Los Angeles Lakers star Ron Artest appeared on Renada Romain’s Ear Candy Sirius/XM show this morning. During his interview, he debuted a new track featuring Nas from his upcoming mixtape, Ball’n dropping All Star Weekend. UPDATE: As pointed out in the comments, this leaked late last year with tags. No real difference besides Ron’s intro at the beginning. Technical foul.
For the entire month of April, Wiz is embarking on his Green Carpet Tour. The show kicks off on the first in Raleigh, North Carolina and ends on the 17th at Penn State. Remaining dates after the jump. Rolling Papers drops March 29th.
Maurice Garland hosted the Red Cup Party last night at the Smith’s Olde Bar in Atlanta. In the clip above, Playboy Tre introduces K.R.I.T. and performs, “Return of 4Eva”. After the jump, “Moon & Stars” and “Glass House”. hiptics
Marsha will finally release her debut album, Late Nights & Early Mornings on March 1st. But for now, here’s a bonus cut featuring her tour DJ, Aktive. yk2
Yeezy phones home two verses for the remix to Katy Perry’s latest single. The tandem have already begun shooting a video for the track as well. Drew Barrymore cameo anyone?
Snoop teamed up with DJ Skee for his new mixtape, PuffPuffPassTuesdays. It wasn’t supposed to drop until tomorrow, but here it is a day early. Tracklist and download link after the cut.
Ms. Minaj hasn’t responded to any of Lil Kim’s antics since her interview with Angie Martinez but apparently the Queen Bee’s PayPal declaration finally hit her radar. Peep the bitch who sold a million off a mixtape’s Twitter responses below. The war’s still on.
Fashawn connects with Jermaine for a feature and production on his latest cut. Ironically this was played on the radio and the folks over at nqm came through with the rip. Off Fashawn’s Higher Learning 2 mixtape, which drops tomorrow.
You can find him outchea—even in the A. With that being said, here’s Mr. Folarin’s short film documenting his recent show in Atlanta. Directed by RoyalxRae with features from Waka Flocka and more.
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That blog post perfectly captured the raw intensity of Joell Ortiz’s performance at Guz Sports Bar! His delivery of Battle Cry was absolutely electric, making the whole room feel like it was vibrating with pure, unfiltered energy. It reminded me of those high-stakes moments during a intense word guessing game with friends where the pressure is on and every single syllable counts. Seeing such a lyrical powerhouse perform in such an intimate, gritty setting was a legendary experience. If you weren't there, you truly missed out on some masterful storytelling. I'm still buzzing from that incredible night of hip-hop excellence!