On Twitter, Mario Winans revealed that he will release a new album this year, titled "My Purpose."

I asked him if he knew what label it would be released on and if he was still signed to Bad Boy. He simply answered "Atlantic." I have followed up to find out if this means that he's signed directly to Atlantic now instead of through Bad Boy or if it is Bad Boy/Atlantic.

There are a couple of new items now available in Janelle Monae's official store. This includes a girls tuxedo shirt ($20) and a rubber bracelet ($5).

A few months ago, U.K.-based dubstep producer Gemini released his remix of Dirty Money's "A** on the Floor." Listen below.

In an interview with XXLmag.com, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie mentioned that he had sampled The Notorious B.I.G. for a new Wais P. record, titled "Pandejos." The title comes from the Biggie sample, which comes from the late rapper's "My Downfall."

You can pick up free downloads of the clean and dirty versions from the Mad Rapper website.

XXLmag.com has an interview with Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, where he shares some behind the scenes details on the creation of Diddy's "It's All About the Benjamins," The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" and Mase's "Feel So Good."

Care of the CirocNation Twitter page, check out the clip below, a Ciroc sponsored behind the scenes with Fabolous.

On Twitter, Dawn Richard shared a new track, "Stuck on Mad," for free download.

Matt Yoder of Awful Announcing shares the clip below, from the MIAA high school lacrosse playoffs in Maryland.

After scoring a goal, announcer Booker Corrigan drops some lines from The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Big Poppa." Though, maybe not the ones you'd expect!


Via Matt Clapp.

I received my copy of Gorilla Zoe's "King Kong" today (the Best Buy exclusive edition) and can now confirm that the album was not released by Bad Boy Records.

Bad Boy is not mentioned anywhere in the album booklet or on the front of back covers. The album was released by E1 Music, Atlantic Records and Block Entertainment.

Back in August of 2010, a flier promoting Gorilla Zoe's "King Kong album that included the E1 Music logo - but no Bad Boy logo. However, for that article, Block Entertainment CEO Russell "Block" Spencer confirmed for me that Zoe was still signed to Bad Boy. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that he had signed to E1. His status with Bad Boy was, at that time, unknown.

Fast forward to April 2011, when HipHopDX's Jake Paine reported that he was no longer signed to Bad Boy. But, in May, Zoe told MTV's Rob Markman that he was still signed to Bad Boy.

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In the clip below, from Karmaloop TV, Rock City is busy in New York City - watching Diddy perform at HOT 97's Summer Jam and checking in with him at an appearance at Greenhouse NYC the next day.

They are also seen, briefly, in the studio with Cassie. Machine Gun Kelly is also in the clip, both at the Greenhouse NYC event with Diddy and in the studio. I'm not 100% certain, but the studio that they were in with MGK may have been Daddy's House.