On the high rise overlooking the city, Wale balances love and hate in his brand new video. The Gifted in stores June 25.

Are you not entertained? Well produced by Maejor Ali, Sean Paul commandeers all to hit the dance floor with his new single featuring Juicy J and 2 Chainz. boomshots

With his third album dropping in two days, it’s Wale against the world on the front of today’s The Washington Post. Have yourself a “Wale moment” and read the full article here. Excerpt below. He’s been goaded into far too many “Wale moments” here, engaging with anonymous trash talkers, confronting his critics, shouting down the faceless digital mob that lives inside his phone at all times. He can’t seem to go more than two minutes without looking at the screen. […]

Power 106 held their annual Powerhouse concert last night in Anaheim, CA. Chris Brown was on the ticket and brought out Nicki Minaj for a performance of DJ Khaled’s “Take It To The Head”.

Four months after the Grammy ceremony, Drake finally received his award for Best Rap Album. He celebrated the moment by taking a shot out of the trophy with his OVO crew. Let’s see if he can double up after Nothing Was The Same drops on September 17th.

Adrien Broner had nothing to worry about as French Montana escorted him to the ring last night at the Barclays Center. After 12 rounds, Broner defeated Paulie Malignaggi for the WBA welterweight title. He also left with his girl too. Ha!

3 nights ago, J.Cole held two shows at Irving Plaza for his Dollar & A Dream tour. Here’s a recap of the pandemonium with cameos from surprise performer Drake as well as guests Jay-Z and of course YN.

Oh God! Big Sean’s sophomore album, Hall Of Fame was set to drop December 18th. But in his latest blog, he says the project will now arrive early 2013. UPDATE: It took a minute, but we’re back. See you August 27th.

On the corner of Carlton Ave in Brooklyn, Jay-Z fans were handed binders containing the tracklist to Magna Carta Holy Grail. No word on features, but known producers include: Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Rick Rubin, and Pharrell. Want more info? Hit up jjmonster. Album drops downloads on July 4th. 1. Picasso Baby 2. Heaven 3. Versus 4. Tom Ford 5. Beach Is Better 6. FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt 7. Oceans 8. F.U.T.W. 9. Part II (On The Run) 10. BBC 11. La Familia 12. Jay-Z Blue […]

It gets no better than this. NaS answers J.Cole’s record. What a week in hip-hop!