Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder, Kareem “Biggs” Burke and 43 others (including a High Times magazine staffer) were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for their alleged involvement in a narcotic ring. According to the NY Post, agents raided Biggs’ home in North Bergen, NJ this morning. Reports say the network was ran by Geovanny “Manny” Rodriguez Perez and operated along the East Coast. Agents seized $1 million and 177 pounds of marijuana. In regards to the bust, special agent Jim Hayes […]

Here’s the first leak from Big L’s second posthumous album, Return Of The Devil’s Son. Eerie title. The track’s produced by J-Love and is an updated version of his track, “Danger Zone”. rcrdlbl

Two days ago, we peeped the packaging for Jay-Z’s The Hits Collection. Now, UHTN put us hip to the project’s tracklist. Disc: 1 1. Public Service Announcement (Interlude) 2. Run This Town (Feat. Rihanna & Kanye West) 3. ‘03 Bonnie & Clyde (Feat. Beyoncé) 4. Encore 5. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me) 6. Izzo (H.O.V.A.) 7. D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) 8. 99 Problems 9. Empire State Of Mind (Feat. Alicia Keys) 10. Dirt Off Your Shoulder […]

As promised, Lupe Fiasco fans are coming together today to celebrate the March 8, 2011 release date of Lasers. Initially the gathering was to protest against the delay of the project. The photos were taken near Central Park, but the mob is expected to bring their show to Atlantic Records’ doorstep. We’ll keep you updated. lupend

Look ma, no hands—or arms for that matter. What better way to end the work week than with Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday cover art. Ironically, the album drops Tuesday, November 23rd. uhtn

One of the standouts from Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty just got a lil’ better. Here’s the remix featuring new verses from Bun B and Rick Ross. Damn the American dream! X

On Wednesday, Tip rescued a suicidal jumper and spoke on the incident. Yesterday, the jumper’s mother got in touch with Atlanta’s V-103 and also denied the encounter was a publicity stunt and thanked T.I. for his assistance. I wish it was a publicity stunt and my son wasn’t hurting as bad as he is and to get up there and do something like that. It’s an embarrassment really and it’s like my God, thank God for T.I!! So I’m just saying […]

A few days ago, Erykah Badu vented via her Twitter account about hip-hop sounding like techno music lately. UGC complied Fatbellybella’s tweets into the two paragraphs below. How y’all gone stand by and let our music turn into pop techno cornball ass music. We don’t own our music no more. Come to think of it, did we EVER own it? when I say own our music , I’m not talkin bout the artist I’m talkin bout the people … let […]

Last night, Nasir and Damian both returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live for another performance. Be “Patient” up top and catch “Distant Relatives” after the jump.

[vodpod id=Video.4680007&w=425&h=350&fv=] Puff returned to the Late Show With David Letterman yesterday and during his interview discussed the art of sexting. LOL smiley face.