LL Cool J mosied on down to the Country Music Awards last night in Las Vegas and at the 4:20 mark, introduced Taylor Swift for her performance of “Change”. But the CMA’s wasn’t LL’s only stop. Prior to the awards he performed “Loungin” at the MGM Grand’s pool party.

Cypress Hill sold out S.O.B.’s last Thursday as part of Hot 97’s Who’s Next Showcase. And in case you forgot, the group’s new album Rise Up drops tomorrow. Above is their performance of “How I Could Just Kill A Man”. More footage down bottom.

Shyne keeps callin’ me, but I don’t wanna pick up. I hate it. Hate that he keeps callin’. Hate what I would have to say him. Hate the way he sounds. Hate what people are saying about the way he sounds. Really hate what people are saying about him. Ask around. Find out, he wants to sound like that. Doesn’t ever want to be viewed as a Big soundalike again. Never again. Won’t accept criticism. Constructive or not. But then, […]

These days, it seems as if there’s more teasers, trailers, and snippets than final product. Ah well, if you can’t beat em, join ’em. Here a sneak peak of LB’s new video “Curtain Call” off Leftback.

Tricky Stewart and The-Dream extend their services to Jamie on the title track for his new album. This might not be the final version, but grab a hand earful for now. HHNM

Justin told Complex a week and a half ago that he planned to work with Drake. And last night at the Juno Awards, they did just that with Drizzy adding some bars to his hit “Baby”. Miss Info

Nicki Minaj recently gave a Question and Answer to Details magazine. Below are some excerpts from the sitdown. Q: As an openly bisexual rapper, do you think hip-hop is getting more gay-friendly? A: I think the world is getting more gay-friendly, so hip-hop is too. But it’s harder to imagine an openly gay male rapper being embraced. People view gay men as having no street credibility. But I think we’ll see one in my lifetime. Q: Have you seen the […]

Here are photos from Breezy’s six page pictorial in the latest issue of FLAUNT magazine. Hey kids, it’s Chris, are you still down? More under the cut. Natasha

Come May 25th, Daz and Kurupt’s 100 Wayz is coming to a retailer near you. Check out the trailer above and ride down with their latest leak below. “Keep On Riding” Previously: “Crazy N The Club” x “Do U Drank”

Not even Vinnie of Naughty By Nature is down with O.P.P. Yesterday Kweli sent out an APB via Twitter for his stolen belongings. His laptop and phone were swiped from his dressing room in Melbourne, Australia. Fortunately, the culprit Amir Bashir was caught on surveillance cameras. Vin Rock told Kweli that he knew the crook came and recovered the stolen items. Must be a small world after all. Now as for that Yankee hat…