The Temple Of Hip-Hop says, in regards to the above video: KRS1 speaks on behalf of the Hip Hop Pioneers (Afrika Bambaataa/Zulu nation and DJ,Kool Herc plus others) the reason why they are boycotting the National Museum of Hip Hop. April 6th 2010…..Its more than just recognition. Its about, housing, insurance, legal aid, as if [cont.]

We’ve been following mademoiselle Monae for a minute now, pretty much since her show stealing scenes in Outkast’s Idlewild. Her recent “Tightrope” video with Big Boi shows promise for her new LP, The Archandroid, as seen above. The artwork is described as….well, just read. We had no idea she was into that kind of thing…. [cont.]

Recently Nicki Minaj sat down with DETAILS for a one on one interview about going solo in the game after beig one of the hottest side kicks, and on being a female rapper in today’s game. Interview by DETAILS columnist Jonah Weiner. Check it out below. Q: What can women get away with in hip-hop [cont.]

Concept sneaker in celebration of the release of Wu-Massacre, created by Mike Norris of Break Your Neck Urban Customs on Melrose in Los Angeles.

Just Blaze sits down and has a one on one with Tony Touch. Check out a few of the topics they discuss and listen below: – Jay Electronica on the road right now doing shows, mixtape (Act II) still TBA – Just Blaze records with Em are near done, two left to mix, starting them [cont.]

Reflection Eternal has announced the tour dates and cities for their upcoming tour to promote the new album Revolutions Per Minute, which hits stores May 18th. J. Cole will be joining the tour for the Cincinnati and Rutgers tour stops. Check below for dates and cities. 4/22 Cincinnati, OH/Covington, KY Xavier University/Madison Theater 4/24 Grand [cont.]

According to recent tweets from Game he is still working on a new track titled “400 Bars.” In other news, DJ Drama has also confirmed via twitter that him and Game will have a new mixtape coming soon called “Red Room.” The retail album, The R.E.D Album hits stores June 15th.

Amazon just released the tracklist along with complete snippets for Vinnie Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks, Army of The Pharoahes) forthcoming solo LP, Season of The Assassin. Guests aplenty on this, including Freeway, Beanie Sigel, Clipse, Paul Wal, Ill Bill, R.A. The Rugged Man, Block McCloud, Sick Jacken and more. Check out the tracklist below, and [cont.]

DJ Scoob Scorsese directs Weezy’s latest video, “I’m Single” from the No Ceilings mixtape, perhaps one of the 17 he filmed before leaving on his fabulous luxury vacation to Riker’s Island. It will premiere on Monday. He also added, off camera: “[Wayne's girl was made that] he didn’t make it home in time,” Scoob told [cont.]

CBS Radio serves up full-length album stream for Murs & 9th Wonder’s Fornever, which you can hear in it’s entirety, for free. See? Another reason not to pirate. Go there now, later, and fornever.

How badly do you want this? To celebrate the Manhattan Records’ DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock show happening in Japan on May 2nd, the famed outlet is selling these now on their website. Get your Yen right.

More on the Eminem “There Is No Relapse 2″ story. Em released the following statement today: “I had originally planned for Relapse 2 to come out last year. But as I kept recording and working with new producers, the idea of a sequel to Relapse started to make less and less sense to me, and [cont.]

Back in the 90s, “beat tapes,” as a Hip Hop producer’s demo-reel is now quaintly referred to, were literally that: cassette tapes of beats that a producer made either for himself, his friends, or for potential collaborators. As you can imagine, Madlib made a bunch of ‘em in the days between his early productions for [cont.]

Def Jux head El-P posted the following information regarding weareallgoingtoburninhellmeggamixxx3 via his blog. the above is a drawing/painting/something my boy travis millard (google him) did for the inside of the weareallgoingtoburninhellmeggamixxx3. its not the cover. anyway, im done with this shit. it took me longer than i thought it would. originally it was the the [cont.]

Full service independent music promoter Block Starz Music LLC (www.blockstarzmusic.com) has confirmed the addition of chart-topping platinum rap star Twista, former first lady of Ludacris’ Disturbing tha Peace camp, Shawnna, XXL “Freshman Ten” honoree/Kanye West affiliate Big Sean, and Mickey Rocks of Cool Kids to its upcoming Midwest Block Starz compilation scheduled for digital release [cont.]

And in our most irrelevant story of the day, in a recent interview with Details, singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, best known for his length musical career dating back to his self-titled debut in 1995, said he knows that 50 Cent is a homosexual. Details: You’ve sung in Latin, you’ve referenced Thomas Mann, and your new album [cont.]

Ludacris does his civic duty, informing folks in New Orleans about filling out their census. Wonder if Fox News will trip on Ludacris being Obama’s “CENSUS CZAR”!

Dope album cover + dope album title = dope album? We’ll know for sure on May 18th.

Our favorite rapper’s financial problems continue to stack up, after leaving L.A. County Superior Court in his continuing divorce saga with Kelis. The judge, who apparently has never heard Illmatic, ordered Nas to pay $47,249.42 in back child support and $40,454 in back spousal support, followed by monthly payments of $10,000 a month until a [cont.]

Fresh off the release of the most recent Georgia & Declaime album, SomeOthaShip, Declaime aka Dudley Perkins is preparing the release of his latest solo album as one of two initial releases from Georgia Anne Muldrow’s and Declaime’s own label, SomeOthaShip Connect. The album, titled FONK, will be available digitally as well as on CD [cont.]