Our president appeared on Today this morning. When asked about Jay and Bey’s trip to Cuba, he reiterates that the Carter’s followed the proper protocol. “I wasn’t familiar that they were taking the trip. My understanding is, I think they went through a group that organizes these educational trips down to Cuba. This is not something the White House was involved with. We’ve got better things to do.” Lesson learned. People can’t take lyrics or clever wordplay literally. Sheesh. Besides, this isn’t the […]

March 25th marked a decade since the release of the Diplomats compilation, Diplomatic Immunity. Rsonist of the Heatmakers produced a bulk of the album and gave a track by track breakdown with The Facts Remain.

This ain’t a movie dog—or is it? From New Zealand to Los Angeles, Mackelmore and Ryan Lewis capture the flag for The Heist’s latest video. Seattle is officially under new management. Download the album here and read a message from Ryan Lewis after the jump.

DJ Khaled’s suffering from success. Here’s film of Birdman presenting him with a gold certification for last year’s hit, “Take It To The Head”.  Say no new friends, yes to new plaques.

No singing here. Instead, Houston’s own keeps it short and simple for his XXL Freshman freestyle. His debut, (which he says will hit platinum in a week) coming soon.

While promoting Hotel California, Tyga checked in with Sway at Shade 45. After a shaky start, Tyga got back on track with a written rap.

For the third time, QVC Fiddy returned to the shopping network today to push his SMS Audio headphones. 5 easy payments of $79.99 may not be as easy for everyone, but at least shipping is free. Sidebar: Larry King Interviews 50 Cent

Before the Bricksquad fallout, Gucci Mane broke bread with Waka and  PeeWee Longway in his new video. MC’s break fast like flap jacks and bacon. Traphouse 3 coming soon.

N.O.’s Student Of The Game is in stores now. Last night, P.A.P.I. took the celebration of its release to a private party somewhere in NYC with some familiar industry folks. Cop your copy today. This morning, he visited the Breakfast Club at Power 105 to discuss the album, the older and newer generation of the game, current status with Capone and more.

Count and Moonie were down in Miami today and linked up with Lil Wayne to shoot the video for their new single. Where art thou Mason? Well, there’s a lot more dollar signs after the jump. fsd