[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”cole-espn-bbtn”] Not too long ago, ESPN reached out to J.Cole to revamp their theme song for Baseball Tonight. Check out the end results in the clip above. Sounds like he knocked this one out the park.

[vodpod id=Video.10033836&w=540&h=350&fv=id%3Dv221558899%26amp%3BshareEnable%3D1] Didn’t see this one coming. Seven months after the release of Hunger For More 2, Banks finally releases a video for one of the album’s standout tracks. Which by the way was mastered at Engine Room Audio. Sweet visual too. hhnm

Beyonce’s the fuckin’ best. Here’s the second official single from her new album 4. It’s penned by Babyface and produced by Symbolyc One. If you remember, he and Bey were in the studio earlier this year. Album drops June 28th. missinfo

Let me get cha up to speed old timer. Kreayshawn is an up-and-comer from Oakland affiliated with Lil B and Odd Future. A few days ago, Miss Info said she signed a million dollar contract with Sony based on the song above. This afternoon, Complex posted an in-depth interview with her where she says the deal has yet to be completed. “[As far as the deal with Sony] nothing is finalized yet. But we’ve definitely been taking a whole bunch […]

The Slaughters are at the House of Blues in Los Angeles tonight and want you to come through. Show starts at 10PM. No opening bands. You know the drill, hit us up at [email protected] with your full name and we’ll hook ya up. Good luck. UPDATE: Contest over. Props to Ron, Nicole, Bryant, John, and Terrell.

The Chocolate Boy Wonder and Kamaal The Abstract kicked things of this past Saturday for the start of the Fort Greene Festival in Brooklyn. If you missed out, here’s footage from the event courtesy of Blow!.

This was uploaded to YouTube earlier this month, but we’re just now getting wind of it. While at the Academy of American Poets in NYC, Oscar winning actor Adrien Brody paid homage to Biggie by reciting the lyrics to his classic track, “10 Crack Commandments“. This clip is strictly for my hustlin’ niggas. lowkey

It’s a house party and everyone’s invited. With Tiara Thomas on the acoustics, Wale brings forth the visual aid for track 19 off last year’s mixtape, More About Nothing. Let’s get high and check it out.

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Although T.I.’s currently serving an 11 month sentence at Forrest City Correctional Facility in Arkansas, he celebrated this Memorial Day by sponsoring a bus trip for families of 14 inmates. The charter bus named “To See a Love One,” picked up folks from Atlanta and Alabama for visits yesterday. T.I. is scheduled to be released this September. “I’ve been blessed to receive tons and tons of mail from my fans, family and friends, as well as get visits on a […]