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It was 36 years ago to this very day that a young Clive Campbell aka DJ Kool Herc and a handful of kids in a small, sweltering rec room of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue on August 11, 1973 started a music and cultural revolution that changed the world forever! Check out the full feature here.

Bow down.

Drizzy’s first magazine cover. Congrats mang! Seen on 1loveto!

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Our girl is gonna be on Jimmy Fallon tonight backed up by the legendary Roots crew! 12:35 Eastern time on NBC! Don’t miss it!

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Photo: Winter/Getty(Drake, Roth), Martindale/WireImage(Gaga), West/WireImage(Cudi)

Congrats amigo! From Rollingstone.com:

Nirvana, Eminem, Guns n’ Roses and 50 Cent, what do they all have in common? They were all winners of MTV Video Music Awards’ Best New Artist trophies, and now Lady Gaga, Drake, Kid Cudi, Asher Roth and 3OH!3 will look to join those names as they compete in the same category at the 2009 VMAs, taking place on September 13th at New York’s Radio City Music Hall. (more…)

Shouts to Famous who brought his boy Benyan by the studio who reps TML which stands for That’s My Lid.

From TML:

“The TML ballcap has a removable brim that allows you to switch it out to fit your personal style. Being able to customize your lid helps you to be unique among many. Individuality in hip hop fashion is just as important as the labels and colors you rock everyday. Your style offers a glimpse to the world about who you are.”

I’m not a hat dude but this is a pretty dope concept. Very fitting.

Seen on RR!

Straight from OVO:

This bottle of Opus One is low but my spirits are high my friends. I am about 2 hours away from Toronto, CA where I will be spending the next chunk of time recovering from a surgery that I now must have. I embarked on this tour with a torn ACL, MCL, and LCL and due to the events that happened the other night lord only knows what other damage I have done. On the bright side I will begin the reflecting and soul searching that its going to take to make this album and my outfit on the night I fell was crack. I will forever push myself beyond the limits despite advice and recommendations given because even with this new found success I am still the kid who wanted this more than anything in the world. Its funny when I read comments from previous fans who have lost interest because of the radio play and exposure I have. I just want to assure anyone reading that nothing has changed on my end. I refuse to get comfortable, I refuse to fall in line and follow anyone elses formulas. I still work as if So Far Gone had never dropped and I’m still trying to figure out how I’m going to gain entry to this game.

“Missing someone gets easier everyday. Because, even though it is one day further from the last time you saw each other, it is one day closer to the next time you will”

See you soon.

Drizzy

Previous: Drake collapses on stage (update!)

Every group has that one unique individual that seems to stand apart from the rest and is referenced by fans as the soul and spirit of the collective.

Baatin was that dude.

No official word on the circumstances that lead to his tragic passing but our prayers are with his family and loved ones.

R.I.P.

Hit the jump for some video from the show.

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Don’t really know what to say here other than we hope he’s alright. No official word on anything yet but here’s some insight from Miss Info:

My girl Marisa is backstage tonite at the “America’s Most Wanted” show in Camden, New Jersey and just filled me in on the worst-case scenario that just happened onstage : (

According to her and other witnesses, Drake and Lil Wayne were performing “Best I Ever Had” when Drake was moving across the stage and did a spin move…he must have turned his already-injured knee while spinning, because Drake suddenly collapsed on the stage. “He put his head down because he was in so much pain,” and then 4 guys ran out on the stage and had to carry him off. Lil Wayne was left onstage in a state of confusion.

Sources say that Weezy then said to the stunned crowd, “Damn, I knew that n—a’s knee was bad, but I didn’t know it was that bad! I thought he was just in a wheelchair on T.V.” [really?!]

Then Wayne had to keep the show going, so he performed “Mrs. Officer,” with Shanell and T. Streets (normally, Drake performs the song with Wayne.), and then “Every Girl In the World,” again, sans Drake.

Meanwhile, backstage, paramedics cordoned off a section and were examining the injured star.

Now if you recall, just last week, Drake told MTV about his risky decision to still hit the stage on the America’s Most Wanted tour (even with a reduced role), despite warnings from his doctors….

“I didn’t really get any approval from my doctor, but I made a personal decision 48 hours ago that I’d be letting a lot of people down if I didn’t show up and at least show them I’m there for them…”
“I’m not doing my own set. That’s one thing I have to apologize to my fans about. It’s too much of a risk, if I hit that wrong turn [doing] 30 minutes every night. If I tear my ACL again, the doctors say I might not be able to walk again. I have to be cautious.”