In this episode, Dilated Peoples and World Famous Beat Junkies member DJ Babu talks about his love of country western music and hitting up flea markets in Brazil with Cut Chemist and J. Rocc. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.

On the day of his album release, Student Of The Game, N.O.R.E. sits in with The Breakfast Club.

DMX appeared in tears on this past weekend’s episode of Oprah Winfrey Network’s Fix My Life series, hosted by life coach Iyanla Vanzant. This is pretty eye-opening, don’t believe us just watch….

For the first time in an interview, Pusha T detailed the producers and special guests fans can expect on the upcoming solo debut. He also lists Mase’s “Harlem World” as one of his favorite albums of all time. Hmmmmm…….

This week Out Da Box Radio features accomplished North Carolina Emcee “Rapper Big Pooh” of the legendary hip hop group Little Brother. Pooh took the time to speak on a range of intriguing topics including his beginnings as an emcee, the sacrifices he made being a part of Little Brother, his personality impact on the [cont.]

Famed rapper and urban activist Immortal Technique shares his thoughts on different races saying the n-word, telling a story about when he had to school his cellmate after he blurted out the controversial word. Immortal Technique also explains why you can’t force someone not to say the n-word, you can only educate them.

Drake sits in with Respect Mag / Rap Radar’s Elliott Wilson, to touch upon a number of topics. He speaks on his upcoming LP, Nothing Was The Same, the success of “Started From The Bottom” & “5 AM In Toronto”, and some thinly veiled shots at Chris Brown and Rihanna. Sidenote: Drake confirms the “Started [cont.]

A$AP Rocky and Nessa sit down and talk about his upcoming instrumental album he produced, hitting the strip club with Rihanna, getting boo’d up with Chanel Iman, who from A$AP Mob gets on his nerves, his favorite music videos, working with Danger Mouse, designing a Timberland boot, directing A$AP Ferg’s new video, his dream collab [cont.]

Backstage at Paid Dues Hard Knock TV caught up with Immortal Technique. In this interview Immortal talks to Nick Huff Barili about early Hip Hop memories, being locked up in prison, Monsanto lobbying Obama, interactions with fans on twitter and the work he is doing with The Green Light Project. Oh yeah and his new [cont.]

Swizz Beatz to Hot 97 explains how he, Timbaland, Trey Songz, and Jay-Z came together to record “Open Letter”.

In part 2 of Kid Cudi’s sit down interview with the L.A. Leakers DJ sourMILK and Justin Credible, Cudi talks on why he was only featured on one record in Cruel Summer, and his reason for leaving G.O.O.D Music.

Justin Smith, known as music producer Just Blaze, who produces for artists such as Jay-Z and Eminem, talks with Lee Hawkins about his role in VH1’s DJ show, “Master of the Mix” and the lucrative business of beat-making and production. Plus he shows step-by-step how he built the beat for hit song “Higher.” Just Blaze [cont.]

Part 3 of our interview with De La starts with Pos sharing that he first wanted to be a DJ before an MC because back then the DJ was the life of the party and the MC was just doing echoes. As the interview goes on, Dave says that he enjoys some Gangsta Rap like [cont.]

Big Sean shares his thoughts on his “brother” Kid Cudi leaving G.O.O.D. Music, saying that he supports Cudi in whatever he decides to do. Big Sean also reveals new projects he’s working on with Cudi, and shares his thoughts on Cudi’s alleged drug problems.

Backstage at Paid Dues we caught up with two leaders of the independent movement Immortal Technique and Tech N9ne. In this interview the two Techs talk about what it means to be independent, how technology has helped the movement and how we need to improve Black and Brown relations in LA.

In part 1, De la reminisces about the making of their track “Buddy” and shares that the amazing moments that were captured in videos like Buddy happened because they were not thinking about how much money they were going to make, instead they were enjoying the people around them, making music and having a good [cont.]

Action Bronson sat down with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard to break down some of his obscure sports references during South by Southwest in San Antonio, Texas. Bam Bam tips us off to sports-heavy rhymes on two unreleased tracks, including one from Mac Miller’s forthcoming album.

In this episode, Detroit’s favorite DJ House Shoes talks about breaking the legendary J Dilla, almost dying in a carjacking on Mother’s Day, and reveals the real story behind Eminem and 8 Mile. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.

At Paid Dues 2013, the reunited Mobb Deep talk about their 20th anniversary tour and give updates on their upcoming solo albums: Havoc’s 13 and Prodigy’s Albert Einstein.

At Paid Dues 2013, Immortal Technique talks about working with DJ Premier, Green Lantern, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad on his highly anticipated album “Middle Passage,” hanging out with Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, and being the authority on hip-hop.