[vodpod id=Video.4620362&w=425&h=350&fv=] The Cable News Network rounded up Birdman and Young Money manager Cortez Bryant, to speak on Lil Wayne’s current incarceration. Weezy is weeks away from completing eight months on Rikers Island for weapons possession. He’s set to be released November 4th. ice

No telling if they recorded a song together, but it’s good to know Wasalu and Atlantic Records kissed and made up.

A few months back, Nicki Minaj scored her first Billboard number one. Now, she has become the first female rapper with the most entries on Billboard’s 100. The seven entries are listed as Nielsen Soundscan’s 200 best-selling songs of 2010 with, so far, a total of 4,298,000 in sales: The entries consists of her single “Your Love” (755k) as well as her guest features including Luda’s “My Chick Bad” (1,246,000), Lil Wayne’s “Knockout” (519k), Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up” (518k), Usher’s “Lil Freak” (508k), […]

Tremaine made his late night creep to The Mo’Nique Show last night. Before his interview with Mo, he performed his current singles, “Bottoms Up” and “Can’t Be Friends”. mwp

This leaked awhile back, but this will be the version you will hear when the retail version of I Am Not A Human Being drops in stores next Tuesday. We’re no Oompa-Loompas, but we don’t like the look of this compared to the previous version. splash

[vodpod id=Video.4620175&w=425&h=350&fv=] Better late than never huh baby? Cam and Vado finally put some visuals behind the araabMUZIK-produced track off Bosses Of All Bosses 2. It’s even got a reenactment of the bike crash in Reggie’s old video. Ha! wshh

[vodpod id=Video.4620010&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1649317%2526vid%253D581115%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A581115] We all know Busta attended the same high school with both Jay-Z and B.I.G. in Brooklyn. But during Busta’s MTV RapFix Live session earlier today, Trevor recalls battling a young Shawn Carter in the school’s cafeteria. No sore losers here. “One day, somebody came up to me and was like, ‘Yo, Hov is in the cafeteria. They weren’t calling him Hov at the time; they were calling him Jay. ‘Do you want to step to him on some rhyme sh–?’ So I go. […]

Too West Coast. During the Hennessy Artistry stop in the City of Angels, Tip brings out the city’s own for a performance of “You Can Do It”. Ladies, feel free to put your back into it. uhtn

[vodpod id=Video.4618995&w=425&h=350&fv=videoId%3D625304846001%26amp%3BplayerId%3D1126070790%26amp%3BviewerSecureGatewayURL%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fconsole.brightcove.com%2Fservices%2Famfgateway%26amp%3BservicesURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fservices.brightcove.com%2Fservices%26amp%3BcdnURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fadmin.brightcove.com%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BautoStart%3Dfalse%26amp%3B] Bun’s Trill O.G. has already established its place on the Billboard charts, so recently he took to the rooftop of NYC’s Mophonics Studios for the latest feature of Billboard‘s Tastemakers video series. Get with the “Trillionaire” up top and catch “Let ‘Em Know” and “Draped Up” below.

[vodpod id=Video.4618906&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D581102%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A581102] Since Kanye praised Banks, we’ve heard the two on last G.O.O.D. Friday’s  “Christian Dior Denim Flow” . Today Banks tells 1515 that yesterday’s release “Start It Up” off H.F.M. 2 was initially supposed to feature just Fabolous. Hey, the more the merrier. “That was one of the last joints I recorded for my album. Originally it was me and Fab, then I got Kanye, then Swizz was in the city and so was Ryan. The difference from that track being me and […]