Everybody wants to rule the world and yesterday at the Merriweather Post Pavillion, Ms. Hill brought out Nasir for their It Was Written duet. Imagine that. Earlier this month, Tone of Trackmasters spoke with the NY Daily News on how this track came about. Nas featuring Lauryn Hill – “If I Ruled The World” “We could have went and got Mariah Carey – we could have gotten anybody – but Lauryn Hill was hip-hop certified and she was right on […]

Look who’s back on speaking terms. Yesterday, Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka celebrated the South Jamaica Queens Housing Projects’ annual “40 Day”. MajorMovesDVD was in attendance and caught the rappers playing basketball and distrubuting school supplies. Brick Squad loves the kids.

Slim Thug isn’t backing down. Apparently, he reached out to Rick Ross for clarity on the song, “King Boss”. When he didn’t receive a response, Thugga let his fingers do the talking via his Twitter account.

In celebration of MJ’s 52nd birthday yesterday, Spike Lee held his 2nd annual Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson Birthday Celebration in Prospect Park. Snoop was there and performed a tribute in honor of the King Of Pop. Various footage of the celebration after the jump.

Oops! It appears as if SRC boss Steve Rifkind spilled the beans regarding his latest acquisition. Maybe now, Free Agent will finally have a team to play for. Update: A moment of clarity with Ortiz’s manager Mike Heron.

Kendrick becomes the first to loop Kanye’s instrumental for personal rec. And no, this isn’t a diss song—it’s just a real song. O.D. this September.

A week ago, Kellz released his most nostaglic record to date And now, he’s back with the accompanying visual. David Ruffin, is that you? Ha! Love Letter arriving soon.

Mr. Steal Your Girl rounds up La Flare and Wiz Khalifa for the remix to Passion, Pain, & Pleasure‘s lead single. Another exclusive from Lime Light Exclusives 3 mixtape. thi Sidebar: An early look at Tremaine’s next video for Passion, Pain & Pleasure.

This was one of the exclusives off YMHD Lime Light Exclusive mixtape. And now a month later, we get the Ryan Leslie produced track in full with no tags. Off Loso’s TINC 2 EP, which drops less than two days. Fab’s killin’ it on this one. kingz Earlier: “Bitches” x “Freestyle”

Last night, Mystikal performed a bulk of his hits at the Last Damn Show concert at the St. Pete Time Forum in Tampa, Florida. The man right chea sure looks like he never left the game. Another clip after the jump. dgb