Ross has the Midas touch on the front of XXL‘s July/August 2012 edition. Issue hits newsstands July 14th and in it, he touches on: His health scares, being a label head and a solo artist while managing relationships with Def Jam and Warner Bros. Records, and cementing his status as rap superstar.

There’s been a murder.

It’s been four years since LL Cool J’s last album. And during his press conference for his new digital partnership on Wednesday, he told XXL that he’s working on his thirteenth studio album.

Kardinal linked back with Sway yesterday,

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Ab-Soul held it

For those who are still waiting, Chief Keef’s project, Finally Rich with DJ Drama is still on the way. But until then, here’s a new remix featuring Yo Gotti. Oh boy, what an upgrade.

Akon gets back on his shit and hooks up with Yo Gotti for his latest recording. It’s great to hear that old Konvict sound again. Expect to see his new mixtape, Konkrete Jungle on July 2nd.

The wait is over. Dom returns and finally releases his latest project, Yellow Album. Introduce yourself to the 13 titles and download after the jump. It’s free!

During his visit in the City of Brotherly Love, K.Dot stopped by Power 99 and hardly breaks a sweat running his rhymes down over Meth’s “Bring The Pain”.