Thanks to Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli, Nicki takes us back to YN’s days the 18th-century for the November issue of W magazine. More photos from the feature below. hhnm

Let’s sure hope so. The Dark Man tells TMZ that he has finally overcome his drug addiction and owes it all to his children. Everyone was taking advantage of me with my finances, trying to put me in the direction to fail. I have 10 kids. I have to drive them in the right direction, so I let the cocaine go. I am on a spiritual road to do right in my life. I am leaving out all negativity and […]

Future stopped by Invasion Radio this past week and after explaining the inspiration behind his hit, “Tony Montana,” DJ Green Lantern convinced him to do a freestyle. Too bad he was reluctant to tell him it sucked.

At Restoration Plaza in Brooklyn last Saturday,  Mos Def Yasiin Bey took matters into his own hands to honor Troy Davis by joining the Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra for a rendition of Frederic Rzewski’s “Coming Together“. More clips from the Lyricist Lounge/Restoration Rocks 2011 below.

For the love of the rap game, Fred puts his pen to pad on his new track. This will be on his upcoming Gangsta Grillz mixtape, City Of God, which drops November 14. Amen.

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.1005443&w=540&h=350&fv=] Drake will make his SNL debut tomorrow night at 11:30 pm on NBC as the evening’s musical guest. But before he makes headlines here’s his promo with host Anna Faris.

50 puts on his finer threads for the cover of the upcoming JET magazine. In the issue, Fif discusses his Street King project, relationship with his son, being a bully and his latest publication, Playground. “I was [a bully] at different points during my childhood,” the 36-year-old shares. “I was dealing with my emotions the wrong way. From a child’s perspective, you don’t understand. As an adult, you get that’s not the way to deal with things.” The story follows Butterball, a […]

To show his appreciation to the 25k fans who have pre-ordered his album, Mac releases his debut’s title track, produced by ID Labs. Blue Slide Park in stores November 8. Bubble Gum!

[vodpod id=Video.15547712&w=540&h=350&fv=] Life is good. And for the visual aid to his album’s opening track, Skillz takes it to Las Vegas for his commemoration. The World Needs More Skillz in stores now.

Continuing his Thug Thursday music series, Slim Thug keeps his hoes in check for this week’s installment. Don’t act like one, and check it out.