Topic - Rap Radar

That was fast. Before releasing the audio last night, Meek recited his new track down in Dade County. Looks like Meek’s trying to take it to another level this summer.

With Father’s Day right around the corner, P dedicates this one to his dad and to all the hardworking fathers out there. This is my letter to all of the fathers that are out their handling their business, to the ones who struggle and sacrifice for their kids and to the fathers that never get […]

With “LoveHate Thing” as the soundtrack, Folarin continues to share his influences with us in episode 3. This time around he draws inspiration from Bob Marley, Chuck Brown, Miles Davis, J Dilla, and more. The Gifted drops June 25. Previously: Ep. 2

Cash Money’s EDM arm, the Stafford Brothers, throw a house party led by The-Dream’s ex-wife. Oh yeah, Lil Wayne crashes the party too. hhnm

J.Cole and A$AP Rocky held things down across the pond last night at Radio 1′s annual Big Weekend music festival. In the clip above Cole performs his gold seller “Power Trip.” After the jump, Rocky recites “Wild For The Night”.

Will Smith and his son, Jaden were on The Graham Norton Show promoting their new film, After Earth. They took a break from their interview and performed a medley of tracks including: “Hello”, “Switch”, and The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air theme song.

From the streets to studio, Papoose and Premier mean mug through out his latest viral presentation. Off the Nacirema Dream which you can download here. eskay

Meet Ibrahim Hamad. Around these parts, we call him Ib. Ib is Jermaine’s right hand man and sets off the third installment of Cole’s Born Sinner vlog. In this vignette, he talks about pushing Cole’s music in Queens and going head to head with Kanye. Album drops June 18th.

When the Rock The Bells line up was announced last week, it was revealed that the concert will consist of virtual performances of Eazy-E and Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Following a RTB press conference, Eazy-E’s widow spoke to the Revolt about Eazy’s inclusion.

Screw Powerball. Moonie and Count splurge on a $10 million tax return along with YMCMB. Ironically, the rapper with the dollar sign in this name doesn’t make an appearance. Break off some change and download the song here.

To help usher in his Kings Of The Mic tonight, Cube points the spotlight to his fellow Hollywood and Hip-Hop amigos. His Everythang’s Corrupt album is coming soon.

Elliott was back at Hot 97 yesterday morning with Cipha Sounds and Rosenberg. After speaking on Rap Radar and his other brands, he shifted the conversation about my beef with the station, that damn laugh, and his bad communication skills.

Produced by Rick Hertz, 360 gets rowdy with fellow Queens native on his latest audio. 360′s Beginning Of Forever drops in June.

In the wake of the Floyd vs. City of New York trial, the artist formerly known as Mos Def brings some awareness to NYPD’s Stop-And-Frisk program with this public service announcment. nr

Mac’s debut album, Blue Slide Park is hitting stores next week but before that Al Lindstrom chopped it up with him. He spoke on being an indie artist, his creative sales plan and more. UPDATE: 2 years later, the Mac is back.

During yesterday’s Fast & Furious 6 L.A. premiere, Titty Boi and Wiz hit the Gibson Amphitheatre for a live rendition of their soundtrack collabo. Pardon the angle. Film hits theaters Friday.

French Montana celebrated the release of Excuse My French last night at New York’s Webster Hall. Special guests included Diddy, Swizz Beatz, Wale, and Raekwon. At the 4:48 mark French receives a platinum plaque for “Pop That”. rtny

With a few bottles of Coronas served, Naledge pulls up a chair alongside Mikkey Halsted in their new video. Naledge’s Brain Power coming soon. fsd

For the love of Electro Dance Music, DJ Paul and Locodunit turn up the volume up and everything else in their visual rendition of Baauer’s single.

French Montana woke up early with Power 105′s morning crew. During the chat, he spoke on last night’s show, his next single, the shooting in Philly, feuds, Uncle Luke, Max B, MTV’s current Hottest MCs list and more. UPDATE: He’s back. This time he talks about collaborations, former feuds, New York, and networking.

Things got a lil’ heated during B.o.B’s visit to Hot 97. Before getting into his interview, B.o.B’s management debated Ebro and Rosenberg on the lack of airplay and cross over appeal. Meanwhile on Flex, he showcased his flow over “Dead Wrong” in honor of B.I.G.’s birthday.

Shaheem Reid enlists French Montana in his new Round Up series. In their one-on-one, French recalls his move from Morocco, his Cocaine City DVDs and of course Excuse My French.

Now, that’s how you make an entrance. Before The Fresh Prince’s interview with David Letterman the other night, he walked out with a performance of his seasonal classic. tlf

In support of his Juice World 2, OJ Da Juiceman shops ’til he drops and flips the bird in the video for his Zaytoven-produced track.

