[vodpod id=Video.5210526&w=425&h=350&fv=skins%2Fsilver] Tavis Smiley‘s online division rounded up Quincy Jones III, Talib Kweli, Bishop Lamont, Devi Dev, and Wiz Khalifa to discuss the power of the World Wide Web and its impact on their careers. Face to face interaction is so last year.

Terrace Martin and Devi Dev are back at it and are set to release The Sex EP, on February 13th. But until then, here’s some new material featuring K-Dot, Young Gotti, and Bad Lucc. Get bizy to this.

KING finally got their queen, as Nicki Minaj strikes a pose for the magazine’s March/April 2011 issue. Peep an excerpt from the feature below. KING: History has shown that acting is the likeliest transition for rappers. Considering your background, do you want to dabble in Hollywood? NICKI MINAJ: Of course. What would be your dream role? I’d like to play someone in a Tim Burton movie, where I get dressed up and painted and crazy. You kind of do that […]

Some things are too good to be true, but according to DJ Big Mike, he’s ready to kick off 2011 with a new track called “Syllables” featuring the three headed monster and Jay-Z. Whoa, let the countdown begin. heads up: hhs

The Voice Of The Young People was silenced two days before Christmas at Webster Hall in NYC. During Chris Brown’s All Black Extravaganza, Lil Mama was greeted with boos while spitting an acapella freestyle. That’s not popping at all. karencivil

Talib Kweli’s new album Gutter Rainbows will be available digitally and tangibly on January 25th. But for now, feast your eyes on the project’s cover courtesy of hhnm.

After doing his one-two thing at S.O.B.’s last night, the NY Daily News published a write-up on Reek Da Villian. He speaks on his new mixtape The Gift, meeting Busta Rhymes, and his troubled past. “Jail was the best thing that happened for me,” Williams said. “When you go to jail it’s just you, you’re by yourself,” he said. “You have to meet new people, learn how to become friends with strangers and pick out who’s good and bad, and […]

Around midnight, Joell Ortiz made his way to the stage at S.O.B.’s He ran through some underground favorites and familiar tunes, including “Call Me” and his new record, “Oh”. OT for the holiday? Here’s what you missed. Sidebar: Photos from Kirill

[vodpod id=Video.5187529&w=425&h=350&fv=video%3D1706704475%26amp%3Bplayer%3Dviral] For the latest installment of PBS‘ Need To Know series, dream hampton speaks on collaborating with Jay-Z on Decoded and Q-Tip’s forthcoming project, Industry Rules.

The Black Hippies live again with Curtains on this new track off the Setbacks mixtape dropping on January 1, 2011.