“Serena Williams, peace to her gettin’ the gold. You know she got soul.” Give Common a random word and he will manage to cover it off the top. And while on Sway’s morning show’s here’s how he put it down. Here’s a word: Dope! After the jump, he speaks on Cruel Summer. UPDATE: Another freestyle.

XV is back on the Radar and comes up with some new audio. If you’re in the Lawrence, KS area, he will be performing his Popular Culture live next Thursday. Cop tix here.

Things just got even bigger and better in Texas. Trae keeps it local and rounds up some of the Lone Star State’s finest for this posse cut. It’s not where you from, it’s this track.

The night before premiering the audio online, Trey and Jeezy gave a live debut last Friday at South Beach’s Club Play. No Weezy, no problem. Photos of the evening here. ean

Pardon their backs. With a combined total of $78 million from May 2011 to May 2012, Bey ($40 million) and Jay ($38 million) tops the Forbes list as the highest paid celebrity couple. The Carters take the throne from last year’s highest paid couple Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady with Will and Jada Smith trailing not too far behind.

In his new series with VEVO Lift, K.Dot invites us to his Centennial High School and reflects on his early days growing up in Compton. Personally, I enjoyed Summer school too.

Common also participated in the Osheaga Music Festival this past weekend in Montreal. And during his set, he kicked a three-minute freestyle. Check the rhyme. hhnm

Prior to Meek hitting the Nokia Theatre stage, his new labelmate Rockie Fresh, kicked things off by performing his remix, sans Rozay. Again, The West Coast Jawn fork over last night’s clip.

Checking in with Big Boy’s show on Power 106, Lupe speaks on setting the trend for skateboard rappers and explains the origins of his hair. He even gave a piece of his locks to a lucky Twitter follower. Good luck, Amaya.

Tremaine’s appetite gets the best of him as he dives in headfirst on to LoveRance’s “Up”. Any leftovers? hhnm