Last night, Bilal filled in for Miguel as he joined Talib and The Roots for a live performance of “Come Here” on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Prisoner Of Conscious drops May 7. Pre-order yours today. mwp

Ahoy readers! On deck in his summer wear, A$AP rocks the boat in May’s issue Gentlemen’s Quarterly. Peep the interview and shoot above and the rest of the spread after the jump. “I wanted to model when I was younger,” he says. “I was always into clothes and shit.” It’s a fact that’s constantly reinforced by his lyrics (Drop-crotch Jeremy Scott pants, bitch it’s Hammer time) and by menswear blogs that practically worship him. “I’m the man on those things,” Rocky gloats. “I […]

Sporting their new summer wear, H&M’s new face soaks up the sun and makes a splash in their new ad. Shot in Nassau, bikini Bey also premieres a new track, “Standing On The Sun”. Now cool off, cool off.

In typical fashion, MGK bigged up Em with a “Lose Yourself” cover in front of St. Andrews Hall during his tour stop in the D. During showtime, he even recited B. Rabbit’s final battle verse from the 8 Mile.

Don’t change that dial or attempt to turn off the sound. Mac Man throws on his cape and saves the day in the first visual off his forthcoming album, Watching Movies With The Sound Off.

During last week’s HTC One Launch event, Sk8board P interrupted his set and premiered his new collaboration with Buss. hhnm

Snoop Lion and Big K.R.I.T. were invited as today’s guests on MTV’s RapFix Live. And with DJ Enuff on the turntables, the pair brought the episode to a close with a few rhymes. Snoop sure let the dogg out.

Now that Tha Dogg Pound has buried the hatchet with the thugs from Cleveland, Kurupt confirms with HHDX that a collaborative album titled, Thug Pound is on the way. “Right now we’re fixing to be working on a Thug Pound album with all of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and all of Dogg Pound,” said the Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania-native. “…Snoop [Dogg], Daz [Dillinger], myself, Soopafly, Krayzie [Bone], Wish [Bone], Bizzy [Bone], [Flesh-N-Bone], Layzie [Bone], the whole ball of wax. These are new works.” Kurupt even spoke on his new […]

Over the smooth production from Mac Miller’s alter-ego, Larry Fisherman, Ab-Soul and Mac Miller reunite for another collaboration. Hopefully, Soulo’s got a new project in the near future.

After a few weeks off, BET’s 106 returns with their freestyle series and commissions Hopsin as their latest guest. As you can see, he makes it look pretty easy.