Macklemore waves a rainbow flag in support of homosexuality acceptance with his new recording. Below, he issues a statement about the song.

From the four corners of his bedroom, Hopsin gets some things off his chest in his new video. Although his flow is reminiscent of Eminem’s early years, lyrically, his mind is on par.

Here’s something different from Duck Tape Enternmaint’s Trouble. Remember kids: say no to drugs and Auto-Tune choruses.

         Meek appeared on 106 & Park yesterday to debut his video “Amen“. At the 3:00 mark of his interview, he responds to the Philadelphia boycott surrounding the song and apologizes if anyone was offended. In a statement, boycott leader Pastor Johnson ended his protest and embraced the rapper’s apology. “This apology was the condition for lifting the Call-To-Action boycott. While I have made the choice not to listen to or support any artist that promotes blasphemy or misogyny in […]

Bay Area rapper Locksmith made his debut on Sway In The Morning and tackled whatever beat DJ Wonder threw at him. Tahiry seemed impressed.

A week after the digital release of Frank Ocean’s solo debut Channel Orange, HDD estimates that the album sold 130, 945 copies. With the tangible version in stores today, expect the number to increase by next week. Official tally tomorrow. UPDATE: #2 On Billboard with 131,000 copies.

photo: michael feeney Hours before the release of Nas’ album, Life Is Good, Team Epiphany spearheaded the Moët Rose Lounge event last night in NYC’s meatpacking district. Yours truly bailed at the last minute, but Hov, Beyonce, Busta Rhymes, Jermaine Dupri, Swizz Beatz, No I.D. and a host of others were in attendance. Q-Tip and DJ Wonder handled DJ duties. Here are a few pics from the night’s festivities.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are globetrotting this fall with The Heist World Tour. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 20th. on macklemore.com. But wait there’s more. The duo plan to also release their independent debut, The Heist on October 9th. Stick up kids are out to tax.

Gunplay’s 106 & Snort has been on hold for a minute, but today it shows signs of life with a new freestyle over Dre’s classic. Short, yet sweet. x

Following up his collaboration with mentor John Legend, Dunson returns with a new video in support of his forthcoming mixtape, The Investment. Check ya return on July 31st.