Birdman weighs in on YMCMB’s stance on the Common/Drake beef. He don’t want it…..

This one comes from Rick’s Rich Forever mixtape, which hit today.

Jedi Mind Tricks affiliate spits over Drake & Just Blaze’s incredible “Lord Knows” instrumental.

Crooked I rapes Drake’s instrumental.

Busta protege, Reek, borrows Drake’s Just Blaze banger for his latest freestyle.

Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo. Drake’s scorching hot Take Care bonus track gets a video. directed by Lamar Taylor & Hyghly Alleyne.

Young Money’s Tyga confirms that he and Chris Brown will be releasing a follow-up to 2010′s Fan of a Fan in the near future.

According to a rumor on AllHipHop, Drake apparently was quoted as saying “I might sing, but I’m no b*tch….If [Common] got something to say, say it to my face.” Update: We’ve obtained video of the said quote, which happens at during the last minute of Drake’s performance at the Cali Christmas show. As seen below, [cont.]

The Toronto rapper will play for about 6,000 to 9,000 people every night, mostly college students, a demographic he said he feels most loyal to. “I chose to do that because I just feel like those are the kids that downloaded So Far Gone off of October’s Very Own that night and have been riding [cont.]

This one comes from Cafe’s upcoming Hell’s Kitchen mixtape. Download  

In clip one, Common speaks on whether or not he was directing “Sweet” at Drake, and also names some of his favorite emcees, including Andre 3000 (which he has something in common with, ahem….). In clip #2, he continues to answer fan questions, speaking on what artists he likes outside of hip-hop.

Canada’s Much Music gets the in-depth interview with Aubrey Graham, hosted by T-Rexxx.

The biggest single off Drake’s LP is the bonus track. Irony? Download  

Copywrite spits over Drake’s “Lord Knows” beat, produced by Just Blaze. Download  

Flo and co. liked Drake’s album as much as we did, and gave a pretty dope live cover of the title track for BBC Radio 1′s Live Lounge Special.

drakechelsea by urbanmusicdirect Drake sits down with Chelsea Handler to speak on white wine, big titties, jewish rappers, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, and more. Meanwhile, his sophomore effort, Take Care, debuted on Billboard this week with 659,190 copies sold.

A day after Ludacris dropped “Badda Boom”, which takes shots at him and Drake, Big Sean stops by KUBE 93 Seattle and talks to DJ Supasam and Eddie Francis about how he feels about it.

“People that hate on Drake aren’t listening to the music,” said Talib Kweli, to me, in an off camera conversation a month ago or so back, in Las Vegas. And it’s true. Let’s face it, the majority of commercial hip-hop sucks – and the state of commercial R&B music is even worse. It’s easy to [cont.]

Drake speaks with Angie Martinez about his success so far, his critics, Rihanna, future projects, and more. Meanwhile, Take Care is on track to sell between 675-725k copies during it’s first week, and it’s good. Download  

Exclusive in-depth interview with Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover AKA Troy Barnes AKA mcDJ AKA Cheezy AKA Sir Durton AKA Cloud 9 AKA Ms. Long-Lady Stanhope AKA Bambini AKA Bam-B…As you can tell the man wears many hats. In part 1 Donald talks to Nick Huff Barili about how he got his rap name Childish [cont.]