J. Cole – Visionz Of Home (Prod. By Elite)

J. Cole is back home in Fayetteville to kick off his Dreamville Weekend. Jermaine won by getting his own day out there. However, when he wins, we all win as shown with a new record. Who doesn’t like a new J. Cole song? Home is where the heart is and his heart was definitely put into this track.

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Mack Maine – Windows Halfway Down Freestyle (Unreleased)

Even after an entire mixtape of unreleased material, Mack Mizzle still has a lot of stuff in the stash. This particular freestyle was created circa 2008. If you know anything about Mack’s style, he tends to ramble on in his freestyles typically about nothing focused. It’s all fun and games with no pens or pads.

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Nick Cannon Opens Up About Health Issues

In case you haven’t noticed, Nick Cannon hasn’t exactly been the picture of health these past few months. First, he suffered from kidney failure following a family trip to Aspen, only to head back to the hospital a few weeks later for blood clots found in his lungs. Nick told 3m360, “The blood clot thing was probably the scariest because … I’ve known people who have passed away from that.” According to Nick, these health problems stem from a Lupus-like autoimmune disease. He has since stepped down for his morning radio show and says that he’s really just trying to take it easy. As he said, it’s “something I’m going to be living with all my life.” He does point out that “It’s a lot of stuff, but it’s all in order now.”Glad to hear it Nick. With two tiny babies in the house, it would be even more devastating if something were to happen. Plus, he and Mariah Carey are kind of a cute couple in a really bizarre way. But most importantly: “I feel blessed to be alive,” Nick said. “If it wasn’t discovered, I don’t know [what would have happened].”

MOVIE RUNDOWN : The Avengers: Official Trailer

Watch the first trailer for "Marvel's The Avengers", in theaters May 4, 2012

Kanye West Works With Famed Designer to Release Women's Heel

Kanye West has been steadily juggling hats as music producer and fashion designer for most of 2012.

When he's not creating timeless hits for the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation, Ye's studying under high-end fashion designers like Giuseppe Zanotti. The two worked together on Kanye first women's shoe.

Parisian boutique Collete tweeted a snapshot of the heel to a thunderous reception from the fashion critiques. The shoe is reportedly selling for $5,800. While all the feedback wasn't positive, we know Mr. West won't stop here.

The Chicago native is set to debut his second Kanye West collection on March 6 during Fashion Week in Paris.

3m360 Exclusive! The-Dream on Recording New Music With Jay-Z: "We've Done A Couple Things Already"

3m360 recently caught up with The-Dream to discuss his upcoming projects and one of the most controversial remixes of the year.After Terius admitted to recording a few new records with Jay-Z, the accomplished singer/songwriter refused to elaborate on the details but assured us a new project from Hov is on the way.3m360: The one joint that we do know about is [Rihanna's] "Birthday Cake (Remix)." Were you in the studio with Rihanna when she recorded the remix?

The-Dream: I sure was.

What was that experience like? Did she call you, did you call her?

I did the original one months back for the album, we talked about making sure there was a whole song that basically [got] a reaction from the people that [she] wanted to happen. It was a interlude because it was the last record that I did at the particular time for the album and it came down to one of them last day things and we had to have the whole album mixed and mastered. And so there was nothing else written to it because I didn’t write nothing to it and a lot of people who know me know when I write a record I just write to the first hook. I never write pass that so if you want to do it we'll finish it. If not we waste time trying to do the whole record. And so she cut the record and we had already been talking about trying to get the record finished.

So when she was like 'I need Breezy on this,' what was your reaction?

My initial reaction was like Okaaayyy... not in no bad way or whatever, Rihanna is pretty smart and she knows what she doing, she knows what she wants to do and I’m behind her 100 percent in whatever it is she wants to do and I don’t really care about the......she’s not harming anybody. It’s not really a care of mine to somebody who’s going to speak on it in whatever way, it only matters to me how she feels about what it is she’s doing and for me to try and facilitate that the best way I can.

New Video: Rick Ross “Spend It (Freestyle)”

Shot by SpiffTV, Rozay rides around in the caboose of a Maybach for his take on 2 Chainz’ addicting track. The visual closes out with a preview of his next video. Good grief, is Stalley playing hopscotch?

V Premiere! Obie Trice feat. Drey Skonie "Spend The Day"

Obie Trice and VIBE.com present the world premiere of his latest single from Bottoms Ups. The Detroit spitta's album will be released on Apr. 3 through Black Market Entertainment and features the likes of Dr. Dre and Eminem. Take a listen to "Spend The Day" (feat. Drey Skonie) below

New Music: Obie Trice "Spend The Day" listen

Brawl Erupts at Young Jeezy Show in Orlando

Concertgoers at a Young Jeezy concert in Orlando over the weekend broke into a fight during which chairs, bottles and even a mic stand went flying in the air, causing the Snowman to exit the stage temporarily.
According to 3m360, dozens of fans took part in a violent brawl at BB Kings Blues Club on Sunday (February 26), which erupted when security asked attendees to move back from the stage. As the rowdy group argued with the security personnel, someone took things a step further by throwing a drink at the stage, eventually kicking off the physical fight.
Jeezy tried to calm the crowd down by speaking on the loudspeaker, but it was useless, so he exited the stage through the back until things died down. It is unclear at press time if anyone suffered any major injuries in the melee.
Sources close to Jeezy told 3m360 the rapper was "very upset" with the venue because he felt they should have done a better job controlling the crowd.

