[vodpod id=Video.11650976&w=540&h=350&fv=] Rakim celebrated the 25th anniversary of Paid In Full two nights ago with two shows at the Blue Note Jazz Club in Manhattan. Backstage, MTV caught up with the God and his esteemed back-up band, The Roots, as they spoke on the event. “The Roots is hip-hop royalty right now,” Rakim said. “From what they do, what they bring to the table, for them to holla at me, put this together, invite me out, that let me know, […]

On Tuesday, Droga5, the advertising company responsible for marketing Jay-Z’s Decoded won an Outdoor Grand Prix Award for the campaign. Here’s footage of Bing doing a breakdown on the promo of the book. Check out the Double R at the 2:18 mark. Homie, we major. Ha! jasfly

[vodpod id=Video.11640593&w=540&h=350&fv=] A few weeks back, Kid Cudi released his new video directed by actor, Shia LaBeouf. During a press run for Transformers 3, Shia explains how the clip came together. “[Cage] is one of my good friends. Cage, Chris Palko, and I had been trying to make a movie about him for a while,” LaBeouf explained. “Cudi hit [Cage] up and did a song with him. Cage sent me the song, called ‘Maniac,’ so initially, we started prepping this […]

In the wake of the Frank Ocean road rage incident, Chris Brown extended an olive branch to him and the rest of Odd Future. Tyler seems to be down. Time to numb this pain.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”methodman_ink”] Tical recently stopped by the Wooster Street Social Club for a cameo appearance on TLC’s reality series, NY Ink. While there, he got the Killa Beez logo tatted on his forearm. Be sure to check out the show tonight at 10 PM.

Buju Banton was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a 2009 cocaine deal. His first time in court ended in a mistrial but in his second this past February, he was found guilty on the charges. Following his release, he will also have to serve five years of probation. That’s not an easy road. bbc

12 years after Shyne shot the club up, Diddy has settled the civil suits filed by three of the victims. According to the NY Post, Puff paid the most seriously injured bystander Natania Reuben $1.8 million while the other two clubgoers were paid $500,000 and $50,000. That’s that Dirty money.

Rick Ross took the last plane to Paris and performed in front of 6,000 at the Zénith. 22h22 was there and filmed a majority of the show. More film under the cut.

This is a dope concept. Ice Cube recently hooked up with RareInk for a memorabilia venture that turns his likeness and inspired content into art pieces. On the some of the prints Cube uses his hand print as a signature. Each print is limited with 10% of all proceeds goin’ to the Minority AIDS charity. Check out more videos on Rare Ink’s YouTube channel.

Following yesterday’s arrest, Jimmy Henchmen plead not guilty during his hearing at Brooklyn Federal Court. He was considered a flight risk and denied bail. According to various reports, Henchmen was apprehended with five BlackBerries, an iPad, two false driver’s licenses and a fake passport. Henchman is accused of being a conspirator in a cocaine distribution network. He’s currently being held at Metropolitan Department Correctional (MDC) Facility in Brooklyn, coincidentally, the same jail housing Dexter Issac who accused Henchmen of orchestrating […]