Two nights ago, Ri Ri kicked off her LOUD tour in Baltimore. Besides giving a female her lap dance routine, Ms. Fenty covered Prince’s “Darling Nikki” during her set. hhnm

Banks ran through his first solo Summer Jam set by bringing Lloyd and Jeremih to the stage. Things got hyped though when he summoned Fab, R. Les and Swizzy for his posse cut. Where are you Yeezy? mfl

During Hot 97’s Summer Jam last night, Khaled’s summer anthem was performed for the first time in its entirety. Sounds just as good live and luckily MikeyFresh was there to record it. Sidebar: Miss Info’s Photo Gallery Bonus: Khaled Billboard Profile

Lace up your combat boots and fatigues ’cause French and the rest of his platoon are all the best they can be for their new video. We see you Waka. wssh

During Wiz Khalifa‘s set at yesterday’s Roots annual picnic, the Taylor Gang H.N.I.C. kept it Philly by bringing out B Sig and Young Free to “Roc The Mic”.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”kanye_west_monster”] Don’t get scared now. Here’s what looks like a rough cut of Kanye’s latest visual masterpiece. Monstrous cinematography. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in stores now. UPDATE: Final Edit via Kanye West.

Jada back! And while in Philly, Kiss stopped by Power 99 and dropped off a few bars over Rozay and Meek’s ‘Pac tribute track on Cosmic Kev’s show last night. Video coming soon. I Love You out now. UPDATE: Now with footage.

No, that isn’t Akon, it’s his bro, Bu Thiam. And yesterday he was spotted in SoHo yesterday with Kanye and Jay-Z. Word has it, Ye and Hov are finalizing Watch The Throne in NYC which may be released in July. Let’s hope so. In April, the pair were spotted in Paris working on the project.

During yesterday’s Hot 93.7′s Hot Jam 10 in Hartford, CT, Banko brought out Juelz for “Beamers, Benz & Bentley”. Expect the dynamic duo to rip the stage tomorrow during Hot 97’s Summer Jam. nav

Mr. Ocean turns it up a notch with this snippet that he shared from his Tumblr. This will not appear on the upcoming retail release of Nostalgia, Ultra. Sounds good already, so hopefully we’ll get it in full.