The Doggfather took a bite out of the Big Apple last Thursday night. I pretty much missed the opening acts: Devin The Dude, and Red and Meth. Instead, I focused my flip cam duties on the West Coast King. This time, instead elbowing the kids in the pit, I decided to flaunt VIP style and shoot footage off the big screen projector. A gang of footage after the jump.

You Canadian rap fans are in for a treat tonight (Get it?). The cat’s out of the bag and it looks like Jigga’s BP3 show tonight will feature Drizzy. “This weekend is gonna be my first time back on stage. I’m performing with Jay-Z when he comes to Toronto. This will be my first time back out there. I’m kinda like nervous/excited. I’m actually performing ‘Successful.’” Get your flip cams ready! Props: Rap Up

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3787361&w=540&h=350&fv=] At a Blueprint 3 press conference earlier today, Jay-Z addressed Beanie Sigel diss record. This one’s still hard to digest, y’all. props: StarboyantC  

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3784968&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D185324%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A185324] Seven years ago today, Jam Master Jay was killed on Merrick Blvd. in Jamaica, Queens. His murder remains unsolved. In this two-year-old clip, Cool J reminisces on touring with Jay in the early stages of his career. R.I.P. MTV

Elohim from New Orleans, Krispy Kreme and Joey Letstrat were backstage at Filter Magazine’s Voodoo Experience Kick-Off Party. Marshall does his one-two thing tonight. Somebody better have a flip cam!

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In the teaser for the Next 48 Hours, Ross suggests that he has the prettiest mug you’ve seen thus far. That’s some bullshit. NR & Ed Lover

Shots fired! According to his XXL blog: I went up to Eminem’s Shade 45 on Sirius Satalite yesterday at 5 p.m. to do what I thought was going to be a standard hip-hop interview to promote my new Legendary Classics Vol.1—a two-disc collection album (which in case you haven’t heard hit stores this week)—but the interview started becoming about boxing. I explained how I thought Floyd Mayweather was a great fighter but he needs to stop fucking around and start […]

Just ripped the packaging off my CD.

What you think of that?

Last night at the Remember 2 Smile concert, Lupe brings out forgotten Chicago group, Crucial Conflict. They perform HBCU marching band favorite, “Hay”. Light somethin’ up. FSD

Down in the Peach State, mayoral elections are days away. And although Puff’s a NYC resident, he’s showing his support for candidate, Kasim Reed. Vote or die!

In an interview with XXL, Mr. Tell ‘Em says he’s penning lyrics for Rihanna’s upcoming album, Rated R. Yesterday we reported that DJ Whoo Kid leaked your Cortez tape early but it was still all love. That had to mess up your three tapes in one day plans, though. ….Right now I need to be finishing up this Rihanna song for her album. Her album dropping on [November] 23rd so I got like less than a couple hours to get […]

Like it or not, Wayne’s rocking out on Rebirth: Given earlier leaks from the project, did you make many changes to the final version? As of now Rebirth is coming out as a double disc with a [disc of songs] by Young Money. I had to add new cuts because a lot of things leaked, making people think they had an idea of what I was doing with Rebirth and what it would sound like. And I hated that because […]

You knew Kaseem had to come out and support his folks. Sidebar: Spike tries to explain what happened to the Rocawear commercial. Ha! Life Files

This time with RollingOutTV, Stunna claims that no other act else in the industry is raking in more moolah than his imprint. As Nasir would say:

Here’s the latest leak off Ursher’s December 8th release, Raymond vs. Raymond. Powered by The Runners, the track’s nice and slow. I can see the ladies gettin’ into this. Dude goes hard. Pause. Ha. Props: HHNM

Today, track 3 off Attention Deficit makes its way onto the Internet. It’s safe to surmise someone isn’t too pleased. Produced by Mark Ronson and featuring the Underground King, this joint knocks. Reflect on that. Props: PFOP

During his Remember 2 Smile concert last night in the Chi, Wasalu delved through his entire catalogue and gave a three hour performance. Check out an a capella above. Lupe’s “Shining Down” and “Solar Midnite” after the jump. Props: IllRoots & LupE.N.D.

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3781412&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D450637%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A450637] Kid Cudi’s original vision for his debut album was to have way more features. Unfortanetly, it didn’t work that way. Here he talks with MTV on his next project, and where he plans to work with his inspirations. Already onboard are Snoop and Travis Barker. Guess it gets lonely on the moon.