Jerry Heller questions why the murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. have yet to be solved.

Horseshoe Gang also explain why rappers overwhelmingly respond when they're called out.

“Staight Outta Compton” grossed approximately $60 million its first weekend in theaters.

The Bad Boy boss was given a case of Effen vodka by 50 Cent.

Puff Daddy appeared on Power 105.1's "The Breakfast Club" to talk about the music he is working on. In the middle of his response to a question about "Finna Get Loose" as not a "typical Bad Boy Rap record," someone takes down a bottle of Effen vodka sitting on a window behind Diddy. The Bad Boy boss owns a stake in Ciroc vodka, a competitor of Effen.

Radio host Angela Yee explains that 50 Cent sent Diddy a case of Effen vodka. Charlamagne Tha God pulls out a piece of paper that says, "Let's be friends - Curtis Jackson." Curtis Jackson is 50 Cent's given name.

"I welcome him into the game," Diddy says. "It's good to see somebody of my color out there representing in this field. Hopefully he appreciates me opening up the doors for him continuously."

For 50 Cent's birthday, Diddy sent the G-Unit rapper a lifetime supply of Ciroc. The radio hosts ask Puff Daddy how he feels receiving only a case.

"I appreciate his gesture," the rapper says. "When you're first starting out in these little companies, they don't really have a lot of supply. So that's with homeboy's vodka, sometimes maybe you can only send a case."

Last month, Drake sent Charlamagne six bottles of champagne with a note saying, "Let's be friends - Aubrey Graham" after the host named Funkmaster Flex the "Donkey of the Day" for not delivering Meek Mill's promised Drake diss track.

On his second Meek Mill diss track released last month, Drake raps, "You gonna make me buy bottles for Charlamagne."

A$AP Mob member Young Shabba crushed a fan while stage diving.

The PinkPrint Tour grabs more headlines when a fan is maced after assaulting security.

“I have the potential to be bigger than Tip or if not, just as big,” Spodee says.

300 Entertainment owner Lyor Cohen explains Fetty Wap's album process.

Ice Cube and DJ Yella explain how N.W.A. and "Straight Outta Compton" parallel what is happening in regards to today's issues with police brutality.

Court documents were filed yesterday (August 10) in the lawsuit over the rights to the sample in Jay Z's song "Big Pimpin'." In the documents, both Jay Z and Timbaland are scheduled to testify in the case, which goes to trials October 13, Billboards reports. Timbaland produced the song.

Osama Ahmed Fahmy filed the lawsuit in 2007 against Jay Z, Timbaland and outlets who used the song for promotional purposes. Fahmy is the nephew of Baligh Hamdy, who composed "Khosara, Khosara," which was identified as the track sampled in "Big Pimpin'."

When the song was released in 1999 on Jay Z's Vol. 3 ... Life and Times of S. Carter, Timbaland paid $100,000 to clear the sample with EMI Music, who said it owned the rights to the song via a deal with an Egyptian company in conjunction with an agreement from Hamdy's family.

Fahmy says that because the artists did not get the consent from the author of the original song through his family according to Egyptian law, any use of the song would be unauthorized.

"The evidence will also show that the defendants did not obtain the consent of the author or his heirs to introduce modifications in or additions to 'Khosara Khosara,'" the plaintiff statement reads. "Therefore, any license to economically exploit 'Khosara Khosara' in 'Big Pimpin'' would be null and void."

Jay Z, Timbaland and the defendants state that the use of cultural customs does not apply to United States law and that they used the sample legally.

"Throughout the course of this litigation, Plaintiff has consistently tried to make this a case about so-called 'moral rights,'" the statement reads, "complaining for example that under Egyptian law, authors and their heirs can always refuse to permit use of a composition in manners deemed to be 'objectionable,' regardless of whether they previously gave up all of their economic rights in connection therewith. This Court, however, already has properly determined that moral rights have no application in the United States, and cannot support Plaintiff’s copyright infringement claims."

 Legendary producer Dr. Dre does not do very many interviews. The Good Doctor sat down with Real 92.3’s Big Boy to discuss various topics. Dre spoke about the making of “Nuthin’ But A G Thang” featuring Snoop Dogg, reconciling with Eazy-E before his death, and the upcoming N.W.A biopic Straight Outta Compton.

