At this years Splash! Festival in Germany, RZA sat down with the Red Bull Music Academy. In the first clip, he speaks on working with Kanye West and Nas while out in Hawaii. In the footage below, he touches on scoring movies, OB4CL 2, and of course, the Wu.

Here’s some footage of DJ Toomp and Travis Barker in the studio remixing T.I.’s “Yeah You Know”. The song is lifted from Tip’s forthcoming movie, Takers. If you’re interested, Fresh has tons of pics from last night’s premiere. nr

[vodpod id=Video.4165638&w=425&h=350&fv=] Uncle Bun gets asked a million and one questions as the latest victim in Dee Vazquez’s Profile series. Yo, Bun hook us up with some Timbs, patna! Trill O.G. in stores now. heads up: yk2 Sidebar: Bun B Talks Improving With Age

[vodpod id=Video.4168548&w=425&h=350&fv=] Wyclef will officially announce his candidacy for President of Haiti later tonight on Larry King Live. In an interview for TIME, Dr. Jean spoke on his decision to get into politics. “If not for the earthquake, I probably would have waited another 10 years before doing this,” Jean says. “The quake drove home to me that Haiti can’t wait another 10 years for us to bring it into the 21st century.” Jean sees no contradiction between his life […]

Breezy was among the numerous guests at last night’s premiere of Takers at Boulevard3 in Hollywood last night. At the after-party afterwards, Chris shows off some fancy footwork over a couple of familiar tunes. He’s a dancing machine. rap-up

In the shadow of Comerica Park last Friday, Mike Posner brought out hometown native Big Sean during his performance at the Vans Warped Tour. Great crowd. And oh yeah, for all you stat junkies, Posner’s “Cooler Than Me” is currently creeping on the come up at number six on the Top 100. That’s cool!

Yesterday, The Source announced that Bun B’s Trill O.G. was crowned with their classic 5 mic rating. Below, he issued a statement in light of the honor. Speech! When I started rapping, the highest honor a real MC could aspire to was the coveted 5 mics from Source Magazine. It was only given to the best of the best in hip hop, the cream of the crop so to speak. Those that received the honor were sometimes but not always […]

Hey Chelsea, the CD’s sideways. Anyway, a litte over a week ago, Fat Joe made his second appearance on Chelsea Handler’s nightly show. He plugged his new album The Darkside, and meeting the Chinese Fat Joe. nr

As part of MLK Jr.’s, concert series, Salt-N-Pepa performed at Brooklyn’s Wingate Park on Monday night. Other acts included Naughty By Nature and Slick Rick. At around the 1:20 mark though, Salt and Pep brings out Busta Rhymes. Whatta man show. More footage below.

Kanye took his act to the Far East yesterday and performed his new single at this year’s Singfest in Singapore. In the second clip, he does a new freestyle, which some are billing as “Pinocchio Story 2.” ts