J NiCS – The Voice [Stream x Download]

Miami Native J NICS knows his roots and has been known to show his respect for the game by paying homage over legendary beats. Today, he gives love to one of the most legendary duos in Hip-Hop, Gang Starr. The idea came to him during a conversation with his friend Bernz of MAYDAY said he could picture his bars over the Premo production. Needless to say he took his advice and here is the final product. R.I.P. to Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal (GURU)! All respect due.

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Meek Mill On The Breakfast Club [Video]

Meek Mill continues his promo run and stops by Power 105′s The Breakfast Club to sit down with DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God. He talks about partying, his new single ‘I Dont Know’, Lil Snupe, wanting to move out of Philly, his lawsuit against the city, his new album ‘Dreams Worth More Than Money’, yelling on tracks, street rappers, his Dreamchasers label and more.

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Sage The Gemini On Modeling & Curving Moms [Video]

Before his smash hit, and Vine classic, “Red Nose”, rapper Sage The Gemini had a few different career opportunities he was considering. In our exclusive interview, Sage talks about being a part of a travelling crew of stage players and making it down to Southern California as a part of their show tour. Sage also talks possible attention from the famous/infamous Tyler Perry, whose scouting team visited a few of his shows. One other avenue the rapper could have taken was modeling. Sage, who’s actually pretty funny, chops it up with Vlad about his potential modeling career and the different type of attention he started getting from the moms of some of his friends. Check out the clip above.

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August Alsina – 2014 XXL Freshmen Freestyle [Video]

August Alsina is one of the 12 Freshmen on XXL’s 2014 Freshmen list revealed last Mon., May 5, on BET’s 106 & Park.For the past couple of weeks we’ve been providing you with a behind-the-scenes look at the selection process, the photo shoot, and the work it takes to pull it all together. Last week we revealed the freestyles and interviews that we captured that day from five out of the 12 XXL Freshmen. First was Chance The Rapper now we give you Def Jam’s August Alsina. The New Orleans native swept the country with his smash hit record “I Luv This Shit,” now he’s pushing the boundaries of hip-hop.

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Statik Selektah, JFK, Wais P & Joey B – Welcome To The NBA [Video]

Directed by Talkeye for Candid, produced by Statik Selektah. Grab the MP3 here. Says Statik Selektah: Just in time for the NBA Playoffs & finals… We shot this in Brooklyn at the Barklays. Paul Pierce (Especially) & KG have been my favorite players since i can remember. And me moving from Boston to Brooklyn, then them following definitely has a spot in my heart… especially watching them lose these last few years to the Heat in the playoffs/finals as both Celtics, then Nets… The video obviously is NBA inspired and features highlights, but the song itself is referring to all these Cocaine cowboy/Gangstas-on-Wax that have never even been arrested, but act like felons in this rap game… This is off #AG3 (The Rebuild) Mixtape coming soon…

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