Music pioneer Chuck Brown, died today in D.C. after being hospitalized for pneumonia. He was 75.

Although he was known as the “Godfather Of Go-Go”, Brown influenced and inspired countless acts out of the Washington D.C area. His sound hit a high note in 2002 when Nelly sampled his hit, “Bustin Loose” for “Hot Herre”.

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Nick rolls out the first video off his forthcoming LP by tackling the issues on teen bullying from one’s appearance to sexual preference. Hopefully, this helps end the slander that Amaya gets on Twitter.

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Following Big K.R.I.T.’s Live from the Underground listening session yesterday at Fight Klub in NYC, he popped a squat with Jacques Morel over at DJ Booth. He spoke on his upcoming debut album, Country Cousins mixtape status and working with B.B. King. Sha Money what up!

You might remember hearing this track on the recent mixtape, The Campaign but Trae now gives us the dirty version of his freestyle which features Lil Duval adding some comic relief to the track.

Off Paypa’s Henny On The Rocks II, Rae, Nick Ds and JD Era all join him on the tube for their feature presentation. Don’t touch that dial, but you can download the mixtape here.

If you didn’t think Drizzy’s Club Paradise was big enough, well it just got bigger. The L.E.P. Bogus Boys announced on their Facebook page that they will join Drake’s tour. No exact dates yet on which dates they will be performing, but we should find out soon enough.

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Dee Vazquez corners P for her latest PROFILE series. Get to know the H.N.I.C. from cooking up marvelous shit in the kitchen to having Hav at the top of his phone list (no stolen phone though).

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Nasir showed us on his recent track, that he strives to be one of the world’s greatest dads. Complex takes us to the L.A. set where he recently shot the Chis Robinson-directed flick with his daughter.

Trouble rounded up his band of brothers and gave MTV a breakdown of his latest mixtape, 431 Days. Compared to his previous efforts, Trouble stepped it up this go around. If you haven’t done so, download it here.

“ATL” (featuring Alley Boy). “We basically just tellin’ these folks what it is for real on ‘ATL.’ Where I came from as a jit all the way up to this point.”

“U Don’t Deserve Dat.” “I’m basically just tellin’ like for the females who be sittin’ around gettin’ beat up by dudes and still stay, I’m tellin’ y’all, y’all don’t deserve that. For dudes that are good dudes … who be sittin’ at home and their women out freakin’, doin’ what they doin, I’m tellin’ him he don’t deserve that. And I’m goin’ into specifics about that in my verses.”

Pill will be releasing his next mixtape, Over The Counter Drugs soon. But until then, he sits down and pours out some mixed emotions on the game with its latest offering.