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
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 5/20/2012
#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.
Mixtape: 50 Cent – The Lost Tape
2 Chainz “Undastatement”
Official video for 2 Chainz’s “Undastatement” off of the ‘T.R.U. REALigion’ mixtape
Weekend @ The Box Office: May 18-20

Title (Weekend Gross in millions $$$)
- Marvel’s The Avengers $55.6 m
- Battleship $25.5 m
- The Dictator $17.4 m
- Dark Shadows $12.5 m
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting $10.5 m
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel $3.2 m
- The Hunger Games $2.9 m
- Think Like A Man $2.6 m
- The Lucky One $1.7 m
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits $1.5 m
Kreayshawn “Breakfast” (Syrup) feat. 2 Chainz
Music video by Kreayshawn featuring 2 Chainz performing Breakfast (Syrup). (c) 2012 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
directed by Kreayshawn
Jon Connor “Just Paper”
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
World’s Best Video Game Set Up
Jadakiss “Thangs On Deck”
Jadakiss drops an official video for “Thangs On Deck” featuring Swerv, off his latest mixtape “Cosignment”.
R.I.P. Donna Summers (1948-2012)
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
50 Cent ft Kidd Kidd – Niggas Be Schemin
New music video by 50 Cent performing his song, “Niggas Be Schemin” with Kidd Kidd.
Off of The Big 10 Mixtape
Danny Brown “Detroit State Of Mind” (documentary)
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.




