Fresh off his Jimmy Fallon performance, J.Cole’s already back to work. Here’s footage of him letting the beat build at Engine Room Audio with newcomer, 360. Around town, the Queens native’s been making a name for himself with his, “360 Was Here” campaign. His video, “Mr. Blue Sky” ain’t half bad neither. Check out his EPK after the jump. props: karencivil Sidebar: J.Cole Speaks On Grammys

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Coming off his latest mixtape, I Am Who I Am, Maino shot his new video for “Criminal” back in his hometown of Brooklyn. Up top, Industry Muscle gives us a behind the scenes look at the video shoot. Sidebar: Maino “Let It Fly” On Hip-Hop Nation

A$AP Rocky and his crew threw a homecoming show last night at Irving Plaza in NYC. Missed out? Well, Versus And Co provides a visual recap featuring some surprise guests, Trill OG and Flocka. After the jump, Schoolboy Q comes out to perform “Brand New Guy”. mikey fresh Sidebar: Photos by Village Slum.

You all know Big Boy from his radio show, Big Boy’s Neighborhood but now he has written a book titled, An XL Life. For Al Lindstrom’s latest feature, he sits down with him and discusses his start in radio and signing a book deal with Cash Money.

Gucci is releasing his new mixtape, Trap Back this Sunday before The Superbowl. But before the coin toss, here’s his new video to hold ya over.

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DJ MLK & DJ Scream released their new mixtape, 2012 Vol. 2 today and on the tape they give us a new exclusive from Tip. Not sure where this track is from but it’s sounding good to us. heads up: hhnm

A few twitpics surfaced from the set of Red Cafe’s new video for his remix with French and 2 Chainz. Today, By Any Means provides some more superior snapshots.

After hearing rumors about Nipsey signing with Maybach Music Group, earlier this morning he announced his new partnership with DJ Skee’s Skee Music imprint. Let’s hope to hear a new album later this year. Nipsey Hussle and All Money In Entertainment have officially teamed up with DJ Skee and Skee.TV / Skee Music. Skee will handle brand development, marketing, and communications for Nipsey and all of his related business, and will exclusively be responsible for the handling of Nipsey’s branding, […]