Dedicated to Detroit.

Shani Kulture goes “On The Run” and the 2009 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. He catches up with rhyme bandit Pharoahe Monch to talk about his career longevity, his new project, and reppin for BK.

We hit the red carpet at the Def Jam 25th Anniversary Party to celebrate the famed Hip Hop record label that’s behind some of the biggest artist of all time: Run DMC, LL Cool J, Jay-Z, Slick Rick, Meth & Red, and Public Enemy. Talk about a roster.

K’Naan does’nt think he makes political songs, just good music. Check out more on this Somalian import and catch him out on the Rock The Bells Festival stage this summer.

Stars from the 2009 BET Awards share their favorite memories of Michael. Including Alicia Keys, LeToya Luckett, Wyclef Jean, Jeremy Piven, Teddy Riley, Keri Hilson and his pops, Joe Jackson.

This past weekend, we caught up with Wale at the Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. He was in town to perform at the rooftop pool party, and talk to us, of course. He talks about his highly anticipated upcoming debut album, Attention Deficit, which is dropping this fall. He also opens up about the an inner conflict her has about never growing complacent and his fears of becoming happy with success. Ch’yeah.

Directed by Kanye West.

My dude 50 rhyming like he got 2 dollars in his pocket again. I was sleepin on Ghetto Angel, but the homey @Tsmif woke me up. Thanks

Check out the Dan The Man and Chris “Broadway” Romero directed video. Spotted over at Eskay’s

The homie Tunji just dropped a new video for his group Inverse, which appears on his So Far EP that they dropped earlier this year. Go cop that. The video is also up for MTVu’s Freshmen contest, so if you’re feeling it, go vote. You can vote as many times as you like, so vote like 7000 times. Word.