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Remember Hayes? The rapper was jointly signed to Timbaland and Dr. Dre but the deal did not work well. He was then picked up by 50 and Floyd for a joint venture through The Money Team. And as soon as he was gaining some momentum courtesy of solid verses on 50 Cent’s 5: Murder By Numbers and The Lost Tape, 50 and Floyd’s relationship went sour, leaving Hayes hanging again.

But he’s trying to make a comeback by releasing new music and freestyles throughout the month of May. Below is a new track called ‘Images’ which you can also download on iTunes. After the jump is the first freestyle of the month, part of his #31DaysInMay campaign.

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New Ty Dolla video with an appearance from Mr. Snowman. Expect the song to show up on the upcoming Beach House EP. Purchase the audio in iTunes here.

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Big Boi was invited to the Red Bull spot and ran through a performance for the latest single off of Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors while there. After the jump, check out rehearsal footage and a brief interview. Spotted at RR. Buy his album on iTunes here.

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So Mobb Deep had a rift about a year ago, but they patched things up and have kept it moving since then. They spoke with MTV about the separation and reconciliation, as well as their upcoming tour. Glad to see that their differences appear to be firmly behind them.

“The music is the most important thing and our love for each other.”

Twitter exploded when news of this first broke, now here’s the footage for proof. Young Guru played a new version of Kendrick’s fan favorite ’B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe’ at SXSW earlier today. New K. Dot verses and a Jay-Z verse? Sounds like heat. Don’t be surprised if this gets the single treatment.

UPDATE: Video removed on request, official MP3 should be coming soon.

Sidebar: Kendrick Lamar Performs For Spotify Live At SXSW (Live Stream)

Drake reconnects with his old buddy Nickelus F for this collab on his new project ‘Vices’. You may recognize this track from a video posted a while back where Drizzy was smoking hookah. Produced by Jake One.

Download – Number 15 (Feat. Drake) (Prod. by Jake One)

Kanye West was one of the performers at the ongoing 12.12.12: The Concert for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in NYC. After Chris Rock introduced him, the G.O.O.D. Music boss who was dressed in a kilt, quickly ran through his hits like ‘Run This Town’, ‘Jesus Walks’, ‘Diamonds’ (Remix), ‘Touch The Sky’, ‘Gold Digger’, ‘Runaway’ and many more. Some of the songs lasted less than a minute.

‘Ye even chose to do songs like ‘Mercy’ and ‘Clique’ which were odd choices for a charity event like this. Watch the full set below.

Earlier: Alicia Keys set

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Scoop DeVille is arguably one of the hottest young producers today and is riding high on the success of Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city. He produced two tracks on the Gold album, ‘The Recipe’ and ‘Poetic Justice‘.

Scoop will also be serving as the guest DJ on The All Out Show and Soul Assassins radio on Shade 45 and here’s the first installment of his DRUNK MIX. This is 50 minute mix of some of his hits, unreleased records, beats and Scoopaloops which you can stream or download below. Hit the jump for the footage of his appearance. Lookout for some big records from Scoop in 2013.

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