A few years ago, Young Guru said he wanted to teach at a university. Now he’s getting his chance this fall at USC’s (University of Southern California) Thornton Contemporary Music Division. As an an artist-in-residence, Guru will conduct lectures and help develop a degree program in music production.  Read his Q&A with the LA Times after the jump.

 According to Page Six, rumor has it that Jay-Z will be selling his Brooklyn Nets stake to former NBA player, now team head coach Jason Kidd. In 2003, Kidd convinced Hov to buy a stake in the franchise.

Round of applause for the Kang. As of last week, his LP Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head has surpassed the 500,000 mark in sales. Congrats! Available on iTunes here.

Drake still plans to do right and kill everything. In his Billboard cover story, he gives his thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse and says he’s impervious to his attack.

Drake’s all smiles on the cover of this weeks edition of Billboard. Say cheese when Nothing Was The Same drops September 24th.

We been mobbin’ since day one.

Two days after racking up at the VMA’s, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ debut The Heist has gone platinum. Amazing feat for a duo that hoped to break 30,000. Congratulations to the entire Sharkface gang.

CiCi’s in the house and shows nothing but legs on the front cover of PAPER magazine. In the cover story, she discusses her come up, new album, Ciara, and her main squeeze, Future. Read the full story here. Which means Ciara is now open to talking about her relationship with the avant-rapper Navydius “Future” Cash, who is an executive producer of the album and collaborated on the first single, “Body Party.” It’s a sultry act of musical seduction (“My body is your […]

With Big Sean’s Hall Of Fame and Juicy J’s Stay Trippy upon us (August 27), Big Sean makes his return to the front cover of The Source as part of the magazine’s 16th annual Power 30 issue. His xcerpt and photoshoot below.

Joe Budden’s set to have his plate full later this year. Via his Twitter account, he announced that he’ll be following up No Love Lost with Some Love Lost EP and All Love Lost LP this winter. Asstonishing. [tweet https://twitter.com/JoeBudden/status/372072188914200576]