No mugshot. The King lands himself the cover of XXL‘s summer issue. In the excerpt from his story below, TIP addresses the constant snitch rumors. Read  up. Issue hits newsstands July 6. “What people don’t take into consideration is the reason that I was eligible for certain agreements that they weren’t eligible for was because I made myself a useful member of society. Most muthafuckas catch cases and get time. My nigga, you wasn’t doing shit when you was out here, so wasn’t […]

Just got home from the craziness at South Street Seaport where a free Drake show turned into a mini-riot before Drizzy could even arrive. While it’s always fun to blame everything on po-po, I really think they had no choice. After a hour and a half of kids standing on top of each other with no action or no music playin’, things were bound to go left. And they really did! Craziest moment: I think I saw someone toss a […]

It’s unclear as to the origins of this tune, but one thing for certain is that it sounds great. This one goes out to the beautiful girls around the world. ts

For years, I’ve said someone should hire one of those informerical guys to promote their album. Finally, someone has. Take a look at the ShamWow guy pitchin’ Em’s new record, Recovery. In stores next Monday.

TIP spoke with RESPECT. on the concept behind the cover art for his forthcoming. Cover shot by Warwick Saint. I’m known as “the King.” Although it’s disputed by some, concurred by most, there ain’t no disputing that lion—that is what it is. So I went and told them, “Get me as close as you can to a lion.” He had a trainer holding him on a chain. They took the chain out [in post-work]. It really went down. I wanted to pet him. […]

When will they learn? At the 2:01 mark, a fan crashes the stage following Jae Millz’s performance last night at BLVD. in NYC. Props to Millz for handling the situation gracefully. But bum rushers beware, things can always end up like this: 2db

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Can’t tame these animals. Capone-N-Noreaga unleash the beast with another leak off their Camouflage Summer mixtape. nr via xxl Yesterday: New Music: CNN “Let’s Get Money”

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A year ago today, Cole released his mixtape, The Warm Up. To commemorate the anniversary, Jermaine let loose this new freestyle and reminisced on last year’s project. Read up after the jump. “The Last Stretch”