Diamond D will embark on a 20th Anniversary Tour for his seminal 1992 LP, Stunts, Blunts, & Hip-Hop, backed by the Champion Sound live band. Dates to be announced.

9th Wonder will close out two of his most popular collaborative LP series’ on November 13th, with two separate albums to be released on the same day. The Solution, his third LP with Duck Down frontman Buckshot, and The Final Adventure, his fifth LP with Murs, will both hit “at the same damn time,” according [cont.]

The duo that collaborated on “If I Ruled The World” well embark on an 18-city U.S. tour called the Life Is Good / Black Rage tour. Definite opposite ends of the outlook spectrum. Dates below: Oct. 6 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (NAS ONLY) Oct. 20 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona State Fairgrounds [cont.]

Cameras were not allowed in last night’s $40k-per-plate fundraiser for Barack Obama at Jay-Z’s 40/40 club, but this image was posted on El Presidente’s Twitter account. Who knew Jay was taller than Barack?

In this interview with MusicFeeds.TV, Lupe Fiasco explains the thought process behind the cover art for his new album Food & Liquor 2, which is simply a black square.

Oh No comes from a musical family — his father is a storied ’70s soul singer; his uncle is an accomplished jazz trumpeter; his brother is the venerable producer Madlib — but that’s only part of the story. As an accomplished producer himself, Oh No has mined musical theater, Mediterranean psyche-funk, and Ethiopia’s experimental soul, [cont.]

DJ Premier revealed on Twitter yesterday that Game has covered Master P’s “Heaven For A Gangsta” for his new album Jesus Piece. Premier produced the track, which will also feature Master P. “Did a banger on at thegame new LP….we got Master P on it & P got busy on his verse..did a Premier version [cont.]

The band gets back together for one last tour…. Legendary Fondle ‘Em supergroup MHz was just a bunch of nobodies when they first stepped on the scene. It wouldn’t be until they all went solo, that we would know names like RJD2, Copywrite, Camu Tao, Jakki, and Tage. Although the group previously has only had [cont.]

Ain’t no joke. For a dude that had a childhood acting career that somehow lept him into a successful rap career, fact of the matter is, Drake never finished high school. In the above clip, he explains how Kentucky Wildcats’ coach John Calipari inspired him to finish school. He will graduate this month.

When Lil Fame aka Fizzy Womack (of the world famous Brooklyn duo M.O.P.) and Termanology (of ST. Da Squad & 1982) first came together to make an album, it started out as a solo Termanology effort produced by Lil Fame, who has helmed the boards on songs for Cam’Ron, Cormega, AZ, and others in recent [cont.]

T.I. stopped by BET’s 106 & Park today, to officially reveal the final release date for Trouble Man, now slated for December 18th. Unless Dr. Dre decides to stick Detox on that date, we expect it to stick this time.

Roots drummer ?uestlove and legendary Def Jam founder Russell Simmons have teamed up for a “fundraising battle” for the re-election of Barack Obama. Donors can pick “I’m with Questlove or I’m with Simmons” in this mock “election” to see who can raise for money for the Obama campaign. At the time of this writing ?uestlove [cont.]

SCIENCE announced today that it is taking viewers further inside NASA’s latest mission to Mars with the exclusive world premiere of i.am.mars: Reach For The Stars on Wednesday, September 19, 2012, at 10 PM ET/PT. The special documents the artistic and technical process behind “Reach for the Stars (Mars Edition)”, a new song by will.i.am [cont.]

Styles Of Beyond member Ryu revealed via Instagram that the release of their long-awaited album, Reseda Beach, will also come with a bonus disc. The disc will feature individual tracks from the group’s classic Razor Tag mixtape, which originally was produced to set up buzz for the release of Reseda Beach, plus some unreleased songs. [cont.]

Eeeeee. According to a report by the New York Post, in Wyclef’s new autobiography, Purpose, he reveals that ultimately the reason that The Fugees broke up was because Lauryn Hill lied to him about her pregnancy, claiming her first born child with Rohan Marley, Zion, was his. “In that moment something died between us. I [cont.]

In an interview with MTV exec Van Toffler, Entertainment Weekly reports that Beyonce cried after Kanye West snatched the microphone from Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, declaring Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” as the greatest video of all time. “There’s no way any of us could have predicted that — we didn’t orchestrate [cont.]

The album is due October 2nd. 1. Goin Down ft. Fabolous, T-Pain and Yo Gotti 2. Never Die ft. Jadakiss, Cee-Lo Green, Nipsey Hussle and Young Jeezy 3. My Moment ft. 2 Chainz, Meek Mill & Jeremih 4. We in this Bitch featuring Young Jeezy, T.I., Ludacris & Future 5. So Many Girls ft. Wale, [cont.]

In a recent interview with Jenny Boom Boom – one that features a pulsating image of The Game throughout it – they talk about a number of topics, but most importantly, his next LP, Jesus Piece. Game reveals that each Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, DJ Premier, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Scarface, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, [cont.]

Freddie Gibbs will finally release his long-overdue mixtape with DJ Drama, Baby Face Killa, via his own label ESGN, via Empire Distribution. The free version will hit on September 25th, along with retail-deluxe version on Itunes, which will include bonus content. Says Gibbs: “ESGN is me. If you’re in it, you know what it’s all [cont.]

In a word, yes. What do you think?