As-salamu alaykum. Ramadan begins today and during the month-long observance, Muslims abstain from food. Islamic leaders from are calling for the Obama administration to cease force feeding at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. In the video above, Mos Def demonstrates how the procedure is administered. Now would be a good time to put away breakfast. guardian

Hov isn’t the youngest person on Magna Carta Holy Grail. 16 year old producer Wondagurl produced “Crown” on the album and spoke to MTV about how the track landed in Jay-Z’s lap. I was at home one day and I was looking for reggae samples for a while and I finally found this one that was crazy, Sizzla ‘Solid as a Rock,’” she told MTV News of the first steps she took to cook up the beat for Hov’s “Crown” […]

Vado elevates his spit with a verse to Meek Mill’s latest cut. Expect to hear more of these all summer long.  Slime Flu 4 coming later this year.

LL Cool J was down in The Big Easy last night as part of the annual Essence Music Festival. During his performance, he brought out Eric and Parrish for their collaboration, “Rampage”. Still smoking MCs 23 years later. spencerclements 

Shad’s still rolling out the freebies and sets up shop at East 106th Street and Park Avenue with his take over Tha Dogg Pound’s track.

Mack Maine’s Food 4 Thought is still in its processing stage, but until it arrives, here’s its latest leak produced by The Beat Bully.

It’s been a minute since we’ve last heard from Dame Dash, but while waiting for a haircut from YN’s barber, he gave his thoughts on Jay-Z’s new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail. Hopefully these guys can reconcile their differences. But then again, Hov’s doing better than before, so why’d he do that? In the barber shop listening to jays new album….I can’t front… I still like hearing him pop shit cause I know he’s telling the truth…proud to be be a […]

Jim Jones is back with his revamps and lets his money pile up with his rendition of Daft Punk and Pharrell’s “Get Lucky”.

Project Pat’s Cheez N Dope 2 is on the way, but before that, he taking it back to the first installment and robbing folks in its new video. Download the mixtape here. Hide your goods.

Last night, J.Cole participated in this year’s 4th of July Jam at Philly’s Ben Franklin Parkway and ran through “Work Out”, “Crooked Smile’” and “Power Trip” alongside The Roots.