The Chef tells XXL that he wants Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids to play him in his forthcoming bio-pic C.R.E.A.M. “A couple of the young MCs in the game, such as the Cool Kids, I think there’s one of them that kinda resemble me,” Rae said. “So we thinking of letting them have fun, with them catching a vision of all the things we did back in the days. I really feel like I had a full life as […]

Cudi makes his acting debut in nine days on the HBO series How To Make It In America. In this clip, he kicks it with castmate Bryan Greenberg and the two discuss knowing their roles. Stay tuned. YK2

With the Superbowl going down Sunday, Miami’s the place to be this weekend. Making the most of the revelry is Puffy with the opening of his new boutique. Officer Ricky and others stopped by and helped secure the perimeter. EA

Marsha’s debut album, Late Nights & Early Mornings is scheduled to drop this June. So until we have an official single, here’s a self-produced cut. Take a listen, then put it on re-re-repeat. Keep Waiting

Soulja Boy got a slap on the wrist this week. SB received probation after getting arrested last October in Georgia. The rapper also has to pay a $1,000 fine. Stacks on deck. AHH

I don’t know, B, this one’s kinda growin’ on me. Yay Hooray, Cool and Dre.

[vodpod id=Video.2994217&w=425&h=350&fv=] Last night, Daniel Gibson was late to the Cavs-Heat game but he had good reason. Yesterday afternoon, Keyshia Cole woke him up and thought she was in labor with their baby. After a trip to the hospital, the doctors deemed it a false alarm and Boobie got back to the arena by the second quarter. KC’s baby is due in March. Any mo’ questions? Holla at Monica. She never lies! NB

Jay Rock throws his set up over Mary J’s “Real Love”. Watts Finest Vol. 4 coming soon. Blood in. Blood out. Bonus: Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamer, Kurupt, Bad Lucc and Lady G in the lab

[vodpod id=Video.2994140&w=425&h=350&fv=] Ok there’s no “B“, but we can still enjoy “A”. Complete with Dante’s verse from the remix of “A”. Which doesn’t make it “B”. You “C”? Ha! Always Hustle

“Wasn’t born but I’ma die in Atlanta, GA” You’ve seen the making of but here’s the final visual of this powerful posse cut. I dig the black and white to color segues here. Wonder what JD makes of this? Oh, well, you can find ’em in the A. WSHH

“All these bitchies wanna come and be my bestie” The mixtape circuit wins again. Here’s an early tagged-up look at Luda’s next single. As promised, it sounds pretty good to me. Battle of The Sexes is born on March 9th! UHTN UPDATE: CDQ

Looks like Ci Ci was the latest celeb to get hacked. In fact, the culprit tweeted that her and Shad rekindled their flame. Kinda funny. Have a sense of humor. Ha. Info

Courtesy of Alan’s baby boy, Crazy Eyes made her late night debut performing track 6 or 7 from Thicke’s Sex Therapy. Wish we coud’ve seen Dave’s reaction to this. SMH. Sidebar: After taping the show yesterday afternoon, Nicki jetted down to the MIA to meet her President.

Ras Kass crashed L.A.’s Power 106’s Mixer Meeting and with a mic highlighter in hand recited “Golden Chyld” and “H2o Proof”. Get it how ya live.

Although I don’t see nothing wrong with the Weezy collabo, Mars’ mama is goin’ with a joint called “Window Seat” as the lead single for New Amerykah II. Oh well, ?uestlove plays drums on it, so I’m sure it’ll be knockin’. Due Feb 16 on iTunes or until we get our greedy hands on it. Rap Up

[vodpod id=Video.2991704&w=425&h=350&fv=file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fcdn.videos.wordpress.com%2FEsexR3w3%2Frihanna1_std.mp4%26amp%3Bstretching%3Dexactfit%26amp%3Bskin%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanmusicdirect.com%2Fdangdang.swf%26amp%3Bimage%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fapi.ning.com%2Ffiles%2FRgiSBaOBSwzJw2H08I3asyo1Ufjr9czRU%2A9z4T8UYlbtB5uMtW-Gqz0eZXAgiovUug2DbnU8uTVxq38ZphMloQXXg1NF4kfp%2Fjeexyrihanna.jpg%26amp%3Blink%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.urbanmusicdirect.com%26amp%3Bcontrolbar%3Dover%26amp%3Bplugins%3Dsharing-1] “Where them bloggers at?” Yeaaahhh! YJ helps Ri Ri out by bringing Rated R‘s track 3 to life. Now, are you ready for some football? UMD

On a peek of a new joint off his V-Day Mixtape, Breezy lets Game know he ain’t the only cat in the game that likes to go downtown. Holla at Solange. Ha. UHTN

Just like the Ghost, the Philly Freezer helped Statik Selektah celebrate his album release last night at S.O.B.’s. Here he performs “Flipside” followed by another ROC classic. No Beans. No problem. We Stole The Show

“I shouldn’t find a seed in there correct?” Gotti and his entourage were recently detained by them Texas boys after they suspected illegal narcotics on their tour bus. Talk about flip cam proper, one of Gotti’s crew members was able to shoot what went down at the station. Crazy. Remember: Lil Wayne Detained In Texas

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.920212&w=425&h=350&fv=] Earlier today, the Doggfather teamed up with Darth Vader, R2-D2, and the storm troopers to promote Adidas’ Originals and the Star Wars Spring/Summer 2010 collection at Times Square. May the Force be with you. Rap-Up