Jay Elect: Permission to speak freely, sir? Hov: Go. Go, baby. Let it go! Here’s the best footage you’ll see of Elect’s signing party at The Box on Friday night. “The Announcement” up top and “Dear Moleskine,” “Exhibit A,” “Exhbit C” and a Roc sign exchange from the stage.

With today marking Russell Jones 35th birthday Shallah releases his ode to Dirt McGirt. The film’s directed by Kris Kinetik and comes days after the 6th anniversary of his death. RIP ODB! angelayee Yesterday: ODB’s Son Remembers His Father

Hov woke up early this morning and returned to the Howard Stern Show to promote his new book, Decoded. Speaking of which, the NY Daily News has an excerpt from the project in today’s edition. Here’s what went down. michelle

Saturday night, Lauryn Hill lent a helping hand for Michael J. Fox’s annual fundraiser event, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s at The Waldorf Astoria in NYC. Above, she and The Roots cover the Bob Marley classic, “Is This Love”. Now that’s love.

This prematurely leaked the other day, but Slim himself let’s it go the way he intended. Hey, don’t beat us up. Off Tha Thug Show, which begins November 30.

[vodpod id=Video.4911274&w=425&h=350&fv=] Coming off the release of Man On The Moon II, Kid Cudi landed in the Windy City for a meet-and-greet with fans at the RSVP Gallery. He then made moves At Super Fun with his homies, Big Sean, GLC, and Chip The Ripper. Looks like everyone got Cudi wasted. illroots

Last night, The Roots went head-to-toe with Indie Rock band, Shiny Toy Guns at Atlanta’s Tabernacle for the RedBull Sounclash. During The Roots set, they brought out Yelawolf for a performance. Trunk Muzik 0-60 in stores November 22.

The Rosenthals are crazy for this one.

The Rockness Monsta continues his Monster Mondays for the fifth week. And as always, he holds his own. Sho nuff! x

Have best friends become strangers? Over the weekend, Diddy sent out an ambiguous tweet about being betrayed. Presumably, by Jay Electronica. This morning, Elect responded to Puff with the message below. UPDATE: And just like that, Bad Boys for life. @JayElectronica I proud of you! I’m happy for you. I love you! I congratulate you’ I’m not mad at you! All I wanna do is see you win! All love