One of Hip-Hop’s most notable moguls and pioneers, Lyor Cohen has decided to resign as Chief Executive of Recorded Music Division with Warner Music Group (WMG).  If you are not too familiar, within his tenure as an executive Mr. Cohen has stood as a leader in the music industry as being responsible for the growth of Def Jam Records (serving as President), Roc-a-Fella Records, The Inc. (formely Murder, Inc.) and a host of others in the early 1980′s/1990′s. He was also instrumental in the development of some of the biggest artists in hip hop history such as the Beastie Boys, Nas, LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow, Jay-Z, and hip-hop’s godfathers Run DMC. For more, read after the jump.

From his “Life Is Good” album, in stores now, take a look at a couple of photos for hip-hop MC Nas new single “Cherry Wine,” which features Amy Winehouse. From the looks of things Nas apperas to meet a beautiful lady in a old school vintage bar. Also keep a look out for the actual visuals to the video and check after jump for more photos

Hip-Hop MC Nas drops the visuals for his new single “Bye Baby,” off of his 10th studio album “Life Is Good”, in stores now. The video goes back to Nas’ reminiscing watching videos of him and his ex-wife’s wedding day and on the good times they shared, while drinking a bottle of MOET. Then he hits an office where they reenact their divorce signing and toasts with his boys.

In the end when it’s all said and done, this video says: “Bye Kelis” – from Nas.

1. 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story – 146,626 - Who saw this coming two years ago? Clap for this man. 

In San Bernardino, California hip-hop MC Nas was one of the headliners this past weekend and Fuse caught up with him backstage to talk about his upcoming video for his song “Bye Baby” off of his “Life Is Good” album which is in stores now. In the interview he talks about being a fan of the original record by Guy, and why he wanted to shoot a video for this particular song. He also states that “the video has a “90′s feeling,” though he admits that wasn’t done intentionally. Personally I can’t wait to see what he has in store with this video. Stay tuned for the drop.

2. Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Dont – 60,000 - Something tells me this caps off somewhere around the 400K mark. I still say the first seven tracks are one hell of a ride. 

Allegations of The Don having a ghostwriter hit the internet a few days ago and it left a few people wondering if it indeed was true. Well during a recent interview on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Nas was asked about the allegations of him ever having a ghostwriter as well as some songs he wishes that he would have recorded. Nas also talks about how he could have had the classic “Juicy” record before Biggie. Interesting story. Interview after the jump.

DJ Khaled keeps it hip hop with his latest release from the upcoming “Kiss The Ring” album. This one features Nas, Scarface & DJ Premier with J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League on the production. Kiss The Ring hits stores August 21st. Audio after the jump as well as the making of the song in the studio.