Leak off Evil Empire‘s Trending Topics 2 mixtape.

This is Lil Wayne’s verse on Tyga’s song that also features Drake and Juelz Santana. It’s one of the videos he did during his shooting spree.

Tyga ft. Juelz Santana, Drake & Lil Wayne – I’m On It (Lil Wayne Verse)

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After the jump, behind-the-scenes at this track’s video shoot.

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Cypress Hill’s 8th album, Rise Up, hits stores April 6th via the Snoop-helmed Priority Records/EMI.

Production looks solid.

1. It Ain’t Nothin’ (feat. Young De) (Produced by B-Real)
2. Light It Up (Produced by Pete Rock)
3. Rise Up (feat. Tom Morello) (Produced by Tom Morello & B-Real)
4. Get It Anyway (Produced by Jim Jonsin)
5. Pass The Dutch (feat. Evidence & Alchemist) (Produced by DJ Muggs & DJ Khalil)
6. Bang Bang (Produced by B-Real)
7. K.U.S.H (Produced by Sick Jacken & B-Real)
8. Get ‘Em Up (Produced by B-Real)
9. Carry Me Away (feat. Mike Shinoda) (Produced by Mike Shinoda)
10. Trouble Seeker (feat. Daron Malakian) (Produced by Daron Malakian)
11. Day Destroys the Night (feat. Everlast) (Produced by DJ Muggs & DJ Khalil)
12. I Unlimited (Produced by B-Real)
13. Armed & Dangerous (Produced by Jake One & B-Real)
14. Shut ‘Em Down (feat. Tom Morello) (Produced by Tom Morello & B-Real)
15. Armada Latina (feat. Marc Anthony & Pitbull) (Produced by Jim Jonsin)

After the jump, behind the scenes at the title-track’s video shoot.

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Footage of last week’s Paris stop of their European tour, where they ended the show with a 10min freestyle.

Props to Love on The Beat & Mr. Mass. They’ve got dope pics from that night too.

Asher Roth speaks to Clinton Sparks about the new mixtape, the new website, the new album, working with The Neptunes, says he really respects what B.o.B is doing and co-signs Blu’s GODleeBarnes.

Mixtape/website drops March 2nd. Props to Get Familiar.

After the jump Part 2 of the interview in case you missed it.

Previously: Asher Roth Interview w/ Clinton Sparks Part 1 (Video)

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Featuring South African artist Zulu and live from Vail, Colorado.

Previously: Wyclef on recording a benefit song with The Fugees (Video)

Drake says he went back to study Nas and Andre 3000.

He also bumps into Ludacris. Props to ImFlashy.

Related: Drake’s Performance at the Sprite Step Off in ATL [KeepItTrill]

The story that’s often told about the beat is that Jay overheard Kid Capri play it and immediately wanted it for his album. But here, Jay-Z sits down with an unidentified foreign documentary to tell the story of the song’s producer, The 45 King, who also has DJ Kool’s “Let Me Clear My Throat” and Eminem’s “Stan” to his credit. Kid Capri makes a cameo too.

via Yeezy

UPDATE: It’s from a documentary on SVT (Swedish television) that chronicles hit songs, this segment focusing on Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem.)” Watch the full thing here or after the jump. Thanks to Will.

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Talks Dame Dash, Smokee Robinson and Saints winning the Super Bowl.

Curren$y is headlining the BluRoc show at The Gramercy Theater in NY on Thursday night. Get tickets on LiveNation.

Previously: Curren$y – Audio Dope II (Video) | Lemon Kush (Video)

Jon John TV catches up with Lord Finesse, AG, Grand Puba, Doitall, Mr. Cheeks, and Rakim at the Lord Finesse birthday party in NYC at SOB’s. It was a great night for true school hip hop heads as we take it back to the 90′s era of hip hop. Lord Finesse blessed the stage with a lot of his classic punchlines and bars as well as others.

We also took the time out to build with the R about his latest project, future collabs, and also about his take on the latest boxing news.

Previously: Video: Jon John TV @ XXL’s Haiti Benefit (Juelz Santana, Lloyd Banks & Styles P)

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The event is called Stone Cold Groove and performers include Strong Arm Steady along with Madlib & J-Rocc, Planet Asia & GCM, Self Scientific (Chace Infinite & DJ Khalil,) with The World Famous Beat Junkies (DJ Babu, Rhettmatic & Mr Choc) also DJ’ing. I wouldn’t miss this if I were on the West Coast. This is all going down tomorrow night at 8PM at The Roxy on Sunset.

To win, e-mail nah.right.contests[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject line SAS Tickets and you’ll win a pair of tickets. We have 10 tickets to give away.

UPDATE: Contest is over. Thank you for participating, enjoy the show.