Spike Lee is the executive producer of the new Michael A. Pinckney hip-hop horror film, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Kills You," a reference to The Notorious B.I.G. song of the same name.

According to AllHipHop.com, the movie stars James McDaniel, Michael K. Williams, Michael Mosley and Nashawn Kearse and features appearances from Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane and Ed Lover.

It will premiere at the Williamsburg International Film Festival - or WilliFest, occurring in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn from September 22-25.

Via exclaim.ca.

WOUB's Music Blog reports that Janelle Monae has joined the fall 2011 Campus Consciousness Tour. Dates have not yet been announced.

Hip Hop Wired chatted with Dawn Richard about her upcoming solo debut.

"It's going to be R&B, I'm going back into progressive R&B," she said. "It's gonna be hard though, it's gonna knock. It's gonna have that same urgency as 'Last Train To Paris' but a little bit more R&B and less hip-hop. Less influenced on rap and more influenced on soul music."

defend.ht reports that, at the end of August, the new Halogen TV series "Noble Exchange" premiered.

According to the show's website, the series "follows rising celebrities who are challenged to work with local mentors in some of Latin America and the Caribbean's most beautiful and dangerous places. Can a five-day journey help them see the world differently and use their fame for good?"

The profile of Richard follows her on her trip to Haiti, following the devastation of the earthquake that hit that region, as she reconnects with her ancestry. Watch the full episode below.

Crain's New York Business reported, at the end of August, that Bad Boy Worldwide had hired Love Whelchel III as Chief Human Resource Officer.

Prior to taking this role, Whelchel was the Chief Talent Officer at the New York offices of marketing and communications company Y&R or Young & Rubicam.

Black Star News has an interview with him.

Good Charlotte's Benji Madden told Rolling Stone that Machine Gun Kelly will appear on their upcoming mixtape, "Before The Fame: The Madden Brothers," which will be released on October 1.

Via PopCrush.

Last month, Kid Cudi posted a message on his Tumblr, claiming ownership over the word "rager," which Machine Gun Kelly has been fond of using.

"There's only one original Rager," he wrote. "And thats me. I started this 'rage' s***. The lifestyle, the term, the whole new meaning and definition of the word. Understand and be clear, I AM THE RAGER, I AM FOREVER. When you hear ANYONE talking 'bout 'rage' or 'raging,' know where that s*** originated. Guess I'ma have to do some trademarkin'. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES. WE LIVE THIS S***!"

Various outlets picked this up, along with what seemed to be a vague response from MGK, and reported that the two rappers were beefing over the term. KarenCivil.com spoke with MGK about the issue.

"There's no issue on my end, man," MGK said. "I'm just talking about a [inaudible] f****** word. Like it shows me I'm doing something. It actually shows me other motherf****** aren't doing something. If you got time to sit there and be mad about a motherf***** using a word that everyone uses. You can come to my shows and see who wakes people the f*** up. It's me and that's what raging is. Raging is being yourself and turning all that negative energy into a positive party and that's what I do."

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On her Tumblr, Cassie revealed that she just "recorded the last song" for her upcoming second album, due in 2012.

According to Diddy, she will release a single this year titled "King of Hearts."

On Twitter, Aasim revealed that every song featured on his new "Money Pit 3: The Benediction" mixtape (free download) will receive a video.

Aasim has released the final chapter of his "Money Pit" trilogy, "Money Pit 3: The Benediction," for free download, care of his Facebook page.

The track listing matches the one we reported on last week, that was shared by former Bad Boy A&R Daniel "Skid" Mitchell. Check it out, plus the artwork for the mixtape, below.

1. "The Notorious Intro"
2. "The Message"
3. "Ghetto Black Music"
4. "I Don't Know"
5. "Fell in Love" featuring Anthony Hamilton
6. "DMX Interlude"
7. "Southside Dreamin'"
8. "Comin from Where I'm From" featuring Anthony Hamilton
9. "I Wanna Be With U" featuring Anthony Hamilton
10. "Walk On By"
11. "Never"
12. "Fly Together" featuring Ryan Leslie and The Notorious B.I.G.

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