Image: Dustin Cohen Still don’t like the Waka cover? Well tough cookie. This is probably more up your alley. A profile of Jermaine Cole conducted on the eve of the release of his Friday Night Lights mixtape. Peep what the Roc Boy’s got up his sleeve. RESPECT.

More behind the scenes with Busta’s protege, in the lab, at the B.B. King gig and the “Mechanics” video shoot. Reek’s upcoming mixtape, The Gift gets unwrapped Dec. 24. Previously: In The Lab Pt. 4

T.I.’s new album No Mercy hit stores last week and debuted at number 4 on Billboard with 160,000 copies sold. While behind bars in Arkansas, he thanked his fans again for their continued support. What up world? First off I’d like to thank everybody again for going out and supporting the “Hustle” yet again with “No Mercy” last week. I can’t say enough on how much I appreciate the support and all the positive feedback. I read so many tweets, […]

After three weeks, Nicki Minaj’s debut album Pink Friday, has earned the rapper a gold plaque. This week, the project surpassed the 500,000 mark with 80,667 copies sold. In fact, she even moved more units than Kanye. Queens reigns supreme again!

K.R.I.T., Spitta, and Kyleon chill amongst the moon and stars on this cut featured on Johnny Shipes’ Good Talk Vol. 9. Space out with the project on December 21st.

Don Cannon stepped back and sounded off last night about his exclusion from MTV’s Top DJ Year End List. He took his frustration out on his Twitter account and justified his thug. HATE TO BE LIKE THIS, BUT MTV TOP DJ’S AND IM NOT ON THERE THIS YEAR AGAIN!!!!!!! TRAPORDIE, BIGSEAN, YOUNGDRO, COOLKIDS, CURRENSY????? #DIE. ALL THE FUCKIN CLASSIC I DID THIS YEAR!! AND NO MENTION, NO DISRESPECT TO ANY OTHER DJ, BUT I PUT IN WORK THIS YEAR CHAMP!!! […]

For a second year in a row, LL Cool J has been denied entry into the the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame. The Beastie Boys were also snubbed by the committee. C’mon man, we need love!

Yesterday morning, Charlamagne had some choice words for Diddy’s Last Train To Paris on Power 105.1. So today, Puff called up the station and explained why he cancelled his interview. Sidebar: Diddy Teaches Justin Bieber How To Swag Walk

Game recently did an interview in Paris and spoke on his relationship with local artist La Fouine. He says that he recorded a track with him in French and the mentions that he formed a new label called, Kush House. So much for Black Wall Street. Sidebar: La Fouine Ft. Game “Caillra For Life” Video

The R-O-C-K will not put up with no bullshit and hours ago he let go his latest recording. Sure sounds like something we could endure.