B.o.B was in the Windy City this week and stopped by Tony Sculfield and the Morning Riot on WGCI. He spoke on Heavy D’s passing, his next album, and upcoming mixtape, E.P.I.C.

A few months back, Phonte of Little Brother vented about Drake’s reluctance to collaborate. In an interview with The Village Voice, Drizzy explains the delay and apologizes to Phonte for giving him the cold shoulder. You’ve talked a lot about your admiration for Phonte. How come another collaboration with him still hasn’t happened? With me and Tay, I kinda dropped the ball on a feature he needed me to do, just being 100% honest. I really wanted to do a […]

DMX appeared on Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers yesterday afternoon. He spoke on his troubled past and disciplining his 10 kids. Yes, 10. He also mentored an at risk teenager and then gave a performance of his new record, “Keep Your Head Up”. Sidebar: Mark Morrison x DMX “I Don’t Want 2 Die”

Nip held an signing for his recent mixtape, Tha Marathon Continues at a T-Mobile store in his South Central hometown. DJ Skee, what up?! Make your iPod proud and download it here. 57th ave

And you thought the drama was over. While on Kay Slay’s Shade 45 show tonight, Kimmy dropped a new freestyle over Murda’s heatrock that was directed towards Ms. Minaj and her crew. Oooh, this is awful. hhnm

T.I. continues to add his two cents to all your favorite rap tunes and here he is with Wayne and Drizzy. Do it for the Kang, shawty. miss info Previously: “Niggas In Paris (Remix)”

Neither red dot or feather, both DZA and Dom are just high and drunk for an abnormal pow wow. Gather around kids and cop Smoke’s Rolling Stoned now.

Closing out the day of Heavy D tributes is Shade 45’s DJ Wonder. Check out the tracklist and download below.

Legendary R&B songstress Betty Wright will release her project, Betty Wright: The Movie, which is co-produced/written by The Roots’ Questlove. Here’s her duet featuring Tunechi. Album premieres on November 15. my fellow Asian: mikey fresh

R.Kelly announced two years ago that he was working on his autobiography. And with the help of David Ritz, here’s the cover of his memoir, Soula Coaster:The Diary Of Me. According to Indigo, the book drops next week, November 15th. Sure to be a best seller. fsd