“I was worried about it at the beginning,” said Dre about the F. Gary Gray directed film. “I didn’t even want to do the movie. [Ice] Cube quarterbacked. He got the first draft of the script done. I read it and was like, ‘Okay, we can work with this. We can turn this into something.’ Then when Gary Gray got on board, I was in.”

Dre also revealed there could potentially be an original soundtrack connected to the movie. Rather than just having songs from the group’s catalog, the project could see all new tracks.

“I think this would be a record that’s inspired by the movie,” stated Dre.

Watch Dr. Dre’s interview below. 

 Battle rapper Daylyt has built his brand partially off his willingness to do or say almost anything in public. The California representative has pulled out his privates during a battle, attempted to defecate on stage, and stated he wanted to have sex with Diddy.

All these comments and antics have led to some backlash from followers of the culture including complaints Day “sold out” for fame. He decided to address those critiques in a new video blog.

“‘Daylyt you sold your soul to the white man. I wonder how much the white man paid him to say that?”” says Daylyt quoting some of his critics. “The white man pays you $8.50 to clean toilet bowls and bust your ass… You sold your sold the minute you filled out that punk ass application at that minimum wage job.”

The controversial rhymer goes on to say he does not even have a soul to sell, because he hails from Watts. Day then continues by saying anyone that gets government assistance, such as public housing or EBT cards, have sold their soul to the Illuminati.

“Y’all don’t get the levels of this s**t. At this moment in life, I feel like I’m free, because nobody owns me,” declares Day. “Somebody does own me – my last name is Campbell. But at this moment I can say and do whatever the f**k I want. Nobody pays me for the s**t I do. When I say something dumb online, it gets uploaded and I get paid for the f**king views from it. Nobody pays me to say nothing.”

According to Day, his actions are part of his plan to establish lasting success for his family. The Dot Mobb member tells the camera he is willing to do anything and sacrifice himself in order to achieve that goal.

“If anybody is watching this – this goes to a higher power organization. Specifically Jewish, white – anybody that has billions and billions of dollars,” announces Daylyt. “I’m letting y’all know right now my soul is clearly up for sale.”

Watch Daylyt’s vlog below.

 Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Lil Wayne have been featured on each other’s popular tracks for years, and the Young Money stars currently have two hit singles with “Only” and “Truffle Butter.” The general public seems to love hearing the three rappers together on a record, and one Wu-Tang Clan member agrees. In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Masta Killa spoke about his appreciation for Nicki, Drizzy, and Weezy.

“Artists that are out now have their own style of doing things, but I love what they’re doing. Their world is a different style of hustling, but it’s dope,” says Killa. “I like Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne’s chemistry and how they do their thing.”

The man also known as Jamel Arief broke onto the music scene as a member of the Wu. The group’s debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is widely viewed as a Hip Hop classic. It has been over 20 years since that LP dropped. Killa reflects on how the game has changed since that time.

“At the time when I got to know Hip Hop, things were so rare that it actually had you stuck, even when we put our first album together. Making an album at that time was still kind of mystical to people,” adds Killa. “Now you can run into the average [rapper], and he has about ten albums in his backpack.”

California rapper Lil Debbie is clearly not a fan of Iggy Azalea’s music. AllHipHop.com caught up with the former member of the White Girl Mob at the SXSW Festival, and Debbie did not hold back her thoughts about the “Fancy” performer.

“She’s trash,” states Debbie. “She sounds like she swallows bugs. You can’t ask me my opinion, because I’m the type of b***h that’s going to tell you my opinion.”

Debbie does add she thinks Iggy is a beautiful woman and acknowledges the Australia native’s success. The interview also includes Debbie discussing being an independent artist and branching out from WGM’s Kreayshawn and V-Nasty.

Watch Lil Debbie’s interview below.

There has been talk that everyone from Jay Z to Sean “Puffy” Combs’ family to celebrity couple Iman Shumpert/Teyana Taylor have served as inspiration for the hit show Empire. The series co-creator, Danny Strong, revealed the real life experiences of Puff did play a role in the foundation of what would become Empire.

