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King Kendrick and the crew. On sale April 30. Cop it, ya bish.

RESPECT.

Once again back is the incredible. For RESPECT.‘s 3rd year anniversary, J.Cole returns to the front cover. Issue hits newsstands November 27th. YN explains the cover selection below.

Welp, the cat is out the bag on who’s taking RESPECT.‘s next cover. Before the final product is unveiled on August 28, here’s a look on how it all came about.

You think YN’s gonna sell some issues? Man, you already know. Ha! In stores 5.29.12

Birdman gets his mean mug on for the next issue of RESPECT. Issue drops March 6th. Be’ lee dat.

The online division of RESPECT. caught up with Mr. Machine Gun Kelly. He spoke on his recent session with DMX and joining Drake on stage.

Longevity’s everything. And you’ve worked with some pretty crazy artists lately. You were in the studio with DMX and then you performed with Drake. DMX’s voice is crazy when you hear him just talking. You think he got made fun of as a kid with that voice?
Yeah, DMX is the realest person I’ve ever met in my life. He’s exactly what he says he is.

It must have been surreal.
Yeah, he actually came in when I was on top of a table rapping one of his songs, so it was like an awkwardly good moment.

And Drake brought you out to perform “Wild Boy” in Cleveland. What does someone like Drake mean to hip-hop? He shows so much love to everyone? He embraces all the younger artists.
It’s fucking cool. It’s tight. You know, I learned from that. I learn from him when he speaks how he does, when he acts how he does towards other artists. It definitely makes me mature as a young artist, it makes me be like, “Okay, maybe shunning people is not the route.” Not that I do that, per se, but I definitely do have a lot of competitiveness in my blood, where I’ll be like, “Shit, muthafucker, I want that number one spot.” But when you see Drake who has the number one spot so willingly give it all, it’s cool.

Your boy is back with the dude who raps for Hovi-Hov’s label. Light-skinned Jermaine earned this look, son. And as you can see the rest of the story line-up is clean and mean. New RESPECT. hits stands next Tues. Nov 29. Cop Cole cover!

Along with the lifestyle editors Coffey and Smiley, Maino dressed to impressed during his fashion shoot for the latest issue of RESPECT. magazine. Do remember, the issue is on newsstands now.

Jay and Kanye aren’t doin’ any press but I still got something to say about the album everyone is and should be talkin’ about. Issue on stands Sept. 6.

If you haven’t picked up the latest issue of RESPECT., DJ Khaled’s interview is now available online. Peruse the feature after the jump and cop We The Best Forever tomorrow.

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