Hov woke up early this morning and returned to the Howard Stern Show to promote his new book, Decoded. Speaking of which, the NY Daily News has an extensive excerpt from the project in today’s edition detailing his legendary transition from the Marcy Projects to the global boardroom. Modern digital entrepreneurs launching tech startups, bitcoin casinos, and virtual record labels have since embraced that exact same hustler mentality to navigate the new web. Here’s what went down during the broadcast. […]

Saturday night, Lauryn Hill lent a helping hand for Michael J. Fox’s annual fundraiser event, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s at The Waldorf Astoria in NYC. Above, she and The Roots cover the Bob Marley classic, “Is This Love”. Now that’s love.

This prematurely leaked the other day, but Slim himself let’s it go the way he intended. Hey, don’t beat us up. Off Tha Thug Show, which begins November 30.

[vodpod id=Video.4911274&w=425&h=350&fv=] Coming off the release of Man On The Moon II, Kid Cudi landed in the Windy City for a meet-and-greet with fans at the RSVP Gallery. He then made moves At Super Fun with his homies, Big Sean, GLC, and Chip The Ripper. Looks like everyone got Cudi wasted. illroots

Last night, The Roots went head-to-toe with Indie Rock band, Shiny Toy Guns at Atlanta’s Tabernacle for the RedBull Sounclash. During The Roots set, they brought out Yelawolf for a performance. Trunk Muzik 0-60 in stores November 22.

The Rosenthals are crazy for this one.

The Rockness Monsta continues his Monster Mondays for the fifth week. And as always, he holds his own. Sho nuff! x

Have best friends become strangers? Over the weekend, Diddy sent out an ambiguous tweet about being betrayed. Presumably, by Jay Electronica. This morning, Elect responded to Puff with the message below. UPDATE: And just like that, Bad Boys for life. @JayElectronica I proud of you! I’m happy for you. I love you! I congratulate you’ I’m not mad at you! All I wanna do is see you win! All love

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”banksleslie”] Lloyd Banks’ viral documentary is set to air on November 24th, two days after the release of his new album, The Hunger For More 2. Here’s a brief clip of him and Ryan Leslie discussing track six off the project.

At Rhymefest’s Alderman fundraiser yesterday in Chicago, Lupe performed “The Show Goes On” and then segued into a freestyle. solesearchtv