R.A. The Rugged Man is one of hip-hop’s most respected lyricists, but his rapid-fire flows are often misinterpreted. Recently, the Rugged Man paid a visit to the nerds at Rap Genius to set the record straight on a number of frequently misunderstood verses, including “Uncommon Valor”, “Return Of The Renaissance”, “Crazy Man”, and more. R.A.’s [cont.]

While at his HAW (Houston Appreciation Weekend) event in Texas this past week, Drake fielded questions from the press.

Dave Chappelle gives an amazing interview to Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, discussing his history with The Roots, meeting Kanye West before he was a star, and hearing Jay-Z’s The Black Album for the first time, with Common and Talib Kweli. He also speaks on his upcoming Radio City Music Hall performance with Nas [cont.]

El-P speaks to Jinx at Complex about his upcoming Run The Jewels 2 project with his best friend, Killer Mike, saying that the album will be darker than their earlier material.

Nas and his new artist and frequent Alchemist collaborator, Boldy James, speak with Big Greg Hot of 107.5 Detroit about their upcoming work on Mass Appeal Records.

Rapper Lil Wayne joins First Take’s Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless at the debate desk in South Beach to discuss game 3 of the NBA Finals, who he has winning the championship and more.

This is hard to watch. Janessa Slater (Saturday Night Live’s Vanessa Bayer) is a media coach who is here to help your favorite artists fix their image, one joke at a time. Directed by Pete Schultz.

Noisey caught up with Cam’ron in London so he could field YouTube commenters burning questions on capes, rainbow coloured fur and Dipset super fans.

This week on “Line By Line,” the craziest and most cryptic of Riff Raff lyrics are decoded! Watch as Lil Debbie, Problem, Simon Rex and the rest of the gang attempt to make sense of lines like “Ice on my fingers look like I slap boxed a penguin!”

Kendrick Lamar speaks to Nessa of Wild 94.9 about recent comments about him from Lupe Fiasco, Troy Ave and Mac Miller. He also says he and Dr. Dre are working on his album, but remains tight lipped on Detox.

Ice Cube sits in with DJ Whoo-Kid to speak on his new movie, 22 Jump Street, the upcoming N.W.A. biopic, Dr. Dre’s new billionaire status, reuniting, and more.

Actor / champion of stoners, Seth Rogen joins Snoop’s GGN to talk about his current and upcoming projects. He also shows how to roll the perfect cross joint while Snoop reveals the origin of The Chronic.

Cam’ron speaks to Westwood about boss & basic chicks, old days of Dipset hanging out in London, his movie Percentage, his girl Juju, making movie deals with Netflix.

Chicago rapper, Lupe Fiasco stopped by Sway in the Morning to discuss the many ventures in his career from new music to community leadership. The controversial rapper first discussed his entrance into the Henry Crown Fellowship Program and working with community leaders and big businesspersons. Additionally, he spoke about his involvement with Stand Up to [cont.]

Ghostface speaks with Complex about his partner Raekwon’s involvement on the Wu-Tang Clan’s 20th anniversary LP, A Better Tomorrow.

Raekwon sits in with The Whoolywood Shuffle, speaking with Whoo-Kid about the status of his forthcoming solo LP, F.I.L.A., as well as working through his issues with RZA to finish Wu-Tang Clan’s A Better Tomorrow.

Cam’Ron speaks to Fact TV before his abruptly cancelled London show about Dipset, fan tattoos, grime, and more.

Wiz sits in with Charlemagne, Envy, and Angela Yee to speak on his upcoming LP, Blacc Hollywood, and his new single “We Dem Boyz”, which has an upcoming remix featuring Nas.

In perhaps the most confusing episode of Decoded yet, Ab-Soul attempts to break down his verse from “Stigmata”, using only Jay Z lyrics. E for effort and T for nice try. In either case, we’re looking forward to These Days… release, hitting June 24th.

Ab and Rosenberg discuss his new album, These Days, his blindness, his girl, his fam at TDE, and much more.