2pac Song Selected for Vatican Playlist

Music from late rapper Tupac Shakur has been included as part of the Vatican's official MySpace Music playlist.

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Video: Termanology Interview w/ MRDL

2 New Eminem Tracks Leak

"Elevator" & "Buffalo Bill", both off of the freshly leaked "Refill".

KiD CuDi Talks Cudder LP Collabos

“Cudder, I already got five tracks locked in,” he told us recently in New York. “We got Snoop, we got Pharrell. I just was in the studio with him. We got Jim Jonsin. I did a record with him. I’m gonna get back in the studio with him. Trying to get the right amount of hit records on this. It’s gonna be the complete opposite of what Man on the Moon was. Man on the Moon was so serious. This one is gonna be more playful and fun. It’s about having a good time.”

Cudi has also been building a wave of guest collaborations from Pharrell to Snoop Dogg.

“People reaching out to me wanting to collab is so bugged out,” Kid admitted. “I remember when nobody wanted to do any song with me, let alone listen to my sh–. It’s been humbling since Kanye reached out. People seek my creativity; that’s dope. I don’t do the normal sh–. I don’t make the normal songs. So when people reach out, that means they’re on the same frequency.”

Cudi is probably most excited about the remix of Consequence’s “Whatever You Want” with Kanye, Common, John Legend and Big Sean, and he wants to include the entire fam when they reunite. “We gotta do it again,” Cudi said. “We gotta get everybody. We gotta have the GLCs, Really Doe, the Bentleys — everyone ripping it and dropping gems.”

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627473/20091202/kid_cudi.jhtml

Video: Young Dro in Studio

Young Dro listens to his album, coming Summer 2010.

Video: Gucci Mane Interview w/ Miss Info Pt. 5

Here’s the 5th installment of Gucci’s interview with Minya. In this clip he explains the significance of the abandoned building they’re sitting in front of and talks about hustling and growing up in his old neighborhood.

2010 Grammy Nominees

Flo Rida for rap album of the year? GTFO

Best Rap Album
Common – Universal Mind Control
Eminem – Relapse
Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Q-Tip – The Renaissance

Best Rap Solo Performance
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Eminem – “Beautiful”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
Mos Def – “Casa Bey”

Best Rap Song
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”

Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group
Beastie Boys & Nas – “Too Many Rappers”
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack A Bottle”
Fabolous & Jay-Z – “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”
Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amazing”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Beyoncé & Kanye West – “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain – “I’m On A Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead And Gone”

Full List

Video: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (Live @ World AIDS Day Concert)

Alicia and Jay put it down for the World AIDS Day Concert @ Nokia Theater in Times Square last night.

Video: Immortal Technique on Wars, Revolution & US Democracy

Immortal Technique sits for an interview with Russia Today.

Video: Trae Tha Truth Video Shoot With Bun B & Rick Ross

Bun, Officer Ricky and Gunplay of Triple C’s join Trae in Houston to shoot a video for a cut off his upcoming album, The Truth, due out next year.

Video: Jimmy Kimmel on Snoop’s GPS System

For those of us who like to roll down the street smokin' endow, sippin on gin & juice...

Freeway - Love Is A Battlefield (Addresses Beans vs Jay-Z) [Radio Rip]

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Kanye West Collaborating With Fendi

During a (very) brief interview with Daniel Lindström of Swedish fashion magazine Cafe, Kanye revealed that he’s working on some sort of collaboration with Italian fashion house Fendi. He also mentioned that his Louis Vuitton sneakers will be dropping in some new colorways in the near future.

http://www.dresslikekanyewest.com/2009/11/kanye-west-x-fendi-collaboration/

Video: The RZA - Victory or Death (Trailer)

Here’s a promo trailer for a new art project RZA will be unveiling on New Year’s Day 2010.

Two decades of defying tradition has resulted in a debut for the RZA, a highly limited fine art release of which 360 drafts will exist.

On January 1, 2010, believers from around the world will bear witness as Victory or Death is unveiled and made available to collectors around the globe.

50 Cent on Jay-Z: “He thinks he’s f*cking Jesus”

On Jay not shooting the video for “Big Spender” with Freeway:

He has a king complex, he thinks he’s fucking Jesus, you know what I mean? This J-Hova shit.

On Jay responding to Boo Boo’s provocation:

I’d love for him to say something he’s not supposed to say about me. The difference is the last guy he competed with was Nas, and he lost. Nas just didn’t keep his business intact, and later had to submit and sign under him, so we couldn’t acknowledge that he beat him when they had to compete. I think he got a phobia from that. You know what the most vulnerable space for an artist is? Confusion. So if you think you’re the hottest rapper or the hottest artist, whenever you’re losing and everybody knows it, that could be a confusion point for you, right? That’s what he went through at that time. We don’t know what happens in the future, but we know the facts.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31157780/50_cents_path_of_destruction_bears_down_on_jayz/2