“…Get my daughter this college grant, so she don’t need no man.“ The G.E.D. wasn’t for B.I.G. nor is it for his daughter, Tyanna. Over the weekend, his lil’ girl graduated from high school. Lil Cease tweeted the following congrats below. “Congrads to my babygirl @tyanna810 4 a big acomplishment 2day… I’m truly am proud of u & I’m alway here 4 u!!” mtv

In tribute to the passing of Gil Scott-Heron, we present what we feel are the best hip-hop songs that have sampled from his extensive catalogue. Enjoy the music and then educate yourselves on the man’s musical legacy. His impact on our culture is irreplaceable. Ty Kidd

The Slaughters are at the House of Blues in Los Angeles tonight and want you to come through. Show starts at 10PM. No opening bands. You know the drill, hit us up at [email protected] with your full name and we’ll hook ya up. Good luck. UPDATE: Contest over. Props to Ron, Nicole, Bryant, John, and Terrell.

[vodpod id=Video.9971489&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Anytime Rozay is having fun you know DRE Films and Spiff TV aren’t far behind. Here’s footage from the set of DJ Khaled’s I’m On One”, Ross’ Spring Fest performance, and the Self Made album release party at Club Play.

The Chocolate Boy Wonder and Kamaal The Abstract kicked things of this past Saturday for the start of the Fort Greene Festival in Brooklyn. If you missed out, here’s footage from the event courtesy of Blow!.

[vodpod id=Video.9968863&w=540&h=350&fv=] Ahh, The Tunnel. Most of us were too young to gain entry, but the stories are legendary. In this clip extracted from Funk Flex: Full Throttle, The Dips recount their experience at the NYC hotspot. mtv

Oun-P’s remix is the talk of the town and here is the visual aid featuring Banko, Kiss and Fred The Godson.

Hip-Hop’s new queen continues her print takeover and takes the cover of issue 7 of #5 Magazine. thesmithian

[vodpod id=Video.9966241&w=540&h=350&fv=] While speaking with DJ Envy on MTV’s Sucker Free, Rozay explains the reasoning behind signing Teedra Moses and Stalley to his Maybach Music label. Be sure to pick up Self Made in stores now.

Sunday night, Preemo took over the 1s and 2s in UK at The Garage in Highbury and played countless hits from his catalogue. hhc