Nore speaks with Invasion Radio about his new single with Wale, “Get Her” and the recent drama between Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep.

Fuse catches up with Slaughterhouse to nail down the street date for “Welcome to: Our House” and an upcoming collab with Black Hippy.

It seems as if Beanie Sigel’s reign of tax-evading terror has come to an end. He was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for failing to file $728,536 in federal income taxes from 1999-2005. He also must pay all fines, fees, and penalties to the IRS, before heading to prison on September 12th. [cont.]

Not sure if Tyga is getting “well done” in a sauna, or pinching a big “well done” loaf. Either way, we have another contender for worst cover of the year. Look for the mixtape soon….

Kid Cudi spoke briefly on Twitter yesterday about his next album, Indicud. So far, he reports that he has recorded with Kanye West, Pusha T, Jaden, Kendrick Lamar, Chip The Ripper, and Cage. He has plans to get with each Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Ratatat, Diplo, and MGMT, but nothing has been confirmed. “Features [cont.]

Lord Finesse has slapped Mac Miller with a $10 million lawsuit over an uncleared sampling of his 90′s single, “Hip 2 Da Game” on the track “Kool Aid & A Frozen Pizza”, from his K.I.D.S. (Kickin’ Incredibly Dope Shit) mixtape. The lawsuit states: “In 2010, Mac Miller recorded himself rapping over Finesse’s music and renamed [cont.]

Wyclef Jean spoke about the work ethic for success, what he calls the 16-17 year grind. “We went from the hut to the projects to the mansions, so we say you don’t have no excuse, whatever you want to be you can do it, we tell people it don’t happen overnight, the struggle is real, [cont.]

In a forthcoming, previously announced episode of Family Guy spin-off, The Cleveland Show, entitled Menace II Secret Society, each Kanye West, ?uestlove, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, and will.i.am will team to form “The Hip-Hop Illuminati”. The above image was revealed this week at the San Diego Comic Con, in a concept that originally began last [cont.]

Raoww! Raoww! Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap, comes the cover artwork for the 9th album from Busta Rhymes, now titled Year Of The Dragon, rather than E.L.E. 2. No release date yet… Is this still coming out on YMCMB?

Coming July 11th will be Ms. Banks mixtape release, Fantasea, after being pushed back once from it’s original July 4th date.

DJ Vlad speaks directly with 40 Glocc about his altercation with Game and his Black Wallstreet crew.

The Game and 40 Glocc – whom both have Twitter avatars of themselves with their shirts off – had an altercation at a party in Los Angeles yesterday, of which Game filmed with his Iphone while attacking Glocc. 40 Glocc claims that he was approached by multiple assailants, brandishing firearms. 40 Glocc later Tweeted a [cont.]

While Talib Kweli prepares for his next LP, Prisoner of Conscious, he announced via Twiter today that he will first release a new mixtape. Entitled Attack The Block, the title is taken from a British sci-fi film that deals with an alien invasion in the hood. Attached to the project are each Black Thought, Ryan [cont.]

Here is the tracklist for the Rickster’s latest opus, hitting July 31st. 1. Pray For Us 2. Pirates 3. 3 Kings feat. Dr. Dre ＆ Jay-Z 4. Ashamed 5. Maybach Music IV feat. Ne-Yo 6. Sixteen feat. Andre 3000 7. Amsterdam 8. Hold Me Back 9. 911 10. So Sophisticated feat. Meek Mill 11. Presidential [cont.]

Hitting July 10th, will be Curren$y and producer Harry Fraud’s Cigarette Boats EP, check out the artwork above.

After Frank’s second LP, and first official Def Jam full-length, Channel Orange leaked, rumors about the Odd Future singer’s sexuality began to swirl, as the album contains three songs where the “love interest” is a male. Frank tweeted earlier this evening, “we’re all a bunch of golden million dollar babies. my hope is that the [cont.]

Andre 3000 will portray Jimi Hendrix in All Is By My Side, which is currently filming in Ireland. Hendrix’s estate is unfortunately not allowing any songs written by Jimi in the film (?), however the producers have cleverly found a way around the hurdle. Instead, Andre 3000 has cut cover versions of songs that Hendrix [cont.]

Ap revealed via Facebook today that he will unearth a collection of early demos and freestyles on July 17th called The Alien Tongue. This refers to his first rap moniker, Apathy The Alien Tongue. The release will be a digital only, Itunes release.

Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y have been hinting at releasing a new mixtape together for the last year or so, as a follow-up to their original How Fly disc. Wiz announced via Twitter last night that they will team for a new tape called Live In Concert, hitting August 9th.

In celebration of the band’s 50th anniversary, OBEY founder Shepard Fairey was tapped to re-imagine the group’s iconic logo. He spoke about it with Rolling Stone magazine: I’ve been a big fan of the Rolling Stones since my dad introduced me to “Satisfaction.” Tattoo You is one of the earliest albums I bought with my [cont.]