Yesterday, The Source announced that Bun B’s Trill O.G. was crowned with their classic 5 mic rating. Below, he issued a statement in light of the honor. Speech! When I started rapping, the highest honor a real MC could aspire to was the coveted 5 mics from Source Magazine. It was only given to the best of the best in hip hop, the cream of the crop so to speak. Those that received the honor were sometimes but not always […]

Hey Chelsea, the CD’s sideways. Anyway, a litte over a week ago, Fat Joe made his second appearance on Chelsea Handler’s nightly show. He plugged his new album The Darkside, and meeting the Chinese Fat Joe. nr

As part of MLK Jr.’s, concert series, Salt-N-Pepa performed at Brooklyn’s Wingate Park on Monday night. Other acts included Naughty By Nature and Slick Rick. At around the 1:20 mark though, Salt and Pep brings out Busta Rhymes. Whatta man show. More footage below.

Kanye took his act to the Far East yesterday and performed his new single at this year’s Singfest in Singapore. In the second clip, he does a new freestyle, which some are billing as “Pinocchio Story 2.” ts

Flex got the call but DJ Clue got the debut of the first single off Wayne’s upcoming I’m Not A Human Being EP droppin’ on his born day, September 27th. If you recall, Drizzy gave Westwood a sample of the lyrics two months ago. muzikfiendz UPDATE: Dirty CDQ version has arrived splash

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”push_montana__sobs”] Brooklyn’s Push! Montana was the first opening act to perform last night at S.O.B.’s. At the end of his set, Push recited a freestyle for crowd. Hustle hard, young man.

Cash Money is an army and earlier today, Miami-based producers Cool and Dre announced their enlistment. It’s been a minute since CMB has had an in-house producer, so it should be interesting how the label redefines their sound. hhnm

[vodpod id=Video.4165183&w=425&h=350&fv=] Big Boi said he wanted to shoot a video for each song off  Sir Lucious Left Foot. Well, Maurice Garland provides a first look of his next clip featuring Yelawolf . Looks like they’re going for a nostalgic look. We can dig it.

[vodpod id=Video.4164570&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D548393%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A548393] From the set of Trey Songz’s new video, “Bottoms Up”, Nicki tells MTV that her debut album, Pink Friday is “progressing miraculously”. Real, insightful ma. Off camera though, she spoke on her next possible single. “I have a record called ‘Right Through Me’ that I think will be a standout,” Minaj said. “It’s not gonna come right now. It’ll come closer to when the album drops, but it’s a really, really pretty song. Everyone’s gonna like it.” The […]

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”lep_bogus_boyz__sobs_pt2″] This should’ve been included in this post earlier, but it slipped under the radar. At the beginning of the Bogus Boys’ set, they performed a personal favorite, “Heavenz Door”. Not to be confused with Dylan, GNR, or Clapton‘s versions.