In the first part of Al Lindstrom‘s convo with the Violator Management mogul, Chris discusses his days at Rush Management, working with Lyor Cohen and Russell Simmons and choosing artists for the Violator roster.

We already got a few flicks from the set of Jeezy’s new video, but now Derick G shares what his camera caught which features Weezy this time around. More after the cut.

Michael Willcox better known as DJ Big Mike, was arrested last week and charged with music piracy. After a two year investigation, surveillance teams finally caught he and his brother in the act of distributing illegal CDs. More arrests are going to be made in the coming weeks. The investigation began with the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group that sent its own team of investigators to conduct a surveillance of a suspected “burner lab” at 27 Stetson […]

During the Wu’s UK invasion, Method Man, U-God and Masta Killa stopped by Tim Westwood’s show for a 11 minute freestyle over some notable instrumentals—”Yonkers” included.

Never thought JoJo would make it to the Double R, but she recently made herself comfortable over “Marvin’s Room“. Does it get any better than this?

It’s official, The Based God will be sticking with his title, “I’m Gay” for his next album. Pardon the parenthetical. Ha! Expect the project to drop sometime this year. In the meantime, Ernie Barnes’ estate should be coming for 700% any minute now. complex

[vodpod id=Video.11044416&w=540&h=350&fv=] Before joining Weezy at Bonnaroo last weekend, Mannie gave MTV his take on Cash Money’s sound and then goes on to say that everything coming from the South these days sounds like Lex Luger the same.

Yelawolf was in the City of Lights last night and brought along his “Trunk Muzik”. Here’s footage from the lens of lolamusika.

Until Fif’s site shares their footage, here is a rough clip of Curtis and his new ‘do on the red carpet during yesterday’s Aruba Film Festival. Fif was there to premiere his film, Things Fall Apart.

The day before ‘Pac’s 40th birthday, a new revelation has emerged. Though his murder remains unsolved, AHH reports that Dexter Isaac, an associate of music exec Jimmy Henchmen, has confessed to being a part of 2Pac’s ambush in the lobby of Quad Studios on November 7, 1994. He says Henchman paid him $2,500 for the robbery attempt which led to a shooting. Initial reports stated that two men dressed in army fatigues robbed Pac at gunpoint for his jewelry. On the […]