“Eric B. ain’t on the cut” No he ain’t down with Eric B. no more, but that doesn’t mean the 18th Letter can’t deliver one of the greatest rap records of all-time. With the sun still out, Allah moved the Governors Island crowd yesterday. Peace, God.

[vodpod id=Video.4332487&w=425&h=350&fv=] Hip-Hop’s #1 groupie is at again. Apparently yesterday Kat got into a spat with NBA star Carmelo Anthony and his better half, La La Vazquez. Melo was far from mellow and reports are he lost his cool and put a 5 stacks hit on Ms. Stacks. Don’t think Commissioner Stern is gonna dig all this. The disgruntled Denver Nugget has since deaded his Twitter account. If the ref didn’t see it, is it still a foul? wshh UPDATE: […]

The end of Lauryn Hill’s Rock The Bells set at NY’s Governors Island turned into a love fest as backstage guests Mary J Blige, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Chris Rock, Jay-Z and John Legend all came out to hug it out with the enigma. Black star power. Too bad the performance was mostly panned by observers like Touré and Amanda Diva. Flicks below. rtny Sidebar: Ms. Hill speaks.

The man from VA pays respects to the late great Adam Goldstein on the one year anniversary of his passing. Gone too soon.

“Rap Radar. Nah Right. Okayplayer mashup.” We heard about this collabo for awhile but it finally sees the light of day. Props to Jay Elect for the mention and this is the best we heard from Chuck in a minute. Good music Saturdays begins. Ha! HHC Update: No tags. No Nas. omen

After reaching his 50K follower Bun B let this one go. Producer Boi-1da and Drizzy take a ride down to H-Town for the first single off the late great Pimp C’s final album. This goes down smooth. The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones is due Oct. 5. Trill niggas can’t wait. nr

During a Ustream session with XXL on Wednesday, Noreaga revealed that he plans to re-create Gang Starr’s biggest classic. He doesn’t know who the features will be yet. But damn, this should be interesting. Sidebar: Group Home is also planning to pay homage to Guru.

Be clear: Curtis Jackson has had a Twitter account for awhile but today he finally found out how to use it himself. Right Broadway? Oh boy! Fuck a ghost twitterer, The Southside King went in hard body. Even yours truly caught his wrath as Fif also fired shots at his grandma, Kat Stacks, Fat Joe, Necole Bitchie, his BISD producers, and his manager Chris Lighty. But it wasn’t all negative, Vivica’s ex gave his blessings to Swizz on his new […]

In the latest RESPECT mag cover story, Clifford chops it up with Datwon Thomas and reveals the concept behind the all-star video that never was. Damn shame! Issue’s on newsstands now. Gon’ get you some! Are you ever inspired by movies? For videos, we are at times greatly inspired by them. Actually, we had an idea and concept for “Swagga Like Us,” and it was taken from Reservoir Dogs. Schedules conflicted and we weren’t able to make that happen before […]

As many of you know, Drake is a huge fan of Aaliyah as evidenced by TML‘s “Unforgettable” which samples her song “At Your Best”. On the ninth anniversary of Ms. Haughton’s passing, Rap Radar reached out to Drizzy to get his thoughts on a day that will forever be remembered. He quickly penned the following letter below. RIP Baby Girl.