Last month at Giant Step’s 14th annual Sunset Soiree, drummer ?uestlove paid homage to Renaissance man Gilles Peterson. ?uest says Giles was the first to support The Roots and that he strives to emulate his career.

Joell and his Slaughters were in Ottawa, Canada last night and during their set, Joell got some time to shine with his rendition of “Beamer, Benz, or Bentley”. Which by the way gets the same amount of spins as the original on New York radio. WYWCM

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Talk about surreal mashups. Barrington Levy hooks up with Snoop Dogg and Mims for this new tune. Murderrr! Digiwaxx

Chris’ out. Matt’s in. Eskay’s cousin came clean with Ryan Seacrest this morning on KIIS FM that she’s indeed dating Los Angeles Dodger, Matt Kemp. Home run. Nav

[vodpod id=Video.3392077&w=425&h=350&fv=] LA The Darkman made his way to Tony Touch’s show this past Tuesday on Shade 45 and recited his verse off Willie The Kid’s The Cure mixtape. Don’t worry LAD, it’s ok to recycle. Ha!

Guess who’s back? Slick Pulla returns a few pounds lighter in the first video since his release from jail late last year.

DJ Envy premiered the first tune from Jadakiss’ The Champ Is Here 3 mixtape. Kiss still sounds sharp. Tape’s scheduled to drop May 1st. Omen UPDATE: CDQ UHTN

Here’s footage from Digiwaxx’s press conference last week with the distant relatives, Nas and Damian Marley.  The tandem answered questions from hosts Steph Lova and Dahved Levy and then previewed new tracks including “Promise Land” at the 8:00 mark. Previously: Nas & Damian Marley Talk Age In Hip-Hop

Y’all know who’s keeping it gangsta? Pill is, with this new cut from his mixtape, 1140: The Overdose. This is for the real 10 toes downers. R.I.P. Eazy-E. Look out for a video coming soon. TEV