Kendrick dusts off his photo album for the cover art of his debut album. Peep the front of the deluxe version after the jump. Good Kid, m.A.A.d City drops October 22. hhnm UPDATE: Should have known: [tweet https://twitter.com/kendricklamar/status/246672668957487106]

K-Dot’s BET Music Matters tour made a stop last night at Charlotte’s The Fillmore. And during his set he brought out the home state’s Roc star who recited a freestyle, which some say was penned for Diggy. Bitch was the baddest, head was the greatest Only one thing I ask of you haters. You can’t diss a nigga if you got him on your playlist From straight A’s to A-list, only niggas with AKs can play this. My Jordan 13s like 8th grade You niggas debaters but […]

K-Dot reflects with his VEVO Lift series how his music career started with releasing mixtapes and reveals 50 Cent’s influence. good kid, m.A.A.d. city drops October 22. Previously: Pt. 1 l Pt. 2

Colin Munroe has just released his latest collection of tunes, Unsung Hero, which you can download in full here. Below he links back wth K-Dot as well as Ab-Soul for its sixth track. hhnm

The tales from the hood continues

Brooklyn upstart Nitty Scott MC exercises some flower power with Kendrick Lamar on her new recording. Produced by Paul Boogie, the track will appear on her project

Kendrick hit the Rock The Bells stage too

TDE concludes their appreciation week with new material from Kendrick Lamar and Young Jeezy. Decent track, even though Da Snowman’s verse sounds phoned in.

In case you needed a reminder, DJ Khaled’s new album is dropping next week. And today, he sent

After catching Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Lady Gaga revealed that she will be featured on “Partynauseous” off her labelmate’s solo debut, good kid, m.A.A.d city. It’s been a minute since Gaga collaborated with a rapper, so the result should be interesting.