“I was in my car in L.A., and I was driving around, and I heard a news story about Puffy, and I just thought, ‘Hip Hop is so cool. That’s what I should do next, something in Hip Hop.'” said Strong in an interview with KCRW. “I immediately thought of King Lear and The Lion in Winter. That’s how I work. I go to classical archetypes.”

Strong revealed Kanye West’s public persona also spurred him in the creation Empire. He studied the “All Day” rapper before he began writing dialogue for the program.

“To procrastinate and for inspiration, I started watching Kanye West interviews,” Strong stated. “After 45 minutes, I said, ‘Alright, I’m good. I know how to do this.’”

T-Pain is gearing up for the release of his new mixtape The Iron Way on Friday, Mar. 27th and has unveiled the tracklisting. The 21-track effort features guest verses and melodies from The-Dream, Bun B, Audio Push, Migos and frequent collaborator Lil’ Wayne. The late Aaliyah even makes an appearance on the project on a track called “Girlfriend.”

“These are vocals people never heard before,” Pain told VIBE about the Aaliyah track. “They were actually doing an Aaliyah album a few years ago. They told me do two songs and I could pick one to keep.”

Peep the tracks below.

1. “Kill These Ni**as”
2. “Disa My Ting” (Feat. Kardinal Offishall & KK Holiday)
3. “Did It Anyway”
4. “Let Your Hair Down” (Feat. The-Dream & Vantrease)
5. “Trust Issues” (Feat. Young Cash & Sean Jay)
6. “Booty Butt Ass”
7. “15”
8. “Sun Goes Down” (Feat. Audio Push)
9. “The King” (Feat. Bun B & Big K.R.I.T.)
10. “HashTag”
11. “Personal Business” (Feat. Vantrease)
12. “Need To Be Smokin”
13. “Relax”
14. “HeartBeat”
15. “Representin” (Feat. Yo Gotti & Snootie Wild)
16. “Girlfriend” (Feat. Aaliyah)
17. “Wait A Minute” (Feat. OG Maco)
18. “Another Level” (Feat. Vantrease)
19. “What You Know” (Feat. K Camp & Migos)
20. “Let Me Thru” (Feat. Lil’ Wayne)
21. “Ever”

The second coming of A$AP Rocky is approaching and he’s dishing the details on his upcoming project, titled A.L.L.A. In a recent interview, he revealed the meaning behind the title.

“I’m claiming ownership of my legacy,” the Harlemnite told GQ. “Look at it: At.Long.Last.A$AP. A-L-L-A. Like slang for ‘Allah.’ It’s the return of the god MC.” 

The 26-year-old said he drew inspiration for the album title from his government name.

“I’m named after Rakim, and I’m finally facing what it means: I was born to do this shit,” he said. “And I hope I get to do it for a very long time.”

A.L.L.A does not have a set date but Rocky is planning for a summer release. Juicy J and the late A$AP Yams executive produced the album, which Rocky says is done.

Jermaine Dupri has been a mogul in hip-hop for over 20 years and now he is sharing his knowledge with aspiring entrepreneurs. The So So Def CEO is visiting the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Technical University on Mar. 26th to give a lecture to their students, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.

The Atlanta native launched So So Def in the early 90’s with acts like Kriss Kross and Da Brat at the forefront. Besides establishing his signature sound as a highly sought producer, he has also penned songs for Usher, Monica and Mariah Carey. He’s also worked with TLC, Jay Z, Ludacris, Nelly and let’s not forget his role in Bow Wow’s career.

Cory Levy, who is the co-founder and chief operating officer of the mobile app ONE, adviser to about.me and founder of Internapalooza,will also be giving a lecture to the students.

Drake nearly broke the internet when he dropped his surprise mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late last month. Its short notice made no difference, as it gained 6.8 million streams in one day on Spotify and reportedly has sold over 774,000 digital copies so far. Now the digital release will be issued in CD form to retailers Apr. 21st according to HDD.

The almost platinum project will be have two extra tracks, “How’Bout Now” and a new track called “My Side.”