Lupe touched down last night at the Fillmore auditorium in NYC and during his set, he spits an acappella freestyle for over nine minutes. No DJ, no band, only one mic. LupE.N.D.

Peedi Crakk was recently released from the joint after serving time on a parole violation. And to hear N.O.R.E. tell it, he’s got some new material in the can. Welcome home. 57th Ave

The Funk Doc is currently having fun with Twitter, and decided to unleash three newbies. Mr. Noble’s working hard. The first one is pretty umm… different, but I fuck with it. “Music Money Cars & Hoes” “Walk & Talk It” Bonus: Ready Roc Ft. Alicia Keys “I’m Ready”

For the second time, here’s another clip of J.Cole performing his street single at the USF BullStock 2010 in Florida. Hey Jermaine, when is the mp3 dropping? We need it—now! Dre

Well it’s only a 30 second ride for now. The full version featuring Tricky Stewart and The-Dream’s production drops Monday. So far, so good. Rap-Up Previously: On The Set: Ciara “Ride”

Preemo recently appeared on Tim Westwood’s show on BBC Radio. In the first video, he speaks on reuniting with Fat Joe on his forthcoming album, The Darkside. After the jump, Preem discusses Roc Raida and gives us an update on Guru’s condition.

Looks like Chuck got a dope video on the way. We follow Taydoe TV as they direct and shoot Game’s upcoming video, which features cameos from Alex Thomas, Travis Barker, Ron Artest, Bow Wow, Clipse, and the lovely Stacey Dash. HHNM

Wale and UCB’s Tre performed track five off  Attention Deficit at the Center Stage in the A two nights ago. My man.

After numerous delays, Rap-Up reports that Game’s new release date for, The R.E.D. Album is June 15th. But with Game’s track record, that’s subject to change. So don’t lose sleep, Drake.

Bobby Ray and Lupe were in Atlantic City last night at the House of Blues. During B.o.B.’s set, he performed a new song called “Letters To Vietnam”. The track doesn’t appear on the his album’s tracklist, so its origin is anybody’s guess. Sean UPDATE: Bobby Ray performs the track accoustic style at Power 99 in Philly.

Rise and shine folks. Red Cafe adds his two cents to Dirty Money’s latest single. Don’t be surprised if more artists hop on this. Good grief. Splash

For those 25 and up, Joell laces us with a remix of his single over three classic beats. Arranged by Statik Selektah. Yaaoowaa!

Killa and Vado are stylin’ and profilin’ in the streets of New York in their new clip. The track can be found on the first installment of Bosses Of All Bosses with DJ Drama. Woooo! WSHH

I crack me up. Ha! Don’t believe everything you hear and see on the Internets.

Shyne is scheduled to release his return track, “Messiah” come April 12th. Produced by EZ Elpee, 1515 reports it’s unknown if Po’s latest offering is an official single or just a buzz record for his untitled LP. Either way, welcome back!

Although this was shot a few weeks ago, we return with more stills from Gibbs next video. Str8 Killa No Filla coming soon. Video coming even sooner. More after the jump. FSD Previously: Vol. 1

Fuck sleepin’ with a broken heart. Release some new rap through your Twitter account. It’s been a tough year for relationships.

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[vodpod id=Video.3396049&w=425&h=350&fv=loc%3D%252F%26amp%3Bautoplay%3Dfalse%26amp%3Bvid%3D6061260] Last night, Pete and Capo were in the lab recording “I Wanna Get High” which will be featured on an upcoming Cypress Hill mixtape. The tape will feature other artists such as Asher Roth, Yelawolf and D-Block covering tracks from the group to help celebrate their 4/20 release, Rise Up. We can smoke to that.

Apparently Lil Wayne is working the night shift at Rikers as a Suicide Prevention Aide. Yesterday Weezy’s former flame denied that she told Us Weekly the rapper had a job watching suicidal inmates. VIBE connected with an employee on the island who stated that, “He works the midnight shift in his unit. He starts at 11pm and ends at 7am…He only works in his unit and all the inmates there have escorts. He’s only accompanied when he leaves that unit.”