Lupe’s no choir boy, but he does cover the May 2011 edition of XXL. Below he gives another reaction to Lasers debuting at number one on Billboard. Issue hits newsstands April 26th. I wasn’t completely overwhelmed, because now I have to go into the business meetings,” he said. “Now I’m waiting for, ‘If you didn’t say you hated the album in that interview, we would have done 300,000.’”

Diamonds are forever—too bad attention spans aren’t. With that said, here’s Trina’s new video in support of her latest mixtape.

For this week’s Monster Mondays, Swizz lets loose a new freestyle from Eve over Ri-Ri’s latest single. The pitbull in the skirt still has a strong bite.

Today at 4:20 PM, DZA released his latest album for free. The new LP includes features from Kendrick Lamar, Killa Kyleon, Big K.R.I.T. and many more. Tracklist and download after the cut. smokedza

Earlier this year, Loso said he was releasing a hip-hop soul inspired mixtape. Well, the time has come and the project tape will drop on April 21st. Above is the official artwork for the project. mix feed

An unofficial Weezy mixtape has hit the ‘net and it contains a brand new track. No word if this will land on, Tha Carter IV, but let’s hope it doesn’t. heads up: stk UPDATE: Official version produced by Detail.

[vodpod id=Video.5962916&w=540&h=350&fv=key%3D71bfd7d447] Drake gives new meaning to rock ’em sock ’em robots in this viral short for Funny Or Die. Who you gon trust?!

After noticing Freddie Gibbs insightful and often humorous observations on sports through his Twitter account, Rap Radar decided to give him a forum to express his thoughts on the thrills of victory and the agonies of defeat. It’s Gangsta Gibbs Wide World Of Sports. The black Bill Simmons is here. And for his fifth column he weighs in on Major League Baseball’s ongoing controversy. Manny Ramirez, you got the juice now.

Now that Cory Gunz’s Son Of A Gun reality show is premiering in two weeks, the NY Daily News featured he and his dad Peter, in today’s edition of the paper. Hit the photograph or click here to read it in its entirety. “The show is going to give people insight on me trying to find myself as an artist,” said Cory, 23, whose real name is Peter Pankey Jr. “It’s going to give y’all some drama, too.”

[vodpod id=Video.5962284&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] A snippet from Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne surfaced a few weeks ago. Since then, the duo revamped the track. Above is a quick vid of Jeezy previewing the record. The official joint drops tomorrow at 1:03 PM. dj folk