Wow, it’s crazy how things come full circle. Here’s 14 year old footage of Ma$e and a young Kanye West at Jermaine Dupri’s 26th birthday party. Kanye looks like he was just happy to be there. nahright

Prior to their recent

Shaq clocked in with Loaded Lux for a freestyle off the dome. To hear him tell it, he lets his rings do the talking. Dwight, your move. Ha!

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After a two year hiatus, Chrisette Michele’s returning to the main stage. And for her first offering, she recruits labelmate, Titty 2 Necklace. Oh, the games we play.

Kendrick mania continues. Today, he returned to 106 to discuss good kid, m.A.A.d city, comparisons to Illmatic, his BET Hip-Hop Award and then plays the game Inside The Rapper’s Studio. T.I. also swung by to premiere his “Ball” video. He spoke on the shoot in New Orleans with Lil Wayne, updates on his family, thoughts on upcoming artists in the game and more.

For the first video off their Psycho White EP dropping on November 13, Travis puts the pedal to the medal in his ’64 Rivi while Yela turns it out from his Slumerican tour. These white boys are crazy. rollingstone

Meek continues to break down his debut LP with Shaheem Reid. In today’s episode, he interprets a few lines from its second track. Dreams & Nightmares drops October 30.

As promised and to accompany his Lace Up album, MGK shares his story behind the creating process of the debut and the journey leading up to its release. To be continued. UPDATE:

Kendrick continued his promo run with Hot 97’s morning team. He said do not call his album a classic, speaks on Dre’s involvement, and rocking the vote. As if you didn’t know, good kid, m.A.A.d city is available now.