Some legends are made in the studio. And for Ransom’s new track, he takes us inside his for his rendition of Hov’s “December 4th”. Pain & Glory 3 coming soon.

During last week’s airing of Toca Tuesday, Prodigy rolled things out with a rap before Mac Miller came to crash the set with his own. Stick around though, ’cause even Al steps up to the plate too.

Everything is bigger in Texas. And this past weekend, Dub and 97.9 The Beat held their annual car show and Thugga brought out Z-Ro for a performance of “Respect Something”.

Yeah, it’s hard getting Elliott out that damn office. But anyway, Punch is back. And in the final clip, the TDE President speaks on Kendrick Lamar’s brief Def Jam signing, new artists, and the impact of Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city. Classic? Just maybe. Ha!

Shady Records’ four horsemen have been spending the past month working on their third album. And today, the group announced that Just Blaze will serve as the project’s executive producer. “I’m really excited about doing things a different way this time around”, says Joe Budden. This isn’t a send-tracks-around, and everyone-records-in-their-own-studio type of album. Joell Ortiz said that he is happily looking forward to the process as well: “The creative being creative! Fun, fun fun!” Royce Da 5’9” added that “everyone is in […]

As a friendly reminder, Statik Selektah’s Extended Play is also in stores today and here’s an alternate version of one of it’s cuts. Purchase the album on iTunes. Says Statik: Me , Slaine, & Term are the ones yelling on the final album version, but here is the OG version with the classic Onyx Scratch.

Hey it’s Elliott Wilson and after a brief hiatus, he’s back with The Truth. With a new set up, YN speaks with Ibrahim “IB” Hamad and Mike Dean on the showdown between J.Cole and Kanye. Amen.

While in New York yesterday, Iggy Azalea visited Sway at Shade 45. And with her boss T.I. by her side, she showcased her talents over the airwaves. No beat necessary.

Heavens to Betsy Ross. Lil Wayne returned to New Orleans to film his new video, “God Bless Amerika”. During the shoot, he continued his performance with the American flag beneath him. The move was deemed unpatriotic. In a statement given to karencivil, Weezy says he didn’t mean any disrespect. It was never my intention to desecrate the flag of the United States of America. I was shooting a video for a song off my album entitled “God Bless Amerika”. The clip […]

Welcome to the party life. Last night, Jay-Z hosted the 40/40 Club’s 10 year anniversary party. Some of the guests included Beyonce, Robert Kraft (above), Bill Thompson, Geno Smith, T.I.,  Robinson Cano, Amare Stoudemire, Memphis Bleek, Meek Mill, Fabolous, Trae Tha Truth, Busta Rhymes, Victor Cruz and yours truly. The Carters stuck around until 2:45 am and danced the night away to Elvis Crespo’s “Suavemente”. If you couldn’t get passed the velvet rope, here’s a gallery of pics from the […]