Kanye premiered his short film, Cruel Summer during the Cannes Film Festival last night. The half hour flick was projected on 7 screens inside a white pyramid tent with guests including Jay-Z and a few of members of  G.O.O.D. Music. The film shot in Qatar, is now open to the public in Cannes until May 25. Read More

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#15. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – 21,000 (475,000)

#20. B.o.B. – Strange Clouds – 16,000 (118,000)

#35. Drake – Take Care – 10,000 (1,744,000)

#42. Krizz Kaliko – Kickin’ & Screamin’ – 9,500 (9,500)

#54. Future – Pluto – 7,000 (86,000)

#55. Tyga – Careless World: Rise Of The Last King – 7,000 (228,000)

#77. Killer Mike – R.A.P. Music – 5,300 (5,300)

#106. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch The Throne – 3,500 (1,432,000)

#149. Ab-Soul – #ControlSystem – 3,400 (7,700)

#166. Trip Lee – The Good Life – 2,100 – (33,000)

* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.

New mixtape from 50 Cent “The Lost Tape: Gansta Grillz” is 50’s first “Gangsta Grillz” mixtape of his career. Hosted of course by DJ Drama and with features from Kidd Kidd, 2 Chainz, Eminem & more.

Official video for 2 Chainz’s “Undastatement” off of the ‘T.R.U. REALigion’ mixtape

Title (Weekend Gross in millions $$$)

  1. Marvel’s The Avengers $55.6 m
  2. Battleship   $25.5 m
  3. The Dictator  $17.4 m
  4. Dark Shadows  $12.5 m
  5. What to Expect When You’re Expecting  $10.5 m
  6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel  $3.2 m
  7. The Hunger Games  $2.9 m
  8. Think Like A Man  $2.6 m
  9. The Lucky One  $1.7 m
  10. The Pirates! Band of Misfits  $1.5 m

Music video by Kreayshawn featuring 2 Chainz performing Breakfast (Syrup). (c) 2012 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment

directed by Kreayshawn

Off of Jon Connor’s all original music project, Season 2.
Download it here: http://www.hotnewhiphop.com
Directed by Puma for The Program LLC

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Watch this video of The Worlds Greatest Video Game Room:


Jadakiss drops an official video for “Thangs On Deck” featuring Swerv, off his latest mixtape “Cosignment”.

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Disco legend Donna Summer died this morning in Florida at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Summer achieved stardom with such singles as “I Feel Love,” “Love to Love You Baby”, “Last Dance”, “Hot Stuff”, and “She Works Hard for the Money”. Sources say that as of recently, Summer was finishing up a new album and attempting to keep the extent of her illness a secret. Read More

New music video by 50 Cent performing his song, “Niggas Be Schemin” with Kidd Kidd.

Off of The Big 10 Mixtape


Danny Brown takes us into the real Detroit in this Pitchfork.tv special. We follow Danny with his family, recording new music, performing at Dilla Day and much more.