Rolling Stone reports that Q-Tip will “sprinkle his album” – The Last Zulu, due next Spring on G.O.O.D. Music / Def Jam – with individual appearances from his A Tribe Called Quest family, including Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and Jarobi. “I’ll probably get them on my album,” Q-Tip said at the Foundation for Ethnic [cont.]

Rap nerds unite. Each LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy, De La Soul and DJ Z-Trip will come together for the Kings Of The Mic Tour, a 26-date U.S. excursion that sounds ripped from the 80′s. Yes, we will definitely be there. LL Cool J w/ DJ Z-Trip, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, & De [cont.]

TMZ, who originally broke the story of Lil Wayne’s extended hospital stay, reports today that he has been removed from the Intensive Care Unit at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles and has been released from the hospital. Ca$h Money frontman, Birdman, has released a statement, indirectly blasting TMZ for the breaking of the story, suggesting [cont.]

Cee-Lo recently spoke on juggling his new Las Vegas residency for Planet Hollywood’s Loberace show, and usually recording around three tracks per day, each for different projects. “I can finish a song for my own album that I’m working on, tentatively titled Girl Power,” Cee-Lo Green told Billboard in a recent interview. “I’m also finishing [cont.]

Update: The following message was tweeted from Lil Wayne’s account last night: Lil Wayne has been hospitalized after suffering yet another seizure this afternoon, after being rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A. Tuesday, then being released early Wednesday. Wayne was discovered Wednesday morning on the floor unconscious, and was rushed to the hospital again, yet [cont.]

Tyga might just make our worst cover art of the year list three times in a row. We’re sure it’s a great album, though. Hotel California hits April 9th.

JT appeared on Jimmy Fallon last night, and shrugged off his alleged Kanye dis on SNL, where he changed a “Suit & Tie” lyric from “Shit so sick got a hit and picked up a habit” to “My hit’s so sick got rappers acting dramatic.” This, after Kanye said “I got love for Hov, but [cont.]

Fresh off of his Grammy nomination for 2 Chainz’ ‘Based on a TRU Story,’ producer Bangladesh prepares to release ‘Ponzi Scheme Volume One,’ the first of the Ponzi Scheme mixtape series. Set to release on March 13, 2013, it will contain all-new music from some of hip-hop’s biggest names. Bangladesh, known for producing hits for [cont.]

Rocksmith has released the following press release, in lieu of Kendrick being named MTV’s #1 Hottest MC In The Game. Rocksmith Clothing is proud to announce that Kendrick Lamar has been named MTV’s #1 Hottest MC in the game. As a long time supporter and friend of our brand, Kendrick has risen to top of [cont.]

Kool Keith has announced his next project, a collaborations with Big Sche Eastwood, entitled Magnetic Pimp Force Field. The album is produced by Mr. Sche & Dj Junkaz Lou and is due Spring 2013 on Junkadelic. 1/ Thunder Cats ( Jet Packs ) 2/ Ride & Mug 3/ Ewokie Galaxy Swag 4/ Jedi Supreme 5/ [cont.]

After Kanye took a shot at Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z’s “Suit & Tie” single in an on stage rant a few weeks ago, JT has returned fire this past weekend on SNL. In a performance of the track – featuring an appearance from Jay-Z – Justin altered the lyric “Aw, shit so sick, got a [cont.]

To celebrate his third solo album Selling My Soul, Masta Killa of the Wu Tang Clan is back in with a new U.S. tour. Check out the dates below. Selling My Soul is now available on mastakillamusic.com and in stores everywhere. March 9 – Albany NY – Bogie’s March 10 – Middletown, NY – Sounds [cont.]

Public Enemy are one of the most influential, controversial and radical hip hop groups of all time. True pioneers, the band revolutionized hardcore rap in the late 80’s with a trailblazing blend of political themes and innovative music production. The Public Enemy 25th Anniversary Vinyl Collection celebrates a landmark 25 years since the band’s first [cont.]

Ghostface Killah will team with producer Adrian Younge for 12 Reasons To Die, which will be released on April 16th. From the two singles we’ve heard thus far, “The Sure Shot Parts 1 & 2″ and “The Rise Of The Ghostface Killah”, it sounds pretty amazing, evoking the feeling of early Wu releases. The album [cont.]

We experienced some downtime for the past few days, but everything is back up and running now for both HipHopSite.Com and WeAllHitPlay.Com. You may notice the sidebar on both sites is missing. We are working to get that fixed as soon as possible. In the meantime, now it’s time to get caught up! Thank you [cont.]

Cover art and tracklist for this 13 track mixtape scheduled for release on 3/13/13. 1. Intro 2. Burden of Proof (produced by Amadeus) 3. Forgot To Say Grace (produced by Rich Kidd) 4. What’s Love? ft. Pharoahe Monch (produced by Praise) 5. Cash Still Rules ft. Skyzoo (produced by PJ Katz) 6. Runnin’ ft. Uncle [cont.]

Lil Wayne will release his I Am Not A Human Being 2 LP on March 26th, and the tracklist reveals collaborations with Drake, 2 Chainz, Future, Nicki Minaj, Juicy J, Gunplay and others.

Meek Mill took a shot of his upcoming Dreamchasers 3 mixtape, hitting in April, which is slated to have tracks featuring Jadakiss, Future, Trina, Waka Flocka and more.

Roots drummer and frontman, ?uestlove, will look back on his life thus far in an upcoming memoir, Mo’ Meta Blues: The World According To Questlove. The book will double as an autobiography, as well as a cultural study, billed as “musings about the state of hip hop, the state of music criticism, the state of [cont.]

Styles P announces his new project “Float”, produced entirely by Scram Jones. Available on 4/20 2013, from High Times Records.