AllHipHop — Armed with a renewed focus and an all-star list of collaborator, West Coast rap star/actor Mack 10 plans to wrap up the summer in grand fashion with his forthcoming album Soft White.   The release is the follow-up to the Inglewood, Ca. nativeâ€â... more info

MTV.com News — Hova freestyles at Las Vegas concert; Game responds on Twitter and at show in France.By Shaheem Reid Game and Jay-Z Photo: Raymond Boyd/ Michael Ochs Archives/ Ethan Miller The Game may be open to reconciling with 50 Cent and the G-Unit, b... more info

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MTV.com News — Plus: We take a look at producer Jim Jonsin's biggest hits, in Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid Drake Photo: Courtesy of Drake Behind the Beats is back. Two weeks in a row, we had to hold back because of other pressing developments, but we s... more info

MTV.com News — 'Everyone has an opinion about it,' attorney Gerald M. Saluti says of criticism following Max's manslaughter conviction.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Jayson Rodriguez Tony Yayo Photo: Scott Gries/ Getty Images G-Unit member... more info

MTV.com News — Jean posts song on his blog.By James Montgomery Wyclef Jean Photo: Chris Polk/FilmMagic Seems like everybody's piling on the anti-Auto-Tune bandwagon these days. Jay-Z just dropped the Blueprint 3 track "D.O.A." (which stands for "Death o... more info

MTV.com News — Rapper is found guilty of nine of the 11 counts he faced, stemming from a 2006 robbery.By Shaheem Reid and Jayson Rodriguez, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Max B and French Montana Photo: MTV News Former Dipset affiliate Max B w... more info

VH1 News — Jay-Z's anti-Auto-Tune track "D.O.A." was embraced by a stage-crashing T-Pain, while DJ Webstar and Jim Jones took to Twitter to dis the Blueprint 3 song. more info

AllHipHop — Hot 97 held it's annual Summer Jam event at Giants Stadium in New Jersey last night (June 8), drawing tens of thousands of concert goers.   Mary J. Blige, Jadakiss, The Dream, Elephant Man, Juelz Santana and Jim Jones were all featured guests at th... more info

MTV.com News — The Diplomats, Jadakiss, T-Pain, Mary J. Blige and others make room for surprise from Jay-Z to Soulja Boy.By Shaheem Reid Young Jeezy performs at Hot 97's Summer Jam on Sunday Photo: Jeffrey Ufberg/ Getty Images EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey... more info