Mano gets featured in this month’s CS Men’s Book.  This is a good look for Emmanuel – props, homie. If there’s a lesson to be gleaned from the wildly successful, and just wild, career path of Emmanuel Nickerson, AKA Million $ Mano, it might be: Work like crazy and try everything. Mano left Columbia College…

Naledge goes in on the best Neptunes beat of recent memory (no shots!), and does it well good. Naledge – “I’m Good (Freestyle)”  Props to the Brainiacs

Performing “Make Her Say” with Common at his ‘Common & Friends’ showcase in LA. I know this event was part of Common’s charity ‘Common Ground’, so it’s nice ‘Ye showed up to support. I can’t act like I’m still not a little salty that he didn’t show up to the G.O.O.D. Music event last weekend,…

“The whole hood is lost, G” – Mikkey Halsted Derrion Albert, a 16-year-old Fenger student, was murdered on Thursday in broad daylight. Three blocks from his school. This hits close to home for me – Fenger is about a 10-minute drive from the crib – but for more reasons than just proximity. Albert wasn’t involved…

Same Rebel, New Cause mixtape presented by 2DBz and Ruby Hornet due at the end of October. Scheme – “Labor of Love”

I don’t know if that’s a junkyard, a car, a Transformer, a purple snake, a spare tire [donut] – but I do see the skyline. The 5th City Bandits are: Versatile, Remedi and Bolster. 5th City Bandits – “Everybody Knows (Bang Bang)”

I had a chance to open up for Really Doe at The Wild Hare on Tuesday.  I took some footage of my performance, Enjoy. The lesson that I learned from this show is that I have to pay dues no matter how good  or bad the situation is.

Chicago-duo The Suppliers landed Gucci Mane for their debut single, “Wanda”. Not sure if “Wanda” has anything with In Living Color or not, but hey, they got a nice 16 from Gucci. The accompanying video has some footage of The Suppliers recent photo shoot with Nick Brazinsky.  Be on the lookout for more music from…

Today is your last chance to vote for the 2009 Truth Awards, which includes the Fake Shore Drive Artist of the Year Award.  If you haven’t voted for any of the categories yet, make sure to head over to the voting site to stuff the ballot boxes.  Kidding, of course.  But seriously, please go vote…

Okay, here we go.  Two rising stars on one track.  Reno + YP.  I’ve even got the clean and the dirty for you DJs out there.  Share your thoughts below. Reno Chinati feat. YP – “Money & Power”  [Dirty] Reno Chinati feat. YP – “Money & Power” [Clean]