The temperature reached the high 80s yesterday in New York City, but that didn’t stop Ross from rocking a leather jacket. Ironically though, he didn’t sweat the heat nor the pending lawsuit filed by former drug lord, Rick Ross. On the Hip Hop Honors red carpet, he tersely told Rap Radar, “I don’t have no thoughts on it yet. Uh, I’m a let my people handle that. Other than that we good.” For now. Sidebar: MC Hammer Speaks On Song […]

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[vodpod id=Video.3767868&w=425&h=350&fv=] Christmas came early for two Dream fans a couple days ago in Atlanta. As the tweet states, he gave away two designer handbags in a local mall. Guess the best things in life are free…except Dream’s music of course.

It’s a she thing as Erykah graces the other half of VIBE‘s summer issue. In a excerpt below she defends her creative vision in “Window Seat”. “I look at some other videos. i’m not naming names, because I don’t want that to be mentioned. There is the thing with sexuality. I’m naked for 13 seconds, and these people are naked the whole time and gyrating and saying come “lick on my lollipop,” and “suck on my cinnamon roll,” and, you […]

50 Cent isn’t the only rapper wanting to work with Susan Boyle. Plies tells US he wants to collaborate with the UK singer too. Us: Are there artists you are inspired by and maybe want to work with in the future? Plies: I always bring this up to people and they think I’m just teasin’‚ but Susan Boyle is probably at the top of my list. A lot of people look at that as a far-fetched feature or collaboration. From […]

Yesterday, the paps caught up with Chamillionaire as he left his NYC hotel. Koopa explains why he chose to have his two million dollar Texas home go into foreclosure. Anything beats living with mom dukes.

Cee-Lo lends his vocals to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack. Keep in mind, Lady Killer coming later this year. os

During Kid Cudi’s performance of “Pursuit of Happiness” last week at the Sasquatch Music Festival in Washington, the rapper brought out Michael Sharpe (3:29 mark) on stage. Last year, Cudder mistakenly punched him at a show in Vancouver. All’s well that ends well. ph

Rise n’ shine boys and girls. Early this morning, Eminem appeared on BBC’s Live Lounge with Fearne Cotton. Before a live performance of “Not Afraid” he spoke on collaborating with Rihanna and Pink and his concerts this summer. Part 2: Em mentions wanting to sign Slaughterhouse and performs a medley of “Stan” and “Forever”.

This evening on the Hip Hop Honors red carpet, Shade 45’s Angela Yee and I confronted Juvenile about his alleged cover jack. The venue was a bit noisy, but here’s what he had to say: Juvenile: I don’t know what’s going on, tell me. What’s going on what the talkin’ bout? Well, they’re saying it looks like Drake’s album cover. Oh. I  ain’t see Drake’s album cover. I can’t—I don’t [shrugs]. But did anyone question you about that? Nah. You’re […]