Everyone was in town for the Essence Music Festival this past weekend in New Orleans and Jay Electronica put on for his city for the Heineken Red Star Series Inspire NOLA Event at the Republic Saturday evening. Others on the bill included Swizzy and Sir Lucious. More performances underneath.

Young Memphis tries his hand at Rick Ross’ ode to Big Meech’s former operation. Seems like everyone’s got money to blow. yk2

The producer explains to NodFactor that his The Wonder Years project may never see the light of day. 9th says he wants to get his artists off the ground first and isn’t down with sending beats to every label. No need to wonder any longer.

We’ve been down this road before. Come tomorrow, DMX will be released from an Arizona jail. X is serving time for five counts of probation violation. Hopefully the Dog keeps his nose clean. yk2

Diddy and Rozay weren’t the only team players on deck Saturday night. Red Cafe, Loso, and Joey Crack were also on hand to rep for the Dream Team at the House of Blues at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare? nigel d

If you missed the BluRoc Festival at the Brooklyn Bowl a few weeks ago, Dame Dash’s DD172 rounded up the recordings from the event for this mixtape. Download here. Tracklist after the jump. nr

Saturday Tha Doggfather brought his long list of hits to the main stage at the Wireless Festival in London. Here’s a front row view of Snoop running through “Beautiful”.  Below, “I Wanna Love You” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot”.

[vodpod id=Video.3965121&w=425&h=350&fv=] Yesterday, the Queen brought out the Kang as her surprise guest for their duet during the Essence Music Festival. Now that’s showin’ the crowd love. exclusive access

Confused is what comes to mind when clicking play and now that Nicki is added into the mix, it’s even more bewildering. ///Y/ (Maya) drops July 13th. Hopefully we can figure this one out by then. uhtn

Mr. Folarin also jetted across the pond for his performance at Hyde Park in London yesterday and Jermaine joins him on the Pepsi Max stage for their Attention Deficit collab. Down below, Wale once again recites, “Black & Gold”. UK he’s outchea.