Looks like the duck stopped quackin’—and the tattoo too. After two weeks, Yung L.A. decided to cover up his facial tattoo with another facial tattoo. Good grief. Alley Boy must be pleased.

[vodpod id=Video.5724432&w=540&h=350&fv=videoId%3D817800055001%26amp%3BlinkBaseURL%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.xxlmag.com%252Fvideo%252F2011%252F03%252Fmeek-millzs-2011-freshman-class-freestyle%252F%253Futm_source%253Dfeedburner%2526utm_medium%253Dfeed%2526utm_campaign%253DFeed%25253A%252Bxxl-mag%252B%252528XXL%252BMagazine%252B%25257C%252BHip%252BHop%252BNews%25252C%252BMusic%25252C%252BArtists%25252C%252BAlbum%252BReviews%252B%252526%252BLifestyle%252529%26amp%3BplayerID%3D735056479001%26amp%3BplayerKey%3DAQ%7E%7E%2CAAAAj36EHhk%7E%2C2pR1tWM5uVhnbSj–UUJCXbI03wJZIun%26amp%3Bdomain%3Dembed%26amp%3BdynamicStreaming%3Dtrue] Philly’s own Meek Mill lets off his freestyle for today’s XXL Freshman of the day. Meek, who was recently added to Ricky Rozay’s empire, touches on his fellow MMG labelmates, Wale and Pill. “The other [former] Freshmen that I always liked were Wale, Wiz Khalifa, Pill. I ain’t really gotten the chance to link up with Pill yet because he’s just signed and I’ve been running around. But, me and Wale work good together. He’s got his own following. […]

The Chef’s fourth album, Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang has finally landed today in stores. But when you cop the album on iTunes, here’s one of the two bonus tracks that comes with your purchase. hhnm

Here’s more footage from Waka’s PETA ad campaign. Disclaimer: Some of the images in the video may be disturbing… same goes for the photo below.

[vodpod id=Video.5724267&w=425&h=350&fv=] Travis brought his drum set and The Transplants to Coco’s show last night and performed “Saturday Night” off his debut album, Give The Drummer Some. Album drops next Tuesday, March 15th.

[vodpod id=Video.5723834&w=540&h=350&fv=] Daytona points and shoot for the latest clip from last year’s Interlude. Shot by Derek Pyke in New York’s Lower East Side, the vid also features critically-acclaimed sports columnist, Freddie Gibbs.

With DJ Envy absent, Diddy sat between Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Yee this morning on NY’s Power 105.1. Grab a glass of tigerblood and listen to what you missed. Tickets for the Dirty Money tour are on sale now. Break 1: Diddy speaks on the 14th anniversary of Biggie’s death and receiving the Jackie Robinson Award last night. Break 2: Puff gives status of Bugatti Boyz EP with Rick Ross and bigs up RESPECT. magazine. Break 3: Diddy talks […]

[vodpod id=Video.5748366&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Although this takes place in Cancun, you don’t have to go too far to catch these two heat things up for their latest visual. Nelly’s album 5.0 in stores now.

Young Buck can’t seem to catch a break. According to WSMV, Buck was indicted on federal weapons possession charges yesterday. If found guilty, he could face 10 years in prison. He’s currently out on bond and must forfeit his passport. However, if he posts 100,000 bond by Friday, he’ll have it returned. Good luck with that.

Lupe’s third album, Lasers is finally in stores today, but last night, he held a release concert for it at Webster Hall in NYC. Here’s some footage found via lupeend.