That was quick. With a bottle of Bombay in one hand and Hennessy in the other, Juicy J bosses up and serves the visual to his recent track. Stay trippy, my friend.

After donating $70 million to the University of Southern California this week, Jimmy Iovine introduced Dre during yesterday’s commencement ceremony. Here’s what the good Doc prescribed. “I am excited and I am proud to now be a member of the Trojan family. I would also like to say congratulations to the University of Southern California’s Class of 2013.” […]

Last night, Fab and Push brought their Life Is So Exciting tour to L.A.’s Club Nokia and more than enough guests for the show. Above, Cassie and Trey join Loso for some “Diced Pineapples” while Terius was brought out to “Throw It In The Bag”. Red Cafe also hit the stage for “I’m Ill” and […]

“Fuck you and your Hampton house/ I’ll fuck your Hampton spouse” Yeezy season has officially begun. Kanye is currently premiering his video “New Slaves” by projecting the clip on 66 buildings in 10 cities around the world. Here’s footage from Williamsburg in Brooklyn. info

Pretty much self explanatory. Produced by Rico Love. Purple Heart coming soon.

While some rappers are waking up in a Bugatti, P’s rising to a whole lot of Benjamins. Boss Of All Bosses coming soon. xzone

While interviewing Ron Artest Metta World Peace on GNN, Snoop Dogg called Cleveland folk hero, Charles Ramsey. He says he insists that he isn’t a hero and promises to beat the breaks off the “Dominican” Angel Cordero. Ay dios mio!

After shooting the video a few days ago, Aubrey hosted Miami’s Story Club last night and performed his portion of Khaled’s single. Here’s what our friends City Never Sleeps filmed.

Spolier alert: Chainz and Wiz Khalifa aren’t in the video. Instead, it features a montage of previous Fast & Furious clips. Fast And Furious 6 drops May 24th.

Despite his tax issues, Joey Crack’s living lavish in his brand new visual with the Taylor Gang general and G.O.O.D. Music’s first lady. Directed by Eif Rivera.

Put away the cardboards. Gucci and his bandana bandits bring out the chains and the samurai swords in what appears to be preparation for a riot. Uh oh. Trap House III hits the streets May 21.

Jomo kept the Vampire Life going in NYC last night for his upcoming EP. With Maino and Dame Dash in attendance, Capo previews a few tracks and EMETakeover brings us in VIP.

Not holding back, The Weeknd lures the ladies in with his fantasies on his sophomore album’s title track. At about the 3:00 mark, the audio segues into the mysterious “John Carpenter”. info

Sans T.I., Robin and Pharrell kept the ladies moist (excluding Ellen, of course) with another live rendition of their collaboration. Hey, hey, hey.

Statik Selektah had a full house last Thursday during his ShowOff Radio. During the broadcast, Talib, Chance and Cory Mo took to the mic and showcased their rhymes over A$AP’s “1 Train”. All aboard.

After nine months of being on the job, Young Jeezy made his first signing with Detroit based group, Doughboyz Cashout. In the video above, Da Snowman calls up to 98 WJLB to speak on his acquisition.

At Miami Beach’s Fountainbleau, NBC’s Nitecap kicked off their new season with Big Sean. For his second appearance, he talks Detroit, working with Jay and Ye, Barack Obama and, of course, his next LP. UPDATE: Peter loves his nitecaps with Big Sean. Back for a third time, Sean talks working with Eminem, the Rick Ross controversy, Jason Collins and […]

Robin Thicke lent his services to The Voice last night and brought along Pharrell and T.I. for a first televised performance of Robin’s forthcoming album’s title track.

Kiss and Scram Jones ride the back of the Maybach and links with Styles P in their new video. Hoody season is still in effect. Off Styles P’s Float, which is available here.

Game smokes out the SUV and rides out in his is new video off the California Republic mixtape. Why wouldn’t she not want to hit the J? kc

We sit courtside with Ross at the American Airlines Arena during the Heat’s 115-78 home win over the Bulls. Afterward, Dwyane Wade gives Rozay’s son an autograph pair of kicks. Heat are now up 2-1.

The 20 year celebration begins. Two nights ago, Hav and P kicked off their anniversary tour in the Chi and brought their past and present hits to the Double Door. See when they hit your city here. hhnm

Spitta Andretti was on the bill last night at NYC’s B.B. Kings and brought out opener Stalley and guest DZA during his performance. XZone sums up the evening for those who weren’t present.

That’s a wide load. After the jump, check out Action’s interview with Whoo Kid on Shade 45.

With his new baby tigers in hand and The Weeknd present, French shot his next video recently and Noisey shares what they filmed on the set. Excuse My French on May 21.