We heard it live, but now that the samples have been cleared (Shouts to Kanye and Paula), Coley Cole finally breaks a sweat with the first single off his debut album. Produced by J.Cole and Elite.

L.A. back—Antonio that is. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the X-Factor judge and former Def Jam Chairman is taking his duties to Sony Music as the new chairman of the Epic Records in early July. The reformed label, which will be affiliated with Jive Records means Reid will reunite with Usher. OMG.

[vodpod id=Video.11061119&w=540&h=350&fv=] Nasir is having some mixed feelings with the current title of his next album . While discussing his street single, “Nasty” with MTV, Esco says that there’s a possible chance he may change the title Life Is Good. “A lot of people around me didn’t understand where I was coming from. They kinda thought I was saying, “Let’s pop bottles, we’re rich, everything’s good.” That’s not where I was coming from, so there’s another title that came, that kind of fits a little better, and […]

In the first part of Al Lindstrom‘s convo with the Violator Management mogul, Chris discusses his days at Rush Management, working with Lyor Cohen and Russell Simmons and choosing artists for the Violator roster.

During the Wu’s UK invasion, Method Man, U-God and Masta Killa stopped by Tim Westwood’s show for a 11 minute freestyle over some notable instrumentals—”Yonkers” included.

[vodpod id=Video.11044416&w=540&h=350&fv=] Before joining Weezy at Bonnaroo last weekend, Mannie gave MTV his take on Cash Money’s sound and then goes on to say that everything coming from the South these days sounds like Lex Luger the same.

Until Fif’s site shares their footage, here is a rough clip of Curtis and his new ‘do on the red carpet during yesterday’s Aruba Film Festival. Fif was there to premiere his film, Things Fall Apart.

The day before ‘Pac’s 40th birthday, a new revelation has emerged. Though his murder remains unsolved, AHH reports that Dexter Isaac, an associate of music exec Jimmy Henchmen, has confessed to being a part of 2Pac’s ambush in the lobby of Quad Studios on November 7, 1994. He says Henchman paid him $2,500 for the robbery attempt which led to a shooting. Initial reports stated that two men dressed in army fatigues robbed Pac at gunpoint for his jewelry. On the […]

The Apple Store must be the new spot ’cause a few hundred miles south of SoHo’s location, Travis Porter gave fans a free performance at Lennox Mall’s store and here’s what ATLNightSpots caught. ozone

[vodpod id=Video.11011527&w=540&h=350&fv=%26amp%3Bbackcolor%3D0x000000%26amp%3Bbandwidth%3D31460%26amp%3Bcontrolbar%3Dover%26amp%3Bfile%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fv7.tinypic.com%252Fwl6bt.flv%26amp%3Bfrontcolor%3D0xeeeeee%26amp%3Bimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Flulzimg.com%252Fi22%252F226448.jpg%26amp%3Blightcolor%3D0xeeeeee%26amp%3Bplugins%3Dviral-2%26amp%3Bscreencolor%3D0x000000%26amp%3Bskin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.longtailvideo.com%252Ffiles%252Fskins%252Fglow%252F5%252Fglow.zip] This was recorded during L-Boogie’s Bob Marley tribute last month. But last night, Jimmy Fallon finally aired this portion during last night’s broadcast. yardie