The Hip Hop Chronicle UK

Drake tells Sway that he hopes his R&B mixtape It’s Never Enough will be out by Christmas time.   MTV Shows  

October’s issue of XXL Magazine will cover none other than Mr. Kanye West. In his candid cover story, Ye speaks on the reaction he received from the infamous 2009 MTV Video Music Awards debacle. “I stress that the incident wasn’t about Taylor personally,” he explains in the story. “And it definitely wasn’t about race. Where I messed up is, at the end of the day, it’s your show, Taylor. It’s   Read More ...

Speaking to Sway on MTV Rap Fix, Pusha T confirms The Clipse have signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music. There will be a new Clipse project and a Re-Up Gang project. After his performance, Pusha T did confirm to MTV News in the RapFix post-show that he has officially signed with West’s label, G.O.O.D. Music. “I’m definitely signed with G.O.O.D. Music. I’m definitely doing my solo project through G.O.O.D. Music,”   Read More ...

Speaking to MTV, 50 Cent explains that he simply wants to entertain people on twitter. MTV Shows  

Yeezy took to Twitter this morning and wrote “I’m sorry, Taylor”. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye interrupted the singer’s acceptance speech. “We’re both artists, and the media and managers are trying to get between us. She deserves the apology more than anyone. Thank you Biz Stone and Evan Williams for creating a platform where we can communicate directly.” Mr. West also revealed that he has written a song   Read More ...

Lloyd Banks has signed a deal with EMI to release his upcoming album The Hunger For More 2.   Speaking to MTV, Banks made the announcement and said the album should be out on November 23rd. “I decided to take my talents to EMI,” the Queens rapper told MTV News’ Sway, putting his twist on King James’ spiel. “[Fans] can expect The Hunger for More 2 on November 23. On   Read More ...

Earlier today MTV announced the nominations for this year’s Video Music Awards. Lady Gaga has been given 13 nominations with Eminem getting 8 nods. Slim Shady’s “Not Afraid” video is up for Video of the Year and is nominated alongside Drake in Best Hip-Hop Video for “Forever.” Newcomer B.o.B. has five nominations including “Best Hip-Hop” for his song “Airplanes”. Jay-Z, Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj are also nominated for awards.

Diddy-Dirty Money are set to perform their first ever UK show this September. Diddy and his collective will headline an exclusive free concert for MTV. The show will be filmed as a MTV Worldstage and broadcast via MTV channels in 161 countries and over 640 million households as part of MTV’s global Friday night live music programming. Expect them to perform their hit song “Hello, Good Morning” as well as   Read More ...