One month and eight days later, Drake’s debut has moved a million copies. So far, this marks the second platinum hip-hop album this year. Congratulations.

[vodpod id=Video.4291931&w=425&h=350&fv=] Career change, Irv? Apparently Gotti’s on assignment for the Lifefiles and conducted an interview with Shyne in Mexico. In the first portion, Po’s asked about his his life behind bars and regained freedom. 57ave

Trae Tha Truth’s third annual Trae Day went down yesterday in H-Town. Once again, Trae gave back to the community with free school supplies and a concert featuring Lupe Fiasco, Young Money, and Gorilla Zoe. That’s hood love. exclusiveaccess

I have a couple of theories as to why this sucks. Maybe it’s because the hook stinks. Or maybe it’s because Soulja Boy couldn’t wrap a gift. No, that can’t be it. Maybe it’s because Rocko is still using Auto-Tune in 2010. Sigh. Maybe I need a nap. Yeah, that’s it. dgb

Nas and Damian kicked it with the mates out in London this week and held court at the Hammersmith Apollo. Nas ran through some of his classics and capped it off with Damian Marley for a duet of “Leaders”. hhh

[vodpod id=Video.4075747&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D540703%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A540703] Yesterday Travis began filming the first video “Carry It” off his solo album Give The Drummer Some. MTV caught up with Trav on the set and he had this to say on the record. “The song started with RZA and I in my studio, with him playing guitars and me playing drums, just jamming out,” Barker explained. “Then I got Raekwon on it, and I showed it to Tom Morello, who was stoked on it, so he played […]

[vodpod id=Video.4075468&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D167703960001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fglobalgrind.com%2Fchannel%2Fvideos%2F8403%2F%26amp%3BplayerID%3D82588784001%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] This past weekend at Alonzo Mourning’s annual basketball game, Flo Rida and friends performed their Miami Heat ode, “We Already Won” at the half court line of the American Airlines Arena. Man, the Big 3 have some big shoes to fill. Previously: Flo Rida Talks Miami Heat Theme Song

With DJ Truama on the line, SL Jones, Pill, and Mike Bigga press redial over Jigga’s “1-900-Hustler”. Sounds good, but doesn’t ring off as much as the original.

“The Ghetto” wasn’t the only record Freddie Gibbs performed at the Pitchfork concert last Saturday. He also rocked two new records (“Str8 Killa No Filla” and “Face Down”) from his upcoming mixtape and EP. By the way, Gibbs is returning to S.O.B.’s in two weeks. Peep the flyer below, fa sho.

Star & Buc recently put Joe Budden through the ringer during his recent appearance on the show. Before plugging his book, Enter The Mind Of Joe Budden, Jumpoff spoke on his previous (and recent) beefs and former flame, Tahiry. Jersey’s here! Previously: B.Dot On The Star & Bucwild Show 57ave