Fred The Godson puts his flow to use over EPMD’s classic track. Listen up. They didn’t give this guy the XXL Freshman honor for nothing. flex

The Roots have just announced that their 4th annual picnic will take place on Saturday June 4th at the Festivial Pier in Philly. Guests include: Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Mac Miller and many more. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 AM via Live Nation. okayplayer

Judging by the promo clip above, it appears that Kanye and his G.O.O.D. Music family will be making their return to the South by Southwest music festival on March 19th in Austin, TX. Better get there before midnight.

[vodpod id=Video.5668995&w=540&h=350&fv=] We can’t get enough of Ace’s certified banger and recently Andy Boy Genius captured what went on during the set for Ace’s upcoming video. Expect cameos from Birdman, DJ Khaled, Rozay and more. See what Derick G caught after the jump. Bonus: “Look At Me Now (Freestyle)”

Diddy and the ladies were on BET‘s 106 & Park earlier today and finally announced the cities and dates for their upcoming Coming Home tour. For those who missed it, Sean runs through the dates again. Listing underneath.

The individual(s) behind Biggaveli’s Twitter account released the video for the first single off Max B’s upcoming set. Vigilante Season finally arrives March 29th. Oh yea, he’s not in the video. Free Max B!

Mortimer, their back! Six months after Wale and Cud’s fallout, they have finally made peace. Earlier today, the duo broke the ice publicly via Twitter. In the words of B.I.G.: Fuck that beef shit, that shit is played out. UPDATE: Wale confirmed to YN that the two did speak on the phone and they have indeed made amends.

Waka Flocka’s set to become one of the newest spokespersons for PETA. Here’s footage of him bearing it all during his photo shoot. Not only is fur murder, but it also comes in brown and red. Ha!

[vodpod id=Video.5667084&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] And we thought Sai was mad late. Anyways, Nice & Smooth finally shot a video for a track off their 1989 debut LP, Nice & Smooth. Better late than never and it sure looks like they still got it. We see you Big Daddy Kane. nr

Photo: Virgil Solis After noticing Freddie Gibbs insightful and often humorous observations on sports through his Twitter account, Rap Radar decided to give him a forum to express his thoughts on the thrills of victory and the agonies of defeat. It’s Gangsta Gibbs Wide World Of Sports. The black Bill Simmons is here. And miss him with that NCAA shit.