Initially there to confirm his solo deal with Def Jam, 2 Chainz also mentioned that he’s been working with Kanye for the last year:

“One thing that people may not know is that I’ve been working with Kanye West for the past year,” 2 Chainz said.

“We have records together, we have ideas that we’re planning on releasing to the world real soon. I’m tryna get my ‘N in Paris’ swag up.”

This should come as no surprise seeing as Kanye is now trying his hand at trap music.

Previously: Young Jeezy ft. 2 Chainz – Supafreak (Video)

According to a couple of reports, Kanye debuted some beats from his next solo project and a few completed songs from the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation during a DJ set at the Le Baron London last night. To which I say, camera phone footage or it didn’t happen.

Pic courtesy of @RohanBM

Check out a few shots from the party below.

Previously: J’Nan ft. Kanye West & GLC – You Don’t Know

Fab just Tweeted the cover for the next installment in the There Is No Competition series.

In other news Fab and his foundation A Fabolous Way, recently wrapped up the hugely successful 3 Kings Coat Drive, reportedly collecting over 100,000 pieces of clothing for the less fortunate. Hit the jump to check out a re-cap.

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The votes are in and the guardians of the great Rock and Roll canon have deemed Mike D, MCA and Ad-Rock  worthy of induction into their shrine to the Gods of Rock in Cleveland. While there shouldn’t be any question of the Beastie’s contributions to the culture of Hip-Hop, they are certainly one of the more “Rocky” Hip-Hop acts in history, with their punk sensibilites and all that damn Jack Daniels they consumed during the 80′s. It’s funny, but ever since Paul’s Boutique, they’ve kinda become that one group that your white friend from college who doesn’t listen to Hip-Hop listens to, which is unfortunate but understanable. I’m actually surprised the Hall and it’s voters didn’t trip all over themselves to put these guys in before Run DMC a couple of years back. Passed over for induction this year were Eric B. and Rakim, which doesn’t really surprise me, although I’m confident they’ll make it on their next round. Nevertheless, the induction of The Beasties is much deserved and long overdue.

Other artists entering the hall this year will include Guns & Roses, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Freddie King and group Small Faces. The induction ceremony is scheduled for April 14th in Cleveland.

The 54th Grammy Awards will be held on Feburary 12, 2012. Kanye West manages to get 7 nominations, followed by 6 nominations for Bruno Mars & Adele. Lil Wayne receives 5 nominations while Drake, Nicki Minaj and Rihanna each get 4.

Check out the full list below.

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Drake told XXL he and Rick Ross are working on a joint mixtape, called Y.O.L.O. – short for “You Only Live Once”. It’s something Ross mentions at the beginning of his “Lord Knows” verse and that was later also the inspiration for the Take Care bonus track with Wayne.

“I have been working on a mixtape with Ross,” Drake said. “A mixtape called Y.O.L.O. [That means] ‘You Only Live Once’. I’ve been working on that for the last couple of weeks. We haven’t really connected because he’s been going through this thing with his health. I’ve been stashing my little beats and verses.”

Drake says there is no release date for the tape as of yet and if it were up to him, the project will drop without a lot of pre-hype or warning; he wants to make it a surprise for the fans.

Drake also mentions that he’ll be on Rick Ross’ God Forgives, I Don’t.

Related: Drake On Why He Hates Social Media [The Source]

Previously: Drake ft. The Weeknd – Crew Love (Radio Rip)

Kanye took to his dormant Twitter account to announce the news about the G.O.O.D Music group album. It’ll be released on Def Jam (they already tweeted about it) plus both parties sent out a press release (available for your perusal after the jump), around the time Big Sean’s album was about to drop, describing how the G.O.O.D Music imprint and Island Def Jam Records were joining forces. Pusha T also recently signed to Def Jam and our guess is that more will follow.

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TMZ reports: On a flight from Ft. Lauderdale to Memphis today, Rick Ross suffered a seizure, the plane was forced to make an emergency landing and paramedics were or are currently performing CPR on him.

More as this develops…

UPDATE: Rick Ross’ DJ Sam Sneaker and Wale both confirmed the Boss is O.K.

UPDATE #2: TMZ reported that Rick Ross suffered a second seizure on another flight to Memphis but is now in stable condition.

Tech speaks with Democracy Now at Zucotti Park and spits some bars from his cut “Toast To The Dead”.

Previously: Kanye Says Nothing @ #OccupyWallStreet (Video)

Kanye, rocking gold fronts, briefly stopped by Zucotti Park with Russell a short time ago. Some protestors/supporters were understandably confused by the visit, and Russell’s office later released the following statement:

Today, Russell brought none other than Kanye West down to take part in the #OccupyWallStreet protests. Both of these men are showing that they take their jobs as leaders of our generation seriously by participating in the peaceful protests.

Russell says of Kanye joining him today:

“It was amazing to see how people loved seeing Kanye West at Occupy Wall Street. His music and his art has always been about the voice and the power of the people. Kanye just wanted to come down and experience the growing movement that has opened the eyes of many around this country and around the world of the struggles of poor people. The energy at Liberty Plaza was electrifying and the momentum to get the money out of politics is growing quickly.”

Previously: Talib Kweli Joins The Occupy Wall Street Protest