When Guru speaks, people listen. And last Fall, he had everyone’s attention at the Pop Tech speaker series in Camden, Maine. He spoke on hip-hop’s origins, influence, and music sampling. On a related note, Guru’s holding a contest to have a song engineered by him. You can find all pertinent information here.

Nasir celebrated his involvement with Hennessy’s Wild Rabbit campaign last night with a performance at NYC’s R Bar. Here are a few rips from the live stream. Official recap coming soon. Sidebar: TechieNYC Photos

“I’m the king, you a pauper/ Slugs from the 40 cal caught ya/ Kidnap your mother, make me an offer.” AG Da Coroner is as unapologetic as ever with new material featuring Meyhem Lauren. The track’s produced by ATG and features scratches courtesy of Statik Seletkah. This will end up on Da Coroner’s forthcoming project,

Following the release of his Lost Jewlry EP, Shallah

Before 50 distributes the final product, here’s a

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Joined by Phantogram, Big Boi

Grand opening, grand closing. After the controversy surrounding around Shawty Lo’s All My Babies’ Mamas pilot, The Grio reports the Oxygen network has officially declined to run the hour special.

Is So So Def on the verge of a comeback? Well after the camp hit us with the remix, Da Brat talks her shit on her latest audio. hhnm

Complex has just located Rae’s Lost Jewlry. Guests include Freddie Gibbs, Maino and Faith Evans. Scram Jones, Buckwild and more behind the boards. His F.I.L.A. album coming soon.