As we reported a few months back, Drake just graduated high-school, thanks to his career as a teenage actor on Degrassi, and of course, his insanely successful second-childhood as a rapper. He delivered a graduation speech this weekend at Jarvis Collegiate Institute in Toronto, dedicating his diploma to his mother. Watch the whole thing above.

With The Man With The Iron Fists already in the can, rapper-slash-director RZA is attached to two new projects, says The Hollywood Reporter. RZA will reportedly direct John Milius’ Genghis Khan biopic, with producers Andre Morgan and Peter Lam, in a story told from the perspective of Khan’s son and grandson. RZA is also assigned [cont.]

Eminem recently unveiled a new hat design on his website, to support the Detroit Tigers in his own way. The hat is described as follows: For a limited time only in honor of the big games and the hometown team’s return to The D we are pleased to offer the Eminem Baseball Tribute Hat in [cont.]

Ill Bill’s The Grimy Awards hits stores on 1-29-2013, featuring HR of Bad Brains, A-Trak, El-P, Jedi Mind Tricks, OC, Cormega, Meyhem Lauren, Q-Unique, Shabazz The Disciple & Lil Fame of M.O.P., with production from DJ Premier, DJ Muggs, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Psycho Les, El-P, Ayatollah, MoSS, C-Lance & ILL BILL himself.

The latest single from Ne-Yo’s R.E.D., hitting November 6th. Salaam Remi on the beat.

AB-Soul performs “Pineal Gland” at Shade 45 with DJ Kay Slay.

Affion Crockett is readying his comedy album, Watch The Clone, which will find him parodying Jay-Z, Kanye West, Common, J. Cole, Meek Mill, and more. Here, he takes on 2 Chainz in this hilarious clip called “Enunciation”. The album is due Nov. 6th.

Asap spits over Meek Mill’s “Young & Gettin’ It” for LA Leakers. In the second clip, he sits in with Nessa, to speak on his new single “Fuckin’ Problem” and the delay of his LongLiveASAP LP.

MC Lyte freaks Bob James’ “Nautilus” sample for this track from Mick Boogie’s upcoming Adidas mixtape, Brooklyn Originals.

In celebration of Gabrielle Union’s 40th birthday, Will Smith a.k.a. The Fresh Prince, gave an impromptu performance while Doug E. Fresh beatboxed next to him, at a secret location in Miami. This led to a performance of two Fresh Prince classics, “Summertime” and “The Fresh Prince Of Bel Aire (Theme)”. Who said hip-hop is dead?

Wu-Block – the project spearheaded by Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch, will officially drop on November 27th, and the official tracklist has finally been revealed. It looks like many of the previously released tracks are not included on the album, with additional appearances from Raekwon, Jadakiss, Cappadonna, Method Man, Styles P, Masta Killa GZA, Erykah [cont.]

Meek Mill drops the latest video from his Dreams & Nightmares LP, which hits tonight at midnight. As an added bonus, Mill breaks down “Traumatized” in the second clip for MTV’s Shaheem Reid.

From Tech’s Boiling Point EP, which hits tonight at midnight.

Game jumped on Twitter to reveal the official release date for his upcoming LP, Jesus Piece, over the weekend. “Red Cup Love. #JesusPiece is close to completion !!! December 11th here we go……. instagr.am/p/RRfcjxGojP/, Game Tweeted. The album includes collaborations with Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, DJ Premier, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Scarface, Lil Wayne, Wiz [cont.]

Xzibit’s new single with E-40, off that Napalm, in stores now.

Torae borrows a beat from the Soul Survivor himself, Pete Rock for the latest update of #DailyBread. He mentions in the verse that he will be collaborating with Mick Boogie for a mixtape….

Kendrick Lamar has slowly built up a loyal fanbase over the last ten years, most recently raising eyebrows with 2011′s Section.80, his independently released debut album, which reviewed to great critical acclaim. He caught the eye of Dr. Dre just before it’s release, which led him to working on the mythical Detox LP, and subsequently [cont.]

Mr. Green kills it again.

Exclusive Australian only Roc Marciano track taken from the debut album “Antidepressants” by FRE$HEEP aka DJ Sheep & Matty Fresh; two producers from Australia rockin’ the MPC 2000 with dusty crates of wax. Roc Marciano goes in hard on this one, droppin’ some killer bars. Exclusive limited edition 7″ EP with voc/inst/rocacapella on one side [cont.]

Herald by fans for his lyrical dexterity, coded allusions and poetic storytelling, Sadat X has cemented himself in the history of Hip Hop culture as not only an influential pioneer but an iconic status. Critically acclaimed, respected and recognized as a leading force behind authentic Hip-Hop, Sadat X will be releasing his latest anticipated album: [cont.]