Rap Radar

In the same vein as the first installment, Meek blows off some steam for the front of his follow-up. Dreamchasers 2 arrives May 7.

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Rostrum Records’ dynamic duo is hitting the road again this summer for their Under The Influence Of Music Tour. And they’re also bringing Chevy Woods and TDE’s Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q along for the ride.

“I’m really excited for this tour, for the fans and as a fan of music myself.  It’s gonna be trippy!” said Khalifa. “I’m excited to go on a tour like this because it brings a group of individuals together to move across the country as a unit to showcase great music,” adds Miller.

Tour begins July 26th in Cincinnati. Check out the rest of the dates after the jump.

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Uh oh, it is his fault. On May 14th, Mystikal will return to jail for three months. The Cash Money rapper violated his probation when he was arrested in February on a domestic abuse charge. In 2010, Mystikal was released after serving six years for sexual battery and extortion.

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2Pac’s back. And thanks to Nick Smith of AV Concepts, he brought him back last night at Coachella. MTV interviewed Smith on how he resurrected Afeni’s baby boy.

“We worked with Dr. Dre on this and it was Dre’s vision to bring this back to life,” said Nick Smith, president of AV Concepts, the San Diego company that created the hologram. It was his idea from the very beginning and we worked with him and his camp to utilize the technology to make it come to life. You can take their likenesses and voice and … take people that haven’t done concerts before or perform music they haven’t sung and digitally recreate it.

The Tupac hologram was several months in the planning and took nearly four months to create in a studio and though Smith was not able to reveal the exact price tag for the illusion, he said a comparable one could cost anywhere from $100,000 to more than $400,000 to pull off. “I can’t say how much that event cost, but I can say it’s affordable in the sense that if we had to bring entertainers around the world and create concerts across the country, we could put [artists] in every venue in the country,”

Kiss checked in with YN’s Keep It Thoro show last night to discuss his business relationship with Michael Jordan, upcoming Consignment mixtape, his new hairdo and working with DJ Khaled and Kanye West.

Peep playlist and whole show here.

Preparing for Coachella, K-Dot phoned Bootleg Kev to discuss his new single, writing for and working with Dr. Dre, his upcoming album and more. For those waiting on a mixtape prior to the LP, don’t expect one.

Now that we are finally getting that 50 Cent/Gangsta Grillz mixtape, The Lost Tape soon, DJ Drama spoke to The Boombox on how the idea came about.

“We ran into each other at my party out there. I think I said a joke to him real quick about [doing a Gangsta Grillz tape], like, ‘You playing…,’ because a while ago we were supposed to be doing a G-Unit tape that never happened and we’ve been discussing some things. I was with his man Rene from G-Unit, went backstage after the show and mentioned it to him. But after that we never really spoke…People were calling, saying 50 went on Twitter and said he ’bout to drop the tape. So I was like, ‘Cool. It’s real.’ It’s good, because him doing that created a lot of anticipation and excitement and I’m looking forward to it.”

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Not too long after inking her multi-million deal with Pepsi, more endorsements keep coming for Nicki. Most recently, Adidas has tapped YMCMB’s first-lady as the new face for their new 2012 Fall/Winter campaign.

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Just Blaze has joined The Combat Jack Show team and last night’s special guest was DJ Premier. They touched on everything including Guru, Christina Aguilera, upcoming projects, the rumors on his project with Nas and much more. It’s only just begun.

UPDATE: Footage now included

G.O.O.D. Music’s newest addition phoned into Hot 97′s morning show. He spoke the deal, The Last Zulu, as well as 2 Chainz, his and African roots.