work with director Joel Schumacher. Movie hits theaters August 6th.

Kendrick reps for his city and homies on this new track. Even without a co-sign from Kanye, this is good music.

Jay-Z’s got Obama on the text, but Obama’s got Jay-Z in his ears. Yesterday on The View, when President Barack Obama was asked about the music in his iPod, Hov was the first artist mentioned followed by Frank Sinatra and Maria Callas. Eclectic taste. Maybe next time, he’ll quote one of Jigga’s lyrics or mention his favorite song.

Crown Royal isn’t only a smooth whiskey, but it’s also the title of Pastor Troy and DJ Scream’s new mixtape. Drink to that. Download it at live mixtapes and peep the tracklist below.

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Mike Tyson gave a candid interview for Sports Illustrated‘s annual, Where Are They Now issue. The magazine’s on newsstands now, but SI already threw up a couple excerpts. Read a couple below.

SI: I imagine you have a few stories from your days as a junkie.
Mike Tyson: Listen: I was in St. Tropez, in the South of France. In Ibiza, Spain. I was in Monte Carlo. I was in the Ukraine, Russia, all those places, for three months. From Russia I went to Lisbon, Portgual, from Portugal I went to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam I met this drug dealer, right? And he sees that I like getting high, and he wants to be my buddy, right? This guy goes and gets me a big rock of cocaine. So pretty soon I got a party going on. I got everything: I got these rugby players. I got these naked girls, I got all these … everything’s going on in the room. Plus I also had this girl with me that I picked up in Romania. But then [the dealer he met in Amsterdam] saw how much of a mess I was. He came in and kicked everybody out of my room! All the nude people, all the people having sex. He said, “I feel so bad I ever gave him that stuff.”

SI: How about in Las Vegas? What would your typical day in Vegas be like?
Tyson: This is how the day would start: I would go to a club, at say, 2 o’clock [a.m.]. Hang out there for what, two hours, and then I’d go to the after-hours [clubs], that start at 6 o’clock [a.m.]. So I’d stay there from 6 in the morning to 7:30 at night. I’d be sitting down and drinking and doing cocaine, talking to girls … doing anything. Everything. Then I make it home and I’m tripping out at home. I’m calling people, I’m tired, but I’ve got people coming in and we’re making plans to go out a few hours later. We’re getting high, staying up, [doing] cocaine. Somebody would be calling me: “Come hang out with me.” So we would go out and get high, till 11 o’clock [p.m.] or something, then go somewhere, to a bar or somewhere. We might go to a club, then get high all day long.

SI: You got involved with prostitutes.
Tyson: Listen, I was living a crazy life. A [prostitute] would go, “There’s that guy who hit me the other day, who took money from me the other day, who intimidated me.” And [that guy] had to give some money up. [I'd say,] “This is my girl, man. She works for me now. This is my girl now.” That’s how it was. I wanted to show loyalty to these people. I was so stupid. I’d say, “If you have a problem, just let me know.” And all these guys would say, “What’s Mike Tyson going to do [to me]?” It was always like that until I got in their fuckin’ ass. I’m a nice man, but back then, I wasn’t. I’m not proud of it.

Patience is a virtue and Juelz explains to WV Soul Magazine why we still haven’t seen some of his projects like his Reagan Era mixtape nor the “Home Run” video with Lil Wayne. Ay! Let’s go Santana.

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Sidebar: Jada Talks Producers on Top Five Dead Or Alive LP With WV Soul Magazine.

Finally! The amazing collaboration off Bun B’s new album is here. There is a God! I can sleep tonight.

UPDATE: At the 1:48 mark, Bun explains the origins of Pac and Pimp’s vocals.

Here is the artwork for Usher’s Raymond v Raymond Deluxe Edition. The double-disc project drops the same day as his Versus EP. Usher mania on August 24th. Tracklist after the jump.

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