Dana Owens was inducted into the New Jersey Hall Of Fame last night along with 13 others including John Travolta, Martha Stewart, and more. The criteria for the honor is a 5 year residency in the Garden State and to have made an impact in entertainment, sports and enterprise. Congrats Lah. ap 

Coming off the success of last year’s release, The Roots plan to keep the concept LPs going by dropping one based on orchestrated melodies. So far, two sketch pieces have already been completed and ?uest and Black Thought tell Billboard what we can expect. This is going to be our first full-fledged narrative concept album. It’s a one-word title that’s spelled incorrectly…what a way to tease you, right? It’s going to be heavy on sort of orchestral chamber music with harder […]

When Breezy wasn’t soothing the ladies during yesterday’s Summer Jam, he got things poppin’ by bringing out Busta for their hit duet. No Weezy, but look at it anyway. Rhymes rips! Sidebar: Backstage with The Life Files here x here

[vodpod id=Video.10396027&w=540&h=350&fv=] Before Vitamin Water’s Uncapped Live show in Atlanta back in February, The FADER followed Pill to Pink City for this short-film.

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.