My dudes Mel D. Cole and Ernest Estime came through last night with some great shots from last night’s show at S.O.B.’s. Thanks to Crack, Vado, Cassidy and the gang of guests who came out. Good times.

Joe Beezy enters Royce’s world and drops a few bars over his spaced-out track. We come in peace. Pause. thi

Puff and the Diddy bunch cover VIBE‘s 15th annual Juice issue. The mag hits newsstands on August 16th, but VIBE has an excerpt below. Dr. Dre said that the last beat that floored him was “All About the Benjamins.” How does that make you feel? It’s humbling. I was in the studio with Dre the other day. He started working on a record for me. Watching him as a producer is watching greatness. We had a lot of similar traits. […]

Curtis stopped by to chat it up with the ladies on The View earlier today. He spoke on the transition of his hustler days to music, his film Twelve, and shows off his new tattoo-less arm. heads up: hhnm Sidebar: On the set of Lloyd Banks’ “Any Girl”

It’s official: Mr. West has changed the title of his upcoming album. Now how do we know this? Well the man himself joined Twitter today and told us. Heaven help us all.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”fat_joe__sobs”] Fat Joe celebrated the release of his 10th album, The Darkside last night at S.O.B.’s. Rap Radar was co-sponser and with our urging Crack didn’t perform his more popular chart toppers but opted for his underground cuts instead. In fact, during the middle of his set, he told the crowd that if they wanted to hear his “hits” to get the fuck out. Of course, nobody moved. Check out some performance highlights above. Great night! Special guests […]

Before the bootleg bugs bite I finally convinced the Dirty South’s finest to let his Drizzy Hendrix collabo go. You know how Rap Radar puts it down. You can thank me now! Trill OG Day is next Tuesday. Pre-order here! Previously: Bun B Clarifies Drake Collabos

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WIMH just liberated a new cut from Freddie Gibbs that will not appear on his Str8 Killa EP, but on the Adult Swim Singles Project. Remember Str8 Killa No Filla mixtape drops tomorrow. yk2

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