After Khaled’s deal, it was time to celebrate, and Derick G was on hand to capture flicks aboard the yacht for Young Money/Cash Money’s party in Miami last week. Khaled spoke with VIBE about how their partnership came about. “Birdman always loved my work and passion. We’ve known each other for years, and he’s always told me when you fulfill your contract with E1 you always got a home over here. I was going to sign myself, but I called Birdman […]

Before Sean The Pen drops his upcoming album, here is his new mixtape hosted by Green Lantern. Tracklist and download link after the jump. yk2

And you thought he might have been fuckin’ upset. Ha! In a quick pow-wow with EW‘s Simon Vozick-Levinson, Mr. Green speaks on his new song‘s strong reaction and Curtis’ unauthorized contribution. By the way, the joint was written by Bruno Mars of “Nothin’ On You” fame. Respect. “It’s a pleasant surprise, I must say,” the singer tells the Music Mix via phone from London. “I think it’s totally surpassed just about everyone’s expectations. We had a clue — I mean, […]

Come September 28, Radric’s The Appeal will hit your local shelves. For now, here’s an inside look at the album packaging photo shoot with Jonathan Mannion. It’s flick time. Say cheese! UPDATE: The end result.

Diplomatic Immunity 3 is coming soon, but first RTNY catches up with your boy Freeke on reuniting Killa and Capo. To keep the ball rolling, Jimmy’s posed a question for production from fans and got a great response.

Maybe it’s the liquor talking, but outside of B.B. King in Times Square, Keith Murray recounts knuckling up with 2Pac in L.A. and years later breaking a bottle over Dame Dash’s head. Gotta love these tales from the darkside. 57ave UPDATE: Mr. Murray first spoke on the alleged encounter with Pac back in ’07 with HipHopDX. And he even wrote a song about it. Wanna hear it? Here it go.

[vodpod id=Video.4296836&w=425&h=350&fv=] Better duck for cover. Although Flockaveli got his hands tied, he manages to bring out the goons for his latest visual. Shots fired at Young Jeezy too. No pun intended. wshh

[vodpod id=Video.4297549&w=425&h=350&fv=] During Shyne’s XXL cover shoot, the rapper reminisces on his days of taking the D train from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Trust, that’s nothing to miss. He then speaks on a way to transform his homeland of Belize.

Epic isn’t the only project Robert is releasing. Love Letter is the second of the three projects he plans to drop and here is a newer version of his soulful ballad, “When A Woman Loves”. The previous leak stretched to five minutes. Sounds like Kellz has finally found his footing. nav

Antwan returned to late night television yesterday and kept it funky with Vonnegutt for a performance of track four from Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty. One of the year’s best.