Rick Ross Crowned Hottest MC of 2011

The countdown is complete and MTV have revealed the Hottest MC In The Game of 2011 is Rick Ross.
Maybach Music founder Rozay had a storming year thanks to his MMG collabo Self Made Vol 1 and his mixtape Rich Forever. Drizzy came in second with Kanye West third.
Check out the top 10 list according to MTV after the jump.

MTV’s Hottest MC’s In The Game 2011 Top Ten

1 Rick Ross
2 Drake
3 Kanye West
4 Nicki Minaj
5 Lil Wayne
6 Jay-Z
7 Meek Mill
8 Big Sean
9 Wiz Khalifa
10 Wale

It is also noteworthy that the Young Money Barbie Nicki Minaj creeps into the top 5 coming at #4 on the Hottest MC's list. Nicki is also the only woman to ever be on this list. My question for Sway at MTV is where's J. Cole? o_O

Jay-Z & Beyonce Presents.......Blue Ivy Carter

Weeks after Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles-Carter welcomed their newborn daughter Blue Ivy Carter into the world, the music couple have now unveiled post-pregnancy photos.

The married couple surprised fans with photos of their newborn Friday (February 10) night.

Rapper Jay-Z and wife Beyonce unveiled highly-anticipated pictures of their new baby daughter Blue Ivy Carter on Friday, opting to post intimate family shots on social networking site Tumblr rather than selling them to the highest bidder. The couple posted five photos which show the newborn, already sporting a head of long black hair, being cuddled by her proud parents and capturing intimate moments of family life. (Reuters)

Included with the photos is a personal message courtesy of Young Hov.

A series of five intimate images show two photos of a peaceful baby girl with a swath of dark hair wrapped in blankets, two photos each showing Beyonce and Jay-Z by themselves holding Blue Ivy in a cream-colored onesie, and a final, touching photo of adult fingertips touching the baby's tiny hand. Jay-Z also included a message with the photos, which read, "We welcome you to share in our joy. Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives!! The Carter Family." (ABC News)

Drake A King Among Kings

Back in October, Drake tied Diddy with the most #1 singles on the Billboard Rap Songs chart. Now with “Make Me Proud” landing at #1 last week, Mr. Graham has surpassed Puff with 11 #1s.

Drake – Best I Ever Had
Forever (Eminem, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Drake)
Say Something (Timbaland Feat. Drake)
Drake – Over
Drake – Fancy (Feat. T.I. & Swizz Beatz)
Right Above It (Lil Wayne Feat. Drake)
Aston Martin Music (Rick Ross Feat. Chrisette Michele & Drake)
Moment 4 Life (Nicki Minaj Feat. Drake)
I’m On One (DJ Khaled Feat. Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne)
Drake – Headlines
Drake – Make Me Proud (Feat. Nicki Minaj)

Irv Gotti For President.............Of Def Jam.

Former Murder Inc. CEO Irv Gotti has clarified speculation on being anti-Def Jam and wanting to takeover the historic label's presidential vacancy after numerous controversial remarks last fall. In it''s perspective, the fans and fellow entertainers alike pushed his Def Jam campaign.

"It caused a buzz, and I want people to know I didn't start the whole 'Irv Gotti for president' thing; the people did," the former Def Jam A&R told MTV News as he walked the red carpet at the reopening of Jay-Z's 40/40 Club in Manhattan last week. "It was a crazy thing, and it was all good." It doesn't seem like Def Jam brass will put Irv in the big chair, but Gotti is appreciative of the support he has gotten from the hip-hop community. "Everybody was riding. It was a lot of love," he said last week. "Everybody felt what I was saying and was riding." (MTV)

Recently, Gotti offered his take on why Def Jam is in dire need of a president.

"Def Jam ain't f*cking with me, I'm too much of a n*gga," Gotti said in an interview. "Yeah. [laughs] As quoted. I mean, Def Jam, I shouldn't even comment on it because it gets me angry because there hasn't been a president since [Jay-Z], really. It's a terrible thing because it's so important to the culture and it's like they're just letting it go away, they ain't paying any attention to it. I'm from Hollis, Queens so Def Jam was my inspiration to have Murder Inc. and just for them to not have no one being president there, even after we hoot and hollered, I wanted it so bad, not even for the money or nothing. I just love the culture and Def Jam is the light of the culture. So to have no one there, the powers that be don't care. They don't care about my culture. I don't want to talk about it. Please retract the n*gga statement." (The Source)

Papoose Says Nas won Jay-Z/Nas Beef with Ether

Brooklyn rapper Papoose recently offered his opinion on who ultimately won the early 2000's rap battle between Nas/Jay-Z, admitting "Ether" delivered a knockout punch to Young Hov.
Naming their battle as one of hip-hop's greatest, Pap said Nas was the unanimous winner.

