For those who like ’em red and thick, peep how shorty works it and cooks it in Project Pat’s new clip. His Cheez-N-Dope mixtape drops January 9.

Last night, Wale catered to the home crowd at The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD, giving a live rendition of a few new ones off his Folarin tape. Below, DMVsthemove has more including “Bad”, “Diced Pineapples” and “Bait”.

In typical fashion, 106 & Park ushered in the new year with their celebration for viewers at home. Above, A$AP hits the stage for “Goldie” and “Fuckin Problems”. After the jump, Trinidad James performs “All Gold Everything” and check out interviews from  T.I., B.o.B., Meek Mill, Swizz Beatz, MGK and French Montana.

Oh la oh la eh! Yesterday, Chris Martin and Reid both brought the New Year’s Eve house party to the Toyota Center during the Rockets 123-104 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Good thing they didn’t get booed.

Over on the Westside, Kendrick bid farewell to 2012 at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA. Above, he runs through “m.A.A.d city” and countdowns to the new year after the jump. What a year for K-Dot.

Ryan Seacrest hosted Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve last night. Before the ball dropped, JB entertained Times Square and brought out Big Sean for their collaboration, “As Long As You Love Me”.

With a bottle of Bombay and some good smoke, here’s how Chevy Woods spent his final night of 2012. Gangland 2 coming soon.

Ransom begins his new year with the release of his new mixtape, The Last Don hosted by Big Mike. Tracklist and download link after the jump.

Bad bitches do it and Azealia Banks does it too on her first track of the new year. Expect her debut album Broke With Expensive Taste to drop February 12.

In support of his upcoming mixtape, Money Bitches Power, Gotti and his crew load up in their new motion picture. For those who got a weak stomach, watch out for the blood and gore.