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Noisey caught up with YG in London and asked him to respond to some of the comments left about his video for “Left, Right” on YouTube.

The very first episode of “The Devin The Dude Show” with special guest Bun B of UGK. The duo talk about the origins origins of UGK, Drakes love for Houston and more. Plus a fierce game of “What’s in the Box”!!!

Combat Jack writes: “Internets, this is such an honor. It’s been few years of me trying to get the legendary Chuck D on The Combat Jack Show. It took current events, plus the Freddie Foxxx episode to make this happen (thank you Bumpy!). How do I even describe this 3 hour long discussion with Chuck [cont.]

From VladTV: “EMC sat down with VladTV to share their favorite battle stories from when they were coming up in the culture, with Masta Ace saying one was from high school when another student and him went back and forth with 50 other students watching them. The hip hop group reveals that battling in their [cont.]

From VladTV: “Canadian Hip-Hop Duo Swollen Members sat down with VladTV and shared their take on Battle Rap, with Madchild saying he’s battled before on King of the Dot, and that while he did well, he knows if he were to do it again with at least a month to prepare he could kill. Madchild [cont.]

Radio King Online caught up with rapper G-Eazy during his recent stay in the UK. The Bay Area artist talked about his debut album “These Things Happen” and the response its received, critics dismissing him as being ‘just a white wannabe Drake’, his ‘beef’ with former friend and collaborator Hoodie Allen, Rick Ross remixing his [cont.]

From VLADTV: “Lord Jamar sat down with VladTV once again and shared his take on Iggy Azalea’s success, saying the industry is pushing Iggy, much more than they push the typical new artist, because she’s pretty and white. Jamar insists Iggy is being positioned to replace Nicki Minaj in Hip-Hop largely due to white privilege, [cont.]

Ja Rule sits in with Charlemagne, DJ Envy, and Angela Yee at The Breakfast Club. 50 minutes.

Troy Ave speaks with Bootleg Kev on possibly signing to Grand Hustle, meeting Nas, & being cocky.

From VladTV: “VladTV sat down with legendary Chicago MC Common and asked about the roots of his previous issues with Toronto rapper Drake. The two went back and forth in 2012, and while many speculated it was over a certain woman the two had in “common,” it was never confirmed. Common admitted during the sit [cont.]

AraabMuzik sits in with Ebro and the Hot 97 Morning Show to speak on his upcoming projects, and gives a brief performance.

Combat Jack: “90 minutes wasn’t enough time. On the eve of releasing his tenth album ‘Nobody’s Smiling’, Common revisits his days growing up in Chicago, being inspired by Michael Jordan, house music, Chicago mayor Harold Washington, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and how this album addresses the current plight of black on black crime in the windy [cont.]

Fashawn briefly chopped it up with VladTV about signing with Nas’ Mass Appeal Records, their upcoming compilation album, and finding love for Hip-Hop again. Fashawn said working with Nas was like “El Chapo and Escobar collaborating.” The new compilation album featuring Nas, Pusha T, Young Thug, Boldy James, Bishop Nehru and more is set to [cont.]

With just eight hours to prepare, the contestants learn who their first round opponent will be. Everyone heads to Slaughter Studios in Brooklyn for the first round of the tournament to earn a spot on the undercard of the Total Slaughter main event on July 12th. In this episode, Aye Verb goes up against Big [cont.]

Nardwuar interviews The Wu-Tang Clan in Vancouver, BC Canada. RZA, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killa, Raekwon, each participate.

The Hot 97 Morning Show is now called Ebro In The Morning. Enter the Ja Rule interview.

Hard Knock TV: “In part 2 Common talks to Nick Huff Barili about his friendship with Maya Angelou and their conversations about Tupac. Common also calls Nas his favorite MC and says that their collaboration project NasdotCom has been put on hold. We have also included clips of a freestyle Common performed during Def Jam [cont.]

Before he steps onstage at New York City’s SOBs, DJ Booth talks to GOOD Music signee CyHi about what he’s learned from working with Kanye West, the origins of his Black Hystori Project, getting the green light from Def Jam to start really working on this new album and more. Plus, a special appearance from [cont.]

Bootleg Kev tells us: “I got to sit down with B.o.B. after he shot a video in St. Petersburg, Fl. We speak on his new No Genre record label, the upcoming No Genre 2 Mixtape, not being able to see Outkast live yet, the struggle to get his first album released, the songs he is [cont.]