"To keep it real with you, there was a lot of great battles, but I've got to say, I can't even say great battle but just to see somebody get annihilated? I've got to say Jay-Z and Nas," Pap said in an interview when asked to name his favorite rap battle. "That was decapitation, man. ... It's not rocket science what happened. That's one of the great battles, there's other ones too though, in hip-hop history. I can go on and on, but that's one that stands out. ... It wasn't an age thing but a lot of people were sleeping. Like, 'It's over! Jay-Z killed him!' I was like, 'Aight, watch.' I knew it was coming, man." (Hot 93.7)

Just last month, Nas revealed if he ever mentions "Ether" around Jay since they have since squashed the beef and collaborated on various songs together.

"That's what hip-hop has always been. We have our own. It's a culture thing. It's a community thing, but it's also a young people thing, and it's also, it's just the way. It's the way things are. That's how it's always been in hip-hop," Nas said. "[Do me and Jay talk about 'Ether?'] Not really. I mean, I think right now anybody who's made it from the '80s era, the '90s, got into hip-hop and still stickin' around and still here, still feelin' great about life... I think that's enough. I think anybody today, any peer of mine is just appreciative of the life that we've made for ourselves. We didn't know anything. We didn't know that this was gonna be the outcome, that we'd be around at this time doing what we're doin'. I think everybody's just on that page." (XXL Mag)

In September, The LOX's Jadakiss compared Jay's "Takeover" to Nas' "Ether" response.

"I didn't really like the "Takeover" beat. But the words--you know what the words are! It's like the Declaration of Independence on the battle tip. What he's saying is crazy. I like the 'laaaaayyyyymmmmme' part. It was heavy, but Nas' "Ether" sits on the mantle when it comes to battle songs. From the production, to the way he formatted it, to what he was saying--he touched everything. It was an A-Plus grade." (VIBE)

Rap veteran Rah Digga recently told SOHH Nas' "Ether" is one of his biggest records to date.

"Supernatural was also a big battle rap artist back in the day. I was up on him. It's really just a little bit of everybody. I really liked a lot of the rap battles that took place in hip-hop. You also have Jay-Z and Nas. Although I don't know if I would technically call that a rap battle, I like when there's competition. It just brings something out of people that you don't get in typical songs. "Ether" is one of the best songs that Nas ever made. It just brought out a whole other animal [in Nas]." (SOHH Guest Star)

Church claims Beyonce & Jay-Z baby is Satan

Some Idiot in North Carolina vandalized a sign outside a church to read “Beyonce had her baby, Satan is on earth.”

According to other sources, the pastor at Beulah Hill Baptist Church in West End, NC said that he discovered the vandalism yesterday after receiving numerous complaints from locals — and removed it immediately. The pastor insists, the church had nothing to do with the apocalyptic message … it was simply the victim in a random act of mischief.


If you ask me, this is starting to get out of hand. All this Illuminati, devil worshipping nonsense. And then to involve an innocent baby. it makes me wonder who the real devils are

I'm not the only one getting tired of this. This is what Beyonce's little sister solange had to say on twitter.

"It has really gotten out of hand. I've been doing my best at keeping my mouth shut....but the ignorance is really sad and upsetting".

What do you think?



Jay-Z & Beyonce baby Girl (Blue Ivy carter) makes Billboard History

Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles-Carter's newborn daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, is already taking after her parents by becoming the youngest person to make it on a Billboard chart.

By Jay putting his newborns vocals on his new song "Glory" He has put her in the history books

Blue Ivy Carter, Born Jan. 7, becomes the youngest person ever credited with gracing a Billboard chart, as Jay-Z's newly-recorded studio cut "Glory" -- officially billed as "featuring B.I.C.," an abbreviation of Blue Ivy Carter -- begins on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at No. 74. (For historical purposes, this week's Billboard charts are dated Jan. 21). (Billboard)