Man, great minds think alike. After hearing the chorus of Kanye’s new single this past weekend, I immediately thought of the hospital scene from Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. But for some reason, I couldn’t find the clip on YouTube. Coincidentally, it jolted Sean’s memory too and he drew the comparison first. Now, that’s powerful. Sidebar: 1515 Speaks To YN & Info On “Power”

Over the weekend, actor Tom Cruise joined the Black Eyed Peas at the O2 arena in London during their performance of, “I Got A Feeling”. They later premiered the theme song “Someday”, for Cruise’s new film Knight and Day which hits theaters June 25th.

Guess you can teach an old dog new tricks. Two months ago in New Jersey, magician David Blaine performed a couple of illusions for the D-O-Double-G. Do you believe in magic?

50 tells Rap-Up that he’s drawing inspiration from Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield for his new album, Black Magic. Mercy, mercy me. How would you describe your latest direction? It’s still got a soulful vibe to it and that’s why I called it Black Magic. I had some Marvin Gaye-inspired stuff, some things that content-wise would feel like something Curtis Mayfield would do from my perspective, and just the choices of how the cadences on the records were like performance […]

Spitta’s seeing green for his new album cover, Pilot Talk. The artwork’s designed by David Barnett and is due out this summer. Jets! pmf via dd172

Joell sits down with 1515 and explains the origins of his trademark “Yaowa”, which so happens to be the title of his upcoming mixtape hosted by Green Lantern and Don Cannon. “I’m just thinking about zoning out,” he said. “I’m not thinking about who I’m reaching out to. I’m not thinking about who to bring to the tape. I’m just thinking about making a really, really good tape. Letting people know who Joell Ortiz is one more time. This time with Green […]

The gang’s all here. This past weekend, DJ Khaled’s all-stars performed the remix to “All I Do Is Win” out in Mi-yayo. No time for losers! Sidebar: On The Set Vol.2: “All I Do Is Win” heads up:57th

Nas seems more jovial than usual. While out in Vegas this past Saturday, he stopped by Bootleg Kev’s show on Hot 97.5 and was awarded the key to the radio station. So much for murderin’ the DJ. Congrats!

[vodpod id=Video.3741841&w=425&h=350&fv=] More fuckery talk from Mr. Nash, but only this time in front of the cameras. Dream responds to fan’s reactions from his “FBI Sting” and the culprits who steal his music. Buckle up. He’s too cool for a muthafuckin’ seat belt. Sidebar: He’s changed Twitter names. tfl

Styles P’s novel, Invincible hits your local bookstore tomorrow, until then, here goes another one off the soundtrack. We are the streets. onsmash Previously: New Music: Styles P x Bully “Sellouts”