Like a Tiger Woods press conference, T.I. didn’t take any questions but he did speak to the record spinners across the country as promised. Listen up, shawty. Props: DJ Judge Mental

I posted up with the Williams Brothers near the elevators, ’cause this shit was stupid hectic. Damn, shutterbugs. Stay strong, Dwayne. SFTA Earlier: Birdman & Slim Entering Criminal Court

While Tip was on a conference call with the game’s top DJs, the good folks at the NMC got their grubby fingers on his new single before the 5 pm launch. We missed you, Mr. Harris! Splash UPDATE: MC’s Be Warned: Y’all got five months to get your thing together.

In HHC’s second installment of their interview with Steve, he reflects on signing the Wu to Loud and smoking with 2Pac when he crashed at his L.A. Rifkind’s got stories to tell. Previously: Steve Rifkind On Meeting Dame & Trying To Sign Jay-Z

Wayne finally had his day in court this afternoon. Weezy was sentenced today to a year in jail for weapons possession. Before he entered Manhattan Criminal Court, Cash Money CEO’s Birdman and Slim lead the way a few minutes before. Unfortunately, cameras aren’t allowed inside the building. Up top is brief footage of the brothers outside the courthouse. Below is them leaving.

Slim Thug spilled the beans on the Q&A website Formspring that he’s featured on the offical remix to Lloyd Banks’ “Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley”. Doubt this is Banks’ surprise collaboration.

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Let’s try this again. After a week of postponement, Weezy boarded private jet en route to begin his year long jail sentence. In-house “photographer” DJ Scoob Doo‘s been snapping away since this morning. More flicks and footage in the coming hours. Last Week: Lil Wayne’s Road 2 Rikers Photos

There she goes again. This time at an ATL nightspot for Luda’s Battle Of The Sexes release party. Monica, Lil Scrappy, and Diamond were just a few that helped Mr. Bridges celebrate. The battle begins tomorrow. More snaps after the jump. NB via Freddy O

Maino goes ga ga on this new track of unknown origins. Cheers to that and middle fingers to U. Splash

Commemorating XXL‘s Freshmen 10 issue is this mixtape featuring new tracks from the cover subjects. Download it here. Back end on the flipside. Check out J.Cole’s “Who’s World Is This” below.

Here is the second installment of Sport Sundays with Mike Bigga. This week, Mike gives his take on some of his favorite sports heroes. Score! Maurice Garland

You didn’t think J.Cole was gon hold down the newsstand by himself, now. Here’s the second cover from the April/May edition of The Source. Issue drops March 23.

Yesterday morning, film critic Roger Ebert gave Drake props for his name drop in “Over”.  Later on, he added that Drizzy was his granddaughter’s favorite rapper. In 2002, Ebert was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He overcame the disease, but lost the ability to talk, eat or drink. Thumbs down. Heads Up: brokencool

Bad news: Last night marked the debut of T-Pain’s animated show Freaknik: The Musical on Cartoon Network. Voiceovers included Rick Ross, Lil Jon, and Lil Wayne. Good news: Clever satire returns to the channel on May 2nd. Check out the rest of the show after the jump.

On Saturday, Jon accompanied Travis Porter to perform his rendition of “All The Way Trunt Up” at Center Stage in Atlanta. And to think, you thought Crunk was dead. Keepittrill

Cudder turned to his blog today to provide some details on his Snoop Dogg collab that leaked last night and the real person behind the boards.

Tonight the 82nd annual Academy Awards are goin’ down and as you can see the highlight of the evening was Mo’Nique taking home the Oscar for best Female Supporting Actress. Hip-Hop took it to Twitter to congratulate Mo’. Mr. Jackson couldn’t believe it neither. Ha! Video Yardie Gif Omen

Once again, Scotty smokes out with Snoop D-O-Double G. This is possibly off Cudder: The Revolution Of Evolution. Turn up your speakers, roll one up and do your thing. OS x Perajok

Trigga must got some mixtape coming. Today, Tremaine let’s go another goodie, adding his touch to the Usher and Nicki Minaj track. Who’s fuckin’ wit him? Yesterday: New Music: Trey Songz “Lemonade” (Freestyle)