Apparently, Dres of Black Sheep wasn’t privy to the rapping hamsters in Kia’s latest ad campaign. D-R-E-S shares his thoughts with VIBE on the group’s song being used and how he’s expecting some royalties to come along with it. “The Choice is Yours” is in a new Kia commercial and some other classic hip-hop songs have been getting commercial revivals too. What’s up with the resurgence of golden era hip-hop in advertising? I think it’s reflective of a time period of a certain level […]

Look at them. They’re getting money and laughing like everything’s funny. Here’s a couple of flicks of Drake and Sir Richard Branson in Toronto following Virgin America’s inaugural flight yesterday.

Well respected graffiti/hip-hop icon Rammellzee passed away yesterday. Check out tributes from my dudes, eskay and Dave Bry. Rock on, b-boys.

Seems as if Nicki’s trips to Hawaii were all work and no play. BET VP Stephen Hill spilled the beans to Rap-Up that he heard a song off Kanye’s tentatively titled Good Ass Job featuring the Harajuku Barbie. “He’s got a track with Nicki Minaj that’s so dope,” he exclusively revealed to Rap-Up.com. “You won’t believe it when you hear it.” We’ll see September 14th.

[vodpod id=Video.3938074&w=425&h=350&fv=] Dream is on his grizzly. Under the Motion Family’s direction, he combines three videos off Love King ( “Yamaha”; “Nikki Pt. 2”; “Abyss”) into one. Listen up, Terius got a story to tell. Performance of “Make Up Bag” on Jimmy Kimmel Live after the jump. Previously: “Panties To The Side” (Video Preview)

This ain’t funny so don’t you dare laugh. But here’s some new material from former Bad Boy, G-Dep. Lighten up, people. 57ave

Sauce moves his weight around and talks some real shit on this new track. Shots fired from all angles. Better duck sauce. nr

Rappers are hypocritical. And David Banner is no exception. How many other MC’s can record a gospel track with Mary Mary and then want to fire off a “9mm”? Either way, Banner is a complicated man and, in the clip above, he justifies his duality.

Jay Elect brought his antics to Highline last night too. In the clip above, he performs “Ghost Of Christopher Wallace”. Spooky.

According to Woooha, Kanye’s copped his new chain and ring from Jacob The Jeweler for $300,000. Ye rocked the 24k gold pieces on Sunday during his performance at the BET Awards. The medallion is a depiction of Egyptian deity, Horus. Lord have mercy.

On Smash’s Invasion concert went down at the Highline Ballroom last night in Gotham city. Joell Ortiz made the most of his set and brought out Fat Joe, Joe Budden, and Jim Jones. Above, he and Joe Crack run through “Twinz /Deep Cover 98”. More footage below. missinfo

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”dirt_nasty”] Dirt Nasty’s, well, nasty. Backed by Alchemist’s production, comes the visual to the title track to his album, Nasty As I Wanna Be. Too live for this crew.

Ricky premiered this early this morning via his Ustream. Anyway, wake and bake to the remix featuring Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y. Man, they don’t call him Hot Spitta for nothing.

[vodpod id=Video.3934821&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D533376%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A533376] Bobby Ray tells MTV that he is torn as to which track he plans to release as his next single. Decisions, decisions. “I think ‘Magic’ is one where, in terms of the pop crowd, it’ll really be the hit, the record of choice. I think ‘Don’t Let Me Fall’ is the song that people just kinda embrace naturally. It doesn’t even have to be pushed or on the radio. When I perform and do shows, people sing ‘Don’t […]

Looks like Hov ain’t playin’. On Thursday, Jay-Z and Nets majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov plan on visting Akron, Ohio to recruit free agent LeBron James. By tomorrow though, Jay and his Russian homie will appear in this 225 x 95 foot mural created near the Knicks’ Madison Square Garden home. The new dynasty? In The ‘Zzone x IH UPDATE: Mural Complete

Last October, T-Pain put his Big Ass Chain to rest. But now, he’s found a new way to squander his wealth. Feast your eyes on his latest purchase. It’s supposed to be a diamond encrusted Nuvo bottle, but from here, it looks more like a bedazzled dildo. yk2

[vodpod id=Video.3934567&w=425&h=350&fv=mediaKey%3Dc623dda7-b309-4b04-a67b-6b965ea8130e%26image%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwbads.vo.llnwd.net%2Fo25%2Fu%2Ftelepixtv%2Fextratv%2Fus%2Fvideo%2F2010-06%2F29%2F062910_drake_still.jpg%26origin%3Dembed] Extra caught up with October’s Very Own today on his Virgin America flight to Toronto. At around the :20 mark, he reveals that one of his studio hopping sessions was with Chris Breezy. Oh boy, fireworks. Ha! On a more serious note, best wishes to Drake’s moms who’s set to undergo a surgical procedure. Stay strong. heads up: rap up

HardKnock TV brings forth additional footage from Lauryn’s performance at the Harmony Festival 2010 in Santa Rosa, CA a few weeks ago. Here Ms. Hill performs the Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill cut over Drizzy and Timbo’s “Say Something”. Sidebar: The Many Voices Of Lauryn Hill

Memphis Bleek and DJ Scream’s new street mixtape, The Return has arrived. Ironically though, Malik never really went away. Ah well, new material never hurts. Download it here. Tracklist down bottom.

Change is good. Last May, EA Sports renamed their NBA Live video game series to NBA Elite. And to top it off, they employed 9th Wonder to score the entire game. That explains why he DJ’d the launch party last week. Above, 9th speaks on his latest production endeavor.