It’s almost that time again and yesterday evening, CBS announced the nominees for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. Marshall leads all nods with 10 while Bruno Mars pulls in seven with Jay-Z racking in six. John Legend and B.o.B. each have five nods. Meanwhile Drake, Rihanna, and Cee-Lo follow right behind with four. Ceremony airs at the Staples Center in L.A. February 13th at 8 pm EST on CBS. Hip-Hop rules, muthafucka. ru

Cliff is back with more wise words for the second installment of his series of trailers. No Mercy arrives December 7.

Though his Hip Hop Weekly music series is over, Crooked I drops off a new tune. The bad guy unleashes the first single off his forthcoming LP, Million Dollar Story. Sounds like this will be worth the wait. hhnm

Look ma, no hands. According to The Retail Chick, Waka’s radio rotator featuring Wale and Roscoe Dash, “No Hands” has moved 662,551 digital copies and has officially struck gold. Like it or not, this guy is doing something right. Gotta RESPECT that.

Off DJ Haze’s Still Countin Money 4.1 mixtape and a Rozay sample, the UN is about the almighty dollar with their latest track. We’re about ours too. And you do know that! x UPDATE: Dirty version with no tags young sav

[vodpod id=Video.5030849&w=425&h=350&fv=] Here’s the latest track from UK band The Bullits featuring a new verse from Elect and actress Lucy Liu as narrator. Off the band’s debut LP, They Die By Dawn and Other Short Stories, which will also feature Mos Def.

Now that the final numbers are in, Nicki Minaj called 1515 and spoke on 375,000 of her fans copping copies of Pink Friday. The last female rapper to debut with six digits was Lauryn Hill in 1998 with The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill. That project moved 423,000 units in its first week. “I feel this weird calm feeling. I’m just so grateful and kind of still in shock. These numbers haven’t been put up since 1998,” she continued, referring to […]

If you didn’t know, Slim Thug’s Tha Thug Show is available now. Last night, Thugga brought out Uncle Bun for “I Ain’t Heard Of That” during his performance at his album release party at H-Town’s House of Blues.

SB is living one hell of a life. The good life actually, but we’ll let him show you. The DeAndre Way in stores today.

Big K.R.I.T. rings OutKast’s “Jazzy Belles” for this new video in support of Johnny Shipes’ GoodTalk Vol.9 mixtape. If this is all K.R.I.T has, than we need some more.