With the 55th Grammy Awards in the bag, Elliott’s returns this week with his take on the ceremony. Hip-hop deserves a lil’ more RESPECT. No pun intended.

Denzil Porter takes off into the galaxy with his new video in support of his mixtape, Porters Pot. Here’s some background on the audio. “Solar Flight”, produced by Christopher “Claws” Stevens samples the 1977 funk/jazz song of the same title by Mandre.  Because hip hop was created off of the sounds of funk and jazz, recording this track was very special for Denzil.  He included neighborhood friends Maurice Parks on the funky guitar solo and Sean Taylor on the trumpet to bring […]

Hip-Hop Renaissance Man Bobbito Garcia was the latest guest on Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg’s Juan Epstein podcast. He spoke on his legendary career, Stretch & Bobbito, and new film Doin It In The Park. Oh, yeah!

The stars are still in Tinsletown. And last night, Jeezy and 2 Chainz began filming their “R.I.P” video with a few special guests. Thanks to Instagram and Julia Beverly, here’s a first look. hhnm

Ro’s got sole and soul. On this episode, he lays down some vocals with Mr. Porter. Afterward, the Burn Rubber crew catches Big Sean at his homecoming concert. Previously: Episode 2

2 Chainz made his acting debut on last night’s episode of 2 Broke Girls. In the episode, Max and Caroline hit the G5 jet with the rapper while en route to the Grammys. Drinkin champagne on an airplane. rap-up

Producer Terrace Martin is set to release his solo project 3 Chord Fold later this year. But for now, he delivers his first single produced by 9th Wonder. That autotune is something else, indeed. If this tickles your fancy, download on iTunes here.

In support of her album Unapologetic, Rihanna gets naked and takes a dip in the uncut edit of her new video. The official version will be released tomorrow morning. Hopefully, she gets up by then. UPDATE: Official version above and Big Homie will still drink her bath water.

We haven’t heard too much from CuDi lately. But hours ago, he took to his Twitter account and finally announced a release date for his third solo album, Indicud. We’ll drink to that.

1