Speaking to XXL, P revealed that the follow up to his controversial autobiography will be “entirely about my experience in jail”:

“It’s basically my experience—day by day—like a diary joint, type of thing,” he continued. “You know, what was going on in there, what I experienced in there and what I took out of it. Just the whole story. Only a few people will know what that’s like, the people I met and how the COs (correction officers) were, just different things like that.”

Considering the shit storm his last book caused, it should be interesting to see what happens when P starts spinning his yarns about niggas in the penal system. You already know there’s gonna be a video rebuttal from some inmate, surreptitiously recorded on the VI, objecting to P’s version of events during his stint in the clink.

Previously: Prodigy – Pretty Thug

Here is the first batch of artists that will be performing at Jay-Z’s first Made In America Festival. It will take place on September 1st and 2nd at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Tickets go on sale May 23rd.

The artists are: Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Miike Snow, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, Odd Future, D’Angelo, Maybach Music (feat. Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill), Passion Pit, Santigold, Dirty Projectors, X, Janelle Monae, Prince Royce, Rita Ora, Savoy (DJ set), The Knocks

More performers will be announced soon.

Previously: Jay-Z & Kanye West – Otis (Live in London)

Earlier today Kanye announced that he will debut his new film “cinematic experience” Cruel Summer at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival next Wednesday May 23rd. Billed as a “fusion of short film and art installation”, the premiere is being heralded with all of the hype and ceremony that you would expect from a Kanye West production in 2012: ” an immersive “7 Screen Experience” for the eyes and ears unlike anything West has attempted before”, so you already know this is going to be some completely over the top, epicly rarefied mindfuck.

It also turns out that Cruel Summer will be the title for the much anticipated G.O.O.D. Music compilation project we’ve heard so much about. If you’re the type of person who finds themselves in Cannes for the Film Festival, go here to RSVP for tickets to the premiere.

Guerilla Union have announced their solid lineup for this year’s Rock The Bells festival. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony will be reuniting and performing “E. 1999 Eternal” in its entirety along with a tribute to Eazy-E. The Hit Squad, consisting of EPMD, Redman, Das EFX, K-Solo and Keith Murray, will also be present. Method Man and Redman will perform their album “Blackout” in its entirety. Also hitting the stage will be Nas, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, ASAP Rocky, Tyga, 2 Chainz, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Prodigy and much more.

The festival will kick off in San Bernardino, CA on August 19 and 20 at the NOS Events Center. It will then make its way to Mountain View, CA on August 25 and 26 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre and will wrap up on the east coast in Newark, NJ on September 1 and 2 at PNC Arts Center.

Check out the full lineup below.

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Adam Yauch, bka MCA of the Beastie Boys,has passed away at age 47. While the cause of his death is not yet known, it was common knowledge that Yauch had been battling cancer for some time. So please join me in sending a hearty RIP to a Rap pioneer and a big FUCK YOU to cancer.

Report: GG via TMZ

Previously: Beastie Boys to be Inducted Into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Hot 97 just wrapped up it’s Summer Jam 2012 lineup announcements, hit the jump to see what it’s looking like.

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Speaking in a conference call earlier today, Drake said that he will be releasing music with his Club Paradise tourmates that he has yet to work with. That means: J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz and French will all be able to say they have a track with Drizzy.

“I have very strong alliances with these guys that are on this tour with me,” Drake said during a conference call Tuesday (April 24). “I guess it’s safe to say now that anybody that I didn’t have a song with before, I have a song with now. I made sure of that.”

[...]“Along with this tour, fans are also going to get some exciting musical material that will probably end up dropping a few days before the tour, so that we can perform it on tour,” Drizzy said.

And I’m guessing that it will drop any day now since the U.S. tour kicks off in a week and a half.

“On this tour, I encourage people to get there early, because it’s more [of] a festival vibe, if anything,” he said. “It’s one of those days that’s it’s going to start during the sunlight and the sun’s going to drop, it’s outdoors, it’s summertime … I want people to make it a day.”

Tickets still available here. Props to MTV News.

Previously: Drake ft. Lil Wayne – HYFR (Behind The Scenes Video)

Suge, speaking to Tattoo and Cee Cee of 93.5 KDay in L.A., claims that he’s not entirely convinced 2Pac is actually dead. Then he mumbles something about paying the dude who was supposed to cremate the body $3 million in cash and then never hearing from him again, which sounds so absurd it’s not even worth the energy it would take me to shake my head. Clearly somebody needs attention.

Spotted: TMZ

As previously reported, Kanye is set to be shooting a short film somewhere in the Gulf region. Kanye and G.O.O.D. Music took over the ceremonial court in Education City (Doha, Qatar) earlier this week:

Part of the reason for the excitement? The story—plot details of which were not divulged by one source “out of respect for Kanye’s ambition”—was conceived by the rapper explicitly to take place in the Gulf. He is said to have fallen in love with the region after a concert performance last year in Abu Dhabi.

Students in a nearby dorm snapped these pictures of the set:

Spotted: Doha News via HHNM

MTV spoke to a guy from the agency that created the ‘Pac hologram for Coachella and as it turns out, it’s not as astronomically expensive as you might think. You’d guess what, millions right? To raise somebody from the dead and have them perform a song they never performed during their lifetime? Well, while Nick Smith of AV Concepts wouldn’t speak on what they charged for ‘Pac’s likeness, he did say that they can do pretty much anybody for between $100,000 and $400,000. So I’m thinking we could probably get a nice package deal for Biggie, Pun and Big L and then turn around and sell out MSG no problem. Since they already have ‘Pac on file, we could probably book him for cheap.

We could even call it the “Life After Death” Tour.

What do you think, too soon?

Previously: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & 2pac – Live @ Coachella 2012