Cornell University is set to have their planet rocked this Fall semester after naming Afrika Bambaataa as a visiting professor. According to Rolling Stone, Bambaataa will participate in lectures and community affairs.

After catching Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Lady Gaga revealed that she will be featured on “Partynauseous” off her labelmate’s solo debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city. It’s been a minute since Gaga collaborated with a rapper, so the result should be interesting.

Some talk the talk and don’t walk the walk. As for Alley Boy and Big K.R.I.T, they live this shit on this new recording. Produced by K.R.I.T.

After a six year hiatus, DMX is prepping his next solo album, Undisputed. Features include Bad Boy’s Machine Gun Kelly and Notorious B.I.G. In stores 9.11. Check out the tracklist after the jump. hhnm

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.