Reporting live from Uptown B.G. Avenue. Too hood to be Hollywood, for real.

Things are getting pretty heated at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Tonight, Manny Pacquiao (49-3-2) squares off with Miguel Cotto (34-1, with 27 KOs). It’s pretty much the talk of the town…and on Twitter. Place your bets now!

Trackstar the DJ along with the folks at TheSmokingSection bring us Best Rapper Alive? (Royce Da 5’9 vs. Lil Wayne) where Nickel Nine and Weezy F. go head-to-head over the same beat for the best rapper alive title. 12 rounds of lyrical assault begins after you download here. After the jump, catch the tracklist as well as an audio stream. Ding!

In this unreleased interview from ’95, a young Shawn Carter promotes his upcoming single, “In My Lifetime” at a Chaos Records release party. Kraze, is that you?! Ha!

Last night in NYC, Rick the Ruler took over B.B. King Bar & Grill and performed “La Di Da Di”. After the jump, grub on some of  Goodie Mob’s “Soul Food.” Props: SupMag

Some screen caps from the upcoming video for the extended remix. Rap-Up

At a Miami radio station, 50 reflects on his “Amusement Park” performance at the 2007 BET Awards. Because his set was foiled, Fif says he went back on his bullshit. Stephen Hill has no room for your “aggressive content” Boo Boo. Props: ThisIs50

Tameka revealed to XXL that she plans to jump the broom with her incarcerated scarface next year. “Sometime next year, but we can’t really give a date yet because we have to find out exactly when Tip is coming home, we’ll have to just plan around that, but I envision a fairy tale wedding.” And they all lived happily ever after? Spotted: GlobalGrind

Last night, Puff celebrated Jimmy Kimmel’s born day on-air and gave him a huge portrait of himself as a present. Picture perfect. Spotted: SmartenUpNas

Sai stopped by The Leak Show with DJ Killatouch and Bizkit and kicked a killer freestyle. Jamie Drastik gets some and goes in as well.