Lupe Fiasco made his way to Beantown earlier today and kicked it with DJ Hustle Simmons. Their conversation lasted over 30 minutes (gheesh!), but here’s a synopsis of what they disccused. Hustle sits down with Lupe Fiasco & discusses various things, ranging from Lupe’s first Hip Hop influence & memory, Ramadan, his new album (Food & Liquor 2), his charity foundation & much more.

2 Chainz’s birthday is two months away. But today, he releases his born day anthem featuring Kanye West. Chainz will probably have his cake and eat it too, but this is one celebration worth passing. Based On A T.R.U. Story coming August 14th. Purchase the song on iTunes here. Sidebar: Conference call below

Casey Veggies is currently on tour as Big K.R.I.T.’s opening act. Here are some of his escapades from their Midwest excursion.

The Doggfather transforms into Snoop Lion for this track off his upcoming album, Reincarnated. The song’s produced by Diplo and fittingly enough, was recorded in Jamaica. Too bad he forgot to leave it in customs.

“Used to shop at T.J. Maxx back in ’83, I don’t even know if it was open then…” Attention T.J. Maxx shoppers, hours after Jay-Z’s “3 Kings” verse hit the ‘net, the department store responded via their Twitter account that they opened in 1977. Popping tags 35 years strong.

2 Chainz was in NY last night and hooked up with Wyclef Jean. The duo seem like an unlikely pair, but here’s brief footage from their studio session. Uh, nice freestyle Clef.

Birdman’s down with that black hoodie rap too. This is probably part of a full song, but for now it’s labeled as a “Bed Over Bed” freestyle. Be’lee dat.

CyHi held a release party in the A the other night for his new mixtape, The Ivy League. Guests include Sean Faylon, Maurice Garland, and of course, the 3 Little Digs.

Grand revealing, grand closing. A day after Swizz Beatz was exposed as the head of the file sharing website Megaupload, the site has reportedly been shut down with employees indicted. No word if Swizz was charged. More details to come. UPDATE: Swizz not named in indictment. UPDATE 2: Megaupload lawyer says Swizz was in negotiations but never made CEO. UPDATE 3: Not so fast, FEDS looking to pursue Swizz.

After years of putting in work independently, Tech N9ne earned his first gold single with “Caribou Lou“. The song appeared on his 2006 album, Everready (The Religion). Says Tech: It