[tweet https://twitter.com/Drake/status/209488706455867394] Drake plans to carry on tradition. Drizzy announced his annual OVO festival will be held August 5 with A$AP Rocky, 2 Chainz and The Weeknd. Mark your calendars. Purchase tickets here.

[tweet https://twitter.com/LilTunechi/status/209412955777937409] Nicki pulled out as Hot 97’s Summer Jam act, following Peter Rosenberg’s “Starships” comment on the festival stage. Soon after, Lil Wayne gave Nicki the word to chuck the deuce. Nicki tweeted below: Wow. U niggaz just fucked up history. But the President has spoken.#YMCMB. I go above and beyond for my fans. But won’t ever go against wayne’s word. What he says, goes. Later on, Flex hit the 1s and 2s during her time slot and reacted to Nicki’s […]

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.11426340&w=540&h=350&fv=] With his fiancé Amber Rose looking on, Wiz Khalifa brought the party to the stage by performing, “Work Hard, Play Hard” during this evening’s ceremony in L.A.

[vodpod id=Video.16486930&w=540&h=350&fv=] During this evening’s episode of Punk’d, Ashton Kutcher puts Aubrey in his very first earthquake leaving him in a position he wish he was never in. Drake, you’re from Canada! yardie

White boys are crazy. During his recent chat with Billboard, Yelawolf says he delayed working on his sophomore album, Love Story to complete his joint EP with the Blink-182 drummer. No release date yet on the project titled, Psycho White, but he shares what we can expect. “Every time we would get in the lab we’d knock something out. We just collaborated and… had a meeting of the minds. There’s a lot of cool stuff we came up with.” The EP also […]

Chief Keef has his eyes on a few labels, and with Waka Flocka plugging his Triple F Life on Chicago’s WGCI, Mr. Flame spoke to DJ Moon Dawg on his interest in the city’s rising talent and gave some advice. After the jump, 2 Chainz speaks on how he linked up with Kanye, the controversial tweet, his mainstream success, his upcoming debut album, Based On A TRU Story and more.

Couple of days ago, Jizzle was tucked inside the cooker working on new music with T.I., B.o.B, and Ryan Leslie. Until we get the result, here’s some Instagram flicks Nav rounded up.

The 5th annual Roots Picnic began yesterday at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in Philly with guests including Yasiin Bey, De La Soul and more. Here are a few clips from day 1 of the musical festival.

With his much-talked about single already released, Wasalu took to his Facebook last night to announce Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album drops September 25. hhdx

Here’s something dope from Nelly Furtado with a sharp verse from Esco. Expect this Salaam Remi-produced cut to be featured off the forthcoming album, The Spirit Indestructible arriving September 18. hiphop-n-more