During a visit to Columbia College Chicago, B.o.B. spoke on making beautiful music with Marshall Mathers. He also addressed  how Atlantic Records is trying to get him to sign a 360 deal. Damn shame. Performance footage after the cut. iLLRoots

Yesterday via Twitter, Jazzy Jeff revealed that he and Will turned down the lead roles in the House Party trilogy. Imagine that. Is it too late to switch?!

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3510815&w=425&h=350&fv=] For the third time, Fat Joe addresses his conflict with Big Pun’s widow, Liza Rios. Joe says he doesn’t make a dime off Pun and doesn’t exploit his legacy with tribute videos and shitty remixes. Got that, Mr. Combs? Previously: Home Invasion: Green Lantern Interviews Fat Joe

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3510358&w=425&h=350&fv=] Backstage at the Orange Rock Corps concert in a London, Nasir skirts questions about his absence on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx  2 and “Empire State of Mind.” Smarten up Nas, opportunity comes once in a lifetime. Props: PunchBowl Update: Some live footage of Nas’ from the show. Props: London To MK

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Last night at the Hollywood Palladium in Cali-Forn-I-A, Kanye performed for the first time since crashing Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMA‘s. It was a star-studded “Common & Friends” benefit show, so the Chi duo had to perform their verses off  “Make Her Say.” More of the greatest performance of all time, after the jump. Yikes: fuckkerihilson

Can’t believe this went down in mi barrio and I missed it. Fail. After weeks of waiting, yesterday, 50 & Co. finally held their concert in the parking lot of P.S. 40. Fif ran through mixtape favorites and some new material. More after the cut. Props: ICE

Without the enigmatic Blue Rasberry, Beans and The Chef cook up a visual for their track off OB4CL2. Vibe with it, y’all. WSHH

Birdman and his flock, splash in cash in his latest video off Priceless. Irony, personified. Props: NR via Blaqshep Update: Vimeo is buggin’. YouTube replacement courtesy of The Maguire.

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3497040&w=425&h=350&fv=] Once again, The Teacha contradicts himself. While on the red carpet at Hip Hop Honors, Kris pays homage to Def Jam, but says the label contributed to the culture’s demise. “Def Jam is the dopest label in hip-hop, in the culture of hip-hop,” he said. “There really would be no hip-hop as we know it today if it wasn’t for Def Jam. But you don’t get that respect without also being the label that single-handedly destroyed hip-hop. Every […]