Ferg lets his taco meat hang out on the cover of his debut set, Trap Lord. Album drops on August 20th. After the jump, Rocky takes MTV behind the scenes of “Phoenix”.

The Boss made his small screen debut two days ago on the STARZ original series, Magic City. He played numbers runner, Butterball. He held a screening on at Eventi hotel rooftop and invited Meek Mill, Fabolous, DJ Khaled, Rocko, Estelle, Angela Yee, DJ Self, Craig Kallman and others. Photographs after the jump.

Harry Belafonte appeared on MSNBC yesterday to discuss the Dream Defenders initiative and Stand Your Ground law in Florida. Afterward, the conversation shifted to Jay-Z’s criticism of him in his interview with YN. Last year, Belafonte told The Hollywood Reporter that Hov and Beyoncé “turned their back on social responsibility”. He later said he was willing to meet with the couple to iron out their differences.

Ransom is all by himself out on this new recording produced by ThaRawReal. The track takes an interesting turn at the 2:35 mark where Ran talks about his relationship with Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne and DJ Clue.

Strange things are happening. And while driving through the streets of New York, Bizzy opens his third eye. Off his ‘84 coming soon.

Birdman and co. flocked to Perfections nightclub in Queens last night for the Rich Gang album release. Power 105.1’s DJ Self monitored the festivities and captured all the booty shaking madness.

Utilizing Janet Jackson’s “I Get Lonely”, Hit Boy’s duo Audio Push deliver Sway the latest track off their forthcoming project, Come As You Are.  The Drake comparisons are almost unavoidable.

The apologies keep rolling in. Following Timbaland’s statements regarding posthumous Aaliyah recordings, the producer apologized via Twitter for referencing Chris Brown’s collaboration, “Don’t Think They Know“. Oddly enough, Chris wrote a song last night called, “Go To War For Ya”.

Yep, Trina’s ass is still fat. And today, she falls back on her money maker with Meek Mill. As Mr. North pointed out, the artwork features the Coke Boys logo which leads us to believe that Katrina is probably in bed with French Montana. Pun intended.

Looks like Cupid’s arrow has struck DJ Khaled. During his interview with MTV, Khaled confesses his love for Nicki Minaj and offers his hand in marriage. Surely, that’s the kind of ring Nicki can retire from.