Swizz Beatz held a charity auction benefiting the Bronx Charter School For The Arts last night at 1-Oak in New York. NYClout was in the vicinity and captured performances from Swizzy and Estelle.

Jeezy may be too street to tweet, but exactly at 1:03 p.m. today, he sent his first message and revealed that long delayed album, Thug Motivation 103 is done. No release date set yet, but prepare for a hot summer. Snowman back!

[vodpod id=Video.9132089&w=540&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1656633%2526vid%253D653634%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A653634] We’ve got Meek’s take on “Tupac Back” a few weeks ago, but on the new episode of MTV’s Sucker Free Countdown, Ross speaks with DJ Envy on the ode to Mr. Shakur.

Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun are getting ready to release their upcoming Monumental on June 28th. But for now, here is one of the hardest tracks from the project with a feature from Sean P and Styles P. Tracklist and album cover for the project after the cut. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.9131503&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] The trailer dropped last week, but here is the short film in its entirety which takes us behind the scenes of Big Boi’s career and showcases his definition of The Crown Life. Directed by Hudson Dusters for Greenpoint Pictures. In celebration of Crown Royal Black’s partnership with Big Boi, cameras went behind the scenes to document Big Boi in compelling moments of his life and career that showcase his definition of “The Crown Life.” The short film lets […]

Timbs? Yep, we’re still on that. Moonie and Count were recently commissioned to be a part of Timberland’s upcoming “Relaunch of the Wheat Timberland” campaign. Here’s some brief footage from their photo shoot.

Rick Ross brought the Maybach Music Empire to the Cannes Film Festival in France this past weekend. With SpiffTV and Dre Films direction, he reenacts the opening scene of Jay-Z’s “Show Me What You Got” video and meets actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”fab_espn”] Fabolous went mano-a-mano this morning with Skip Bayless on ESPN’s 1st & 10. They touched on a bunch of topics including Fab’s jab at him on “That’s Not Love” off  The Soul Tape.

Bun B was the latest guest on the Hype Men Podcast. Instead of  “doing it live”, he appeared via Skype. Below is a synopsis of what went down: The Trill OG himself Bun B joins the Hype Men to discuss envying Jensen’s Interscope deal + being a college professor + appearing on every 4 out of 5 rap albums + Jimmy Kimmel shouting “Free Pimp C” + shooting the Big Pimpin’ video + Mexicans with Guns + having just one […]

[vodpod id=Video.9118327&w=540&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%3D653360%26amp%3Buri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A653360] Royce Da 5’9″ and Eminem are set to appear on MTV’s Rap Fix Live this afternoon, but before that happens, here’s a clip of Em speaking on making the transition to the silver screen.