Today, Nick Cannon began his morning drive on New York’s 92.3 Now. On his first day on the job, Nick chopped it up with Hov, Da Snowman, and Trigga. Before discussing the Blueprint 3 Tour, Nick and Jay reminisce on a hilarious, yet, near fatal accident.

Producer Kwame gives a run down of the projects he’s working on for 2010. Some of the artists include Keyshia Cole, Maino, and Nicki Minaj. He also plugs his new artist Beyond Belief.

Damn, homie. Previously: Jim Jones Sets Date

Here’s some much better footage of the young lion from the West Side doin’ his 1-2 thing for the cause. 57th Ave Previously: Nipsey Hussle At Haiti Benefit Concert (L.A.)

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.4511212&w=425&h=350&fv=] Go behind the lens as Game strikes a pose for the cover of the January/ February 2010 isssue of The Source.

T.I.P.’s already home and back on his grind. Producer, Jim Jonsin says T.I. is diligently working on his next LP and hasn’t missed a step. “He was so upbeat, his spirits were up, and he’s excited to be out and working. He hasn’t changed, he sounded exactly like he did when I talked to him months before he went in…He’s back in the studio. I sent him some music via email. He can work during the week and not on […]

Ruff Ryders CEO Waah Dean told HHW that Ruff Ryders Evolution: Generation I is nearly complete and is expected to drop during the 2nd or 3rd quarter of this year. Ride Buy or Die. “We got a couple of nice joints.  It’s gonna be a mixture of the old and new… we got this joint called “Family.” We got a remix on it too and we want to launch the compilation with that. It’s expressing a lot of how families should […]

This is how not to give an on-air interview. Last week, Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, and Trey Songz appeared on New York’s 92.3 FM to promote their upcoming Blueprint 3 Tour. After a series of awkward questions, The Mob Squad turn the tables and toy with host, Chunky. Take a listen. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Sidebar: Trey plugs the BP3 tour to the 1515 Boys and pretends they’re all gonna do a song together.

Recently, Bow Wow’s mom Teresa Caldwell, opened a Twitter account. If that wasn’t bad enough, Bow had to bear tweets like this: *Cringe* Shortly after, the rapper petitioned for mom dukes to expel her account. Unfortunately, Bow’s plea fell on deaf ears. Follow Bow Weezy’s mommy @MsTCaldwell. Gawker

“Fiddle faddlin’?” Ok this is different. Ha. Eat your heart out, Jay Elect, 40 Water’s back with a visual to the first street single from his upcoming Revenue Retrievin due March 30. Don’t worry, it was all a dream. I can dig it. WSHH

“I’ll cut your face have you lookin’ like Seal nigga” Here’s some slow dark demented shit from H-Town’s trillest and two Southern heavyweights. Might be on dude’s upcoming Tha Truth. If not, it should be. NR

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.4510047&w=425&h=350&fv=] Is it trailer Tuesdays up in this bitch? I see Khaled switched up the album art. I’m actually lookin’ forward to hearing this album. Miami’s loudest talks so much impassioned shit, he’s got me convinced this one might actually be good from beginning to end. Gonna hit up Def Jam, so I can get a… Listennn. Ha! DGBLOG Update: Take a gander at the cover courtesy of OnSmash.

Directed by Jason Goldwatch (The Wizard of Eyes) with cinematography by Robot The Magnificent, this visual is from Jay’s upcoming film/music project with Decon. Yup dude’s not your average rap cat. Ha!

“I wanna rock like Pookie so here comes the New Jack/ Ludacris reincarcerated like 2 Pac” Actually a lil more than a freestyle, ‘Cris was clever enough to throw his verse in the middle of the Kings G Mix between Jay and Snoop. Off that Conjure mixtape. And you do know that. UHTN

Konichiwa! Thank God for translators because I was just as lost as she was. AK took her album promo overseas to the land of the rising sun and appeared on Japanese television show Sukkiri.  AK speaks on working with Beyoncé and what she admires about Japan. Below she performs, “Doesn’t Mean Anything”. Worldwide baby! Spotted: HHNM

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.917005&w=425&h=350&fv=] Before he was the Mighty Mos Def, he was the actor, Dante Beze, who played the role of Dante in the 1992 television series, The Cosby Mysteries. The show might not of lasted long, but Mos’ rap career sure did and it’s going strong. We see you Flaco. Heads Up: NR x Dustin Canalin

After tackling the Summit Of The Summit, Lupe is currently penning a track to support Haiti. More unseen pictures from his recent climb after the jump. LupE.N.D.

Memphis’ finest keeps laying down the heat. And this time around over a nice soul-sampled track. Hutch! TNT

Yesterday at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, Nip Hussle headlined the Cool Relief: Haiti Benefit Concert. In the clip above, he performs “Hussle In The House” and “They Roll”. Dubs up.

Our video rips are buggin’ right now, but here’s Clef losin’ his composure as he speaks directly to his people. Sidebar: Clef collabos with Starbucks.