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Eminem & Lil Wayne To Perform On SNL

Before the end of the year, NBC plans to make Saturday Night extra Live with Eminem and Lil Wayne performing “No Love” on the sketch comedy show on December 18th. If all goes according to plan, this will be Weezy’s first televised gig since his release from jail earlier this month. Tune in.

Q-Tip Speaks On Industry Rules

[vodpod id=Video.4939520&w=425&h=350&fv=] Q-Tip stopped by the XXL offices yesterday and gave an update on the status of his upcoming book, Industry Rules. He says it will be co-authored by dream hampton and will include anecdotes from his experiences in the rap game.

Jay-Z On The Michael Eric Dyson Show

Jay-Z continued his Decoded promo run on Michael Eric Dyson‘s radio program. He more less reiterated the spiel from previous interviews, but here’s how MED broke it down. In this penetrating interview, Jay-Z shares insight into his childhood in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects, past life of hustling on the streets, the often overlooked and underestimated intellectual depth and complexity of rap music, the misogynistic lyrics in some hip-hop songs, and offers thoughtful and heartfelt advice to young people who also have […]

Nicki Minaj Wall Street Journal Feature

With Nicki’s debut Pink Friday arriving next Monday, The Wall Street Journal took a look at the rapper’s upbringing in Queens and conquest to rule the world. Word to Madonna. “Hip hop to me is so much more than New York and L.A., or one place or one borough or one city,” said the rapper, who was born in Trinidad and grew up in Jamaica, Queens. “I mean, I love being from New York—I’m from Queens, and that’s where I […]