With news starting to dwindle down about the passing and burial of the late Whitney Houston, nationally known tabloid National Enquirer decides to stir things up by making the cover of their latest issue a photo of the renowned signer in her coffin. It was reported that the viewing of Whitney would take place at Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, NJ, and only family members were in attendance for the private viewing. With that said, one can only imagine if a family member of Houston or a staff member of the funeral home sold this picture to the tabloid. Poor taste to say the least, let’s continue to celebrate her life. You can view the cover after the jump, where viewer discretion is highly advised.

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Lloyd Banks is back on the scene and comes back with a fire track produced by Jahlil Beats. Radio rips floated around yesterday as this track was premiered by DJ Kast One but above is the CDQ of the track and if I may say so myself, Banks hit the jackpot with this one. Pun intended.

Fresh off of being named the number 1 hottest MC in the game by MTV’s panel. Rick Ross orders Dre Films to whip out the cameras and record one of the hottest joints off of his Rich Forever mixtape released in December.

After the original it’s probably this. Here are the official visuals for the remix to French‘s monster record which is has been and still is killing the radio as well as the clubs. As you can expect, a lot of stunting going on in the video. Cameos from Cassie and Meek Mill. Directed by Directed by Colin Tilley.

Future is no stranger to going to the moon, today he drops off another visual from his Astronaut Status mixtape released in January. This time taking us “outta space” with the track “Space Cadets,” directed by Nokey Films.

Up and coming artist Ev4n Holt who is originally from San Diego, hits the streets of New York to capture his latest video for his a freestyle over one of Mobb Deep‘s classic track “The Illest“. The video is directed by Samuel Rogers. Be on the lookout for more to come from Ev4n in the near future.

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J.Cole recently hit 2 million followers via Twitter and decides to let go of a new song for the fans. A little more on the soulful side and lots of boasting towards the end. Typical J.Cole track. It’s about time for a new project from Cole, specifically that joint album he and Kendrick Lamar are working on.

Living in Los Angeles, one of te staple music capitals of the world, you always hear of in demand and respected artists. A name I’ve heard since making the move out West has been  Nipsey Hussle.

Neighborhood Nip is the latest guest on our “Civilized Talk” series because then news that surrounds him. From shocking more than a few people who believed he was signing with Rick Ross’ MMG only to sign with DJ Skee, to what the word “marathon” actually means to him and several other topics, Nipsey sheds light on everything you wanted to know.

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Crooked I, a quarter of the Slaughterhouse machine is gearing up to release his Psalm 86:2 mixtape which is slated to be out for the public in March. Before we get the mixtape, here is a gem off of it which features the entire team. Crooked’s mixtape is not the only thing that is going down in March, as the entire Slaughterhouse will be hitting the road for a tour which lasts through May. view the dates after the jump.

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Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo are readying the release of Jeezy’s next single and here are a few more on the set photos from the video that is being shot in L.A. Be on the lookout for the official video real soon and if you haven’t already, go pick up Thug Motivation 103: Husterlz Ambition