There’s two different versions of Jay-Z’s Q cover. The first features him with along with Lady Gaga and Dave Grohl. The other is the one you see above. In the story below, he’s asked about his relationship with his big brother Eric of “You Must Love Me” fame: “How come I had a gun at age 12?” he says. “That’s the life in Marcy. I was an angry and confused kid trying to work my situation out. I would never […]

The annual Battle Of The Beatmakers competition went down this past Saturday up in Toronto. OVO’s Karla Moy covered the tournament for Much Music and got producer Boi-1da’s take on the event. Once the smoke cleared, Neenah Music of Amsterdam took home the top prize and became the first female to do so. Congrats!

One mo’ from the YMHD latest mixtape of unauthorized music. A new sublime groove from Scottie. Swing swing. Chop chop chop. hhnm Sidebar: THI got the rest.

Digga shares just a few thoughts for the latest installment of DJ Booth’s Freestyle series. Fellas, listen up. Remember, she releases the Classic September 14th.

As mentioned yesterday, this is a rough version of T.I.’s next single. Not as bad as the title sounds. Wonder if Rozay is still on it. hhnm x ymhd UPDATE: CDQ with Rozay x

“To make the world check the rhyme/ I gotta stay on my Quest.” Another Wednesday, another lyrical assassination from the one of Slaughterhouse’s strongest. Protect ya neck, Glenn Beck. sermon

Sorry Stanleys, no images of the man himself. But HHNM has some clips and a flick from outside of Comerica Park during Em’s rehearsal for tomorrow’s big show. Tickets have been purchased in all 50 states. 50 Cent claims he’s in the D too so there’s no telling what’s in store. More after the jump.

Push! released an in studio performance of this track last October. Now, he delivers the song the way it was meant to be heard. And this time, it features Killa Kyleon. Nearly a year later, it still holds up. Fa sho!

It appears Zoe has gone back to the drawing board and is running with his Snoop collaboration as his warm up single for King Kong. Let see if this sticks.

Birdman’s been on a recruiting frenzy. Early last month, he signed producers Cool & Dre and then welcomed DJ Khaled into the fold three weeks later. Chopping it up with Derik G, Stunna speaks on the Cash Money army’s latest recruits. Fall in.