During the annual four-day festival in Tennessee, Mr. Folarin premieres a new track “Black & Gold”, which he says to expect to drop in a month or so. Below he summons the crowd to throw their diamonds up for a pic in honor of Jay and segues into “Run This Town”. paul farber

Cudder was charged with felony criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance earlier today in NYC. According to the Daily News Cudi went into a druken rage inside a woman’s apartment where he broke her door hinges and cell phone. So much for the pursuit of happiness.

The artist formerly known as Killer Mike hijacks Banks’ “Beamer, Benz Or Bentley” and bodies it along with adlibs from TIP. Ride out. yk2

Snoop Dogg and Kurupt are two of the biggest Laker fans around. And although the team lost to the Celtics last night, that isn’t stopping them for rooting for the home team on this new track. Lake Show in six. Any takers?

Last year, educator Michael Eric Dyson penned a book entitled Born To Use Mics based on Nas’ 1994 masterpiece, Illmatic. Earlier today at the Bonnaroo Arts & Music Festival, Esco gave his take on the project.

Puff and his Dirty Money crew were on Tim Westwood’s show today and addressed Lil’ Kim recent taunts. No time for negativity.

If a picture‘s worth a thousand words, video must speak for itself. Take a look at Pharrell and Asher Roth adding the final touches to Ash’s sophomore album, The Spaghetti Tree. yk2

Yesterday evening, Cudi gave a performance at his old 9 to 5 in the Soho section of New York. Adoseofdopeness caught a majority of the set above. Below is a non-a capella version of “Revolution”. [vodpod id=Video.3814621&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D12477952%26amp%3Bserver%3Dvimeo.com%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bfullscreen%3D1%26amp%3Bmd5%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_portrait%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_title%3D0%26amp%3Bshow_byline%3D0%26amp%3Bcontext%3Duser%3A3215476%26amp%3Bcontext_id%3D%26amp%3Bforce_embed%3D0%26amp%3Bmultimoog%3D%26amp%3Bcolor%3D00ADEF%26amp%3Bforce_info%3Dundefined]

Look ma, no Blackberry! Here’s footage of Drizzy’s freestyle yesterday on Tim Westwood’s show. I say, uh, he did alright! Ha! Sidebar: Need a beat with this? Statik Selektah comes through

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