[vodpod id=Video.5672605&w=425&h=350&fv=p%3D5296%26c%3D455157%26l%3D224739%26s%3D1200002%26tbid%3D207%26allowFullScreen%3Dtrue%26] Elliott appeared on NY’s Power 105.1 Live Stream this morning with Breakfast Club hosts: DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. YN celebrated the latest release of RESPECT. and fielded questions from the Twitterverse. He’ll be back on tomorrow morning as well. Tune in.

Christmas comes early with Chip Tha Ripper’s new mixtape, Gift Raps. Get it? Gift. Raps? Ha! Tracklist and download after the jump.

After getting moved to a work release program last year, Da Brat’s finally a free woman. Yesterday, Jermaine Dupri welcomed her back into society via Twitter. Brat served a three year sentence on a 2007 assault charge.

Fred The Godson puts his flow to use over EPMD’s classic track. Listen up. They didn’t give this guy the XXL Freshman honor for nothing. flex

The Roots have just announced that their 4th annual picnic will take place on Saturday June 4th at the Festivial Pier in Philly. Guests include: Nas, Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Mac Miller and many more. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 AM via Live Nation. okayplayer

Judging by the promo clip above, it appears that Kanye and his G.O.O.D. Music family will be making their return to the South by Southwest music festival on March 19th in Austin, TX. Better get there before midnight.

[vodpod id=Video.5668995&w=540&h=350&fv=] We can’t get enough of Ace’s certified banger and recently Andy Boy Genius captured what went on during the set for Ace’s upcoming video. Expect cameos from Birdman, DJ Khaled, Rozay and more. See what Derick G caught after the jump. Bonus: “Look At Me Now (Freestyle)”

Diddy and the ladies were on BET‘s 106 & Park earlier today and finally announced the cities and dates for their upcoming Coming Home tour. For those who missed it, Sean runs through the dates again. Listing underneath.

The individual(s) behind Biggaveli’s Twitter account released the video for the first single off Max B’s upcoming set. Vigilante Season finally arrives March 29th. Oh yea, he’s not in the video. Free Max B!

Mortimer, their back! Six months after Wale and Cud’s fallout, they have finally made peace. Earlier today, the duo broke the ice publicly via Twitter. In the words of B.I.G.: Fuck that beef shit, that shit is played out. UPDATE: Wale confirmed to YN that the two did speak on the phone and they have indeed made amends.