Rap Radar

Last night, Wale made his return to Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. This time, he brought along Tiara Thomas for their first televised performance of “Bad”. The Gifted drops June 25.

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TDE’s Q participated in yesterday’s Boost Mobile and Sneaker Pimps’ “Battle Royale” showcase at L.A.’s Avalon. During his set, he gave his first live performance of his new single. Sounds just as good live.

Tyler brought his Wolf tour over to Brooklyn’s Music of Williamsburg last night. Above, Earl Sweatshirt joins him on stage for a live performance of “Whoa”.

Before Jimmy Fallon makes his way to the Tonight Show, Wiz Khalifa and Akon made an appearance last night with current host, Jay Leno. While there, the duo gave the first televised performance of “Let It Go”. Download O.N.I.F.C.

Along with Rakim, Rae planted his Wu flag last night at Stage 48. While performing ”Guillotine (Swordz)”, the Genius came out swinging with his verse. Chef then treats the crowd with a new track. Poisonous.

Jean Grae visits Sway In The Morning over at Shade 45 to give an in-studio performance of “This Morning” and “U&Me&EveryOneWeKnow”. Nice dance moves, Sway. After the break, she discusses her Cake Or Death project and the negative responses of Bey’s “Bow Down”.

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Sak pase! During the Rhyme & Reason showcase in Austin last week, Clef hit the stage for a freebie before seguing into his performance. Oh, I guess that premiere is still on too. Somebody say, “Oh yeah!”.

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Canadian Music Week continued last night at The Sound Academy when Rae recited OB4CL live. While performing “Ice Cream”, T-Dot’s own Kardinal rapped Meth’s part. Watch these rappers get all up in ya guts.

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Earlier this week, Ms. Swift brought her Red tour to the Scottrade Center for two nights. As she’s done before, the country singer brought out Nelly, but luckily for y’all, it was for ”Hey Porsche”.

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Last night, BET aired their 9th annual Rip The Runway, which took place at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom last month. As models showcased this year’s hottest lines, Rozay and Meek Mill help provide the musical entertainment. More performances from Trinidad James, Omarion and Jaden Smith below.

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