This morning, Waka made the cut as the eighth Hottest MC In The Game. A little while ago, he phoned in with MTV, and was surprised he made the list. We weren’t. “I just looked at it right now in the airport on Twitter, I swear to God. I was like, got-damn! Oh, shit, I made it! Hell yeah, I was [surprised]. Come on, man, I never thought I’d be on something like that. Not yet. It’s so soon.”

We felt this coming in the air. According to AP, Rihanna has severed ties with manager Marc Jordan and has joined Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Management. In a statement she said, “[I’m] so excited to take this next step in my career.” The singer also plans to launch her own company, Rihanna Entertainment that will “merge all of her businesses, including music, film, fragrance, fashion and book ventures.” Yep, everything all under one umbrella.

Dawuan Parker (not to be confused with Denaun Porter) is a new artist signed to Aftermath. He’s been with the label as a producer since 50’s debut. Anyway, here’s his first single of his EP The Decision co-produced by Dr.Dre.

[vodpod id=Video.4720583&w=425&h=350&fv=] Yea, these videos are still coming and we are now up to number seven. Here Khaled hits the studio and appears in a few video shoots along the way. We The Best I guarantee it! os Previously: Ep. 6

Last week, Preemo was in the motherland and met with former South African president Nelson Mandela. While out there, he also made a plea to Nas to collaborate on an album. Good luck on that happening. nr via dpg

A few days ago, Kanye said his album cover was banned from retail and implied that Walmart had a role in it.  EW reached out to the bargain chain and they said they never saw the artwork. “We’re excited about Kanye West’s new album and we look forward to carrying it in our stores on November 22nd. As always, it’s our standard practice to carry the edited parental advisory version. We did not reject the cover artwork and it was […]

Jada’s The Champ Is Here 3 may arguably be one of the year’s best mixtapes. While you huddle on that, here’s the project’s latest visual featuring his D-Block squadron.

Crooked I’s been holding down his music series by himself for the last three months, but this week, he gets assistance from the Free Agent over Waka’s beat. Last Week: “Boardwalk Empire/Hello”

Karen Civil‘s on it and got a hold of some new music from Fayetteville’s finest. No word as to where this is from, but maybe it’ll end up on his upcoming mixtape. That is, if it ever comes out.

Move over Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd. Moonie and Count trade places in the latest video in support of Don’t Feed The Killaz Vol. 3. Visually, Creative Control outdid themselves with this clip. Motion picture, shit for real.