VIDEO: Young Scooter – Work ft. Gucci Mane

Though Young Scooter remains behind bars for violating his parole, the ATL rapper keeps the new music and visual coming with “Work” featuring Gucci Mane who is no stranger to the prison system himself.  In conjunction with World Star Hip Hop, The “Colombia” rapper debuts his latest music video and brings fans along for a glimpse into his underworld office equipped with stacks of cash, cough syrup, Styrofoam double cups, plenty of smoke, and of course every boss needs his loyal goons by his side.  Look out for Scooter’s mixtape Cell Block To Your Block dropping soon.

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AUDIO: Rapper Big Pooh – Gold Chain (Prod. By The Mighty DR)

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Rapper Big Pooh drops off a new track titled “Gold Chain” off his upcoming Fat Boy Fresh Vol. 3: Happy Birthday Thomas.  Produced by The Mighty DR, the catchy sample based track with slapping drums brings you along for a smooth ride while Pooh showcases his lyrical skills.  Take a listen to the former Little Brother MC go in and spit out his soul over a dope instrumental for your enjoyment.

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AUDIO: Slum Village – Summer Breeze

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Slum Village is back and drops off a brand new track titled “Summer Breeze” off their album Evolution which is set to release July 25.  The Detroit group’s latest effort proves to be infectious and summer time appropriate with hard hitting bass that’ll have you rollin’ down the windows and turning the volume up.  Take a listen to the Trio’s “Summer Breeze” via the audio stream below.

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VIDEO: D-Dot Speaks Out On Past Beef w/ Kanye West

Deric Angelettie, better known as “D-Dot”, makes an appearance on Juan Epstein as opens up about his past beef with Kanye West.  D-Dot enlightens listeners on how his relationship with Kanye West developed during his early years as a producer and his work ethic.  The former Bad Boy producer touches on his experience with formerly managing West when he was trying to break into the industry as a rapper and how he single handedly was responsible for helping Ye recover his publishing rights in full years ago.  However, like most times, good things come to an end and eventually Kanye and D-Dot found themselves falling out.

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VIDEO: Young Roddy – 504 Radio ft. 3d Na’Tee

Jet Life member Young Roddy drops a new music video for “504 Radio” off his Good Sense 2 mixtape.  The raw black and white video showcases Roddy and 3d Na’Tee around familiar surroundings in New Orleans as each artist does their thing for the camera.  Check the video above to see how it goes down in Roddy’s neighborhood.

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VIDEO: Kanye Says His Slave Name Is West & His God Name is Yeezus

During Kanye West’s Monday Night Listening session, the controversial artist decided to say speak out and share his creative vision on his upcoming album Yeezus.  Yeezy opened up about his intentional rebellious direction for the project and thanked a handful of people that assisted him in the process including producer Rick Rubin who appears to have played an essential role.  Miss Info TV was live in attendance to capture the honest moment as Kanye addressed the crowd of supporters and before putting the microphone down clarified that his slave name was West and his God name was “Yeezus”.

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VIDEO: Action Bronson Interview w/ DJ Whoo Kid

Bronsolini sits down with DJ Whoo Kid for a humorous one on one interview. The two discuss a number of topics which include Action’s desire to stand out, his recent “Strictly 4 My Jeeps” video and the infamous cameo from an odd heavy set woman, his collaborative EP Saaa Stories with producer Harry Fraud and randomly meeting Whoo Kid outside of a Starbucks in New York.  As the interview proceeds, Action and Whoo Kid also address the interweb talks around the similarities of his vocals/style to Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah, the potential of a future collaboration with Eminem, how his relationship and collab with Wiz Khalifa began very organically and genuinely, what he thinks about artist RiFF RaFF and the new frustrations that come with now being a signed artist.

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VIDEO: Wale – Love Hate Thing | Behind The Scenes

Go behind the scenes on set with Wale for his new music video “Love/Hate Thing” off his upcoming album The Gifted which is set to drop later this month.  In the clip above, Wale and director Sarah McColgan explain the vision for the video and what they set out to accomplish.

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VIDEO: DJ Paul & Drumma Boy – Him vs. Me

DJ Paul and Drumma Boy deliver the visual treatment for “Him vs. Me” which will be featured on the duo’s upcoming collaborative mixtape titled Clash Of Da Titans.  Look out for a camerom Featherweight World Champion boxer Abner Mares who also showcases his skills in the video.

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VIDEO: Lil Wayne Talks Health Scare, Carter V, Retiring, & Skateboarding on Jimmy Kimmel Live

In the first part of Weezy’s recent sit down on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Cash Money artist discusses his past health scares with seizures and clarifies why he’s been M.I.A. the last few times he was suppose to make an appearance on the show.  Another interesting tidbit of information shared by Wayne is the fact that he was alone upstairs and randomly discovered by a friend during his most violent seizure.  In typical humorous fashion, Kimmel is quick to point out that the rap start owes his friend a debt of gratitude seeing as how he most likely saved his life.

In part two, Weezy F. clarifies his currently relationship with the Miami Heat organization and clears up the rumor that he’s actually banned from their home venue along with his new interest in the hockey team the L.A. Kings.  Kimmel also takes the opportunity to question Wayne about his past explicit comment on having slept with Heat star Chris Bosh’s wife to which the seizure prone takes a page out of Jamie Foxx’s book and blames it on the alcohol.

In the final clip, Wayne shares his desire to retire from the rap game and announces that he would like to make his exit following the release of his Tha Carter V album. Finally, Weezy shares his sudden interest in skateboarding that began about two years ago after watching an episode of the Camp Woodward show.

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