Hard to believe, but today marks the 13th anniversary of Big Pun’s passing. This afternoon on Hot 97, Mister Cee paid homage to Punisher with 60 minutes of his music. Sidebar: Mister Cee Interviews Pete Rock UPDATE: 2013 mix. 2013 MIX

It’s a New York takeover as A$AP and French split the Feb/Mar cover of XXL. In the issue, A$AP recalls the passing of his father and his parents’ musical influence. French discusses his debut album, 50 Cent and the time he was shot. Peep their solo covers below. All three issues hits newsstands February 19.

This track brings back some memories. Anyway, 360 personalizes Missy Elliott’s classic for his new freestyle. His new EP is set to drop later this year.

Emilo’s previous joints “HiiiPower and “The Devil II” snuck under the radar, but here’s his new recording with fellow arsonists Killa Kyleon and Doughbeezy. No Shame No Regrets arriving soon.

Mike Will made it over to Shade 45 for Sway’s morning show. In addition to name dropping his ideal MCs over his production, he talks working with Future and possibly future work with the Bieber God.

Before addressing his Cassidy beef and Rozay’s shooting with Q Deezy at Philly’s Hot 107.9, Meek started from the top with a freestyle over Drake’s single and a few shots at Cassidy.

YG is about to reup on more music and he’s bringing Nipsey along with him. During his chat with the LA Leakers, he reveals he plans to release a mixtape with Nip titled, 2 Of Amerikas Most Wanted. “Hey, Nip probably don’t know.. about the title. Mustard came up with that. I got records for it. I got records with Dom on it already. I got shit like, Nip know what’s up. You feel me. We finna do the tape […]

Kid Ink also stopped by Shade 45 last week and joined DJ Tony Touch on his late night gig. Above, the West Coaster follows the sound of Game’s “Dreams” for some wordplay action.

With the entire rap game musically high off Molly, Joe Budden gave a sobering testimonial on NY’s Fox 5 News. He spoke on the dangers of the drug and the effects it had on his life. Sweat to that. “I didn’t see a problem with the fact that maybe five days would go by without sleeping,” Budden says. “I didn’t see a problem with the fact that maybe I was hallucinating at times. I didn’t see a problem with the […]

Sylvia Rhone’s Vested In Culture signee sits down with Life+Times and explains the meaning behind his track, “Whip It”. The track can be heard on his recent release, Life Changes.