Murs talks with the cats at CrazyHood about his new deal with Strange Music, working with Tech N9ne, indies vs majors, and more.

Andre 3000′s long-awaited Jimi Hendrix biopic, All Is By My Side, will finally hit theaters this August, according to IMDB. Take a look at the John Ridley directed clip below, which shows the first reveal of Mr. Benjamin playing Mr. Hendrix.

Curren$y drops off a video from his recent mixtape, The Drive-In Theatre, which is available now.

Big Boi releases an original track for the upcoming, official Game Of Thrones mixtape (?), Catch The Throne. Check out the trailer for the project down below, as well.

‘Burial’ is the new single from OWSLA signed act YOGI. Premiered on Wednesday 5th March by BBC Radio 1Xtra’s MistaJam, the track is due for release on their debut EP in May.

Maffew Ragazino delivers “Water Pressure” for #WorldWideWednesdays, featuring Fev.

Big Sean’s verse on Rick Ross’s “Sanctified” was cut from the Mastermind album, so Sean decides take “control” and to release the vaulted verse himself.

Listen and download Stalley’s latest, “Midwest Blues”, produced by Blue Collar Gang’s own Black Diamond.

This comes from the CNN documentary series on Chicago gang violence, Chicagoland, which begins Thursday night. The trailer features a brief clip of Common’s “The City”, another No I.D. produced track from his upcoming album, Nobody Smiling, which is a concept album about the city’s violent epidemic.

From The DZA’s Dream.ZONE.Achieve LP, hitting April 1st. Directed by Dame Dash.

Hot 97 is getting its own VH1 “reality” show starting March 31st at 10:30/9:30c, which will star Angie Martinez, Cipha Sounds, Rosenberg, Ebro, Funkmaster Flex, and other people you watch on the blogs on a daily basis. Makes sense…

Mobb Deep’s new album The Infamous Mobb Deep drops 4/1/14. Directed By Jonathan Andrade.

First video from That’s My Work Vol. 3, hosted by DJ Drama, available now.

In this episode of DECODED T.D.E.’s ScHoolboy Q breaks down the meaning behind “Hoover Street,” from his album Oxymoron. Directed by Eric Swiecinski for Scheme Engine.

CT’s Chris Webby teams with 1/4 of the Slaughterhouse crew. Produced by Prestige.

Directed by Gerard Victor, from 2013′s My First Chemistry Set. Butter beats from The ALC.

The classic pre-Illmatic freestyle on The Stretch & Bobbito Show that helped launch Nas’ career in 1993 is finally being given an official commercial release, as a part of next month’s Illmatic XX deluxe 20th anniversary edition. Here is the official audio, back for the first time.

Kid Cudi sits in on Chelsea Lately, except Chelsea is out sick, so Gabourey Sidibe (star of Precious) fills in. Cudder talks about the surprise release of his new album and his starring role in the Need For Speed movie, among other topics.

Sage The Gemini delivers this video from his upcoming debut LP, Remember Me, hitting March 25th.

Papoose delivers a star-studded mixtape EP, featuring collaborations with Raekwon, Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Loaded Lux, Cassidy, ONYX, Cormega, and more. Download Mixtape | Free Mixtapes Powered by DatPiff.com