Waka partook in the CIAA festivties this past weekend. Performing alongside a live band for the first time, he brought out Wale, French, Juelz and MVision Films has it all on film. Sidebar: Gucci Mane’s CIAA Weekend

In preparation for his trilogy, The Block Brochure on March 26, E-40 and his pals get hyphy wit it, before the party gets crashed. We see you too Waka.

Listen. Mandela P is back and invades the block with his new track, produced by Illatracks. Kinda on the short side, but we’ll take whatever we can get. P!

Drake’s Club Paradise tour made a pit stop last night at the University of Southern California. During his set, he surprised the crowd with appearances from J.Cole and Meek Mill. Can’t get enough of that, right? westcoastblog

Odd Future’s Tyler, The Creator and Hodgy Beats reunite for another, uh, interesting video. The track is off their The OF Tape Vol. 2, compilation which drops March 20th.

[vodpod id=Video.16184698&w=540&h=350&fv=] Off Monica’s New Life which drops April 10, Monica and Brandy take matters into their own hands with their new video, directed by Chris Robinson. So much for a prenup.

[vodpod id=Video.16184651&w=540&h=350&fv=] TIP wants to put his boys to work. So while taking care of business in LA, Tiny convinces T.I. to bring Major and King along and give them a taste of Hollywood. Saddle up, we heading out West. mwp Previously: Ep. 1 l Ep. 2 l Ep. 3 l Ep. 4 l Ep. 5 l Ep. 6 l Ep. 7 l Ep. 8 l Ep. 9 l Ep. 10 l Ep. 11 l Ep. 12

This morning, Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Satten and XXL Staff members Jayson Rodriguez and Carl Chery appeared on Hot 97’s morning show to explain their choices for this year’s freshman class as well as why A$AP Rocky declined and Chip Tha Ripper’s absence. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.16184497&w=540&h=350&fv=] After Wiz revealed, it was Prodigy’s influence that helped inspire the title of his next album, O.N.I.F.C., P tells MTV, he applauses the gesture and even reaches out to Wiz for possible work together. “Yeah, I heard about the Wiz Khalifa project coming out. I forgot the exact name of what he called it, but I read an article that he got the idea of doing that from my H.N.I.C. projects that I put out. That’s all love. I love Wiz Khalifa, I love his […]

While visiting DJ Kay Slay’s show, Maino gave the Shade 45 listeners a live performance of his album‘s stand-out track. Better sit your five-dollar ass down before he make change. streetheattv