Danny Brown closed out last night's Fader Fort showcase, which featured performances from 2 Chainz and Santigold, with a performance of XXX's "Radio Song." Watch below as he cuts the DJ off and performs the second half of the track acapella!
J. Cole hit the Hot 97 stage along with Rapsody, 9th Wonder and Prodigy today for the station's Who's Next Showcase. Watch the Pete Rosenberg hosted concert below as Mr. Cole World headlines the event, and hit the jump to watch Rapsody perform with 9th Wonder and to see Prodigy of Mobb Deep bring his hits to life!
For today's Hot 97 Throwback At Noon mix, Mister Cee paid tribute to Nate Dogg, who passed away exactly one year ago from a stroke. Hard to believe that an entire year has passed already since this tragedy, but at least we can celebrate the legacy of the California hook king.
Drake was selected to grace the cover of GQ Magazine's April 2012 Style Bible issue, which is on stands now. In the full feature from GQ he spoke with journalist Claire Hoffman about the challenges of writing material now that he's got fewer troubles in his life among other subjects. Check out the full article after the jump, but first watch the behind the scenes footage of Drake's GQ cover shoot with photographer Sebastian Kim.
Travis Porter put more of a literal twist on Erykah Badu's classic "Bag Lady" on their latest track, which I hope makes their debut album. Nice hearing the trio rhyming over something like this even if the subject matter's not too different.
Juicy J gives the visual to the hilarious yet SMH track "Juicy J Can't" from his latest mixtape Blue Dream & Lean. Stay Trippy, his Taylor Gang debut, is coming soon!
ScHoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky took the stage at MTV U Woodie Awards in Austin yesterday and performed their hit "Hands On The Wheel." This was only one of their stops at SXSW so I expect to see a lot of footage of them popping up soon. ScHoolboy Q's Habits & Contradictions is in stores now!
The MTV U Woodie Awards are set to air this Sunday, March 18th at 8/7 Central on MTV and MTV U!
Nas has had bloggers like myself camping out for the premiere of his new single "The Don," and the Heavy D and Salaam Remi produced track has finally been released courtesy of In Flex We Trust. The Supercat sampled track is the first look at his upcoming album Life Is Good since releasing "Nasty" over the summer and it definitely lives up to the hype.
It's been a busy week for Mystikal as he stopped through both The Breakfast Club and MTV's RapFix Live to talk about his career and his future as part of the YMCMB family. Watch below as the New Orleans veteran spoke openly with Angela, C and DJ Envy about his early rivalry with Cash Money amongst other things. After the jump there is highly entertaining freestyle for you to feast your eyes on!