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Kid Cudi To Quit Music After 4-5 Albums

We’ve heard this before. NY Mag caught up with Scottie last night at his HBO series How To Make It In America’s screening in NYC and the rapper/actor says after about 4 or 5 albums, he will more than likely put down the mic and pick up the script. “I’m trying to evenly balance them out right now, but eventually I want to leave behind music and just do acting,” he said. “I only got into the music business to tell […]

DJ Skee Is Disappointed In Drake

Guest bloggin’ for XXL, Sirius XM’s DJ Skee gave his opinion that Drake should have never signed with a major label. Guess you only get one chance to change the music industry. Whether you agree or not, it’s an interesting piece. Here’s a sample. I don’t mean to give away the secrets on what I’m working on, but imagine going to company X, who cuts a check to have Drake be a spokesperson for the brand, then pays to create […]

Hip-Hop Reacts To John Mayer Controversy

In case you were sleepin’ under a rock or a foot of snow today, John Mayer’s recent provocative interview with Playboy magazine has become a national scandal. In the article, he uses the “N-word” and compares his penis to a white supremacist. Yup, fun stuff. Anyways, as you can imagine Twitter was on fire today with folks observations. Here’s what our culture had to say. After laying low for most of day, Mayer’s back on Twitter addressing the drama. Stay […]

New Music: Big Pun x Styles P “Banned From The Net”

In case you missed it, this was the exclusive snippet from yesterday’s Toca Tuesdays show. The final version of this song will feature Joell Ortiz and possibly one or two more MC’s. It’s from the upcoming Pun project above which now will be pushed back a few more weeks so it can be released on iTunes. All proceeds will go to Liza Rios and the kids.

Kid N’ Play Reunite On Mo’Nique Show

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Lil Wayne’s Back In The Lab

Fresh from his day in a New York court, Weezy hit the studio back in Florida late last night. Once again, Lil Twist’s Ustream channel was there to document. Too bad most of the audio was turned off when Mr. Carter was on camera. Oh well, here’s a quick look at the artist at work. No Orajel needed.

J Dilla & Big Pun Tribute On Toca Tuesday

On last night’s edition of Toca Tuesdays, Tony Touch did a tribute to the late J Dilla and Big Pun. The four hour show brought out the whole gang including Questlove, Black Thought, Q-Tip, Just Blaze, Sean C & LV, Green Lantern, Juju of The Beatnuts, Buckwild, DJ Soul, and Young Lord. Even Busta and N.O.R.E. phoned in. Full show below and more pics after the jump. Hour 1: ?uestlove Set | Hour 2: Busta call-in/Black Thought and Q-Tip Freestyle | Hour […]

Kanye’s Jay Leno Knockout

On his final program last night before he returns to The Tonight Show, Leno imagined what if Donda’s baby boy popped him in the nose for being disrespectful. Plenty of folks feel like it shoulda went down like that. Ouch. TMZ