“Eric B. ain’t on the cut” No he ain’t down with Eric B. no more, but that doesn’t mean the 18th Letter can’t deliver one of the greatest rap records of all-time. With the sun still out, Allah moved the Governors Island crowd yesterday. Peace, God.

DJ Whoo Kid delivered two new recordings yesterday from the man born, John Jackson. The first is an ode to Too $hort’s favorite word and the second is a freestyle. Two for the price of one. Cheers! “Freestyle”

At the Sunset Strip Music Festival yesterday in Los Angeles, Cudi premiered a new track entitled, “Ghost” produced by Emile. The music is a bit distorted, but it sounds like a funky tune. Are those bagpipes? Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager coming soon. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.4332487&w=425&h=350&fv=] Hip-Hop’s #1 groupie is at again. Apparently yesterday Kat got into a spat with NBA star Carmelo Anthony and his better half, La La Vazquez. Melo was far from mellow and reports are he lost his cool and put a 5 stacks hit on Ms. Stacks. Don’t think Commissioner Stern is gonna dig all this. The disgruntled Denver Nugget has since deaded his Twitter account. If the ref didn’t see it, is it still a foul? wshh UPDATE: […]

The end of Lauryn Hill’s Rock The Bells set at NY’s Governors Island turned into a love fest as backstage guests Mary J Blige, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Chris Rock, Jay-Z and John Legend all came out to hug it out with the enigma. Black star power. Too bad the performance was mostly panned by observers like Touré and Amanda Diva. Flicks below. rtny Sidebar: Ms. Hill speaks.

KRS-One and True Master are set to release their joint album, Meta-Historical next Tuesday. Here’s what we gon’ do.  Hit y’all two days early with track 14 featuring RZA. Bong bong! hhnm

Like Curtis Jackson, Robyn Fenty has had a twitter, but no more ghosttyping for Ri Ri. This past Friday, the Barbados beauty started socializing on the network herself. Although her ex Breezy deleted it, reports are he responded to her first tweet. Glad the keyboard was the only thing he hit this time. Read ’em below. forbez

“They were boys from the suburbs, not boys from the hood” When this smart-ass, wannabe with a mushroom head was 17,  the prankster battled crews in a group called Suburban Threat and pushed his own mix CDs while working at Best Buy. His name is Asher Roth and he’s the best. You bought your sweatpants at Ross cause you shop for less. Mama knows best. yardie

The Diggster definitely got big shoes to fill. And on the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network’s latest ad, the sounds of Mr. Simmons is ringing off on everyone’s cellular device. Great expectations indeed.

Now that Fantasia is back in the swing of things, she performed at Rain in the Palms Casino in Vegas last night. She addressed her recent suicide incident (1:05) and Snoop Dogg joins her on stage (1:22) during her rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “Rock Steady”. What it is, what it is, what it is. rap-up