Now that Jay-Z is a New York Times Bestselling author, he explains in another vignette about the poetry found within rap music. roc4life

Who’s Rap Radar’s #1 fan? Ha! Ty Kidd Previously: Livin’ Lavish  

And new music week continues with Ludacris. This will live on Rap-A-Lot ‘s 25th anniversary compilation album. Not sure if this will cause any noise in the bedroom though. rd

DeAndre and Vybz Kartel both share the cover for FADER‘s Summer Music issue. In it, Vybz breaks down his new new look while SB discusses his role in the remake of Juice. Sidebar: Soulja Boy x Big Sean “Love Money” via kc

And so it starts. Los becomes one of the first to take a crack at Drake’s latest track. Surely, there will be room for more freestyles to come.

pic via worldredeye That’s Lil B in the red hoodie—more than likely, checking his Tweets. Anyway, B turned to his Twitter earlier today and revealed that he found a spot on Weezy’s upcoming mixtape, Sorry 4 The Wait. boxden

Woop woop, that’s the sound of the police and also our first look of Ace’s next video for his current single. Off his forthcoming album, Blood, Sweat & Tears. Be sure to go n get it on August 9.

Attention ladies: Here’s Young Chris’ new mixtape tailor made just for you. Check the tracklist and download link after the cut.

The Apollo Theater paid homage to Stevie Wonder last night as he was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Double R affiliate Mfeenz was in the house and filmed Harlem native Doug E. Fresh providing beatbox accompaniment for “Ribbon In The Sky” with the man of honor.

Ro Hammad Ali? Ha! The pride of Houston returns with a new mixtape for your listening pleasure. Screw a tracklist, just download here. dgb