Hello White America, meet Rick Ross. Propelled by the success of God Forgives, I Don’t, Ricky Rozay makes his debut on the cover of Rolling Stone. Issue hits newsstands August 17th. For the first time, Ross talks about his past life as a corrections officer – an opportunity, he says, to “wash my hands” after his best friend was sentenced to 10 years for trafficking cocaine and heroin: “This was my best friend, who I ate peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches with, and […]

Nicki Minaj made up for her Summer Jam no show with a free concert last night at Roseland Ballroom. During her set, she brought out Drake, Foxy Brown, Cam’Ron, and Lil Wayne. Welcome back to NYC, Weezy. Footage courtesy of EMETakeover.

Beanie’s new album is almost here and before it drops he reunites the Chain Gang in this new video. Damn, there are some fine ladies in this one too. This Time, August 28th.

Since it is 2 Chainz day, Bootleg Kev goes ahead and releases his interview with the man himself. They cover a number of topics including how much he will be featured on Cruel Summer, touring around the country, his growth as an MC and much more. Based on A T.R.U. Story, in stores now.

After Chris Rock’s statement on rappers killing their careers once going into film, Com fires back stating when he’s doing music, the music is his main focus. Com surely proved just that with his last album.

After gracing a few print covers, Azealia Banks now strikes that pose in her new music video. This track can be found off her 1991 EP.

Behind the desk at the Beats By Dre offices, Mikkey Halstead drops a few lines in front of the camera. Don’t forget to download his new release Castro here.

Brandy is back again, this time with her brand new video for her collabo with Chris Breezy. Her new album, Two Eleven is due out on October 2nd. Directed by Hype Williams.

Commemorating #TDEFamAppreciationWeek, Jay Rock returns with some new music produced by Dave Free. Drugs on music.

With Busta Rhymes‘ Year Of The Dragon dropping next Tuesday, Google Music complied a 20 minute documentary about Busa Busss’ origins and longstanding career. hhnm