J. Cole – Star Is Born @ 2010 BET Awards (Video)

Here is J. Cole’s live performance of his guest feature on Jay-Z’s “Star is Born”.

We caught up with J. Cole in Chicago for the Heineken Inspire show at The Ravenswood Event Center. The young and buzzing rapper speaks on the reasoning behind his one-shot video for ‘Who Dat’, capturing a fans emotion through live show, his upcoming album due out later this year and what he hopes listeners will take from it. He also performs ‘Dollar And A Dream’ and ‘Who Dat’.

Here’s Chris Brown’s MJ tribute performance at the 2010 BET Awards, something everyone thought would be done at last years BET Awards.

Above, Drake performs his latest single, “Find Your Love”, live on Jay Leno. Thank Me Later is in stores now, so be sure to support.

Here is a video of Drake in concert responding to Lil Kim about her wanting Nicki Minaj to pay homage to her. Now this may be a publicity stunt to draw more attention to Lil Kim who has recently signed a record deal with Roc Nation. However, as I reflect on Lil Kim’s career, she never has been the type to start beef to garner more attention towards herself by creating beef with another artist because she never needed to. Lil Kim is probably one of the few female artists who has never struggled to sale albums or create hype for an upcoming project. If there is one thing I have learned about Lil Kim over the years is that she does not like to be disrespected, and it is then that she goes at other artists. (i.e. Foxy Brown)

But I digress. The problem I have with Drake’s outburst against Lil Kim is his lack of respect for this female icon. I seriously had a “Who are you?” moment when I watched this video.

First this had nothing to do with Drake, so why he felt like he had to be Nicki’s Knight in shining armour, I am not sure. He claims that Nicki is better than Lil Kim. GTFOH. Fan of a Fan Mixtape > Thank Me Later.

Second, Nicki can’t keep hiding behind “Young Money walls” and avoiding beef when other female MC’s come at her. Eventually, she is going to have to stand up for herself and prove herself as a rapper. Right now people consider her the hottest female in the rap industry and the “savior” for female rappers. However, it is easy to look like you are the hottest MC when you have no competition. When Keys came at Nicki with her diss, Nicki went on youtube all sad and you could tell that her feelings were hurt. Her only response was, I am going to ignore you and never say your name. But you took the time to make a whole video. Humph, Bitch move.

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If you have been apart of the 5 Star Hip Hop family for the last 2 years, then you know we promote new and upcoming artists. Now, I dug deep in the crate, and felt the need to turn you on to Jazzhop. This group, The Liquid Crystal Project 2 is keeping Jazzhop (R.I.P. Guru) alive with this performance from last year’s Comfest, held right here in the CO every year. It features my main man Eddie Bayard on Tenor Sax, Rashad of The 3RD, John Robinson & J Rawls on the Mics, and Kr8Digga on the wheels of steel. Shouts to my dude Bjazz of DeZoul Meet Productions on the keyboards & the whole Liquid Crystal Project 2 crew! Watch for other Jazzhop artists coming soon!  Jazzhop, It’s not and idea, It’s a movement.

B.o.B was on Last Call w/ Carson Daly recently and alked about how his life has changed since “Nothin’ On You“, how he got Em on “Airplanes Pt. 2“, and more. Hit the jump for a live performance of his single.

Usher & partner in crime rhyme (see what I did there?  Clever?  Yes.  Corny? Yes.) took to Oprah’s show to perform their hit single, off Usher’s Raymond v. Raymond album, which is in stores now.

B.o.B takes his Billboard-topping hit to the stage of the Ellen Degeneres show.  The Adventures of Bobby Ray:  April 27th. Sidenote: I’m pretty sure I’ve never mentioned anyone’s album as much as I have his, on this site…and he’s not even my favorite rapper (Wale is).

Here’s another clip of Drake performing the intro track to Thank Me Later, which hits stores June 15th.

B.o.B. was one of only 5 hip hop acts who performed at the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, CA over the weekend. Here’s a look at how well he represented when he played “I’ll Be In The Sky”.