Kanye paid his respects to Renaissance man, Gil Scott-Heron by performing his track, “Lost In The World/Who Will Survive In America” during a memorial service today at Riverside Church in Harlem. Doubtful that footage was allowed, but according to the NY Daily News, ‘Ye hugged Scott-Heron’s family following the performance. UPDATE: Now with photos via mfeenz

Earlier today, Em and Royce’s track featuring Bruno Mars lit up the Internet. Sounds like something that will secure a spot at the tippy-top of the charts. Enjoy the unauthorized leak, but don’t forget Hell: The Sequel drops June 14th. omen

[vodpod id=Video.10156216&w=540&h=350&fv=] We heard about this a few months ago but for now here is the trailer for the next crazy visual off Cudi’s last album, Man On The Moon II. The final product is directed by Shia Lebouf and should be coming soon.

  Funk Flex lets loose what Mr. Folarin recently cooked up in the studio with Stalley, Black Cobain and Tone P. Off the Young Gifted & Black mixtape due June 7.

As part of the Bacardi Rums “Like It Live, Like It Together” event, Nas performed at the Gansevoort Plaza in NYC this afternoon. Up top, Nasir runs through, “It Ain’t Hard To Tell” and “Made You Look”.

Billboard recently sat down with G.O.O.D. Music’s CyHi Da Prynce and he spoke about his upcoming project, Royal Flush 2 which drops on June 14th. Tell us about the look and feel of “Royal Flush 2.” The actual visual is a more aggressive version of the first one. The first one was more laidback; it was wintertime music because it was wintertime so I wanted it to feel wintertime-ish. This one is more summertime, more energetic, more show-driven music, more […]

Inspired by the movie of the same name, here’s the cover of Curren$y’s next album via Pitchfork. Project drops on Warner Bros., June 28th. UPDATE: Tracklist below 1. #jetsgo* 2. Still featuring Trademark and Young Roddy 3. She Don’t Want A Man 4. One Life 5. You See It 6. Televised featuring Fiend (International Jones) 7. This Is The Life 8. On G’s featuring Young Roddy and Trademark 9. Money Machine 10. What’s What wbr

[vodpod id=Video.4507497&w=540&h=350&fv=] Last week, Capone released a freestyle going in over a few popular beats. Today, we follow ‘Pone and Forbez DVD through the streets for the visual. It feels so good to be in the hood.

Tupac back? Ha! Not really, but Jeezy is and has already began shooting his next video. Here are a few flicks from the set, sans Weezy for now. More photos underneath. hhu

[vodpod id=Video.10143507&w=540&h=350&fv=videoId%3D973081571001%26linkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.xxlmag.com%252Fbangers%252F2011%252F06%252Fred-cafe-marriott-video-world-premiere%252F%26playerID%3D735056479001%26playerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAj36EHhk%7E%2C2pR1tWM5uVhnbSj–UUJCXbI03wJZIun%26domain%3Dembed%26dynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] It isn’t just the hotel, motel, or the Holiday Inn, but it’s a new video from Red Cafe off his recent mixtape, Above The Cloudz. Damn, shorty got a donk. xxl