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In a stirring opener on par with his Oasis shocker at Glastonbury, Hov paid tribute to MCA and the Beastie Boys (who he replaced on this show) with a remake of a classic from Licensed to Ill. It was a cover performance Hip Hop Honors wish they could have. Ha! Good job, Hov. Hey Village Voice, he was listening.

I’ll put my footage up against anybody’s. No shots.

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No Kanye. No Ri-Ri. No problem? Still not a big fan of this joint but cool to see Jay perform a new song for the first time.

When it comes to this rap website shit, who run it?

A developing story, but apparently Drake injured himself at a Young Money concert show last night. Miss Info has some details. More in the morning.

Props to Divine Davy for the TwitPic and THExKM1 for sending it to me.

Update: From the man himself.

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While Joe discuses the possibility of having a mistress, his girlfriend Tahiry, divulges on getting punched in the face by the hands of some guy. Perhaps they both agreed on sharing this with the world, but I believe some things are best kept private. Why be exploitative for the sake of a couple hundred YouTube views? Sorry Joey, but if my ol’ lady came home with an eye jammie, a Flip Cam definitely wouldn’t be the first thing I’m reaching for.

Spotted: NR

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 After paying homage to the King, Tony Starks and The Chef perform Track 5 off Enter The 36 Chambers. Sigh. Everybody talkin’ bout the good ol’ days.

 
Drama, the floor is yours:

After reading Jeezy’s unprovoked insults in that XXL article, it seems

like the guy’s pretty emotional if u ask me! Maybe he’s dealing wit

some things in his career, I don’t know.  He did an interview a few

months back with Elliott Wilson on rapradar.com and said the total opposite!  He was talkin bout, “Drams the homie and

we may work together again, etc”.  Now I’ve never spoken on our issues

because I believe grown man business is just that, and running to the

media to whine is not my thing.

Most importantly, his statement about me trying to charge him $20k for

a mixtape is a BOLD FACE LIE. I never charged Jeezy for nuthin’. I did

2 Slick Pulla tapes (4th Ward Day, Election Day)  for free and a

Bloodraw tape (The Indictment Papers) for free. Anything Jeezy ever

needed from me, I did without hesitation. He doesn’t want to deal with

the real reason why he’s mad.

The tension between us actually started when I deejayed his USDA

release party (FOR FREE) and I played a Gucci Mane record. He stormed

out of his own party and didn’t speak to me for about 2-3 months. Me

being a DJ, I was just rockin’ the crowd and giving the people what

they had been requesting. I don’t get involved in that other stuff.

I could go deeper into his angry reaction to me working with Gucci but,

again, I’m a stand-up guy. I’m loyal to those who are loyal to me. I’m

not even thinkin bout Jeezy. Why all the tough talk to the dj who

doesn’t say nothin to him but he doesn’t say nothin tough to the

rappers that diss him like Pimp C?

I was shocked by his cowardly attempt to try to slander my name in the

upcoming XXL article. And what’s the most shocking is to see him side

with the FEDs in my arrest! Wow, since when did that become gangster?!?

I’m chillin, never said nuthin’ negative about dude. Check his

character…or better yet, ask those around him that he’s done dirty.

Ask the folks who ain’t with him anymore, like Coach K, Twin, his

former security Big Sam, or my homie Roccett…

We doin’ our thing over here. I’m workin on albums, Gangsta Grillz Vol

3., traveling the world and celebrating success! And I’m still the

Mixtape President!

KANYE’S RIGHT. CITATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION, RUINS THE NATION. GET IT TOGETHER BLAWGA’S.

Peer your head from behind the curtain and peep Ghost’s show last night at the Nokio Theater in NYC. Before running through his set, The Wally Champ perfroms verses from Big Baby Jesus and Inspectah Deck. Afterwards, he brings out Lex Diamonds and rock “C.R.E.A.M.”, “Incarcerated Scarfaces”, and “Run.”  Stay put, more clips in the can.

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In an interview with HipHopBeef, Ruger Rell blames Capo for Dipset’s fall from grace. I disagree. I fault Benjamin Franklin and his homie Ulysses more than anything.

Spotted: NahRight