[vodpod id=Video.5847969&w=540&h=350&fv=configParams%3Did%253D1660689%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideolist%253Amtv.com%253A1660689] MTV takes us back to 2004 when a young Cameron Thomaz got his stage named tatted up, sold mixtapes, had car issues and more. Uh, what about smoking weed? Ha!

Success is a slow process, but that’s not stopping Bleek from releasing new material. Here’s another freebie courtesy of the Memph man.

Two days ago, producer Sha Money XL talked to kids at the engineering school, SAE Institute in New York. He spoke on his rise to Senior Vice President of A&R at Island Def Jam and then, brought the children into the studio. Each one teach one.

[vodpod id=Video.5847811&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Wale made a pit stop last night at the University Of Houston in Texas. During his set, he brought out Mr. Trill OG for a live rendition of their duet, “Mirrors”. irockcollege

[vodpod id=Video.5832563&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] The Shaltzes have put together some footage of Connor’s set at the VIBE House Event as well as his street team hard at work during last week’s SXSW festivities.

[vodpod id=Video.5847222&w=425&h=350&fv=] The beards are in the building and on CNN too. On the network’s homepage, Freeway speaks on how his Islamic faith influences his music.

Late last night, Snoop Dogg paid a visit to tattoo artist Mister Cartoon and got his arm inked in tribute to Nate Dogg. Check the end result after the cut.

No need to cry, ma. Cam and Vado will finally release their Gunz N’ Butta on April 19. In the meantime, here’s the video for their araabMUZIK-produced track, which later segues into a preview of “Hey Muma”. wshh

[vodpod id=Video.5844438&w=540&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dseries%253D28%2526id%253D1660061%2526vid%253D636193%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A636193] Hundreds of family, friends and fans from across the world came to the New Hope Baptist Church yesterday to pay their respects to Nate Dogg, who passed away last week. Nate’s funeral will be held later today at the Long Beach Cruise Terminal at 10 am. “What this means for me today is just to keep on striving, to keep on pushing the line that we set 20 years ago until now,” said Daz, who ended his tour […]

Thursday night, Dipset took their reunion tour to the City of Brotherly Love at the Trocadero Theatre and brought out the city’s own Meek Mill for a performance of  “I’m A Boss”. After the jump, catch the show’s opening act, Apollo The Great with Freeway.