Last week, Complex chopped it up with Rakim Allah. During their interview The 18th Letter touched on his recent Rock-N-Roll Hall Of Fame Nomination. Inductees will be announced soon, but it’s not too late to cast your vote here. Recently, you were nominated for a spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. What was your reaction when you heard the news? I was speechless. You can almost say, “Yeah, I made it,” getting nominated to that right there. It’s […]

[vodpod id=Video.15652036&w=540&h=350&fv=] Childish Gambino appeared on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and performed his lead single,”Bonfire”. Black and white music? Now that’s a mixtape. Ha! On Thursday, he also performed before a sold out crowd at Terminal 5 in NYC. Head to Camp on November 15th. itsthebino

Don’t call it a comeback. Well, actually, you can. Jeezy held a listening session for TM 103 last night inside an intimate room at Quad Studios. Despite the setbacks, pushbacks, and everything else in between, the album is worth the wait. It’s less political than The Recession but more diverse than TM 102. The tracklist has been updated as well. Highlights include Jill Scott’s jive talk on “Trap”, “OJ”, the radio-ready “Leave Ya Alone”,  “Smoke And Fuck”, and of course, […]

[vodpod id=Video.15646542&w=540&h=350&fv=affiliateSiteId%3D176704%26widgetId%3D495995%26width%3D628%26height%3D386%26playOnLoad%3D0%26revision%3D131%26js%3D1%26autoPlay%3D0%26mediaURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.bet.com%252Fvideo%252F106andpark%252F106guestrewind%252F106park808-common-s1%252F_jcr_content%252Fleftcol%252Fvideoplayer.mrss%253Ftype%253Dembed%26allowFullScreen%3Dtrue%26] Common returned to 106 & Park yesterday afternoon to promote his new series, Hell On Wheels. He spoke on debuting on the New York Times Bestseller list, Happy Feet, and the excellent “Blue Sky”.

No major label? No problem. Mac Miller makes his cover debut on this week’s edition of Billboard. Rumble young man, rumble! Blue Slide Park drops November 8th. Cover feature available to read here. No album out, yet emerging “Donald Trump” rapper Mac Miller’s already racked up quite the teenage cult. Will sold-out live crowds and a million+ Twitter followers (and an overall social push) translate into sales for his indie-label debut LP? Our writer went full-on “Almost Famous” on the […]

Shawty Redd can breathe easier now after a Georgia judge cleared him of murder charges. Early last year, Redd fatally shot an acquaintance inside his Hampton, GA home. According to Redd’s lawyer, Ashutosh Joshi: “The defense [in the trial] was clearly self-defense,” Joshi told MTV News. “We argued that Redd’s life was threatened both verbally and physically, and this occurred in his home and that he shot this gentleman as a result of that.”

By now, we all heard Common’s diatribe at the end of his latest recording, “Sweet“. XXL got Lonnie on the horn to discusses his blind attack. When I heard “Sweet” I though to myself, “I haven’t heard Common talk shit like that since One Day It’ll All Make Sense.” What made you bring that old Common back? Common: It’s funny you say the old Common, ‘cause one of my boys said, “Man, you remind me of when you was at […]

Actor Donald Glover b.k.a. Childish Gambino appeared on Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning. After promoting his upcoming album Camp, he freestyled to DJ Wonder’s “5 Fingers Of Death”. Meet your lyrical exercise.

[vodpod id=Video.15642951&w=540&h=350&fv=] Irv Gotti’s got some backing. After pitching for the presidency at Def Jam last month, Jadakiss, who is signed to the label, told MTV that he thinks the Murder Inc. CEO would be a good fit. Hail to the chief? “He said a lot of stuff that doesn’t get said. He was able to [vent] without hating on the record labels or channeling any hate. … Everything he said — me being on the inside looking out and […]

A couple days after Yelawolf called out Machine Gun Kelly, MGK responds and says he has no problem with Yelawolf. Wheew. Now that’s over with, back to our regularly scheduled programming. wshh