For years, Hot 97’s Funkmaster Flex has been called every name under the sun for championing certain artists. Promoting his new show Full Throttle on Angie Martinez’s afternoon drive today, The Kingpin admitted to favoring New York artists.

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Under IllusiveMedia’s direction, comes Lupe’s new video, “I’m Beaming”. Wasualu luhs the kids too!

It’s Ten Toes Down on May 4th, but today it’s two thumbs up for this new leak featuring Slugga and Drumma Boy on the beat. NR

[vodpod id=Video.3510063&w=425&h=350&fv=] Lupe presented B.o.B. with this cake on stage last night in Dallas to commemorate his debut, The Adventures of Bobby Ray. Just for the record, B.o.B.’s birthday is in November. LE

How’s this for a collector’s item? The original purple tape is currently up for grabs on eBay for $5,000.  That’s a lot of C.R.E.A.M. According to the description: VERY RARE CASSETTE TAPE RAEKWON ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX PURPLE CASSETTE TAPE FACTORY SEALED ONLY 10.000 EVERY MADE WORLD WIDE DONT MISS OUT YOU WILL PROBLY NEVER SEE THIS CASSETTE TAPE AGAIN FACTORY SEALED THE CASSETTE TAPE ONLY HAS 17 TRACKS THE NORTH STAR BONUS TRACK IS ONLY ON THE CD. […]

Malik Yusef, the pen behind Kanye West’s “Heartless”, tells HHW that Ye’s new album is 80% complete and goes on to describes it as real “raw”, “emotional”, and “reflective”. How bout them adjectives? Ha! Previously: DJ Premier Says Kanye’s LP’s Hard

You can always lean on your friends. And today our amigo Nav comes through with track #11 off Distant Relatives. Thanks, pal. Previously: New Music: Nas x Damian Marley Ft. Knaan “Africa Must Wake Up”

One of my favorite movies is the original Friday. Say what you want, but those two sequels were ass. Anyway, Cube spoke to moviefone about wanting to reunite with Chris Tucker for the film’s fourth installment. Do you think you’ll ever do another ‘Friday’ movie? What would those guys be up to today? I want to. But I don’t want to do it without Chris Tucker. That’s what people want. I really want to give people what they want, especially […]

Khaled makes his rap debut on the remix to “All I Do Is Win”. Hey, stop laughing! Other than that, nearly the entire game is on this. You’re all winners in our eyes. UHTN