[vodpod id=Video.4168548&w=425&h=350&fv=] Wyclef will officially announce his candidacy for President of Haiti later tonight on Larry King Live. In an interview for TIME, Dr. Jean spoke on his decision to get into politics. “If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,” Jean says. “The quake drove home to me that Haiti can’t wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century.” Jean sees no contradiction between his life […]

In the shadow of Comerica Park last Friday, Mike Posner brought out hometown native Big Sean during his performance at the Vans Warped Tour. Great crowd. And oh yeah, for all you stat junkies, Posner’s “Cooler Than Me” is currently creeping on the come up at number six on the Top 100. That’s cool!

Yesterday, The Source announced that Bun B’s Trill O.G. was crowned with their classic 5 mic rating. Below, he issued a statement in light of the honor. Speech! When I started rapping, the highest honor a real MC could aspire to was the coveted 5 mics from Source Magazine. It was only given to the best of the best in hip hop, the cream of the crop so to speak. Those that received the honor were sometimes but not always […]

Hey Chelsea, the CD’s sideways. Anyway, a litte over a week ago, Fat Joe made his second appearance on Chelsea Handler’s nightly show. He plugged his new album The Darkside, and meeting the Chinese Fat Joe. nr

Kanye took his act to the Far East yesterday and performed his new single at this year’s Singfest in Singapore. In the second clip, he does a new freestyle, which some are billing as “Pinocchio Story 2.” ts

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”push_montana__sobs”] Brooklyn’s Push! Montana was the first opening act to perform last night at S.O.B.’s. At the end of his set, Push recited a freestyle for crowd. Hustle hard, young man.

Cash Money is an army and earlier today, Miami-based producers Cool and Dre announced their enlistment. It’s been a minute since CMB has had an in-house producer, so it should be interesting how the label redefines their sound. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.4164570&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D548393%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A548393] From the set of Trey Songz’s new video, “Bottoms Up”, Nicki tells MTV that her debut album, Pink Friday is “progressing miraculously”. Real, insightful ma. Off camera though, she spoke on her next possible single. “I have a record called ‘Right Through Me’ that I think will be a standout,” Minaj said. “It’s not gonna come right now. It’ll come closer to when the album drops, but it’s a really, really pretty song. Everyone’s gonna like it.” The […]

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”lep_bogus_boyz__sobs_pt2″] This should’ve been included in this post earlier, but it slipped under the radar. At the beginning of the Bogus Boys’ set, they performed a personal favorite, “Heavenz Door”. Not to be confused with Dylan, GNR, or Clapton‘s versions.

[vodpod id=Video.4164421&w=425&h=350&fv=%26skin%3DMP1ExternalAll-MFL.swf%26embed%3Dtrue%26adSrc%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fad%252Edoubleclick%252Enet%252Fadx%252Ftsg%252Ewttg%252Fsports%252Fsports%255Fother%255F3%252Fdetail%253Bdcmt%253Dtext%252Fxml%253Bpos%253D%253Btile%253D2%253Bfname%253Drapper%252Dwale%252Dtalks%252Dredskins%252Dwith%252Ddave%252Dross%252D080410%253Bloc%253Dsite%253Bsz%253D320x240%253Bord%253D65846809096338220%253Frand%253D0%252E30338474620828026%26flv%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxdc%252Ecom%252Ffeeds%252FoutboundFeed%253FobfType%253DVIDEO%255FPLAYER%255FSMIL%255FFEED%2526componentId%253D132994313%26img%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fmedia2%252Emyfoxdc%252Ecom%252F%252Fphoto%252F2010%252F08%252F04%252FRossRapperWale%252Emov%255Ftmb0004%255F20100804151809%255F640%255F480%252EJPG%26story%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww%252Emyfoxdc%252Ecom%252Fdpp%252Fsports%252Fred%255Fzone%252Frapper%252Dwale%252Dtalks%252Dredskins%252Dwith%252Ddave%252Dross%252D080410%26] This morning, Wale was on Fox 5 in D.C. at the Washington Redskins‘ training camp in Virginia. After discussing Albert Haynesworth’s bum knee, he plugged his new mixtape, More About Nothing. You heard the man, download it here.