The crowd last night at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, Ohio wasn’t letting J.Cole walk off the stage that easy. After the end of his set, he gave an encore performance of a new track that may appear on his upcoming mixtape, Friday Night Lights. You got it, Cole!

Everything’s a go for Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaborative album, Watch The Throne. Hov chopped it up with Tim Westwood across the pond and said he and Ye are recording in Peter Gabriel’s studios in Bath, England instead of the South France. He says the project will consist of 10 tracks, but was mum as to what producers will make the final cut. Full interviews airs Monday. missinfo

[vodpod id=Video.4830437&w=425&h=350&fv=] Swizz’s GQ fashion spread comes to life with him demonstrating how to put on a bow tie. Come here and let him coach you.

Tomorrow’s the day Chrisette will release her mixtape, Love Thy Brother. But before then, she let’s go another track. Let Freedom Reign on November 30th. yk2

[vodpod id=Video.4830060&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] Feast your eyes on the new clip for The Lady Killer’s latest single. Don’t hold us to to it, but there might be another in the works. Sounds like another winner. Pick up the album November 9th. Previously: Cee-Lo Green x Selah Sue “Please”

It’s classtime! Today it was announced that The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University has appointed Swizz Beatz as the department’s first Producer In Residence. “I’m excited to be able to take my many years of experience in the music business and use it as an example to instruct students,” remarked Swizz Beatz. “The invitation from Mr. Davis and Professor Rabhan is humbling and I’m honored.” For the remainder of the 2010/2011 semester, Swizz will participate […]

Listen up Hulkamaniacs, Hulk Hogan along with daughter Brooke and Jimmy Hart recited The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Juicy” from Def Jam Rapstar. The game is available now for Xbox, Playstation, and Wii. If you don’t know, now ya know, brother!

Triple C member Torch is preparing to release a UFO into the blogsphere soon, and here’s one of the tracks featuring Cassidy and Crooked I. It’s doe or die, chump.

This morning, Birdman called Big Boy’s Neighborhood in Los Angeles and spoke on Lil Wayne’s release from Rikers Island today. Baby gave a rundown of Weezy’s itinerary over the next couple days, but said they still plan to pop bottles and look at these models. We want in!

The Morning After With Angela Yee premiered some new music from Royce Da 5’9″. The song will appear in the upcoming sci-flick, Skyline. Looks like Nickle Nine found his cash flow. UPDATE: CDQ Version.