KENDRICK LAMAR IS FLOATING on a high. There are no blunts being passed around as the rapper lounges in Top Dawg Entertainment recording studios in Los Angeles. Yet on this March afternoon you couldn’t kill his buzz with Elmer Fudd’s sawed-off shotty. Hours ago, the world heard the remix to “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe,” a mellow cut off Lamar’s universally applauded 2012 album, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, and the Black Hippy leader is still geeking over the revamp’s royal coup: a verse from rap idol Jay-Z. “I’ve always aspired to just come close to a Jay,” the 25-year-old MC gushes into his iPhone, between blurts of Hov’s lyrics. “I consciously said to myself, ‘Don’t let this moment pass you, homeboy.’”
Miguel, 26, is actively building his own time capsule as he dials in from Houston, where he’ll open up for the seventh stop on Alicia Keys’ Girl on Fire tour tonight. His experimental 2012 sophomore LP, Kaleidoscope Dream—powered by the Grammy-winning impregnator

XXL has released the cover for the 2013 Freshman Class, everyone on the list should be familiar. Check out the list and the teaser below

XXL Freshman Class 2013
Schoolboy Q
Trinidad Jame$
Joey Bada$$

Dr. Dre and Lebron James will cover ESPN The Magazine’s upcoming Music issue which hits stands on February 8th. Check out some behind the scenes footage of the shoot below.

Beyonce Covers GQ Magazine February 2013 Surprising but I guess Beyonce is back on her grind right now. After recently signing a 50 million dollar deal with Pepsi, Beyonce shows us the body is still right a year after Blue Ivey was born and graces the cover of GQ. This issue of GQ will hit [...]

Rihanna has been on fire for about 5 years now and after all the craziness including Chris Brown and Drake, Rihanna graces the cover of GQ’s annual “Men Of The Year” issue. Check out the excerpt about Rihanna speaking on what turns her on below…. I ask what turns her on, because I know she’ll [...]

You always said this isn’t your life story. Does it matter that everybody thinks it is?
Eminem: It doesn’t really matter to me. People who really listen to my music probably know what’s real in that movie and what’s not. There were bits and pieces that were taken from my life, but for the most part, it was the story of the underdog. We rehearsed so much before we even started the film, and I was in every scene. I was there every day from 6 a.m. until—half the time—5 in the morning the next day. It became a point where I felt like I am this person.

Wiz Khalifa and a pregnant Amber Rose cover the upcoming issue off XXL.Check out an excerpt from article below…Issue hits newsstands October 9. Wiz On Getting Together With Amber: “I love my baby. She’s gorgeous and it makes me look even cooler when I show how much I love her to other people… When I [...]