[vodpod id=Video.5599073&w=425&h=350&fv=] Strong Arm Steady’s album Arms & Hammers hits stores on February 22nd, but until next week, here’s a short film from the crew. We’ll let Krondon explain it for everyone: Arms & Hammers: The Foundation is a short 15-minute film about everyday life in the City of Los Angeles. It follows three young men who approach survival differently but all-in-all have the same purpose throughout. The characters by no means reflect the individuals in Strong Arm Steady directly, […]

As most of us question Lil Kim’s claim of her record-breaking sales on PayPal, Rap Up reached out to the Queen Bee. She comments on her detractors and Nicki Minaj’s reaction to her mixtape sales. You tweeted that you sold 113,000 copies of Black Friday within 28 hours. Is that accurate? Right now it could be more. What do you say to those who question the authenticity of those figures? At the end of the day, you’re always going to […]

Out of nowhere, Wiz comes through with a spankin’ new mixtape. The tape includes eight brand new tracks with features from Big Sean, Juicy J & Trae The Truth. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

Crooked I is back with some new music and he dedicates this joint to his favorite Twitter hashtag. Not really sure if this is ending up anywhere, but its a good listen. Enough said, adios.

Timbaland Thursdays treks on this week with newcomer Lyrica Anderson. Look down below for some of the chanteuses’ backstory. Lyrica Anderson is currently working with Timbaland on his new project. Lyrica has writing credit for the song “Pyramid” by Charice, featuring Iyaz, as well as  other Disney productions including “Are You Ready” by Hanna Montana and “Play with the Band” From “The Princess and the Frog” movie

[vodpod id=Video.5591087&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] 2 Chainz is continuing to get some big names to join him on his latest recordings. Here’s some footage for his upcoming video with G.O.O.D. Music’s CyHi Da Prynce.

J.Period will release a new remix compilation project featuring Black Thought, John Legend, and Rakim and here’s the first offering. Sounds like a good idea, so don’t sleep on this one. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.5588153&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] You might remember hearing this beat back in 2009 when R-Les and Rozay were in the studio working together. Obviously, the beat never went to Rozay, so Les took it for himself. Few weeks ago, he premiered the track live at Love Nightclub in D.C. Maybachs are a guys best friend.

[vodpod id=Video.5587683&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1656633%2526vid%253D623573%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A623573] Talib Kweli recently sat down with DJ Envy for MTV’s Sucker Free and spoke on his son rapping, a Black Star album that could possibly be in the works in the near future and recording with Mos Def in MC Hammer’s home studio.

As promised, Fashawn drops off his latest mixtape, which features 22 tracks with appearances by GLC, Tony Williams, Gilbere Forte & J.Cole. Learn a thing or 2 after the jump.