Eminem & Yelawolf Cover VIBE

Eminem & Yelawolf will be on the cover of VIBE for the last issue of the year. Issue hits newsstands on December 6, but below is excerpts of their interview with Erik Parker below.

  Eminem, what advice do you offer, if any, on being scrutinized for being a white rapper. Do you guys ever talk about race in that way? Eminem: We make jokes about it, but I don’t think we talk about it in depth. As I was listening to his music, I am not even thinking about any of that shit. It’s just the music. That’s one of the things that’s great about it. I’m not even thinking about it when I hear the music. Yelawolf: We do poke fun of it because it’s funny. Like, he calls me White Dog. Oh, you called him that on the BET Awards Cypher. I didn’t realize it was an ongoing joke? EM: Yeah, or Beige Sheep. [Laughs] YW: Cracker Nuts. Whatever, I think it’s kinda unspoken. EM: We deal with it enough as it is. So now, let’s make music. YW: Let’s make great records. At the end of the day, that’s all there is to do.

Kid Cudi Gives Update On Rock Album

Yesterday Cudi send out a tweet, he renamed his rock group with Dotdagenius and said he’s releasing their album in two months.

 News update! Me and @DotDaGenius are no longer called 2 Be Continuum. The world will call us W Z R D, which is short for WIZARD. And heres the biggest news, the official release date will be January 30, my birthday. Had to push it back to get the proper time to mix and master, want it to sonically be where it needs to be. For your smoke sesh enjoyment! Were gonna release a snippet of the first single soon. You will be pleased. Ladies, your gonna have something to shake those booties to. Also, the WZRD album does not contain any profanity or the usage of the word “nigga”. A universal album for everyone. Haha man some of yall really upset theres no profanity?? You know songs can be written with out them right? Some of yall listen to so much ignorant shit that thats all you know or are accustomed to. My fans are smart, I know yall better then this.

Heavy D’s Brother Speaks Out

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Last night, a public memorial service for Heavy D was held at the Grace Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, NY. Afterwards at the family’s home, the rapper’s brother Floyd Myers spoke to MTV about the last convo he had with his brother the day before he passed, his health, legacy and more.

 A private funeral service will be held tomorrow. Support Heav and his daughter Xia Meyers’ fund at RememberHeavyD.com.

Kendrick Lamar – 2dopeboyz Interview

I would really like to do more interview in this manner. Dope.

While out in Miami, we sat down with Kendrick Lamar for a (2)Dope Interview. Passing along questions from the dopeboyz/girlz that frequent the site. In part 1 Kendrick speaks on the BET Cypher, if there was any pressure while recording Section.80, how he stays humble and retains his beliefs while being in the spotlight and how touring has affected his relationships with his close friends and family.

Source: 2dopeboyz.com on Vimeo.

Frank Ocean Announces New NYC Dates

Frank postponed his NYC show earlier this month due to health issues. But today on his tumblr page, he announced two new dates: November 27th and 28th. Tickets are available right here

 For the humans in NYC who i cancelled on last time. i’m playing the night before on the 27th. tickets from the cancelled show are valid for that one. see ya’ll soon. bring your family. and shit. two shows. old tickets work on the 27th. new tickets for show on the 28th. both @the bowery. love.