French Montana is gearing up for his debut Excuse My French on April 16, but beginning February 26, he’s hitting the road for his first headling tour. Peep the full intinerary after the jump. “This is my first official headline tour. Everything has been leading up to this and the release of my album. I’m just excited to get on the road and see my fans, share my music and include them on this journey.”

Pimpin’ ain’t dead as long as these two are around. With that said, Future heads down to the Lone Star State in his new video with Trae. Pluto in stores now.

Snoop and his fellow rastafarians put their lighters up in his new video. The footage was captured in Jamaica where he filmed his documentary Reincarnated which premeires March 15.

Jermaine Dupri’s new vlog invites us to the lab as he tweaks a track he produced for Jadakiss and Styles P’s Jordan commercial. Afterwards, we follow him, Da Brat, Dondria and Kris Kross promoting the upcoming So So Def anniversary concert. hhnm

You’d probably think this was just another picture of Shawty Lo and his kids. But in fact, it’s actually, a photo op from career day at Altanta’s Best Academy. Leave it to a rapper to kick the truth to the young Black youth. More pictures after the jump. Previously: Gucci Mane Speaks At Career Day info

Former New York City mayor Ed Koch died today of congestive heart failure. He was 88 years old. During his incumbency, Koch witnessed the birth of hip-hop and death of graffiti—well, at least on the subway. eskay reminded me of his appearance in the film, Style Wars. He launched an anti-graffiti campaign, built a fortress, and ushered in a herd of “white elephants”. Even up to his death, he remained steadfast on his position. In an ironic twist, the documentary Koch premieres in theaters today.

During yesterday’s visit at Shade 45, Pusha T unleashed the wrath of his voice over Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin”. Below is the interview portion for the illuminatis.

Keeping it realer than real, Lecrae doesn’t bite the tongue in his new video off his album, Gravity. Directed by Isaac Deitz. Fakers beware and take notice.

Strong Arm Steady’s Krondon calls on his brother DJ Khali’s production for his new track featuring Kobe. Krondon’s album, Everything’s Nothing drops February 7. This is something we definitely can lean on.

NBA All Star weekend is two weeks away, but before the festivities kick off, here’s an alternate video of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ track “Wings”. The original clip is better than some Nike commercials.