Elzhi is prepping his next LP, The Weather Man (will Cage or Evidence have a problem with this?). Here is a new recording which may or may not make the final cut.

Wiz released this new collaboration with Busta Rhymes via Twitter earlier today. Watch out for O.N.I.F.C. hitting August 28th on Atlantic Records.

Fresh after finishing the 2nd Blu & Exile album, Exile returns to studio to produce yet another Southern Cali Native, Johaz. Together, they join forces to make up the group, Dag Savage. Here is the first leak “Dream Sequence” ft. J Mitchell from their upcoming free mixtape entitled Salvation.

Produced by DN3. Scratches and Cuts by DJ LES735. First Single from Language Arts Volume 2, releasing August 22, 2012. Homeboy Sandman appears courtesy Stones Throw Records. Art by Hector “Hexsagon” Flores.

Brother Ali speaks on his upcoming album, Mourning In America and Dreaming In Color, due August 21st on Rhymesayers Entertainment.

Wyclef Jean spoke about the work ethic for success, what he calls the 16-17 year grind. “We went from the hut to the projects to the mansions, so we say you don’t have no excuse, whatever you want to be you can do it, we tell people it don’t happen overnight, the struggle is real, [cont.]

Freddie Gibbs gives a hilarious interview on Soul Assassins Radio, speaks on his collaborations with Madlib, and then spits a freestyle.

Second release from Sir Connor’s While You Were Sleepin’, hitting July 26th. Brix on the beat.

‘Studio Sessions’ is footage of the making of Curren$y’s new EP “Cigarette Boats”. Featuring Curren$y, Harry Fraud, Smoke DZA & Styles P.

Fonzarelli follows up his massive west-coast hit, “Function”, with another sure shot smash, now featuring a new verse from Big Sean. O.G. version taken from The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil.

Nas leaks the final song from Life Is Good, which drops on July 17th. This song deals with his divorce with Kelis, and is produced by Salaam Remi and Noah “40″ Shebib.

The son of a slain NYPD officer joins the force, where he falls in with his father’s former partner and a team of rogue “Gotham cops.” His new boss, Sarcone (De Niro), will see if he has what it takes to be rogue through many trials and tribulations of loyalty, trust and respect. However, when [cont.]

In this episode of Friends With Words, Curren$y visits Karmaloop to film and starts spitting on the street- until a drunk guy arrives…

Big K.R.I.T. explains that the first time he met fellow Mississippi rapper David Banner he received a plethora of advice from the veteran rapper. K.R.I.T. then spills some knowledge of his own to up-and-coming artists who need guidance.”

In a forthcoming, previously announced episode of Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show, entitled Menace II Secret Society, each Kanye West, ?uestlove, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, and will.i.am will team to form “The Hip-Hop Illuminati”. The above image was revealed this week at the San Diego Comic Con, in a concept that originally began last [cont.]

While in London building up the heat for his forthcoming album O.N.I.F.C., we sat down with the platinum plus rap superstar and Taylor Gang leader Wiz Khalifa to discuss his his personal favourite self-penned verse. Dipping into his vast catalogue (10 mixtapes, 2 independent albums, 1 major label album and several guest appearances), the Pittsburgh [cont.]

Raoww! Raoww! Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap, comes the cover artwork for the 9th album from Busta Rhymes, now titled Year Of The Dragon, rather than E.L.E. 2. No release date yet… Is this still coming out on YMCMB?

Coming July 11th will be Ms. Banks mixtape release, Fantasea, after being pushed back once from it’s original July 4th date.

Taken from The Purist’s Double Feature EP, out now via Bandcamp. Produced by The Purist. Directed by Lyle Lindgren.