With his third album dropping in two days, it’s Wale against the world on the front of today’s The Washington Post. Have yourself a “Wale moment” and read the full article here. Excerpt below. He’s been goaded into far too many “Wale moments” here, engaging with anonymous trash talkers, confronting his critics, shouting down the faceless digital mob that lives inside his phone at all times. He can’t seem to go more than two minutes without looking at the screen. […]

3 nights ago, J.Cole held two shows at Irving Plaza for his Dollar & A Dream tour. Here’s a recap of the pandemonium with cameos from surprise performer Drake as well as guests Jay-Z and of course YN.

J.Cole’s Dollar & A Dream continued last night in the City of Brotherly Love. During the show, Meek Mill hit the stage for “Levels” and a tribute to Lil Snupe, who was murdered a few days ago. hhs1987

Tony Yayo’s prepping his Godfather Of The Ghetto mixtape and as always, it’s money over bitches. To hear him tell it, here’s some auto-tune pleasure featuring Twista.

In honor of the Heat taking the NBA championship last night, Khaled Khaled bigs up his home team and plugs his album at the same damn time. Suffering From Success 9.24.13. Now pop a bottle.

While in Vancouver, Def Jam’s Logic finally got his interview with Nardwuar. After discussing the story behind the reach out tweet, Nardwuar treated him with vinyls from Sinatra to No I.D. He’s excited.

It was revealed to the world yesterday that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian named their daughter North— Nori for short. When the real Noreaga caught the news on Sway In The Morning, he called in to react to their similarity in pronunciation. “I’m so honored… I’ve never met a Kardashian… Even if they named [the baby] NORE, and Kim doesn’t know who I am — I’m sure Kanye knows who I am. So, I’m very honored.”

J.Cole was in the DMV yesterday and brought his tour to The Fillmore. After receiving a shirt from a fan, Cole invited her on the stage to perform “Back To The Topic”. Basic fans? Toss ’em out. jbdc

Master P returns to the beat as Problem enlists his services as well as Wiz, Tyga and Breezy for his “Like Whaaat” remix. Premiered earlier during his visit at L.A.’s Power 106.

Chance The Rapper took a bite out of the big apple last night for his sold out show at S.O.B.s During his set, he even brought out Travis McCoy.  GoodFellaMedia has the coverage. Acid Rap is available here. Sidebar: Sway In The Morning Freestyle