Lord have mercy, this beat is bonkers. Here’s a new one from The Son of Chico Dusty’s solo debut. Get the South’s dick up out your mouth and hop on the good left foot July 6th.

Rick tells 1515 that he and Erykah plan to shoot a video for the remix to “Window Seat”. Fortunately, he’s keeping his clothes on—we hope. “I had to come get the queen,” Ross said about the video. “They had her boxed up.” The clip starts with Ross coming to get the Grammy-winning songstress from jail. “It was only right. I was swerving through Dallas in that Porsche Panorama turbo. I had to slide up on her, scoop her up. We […]

Aside from the pictures, I truly appreciate the anecdotes in RESPECT magazine. I stumbled across this one by photographer, Zach Cordner in the latest issue. He secretly snapped the Carters during the Coachella Music Festival this past April. The picture tells a story, but the blurb tells a different one. Pretty interesting. Issue’s on newsstands now. Sidebar: Jay-Z Kicks Off  European Tour In Germany jzw

Hot 97’s Angie Martinez appeared on the “season premiere” of ALBe Back’s One Minute Show and said there’s no chance she’ll record music again. Don’t front, you nodded to that contingo shit. We see you, Dame!

Not even the Teflon Don is impervious to push backs.

The Unit were at the Warfield Theatre in San Fran last night and surprised the crowd with Yay area’s very own, E-40. Go dumb!

T.I. revealed to MTV last month that he’d been in the lab with Kid Rock. And in this week’s edition of Entertainment Weekly, Kid says he and Tip are featured on a Rick Rubin-produced song with country singer Martina McBride. You’ve been working Rick Rubin on your new album. What’s the word on that? We’ve just finished. I’m mixing away right now. There’s a song with Martina McBride and T.I. There’s a song with Zac Brown. I have another great […]

Thirteen years ago, Eddie Griffin appeared alongside Biggie as the comic relief in Diddy Puff Daddy’s video, “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down”. As the comedian made his way down the VH1 red carpet, he spoke on his cameo and tickling Biggie’s funny bone. Walk down memory lane with the video below.

Since 1997, Frank Sinatra’s “New York New York” has been the theme song at the Belmont Stakes. But now, officials from the New York Racing Association say the cut will be replaced by Jay-Z’s “Empire State Of Mind” during their 142nd running this Saturday. According to the AP, reps say the track is the “quintessential 21st century theme song for New York City.” The song will be performed by teen singer, Jasmine Villegas. Hip-hop wins by a nose! mtv

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