[vodpod id=Video.5069661&w=425&h=350&fv=] Nicki Minaj made her first appearance on Lopez Tonight yesterday. She introduced her new alter ego and even received a booty protector from George. Merry Christmas indeed. Afterward, she gave a performance of “Moment 4 Life” from the current #2 album in the country. [vodpod id=Video.5069693&w=425&h=350&fv=]

Bobby Ray is set to release his brand new tape No Genre this Tuesday, alongside his boss T.I.’s No Mercy. Features are going to include T.I., Bun B, Wiz Khalifa and Donnis, with production from Kanye West, Jim Jonsin, Quincy Jones and B.o.B himself. UPDATE: Download link, tracklist, and new video “The Watchers” below.

[vodpod id=Video.5065489&w=425&h=350&fv=config%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.realgravity.com%2Fcached%2Fapi%2Fstaticplayerxml%2Fc0e00780-d58f-012d-2afb-12313b079c51%2Fe5c7f5971604285848ae4d35c7fdf570%3Fembedded%3Dtrue] Mikey Fresh of VIBE got to sit down with the L.E.P. Bogus Boys last week before their show at S.O.B.’s in NYC. They talk about their latest mixtape Don’t Feed Da Killaz Vol.3, upcoming projects, and co-signs from Drake. If you’re not following, it might be time to start.  

[vodpod id=Video.5065053&w=425&h=350&fv=] Ricky Rozay and his protege Masspike Miles finally release the visuals for his new single which appeared on his Superfly mixtape back in August. It’s better late than never right? Cameos from Ace Hood & Mr. Trill OG. wshh  

Photo: Ernest Estime Better late than never, another member of the Roc Nation fam, J.Cole, also called in this morning right before the clock struck 12 to talk about his friendship with Drizzy Drake. Europe, get ready! And is Jermaine gonna finally finish that album before Xmas? Hmm.

Today was my first time ever hosting the Shade 45 Morning Show and Wale was gracious enough to call-in from Montego Bay, Jamaica. We touch on his first gold record, Waka’s “No Hands”, the drama with Kid Cudi and his working relationship with Rick Ross. Pay attention! Break 1: Break 2:

[vodpod id=Video.5064113&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Here is some footage Juelz decided to drop of him recording his new single which will be appearing on his long overdue mixtape Reagan Era. From the sounds of this, Juelz definitely isn’t playing around this time.

[vodpod id=Video.5037553&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D601830%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Avh1.com%253A601830] We already got a preview of TIP’s upcoming episode for VH1’s Storytellers. Luckily, EW comes through with one more clip from the show in which T.I. talks about his starring role in the movie “ATL” as well as the story behind his hit single “What You Know About That“. The episode airs on Friday at 11pm. No Mercy hits stores tomorrow.  

Yela’s got swag and with that, he’s killing the game. He recently left this new recording with the folks over at 3 Little Digs. Produced by Nico. Trunk Muzik 0-60 in stores now. dgb

Drake recently spoke with The Source last Friday about several topics including his upcoming European tour with Jermaine. Photo courtesy of Ernest Estime. Tour begins January 5th. European Tour With J. Cole “Just being with Cole and going to Europe for the first time, I wanted to do something different set wise and setlist wise. I wanted to bring an adaptive show out there. Cole is in my city tonight, man we are just having fun. Just having fun being […]