He is man known as “The Sound of New York” we’re proud to present our interview with Jay-Z’s Official DJ and recording engineer Young Guru. We caught up with Young Guru when he came to Canada for a mini DJ Tour and he was lecturing at Google Canada headquarters in Toronto. We touched on Piracy, the Lord Finesse and Mac Miller lawsuit, if Jay-Z is ever going to retire, Young Guru’s new headphones, the art of the album and much more.
Jaja Soze (@JajaPDC) – NBT Media Interview
Jaja Soze speaks on the English Defence League, Islam, the Egyptian riots and more with NBT Media.
Nicki Minaj In Marie Claire
Above, we get to see some behind the scenes visuals for Nicki Minaj’s latest feature in the August 2013 issue of Marie Claire; below are the pics. You can check out more from her magazine spot here.
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Saneyes – Between Two Worlds (EP)
Check out the latest from French producer Saneyes below. You can also check out the latest visual from the project (‘The Light’) here.
Joel Baker (@JoelBakerMusic) – Further Than Feelings (Video)
Joey Baker lets go of some make-you-smile visuals for his single ‘Further Than Feelings’. Love it.
Dinosaur Jr. – The Only Other Way
Dinosaur Jr. and Skullcandy are collaborating on a special pair of headphones packaged with a 7-inch single. You can stream the track below, The headphones and single are out next Tuesday.
Rihanna Previews Her River Island Fall Collection
Watch Rihanna as she walks us through her highly anticipated Autumn collection. Get a sneak peek at the new Rihanna for River Island range, and see how Rihanna’s sketches have developed from the drawing board to River Island stores.
Eve – Tim Westwood Interview
Eve talks to Westwood at the Crib Session about her new album Lip Lock, the Ruff Ryders era in hip hop, DMX, being on tour and more. Additional clip below.
Now You Know: Ludacris (Power 106 FM)
Ludacris becomes the first guest to be Q&A’d for Power 106’s new series.
Deniro Farrar – Separate ft. JMSN (prod. by Ryan Hemsworth)
A new video by Deniro from his latest project
Asher Roth Visits Snoop On GGN
First 45 seconds….hilarious.
Asher Roth stops by to talk about Philly, edibles, his new album, and gets Snoopified live on the show. Paula Deen meets Black Jesus courtesy of Cartooniverce. All this and more on this week’s GGN.
BEHIND THE SCENES: Tuki Carter & Wiz Khalifa – She Said
HotNewHipHop (HNHH) goes behind the scenes of Tuki Carter and Wiz Khalifa’s “She Said” video shoot. While on set, HNHH Host, Jen DeLeon talks with the two about what fans can expect from the visuals, and learns about the different types of “ratchets.”
P. Reign Feat. A$AP Rocky – We Them Niggas (Video)
Drake’s main man liberates the visual to his A$AP Rocky-assisted ‘We Them Niggas’.
Coco Morier – Hallucination (Video)
From taking a hit off an oxygen tank in a snakeskin jacket to discovering a mysterious VHS tape, Coco Morier’s official video for “Hallucination”, directed by Nick Ebeling, is a Lynch-ian inspired cinematic love story that finds itself surrealistically unfolding in reverse. The song is on Coco’s “Strangers May Kiss” EP and was co-written and produced by Pontus Winnberg and Christian Karlsson (Miike Snow) and Magnus Lidehäll.
MC Eiht – Smoke Sumthin (Prod. Marco Polo)
The entirely-produced-by Marco Polo project — titled The Green EP: Sour Stacks & Hustling Jacks — is available now.
Slum Village Feat. Havoc – Braveheart
We premiered their visual some time ago for this song, and now we have the leak with Havoc of Mobb Deep as the feature. Evolution is out now.
Meek Mill Previews 2 New Tracks From Dreamchasers 3
Meek Mill drops off a new vlog where he previews 2 new songs in the studio alongside Louie V Gutta and Tory Lanez. Dreamchasers 3 is coming soon.
Congress Introduces “Jay-Z & Beyonce” Bill After Cuba Trip
Vlad TV reports:
If passed, the bill would limit funds to the Department of Treasury to approve “travel-related or other transactions incident to non-academic educational exchanges.”
Rep. Ander Crenshaw of Florida used Jay and Beyonce’s trip as an example of how loopholes could be made for travel to Cuba.
“I think that if we’re going to say that we have this policy in place that relates to travel in Cuba, that it ought to be enforced, and that becomes a grey area where they’re probably not really following the guidelines.”
Hov addressed backlash from the trip on “Open Letter” off his new album, rapping, “I’m in Cuba, I love Cubans/This communist talk is so confusing.”
Kirk Frost Disrespects Rasheeda With Instagram Post
I guess Kirk had enough, and took to Instagram to disrespect his wife with a post. You should already know after this hit the net, Black twitter would have something to say about it. You can check out the comments below.
Is Fat Trel Signing To Roc Nation?
I can’t say nothing is official just yet, but Fat Trel might be signing a management deal or an imprint deal with Roc Nation or another label. We will keep you updated.
Logic Speaks On Being Sued For His Name
Last month, Sermon from Sermon’s Domain sat down with Logic, who spoke on flying under the radar of blogs, being sued for his name, if he’ll release a new project (or his debut album) in 2013 and hints at the plans to work with other XXL Freshmen.