Heavy D’s first cousin, Pete Rock, called Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg this morning on Hot 97 to talk about his relative’s passing. He said they were recently in the studio working on new music. Condolences to the Myers family.

mastered: engine room audio After dropping countless music and videos, Aftermath’s Slim The Mobster finally releases his mixtape hosted by DJ Whoo Kid. Proceed after the jump and let his music begin.

“Everyone cell phones n the sky one time…Heavy D, Heavy D” The Throne held their second concert last night at Madison Square Garden. During the tail end of their performance of “Made In America”,  Hov gave two rest in peace shout-outs to Heavy D. (Sorry, we only caught the second). We still got nuttin’ but love for ya. Sidebar: Jay-Z Shows Off Emmy Award UPDATE: Better sound quality. Fastfoward to 2:38 mark.

During the launch of Donatella Versace’s new line for H&M last night, Nicki brought Roman back while performing “Roman’s Revenge”. Prince also performed during the festivities as well.

I’ma rap to you real quick. With Miguel in tow this time around, Wale returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night for a performance of their duet, “Lotus Flower Bomb“. Do remember, Ambition in stores now.

Back in 2009, Wale’s debut album, Attention Deficit only moved 28k its first week. Fast forward two years later, and his sophomore set Ambition moved 164,062 units landing him the number two spot on Billboard. DMV we outchea!

The Throne’s “Niggas In Paris” sure gets the people going. As we all know, the track features a sample from actor Will Ferrell’s 2007 film Blades Of Glory. In an interview with MTV, Will was flattered by his appearance on the track. Kanye reached out to me and I said, ‘Of course’ I was completely flattered when they asked if they could sample me into the song … and when I heard it for the first time, I just started […]

Off his Royal Flush 2 mixtape, CyHi Da Prynce maintains his cool for his new video. One thing for sure is, that’s one lucky ice cube. os

This is Heavy D’s final interview. He did this during his appearance on Tim Westwood’s show two weeks ago. After the tragic news of his passing this afternoon, his fellow peers took to Twitter to share their condolences.

Better late than never. Meek Mill finally releases the remix to his summer anthem featuring the usual suspects. Where ya at Jigga? flex