Maino was arrested yesterday afternoon near Rockefeller Center for driving his Bentley with a suspended license. He received a desk appearance ticket and was later released. Years ago, Maino served a decade in the slammer for a drug related kidnapping. ice via post

Cee-Lo returns with another video in support of his new album, The Lady Killer. As always, his clips never disappoint and this one is more than OK by us.

Dig yourself a snitch grave and check out this new cut from Nas produced by Boola. If Esco has more tracks like this in the stash, he shouldn’t keep that to himself. uhtn

Five days before Redman’s new album, Reggie (Dec 7) drops, he’s filling his fans up with Pancake & Syrup. Check out the tracklist below. Sidebar: Although previously reported, no more Muddy Waters 2 or 3. UPDATE: link below

Cee-Lo was the latest guest on Chelsea Handler’s nightly show. He spoke on his Grammy nominated song, “Fuck You”, Gnarles Barkley, and Gwyneth Paltrow’s rendition of “Fuck You” on Glee.

This just snuck into the inbox. Apollo Kids December 14th… Here is the original version of the the track “How U Like Me Baby”, which was released in 2007. At the time it was titled “Chunky” and was only released on a J-Love mixtape. Now it will appear on as a new track on Ghostface Killah’s new album “Apollo Kids” It will feature Fabolous and will be the iTunes Bonus track.

Weeks after Jay Electronica signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, Gina Torres sat down with his go-to guy Just Blaze on his thoughts of the deal and Elect’s rift with Diddy.

New York was transformed into the Windy City last night as the L.E.P. Bogus Boys held court down at S.O.B.’s. Moonie and Count performed cuts from Don’t Feed The Killaz Vol.3 and then changed clothes for the remainder of their set. More clips below.

Hold up, wait a minute. We’re not sure if this is remix was prescribed by the Doc, but Game takes a pull of the “Kush” along with Snoop and Akon. Choice words for 50 Cent, Chuck.

It’s almost that time again and yesterday evening, CBS announced the nominees for the 53rd annual Grammy Awards. Marshall leads all nods with 10 while Bruno Mars pulls in seven with Jay-Z racking in six. John Legend and B.o.B. each have five nods. Meanwhile Drake, Rihanna, and Cee-Lo follow right behind with four. Ceremony airs at the Staples Center in L.A. February 13th at 8 pm EST on CBS. Hip-Hop rules, muthafucka. ru