Wayne talks with DJ Drama about the new single “6 Foot 7 Foot”, public appearances, the future of Young Money’s roster, and much more. LISTEN: Lil Wayne Interview w/ Shade45 Via: KC

Mack Maine promises that Weezy’s first single from The Carter IV will be released before the end of the year, and is called “Six Foot Seven”.

Weezy spread some Thanksgiving cheer to his hometown over the weekend, joining the Young Money crew in his first New Orleans performance since release.

DJ Khaled’s Birthday Bash with Don King from Halo Media Entertainment on Vimeo. There’s some crappier footage of this floating around with unlistenable sound, here’s the professionally edited joint, hosted by Don King. Yes, Don King.

Slim Thug released this track for this own Thug Thursdays holiday, recorded between him and Lil Wayne before Weezy went inside. This one won’t be included on Thugga’s The Thug Show hitting next week. LISTEN: Slim Thug – “F— You” (feat. Lil’ Wayne) (MP3) Slim Thug – “F— You” (feat. Lil’ Wayne) (MP3)

Looks like T-Pain is getting ready to drop Revolver, with Prevovler: The Mixtape, preceding. Grab both zipped up below. LISTEN: T-Pain – “Loving You No More Freestyle” LISTEN: T-Pain – “Hoes & Ladies” T-Pain – “Hoes & Ladies” / “Loving You No More Freestyle” (MP3)

Here’s that hip-hop mix, as promised. This was done about a month ago, but we kept running into scheduling issues with for the photo shoot. This mix is sort of a cross between what I do at XS on the weekends, and stuff that’s just good hip-hop – you can define for yourself what’s what. [cont.]

DJ Drama recently sat down with Nicki Minaj to chop it up at HOT 107.9 IN ATL about everything from Lil’ Wayne’s release to her upcoming album, Pink Friday.

Busta and Reek share a night at The Roxbury over Em and Wayne’s original instrumental. LISTEN: Busta Rhymes + Reek Da Villain – “No Love (Freestyle)” (MP3) Busta Rhymes + Reek Da Villain – “No Love (Freestyle)” (MP3)

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Here’s the inevitable footage from this weekend’s Weezy’s Home party at King of Diamonds in Miami. No drinking for Wayne, but lots of smoking.

Naturally, Sway gets the exclusive first interview with Weezy F. Baby since his release from Riker’s Island. Here, he catches up with him at the Weezy’s Home bash at King Of Diamonds in Miami last evening.

Drake had no idea that Wayne would join him on stage at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas this past weekend, as he tells Sway from MTV. More to come….

(Not) suprisingly, Weezy appeared at Drake’s Vegas performance at House of Blues, appropriately during “Miss Me”. A nice nod to his last on stage performance before Riker’s, which was “I’m Going In”. Here is Drake at the afterparty Tryst, shot from the DJ booth. He addressed the crowd once and enjoyed plenty of bottles of [cont.]

Whoops, MTV got punk’d by the Riker’s Island staff. Here, Baby speaks on Weezy’s release today.

Looks like it will be (at least) another 24 hours before Weezy is released from Riker’s Island. MTV gets the scoop…

With his pending release from Rikers Island (Nov. 4), Weezy provided readers of Billboard’s The Juice with handwritten letter from the bing. In addition to the handwritten kite, Weezy also chatted with The Juice about jail, future releases and more. Check out the letter below and also checkout the full interview here. Click image for [cont.]

Drake told MTV that he “strongly advises” fans to book a ticket to Vegas on November 6th for the last night of his Light Dreams and Nightmares tour, which hints at a possible Lil Wayne appearance, as Weezy is released from Rikers Island the 4th. The show, at Hard Rock Hotel’s The Joint, is already [cont.]

In a recent interview with XXL, Young Money head Mack Maine revealed that Lil Wayne may make his first public appearance in Las Vegas at the last stop on his Light Dreams and Nightmares Tour at Hard Rock Hotel’s The Joint. “That’s Drake’s last day of the tour and that may be a surprise that [cont.]

Wayne we understand, Waka Flocka Flame, not so much.