DMX Says " I HATE DRAKE" He Wants to Collaborate With Adele and Sade.


DMX has collaborated with an impressive list of female singers throughout his career including Mary J. Blige, Monica, Faith Evans and the late Aaliyah, the latter whom he crafted the track "Back in One Piece" with and starred alongside in the movieRomeo Must Die (2000).
If X has it his way, he'll be collaborating with a few more famous lady crooners soon, and at the top of his list are two very unlikely choices.
"Sade and Adele," X recently told mmm360.blogspotcom. When asked why, the Dog gave off-the-cuff responses."I love chubby girls," he said in reference to the ultra-talented Adele, who won six Grammys, including Album of the Year, in February.As for Sade: "I love her," he simply said.
This comes after Dark Man X said he was hoping to do a record with Alicia Keys in a separate interview with 3.m360last summer. It's certainly possible, considering that Keys is of course married to Swizz Beatz, a regular collaborator of X's throughout his career. Swizzy even joined X on stage during the Dog's first show back in New York City in years last Thursday (Feb. 23) at SOBs.
A few artists that DMX isn't likely to collaborate with anytime soon are Drake and Jay-Z. In an interview with The Breakfast Club on New York's Power 105.1 radio station last week, X expressed his distaste for both.
"I don't like anything about Drake," X said bluntly. "I don't like his ****** voice. I don't like none of the stuff he talks about. I don't like his face. I don't like the way he walks, like nothing. I don't like his haircut."
He also shared sentiments about how he feels like Hov screwed him over while President of Def Jam.
"How do [Jay-Z] listen to a whole album, pick a single, shoot a video then don't know," said DMX. "Okay, I see what's really good. You tryin' to eliminate the competition."
DMX's Undisputed, his first album in six years, is tentatively due in the second quarter, despite an original release date of March 27.

Toni Braxton Dating Eddie Murphy,

Rumor has it that Eddie Murphy and Toni Braxton are not only dating, but are getting very serious. US Weekly reports the 44-year-old singer and the 50-year-old actor, “are seeing each other and very into it.” They have been involved for about four months now.
While Toni’s rep insists “Toni and Eddie are just friends and have been fans of each other’s work for a long time.” A source tells the magazine, “Their kids have met and everything. It’s getting very serious.”
Eddie was spotted backstage at her  Feb. 19 L.A. concert cheering her on.
Eddie has been divorced for years and Toni separated from husband Keri Lewis in 2009

Ja Rule Speaks From Jail Addresses Drake & Kanye West Singing In Their Music

After selling millions of records in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, Ja Rule eventually came under fire for singing in his songs - a style that had become a trademark of his sound. Calling in to Ear Candy Mornings from prison, the former Murder Inc. rapper spoke on artists like Drake and Kanye West using that style in their music, and how he supports it.

“I mean, I love it. I love to hear the melodies in the records. Music is music. I think people get that twisted. ‘Ah this is Hip Hop’ or ‘This is rock’ or ‘This is R&B.’ Hip Hop is the only form of music that can mess with all of those sounds and make for good music,” he said. “So when I hear it in the music, I smile. I love to hear it, I love to listen to Drake, I love Kanye - all of these artists who make good music, because that’s what it’s all about. It’s not about putting on a break beat and rhyming over it. That’s where it started, but things elevate, things change. I think I kind of was in that zone. I wouldn’t say I was ahead of my time, because I sold plenty of records doing that.”

Ja, who released his new album Pain is Love 2 yesterday, received backlash for singing in his songs after engaging in a heated beef with 50 Cent, who ridiculed him for using the style in his music. He hinted that Fif later adopted the same style, but noted that it never went away.

“I’ve got all the accolades for it, so I wouldn’t exactly say it was before anyone’s time. I think people enjoyed it and they loved it, and they’re still loving it. I just think it was a situation that I went through and people were led astray, led to believe that the style wasn’t the hot style or whatever. It’s funny, because it’s like someone told you pizza’s disgusting, pizza’s nasty, pizza’s wack. And then they went and sold pizza, and everybody bought it. It’s kind of that scenario, but I’m glad to hear it in the music.”

Wiz Khalifa & Amber Rose Get Engaged

Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose have just made it official! The two are now engaged.

Wiz tweeted "She said Yes!" along with the photo below of Amber Rose's hand and a ring.

Erykah Badu Sad But Not Angry Over Malaysian Ban

Soul singer Erykah Badu said Wednesday she holds no grudge against Malaysia's government for barring her from performing after a photograph of her body art offended some Muslims.
More than 1,500 people had bought tickets to watch the Grammy-winning American singer at a Kuala Lumpur auditorium Wednesday, but Malaysia's information minister announced on the eve of the concert that it could not proceed because a promotional photo of Badu with the Arabic word for Allah painted on her bare shoulders was "an insult to Islam."
"It's sad, because we traveled a long way," Badu told a news conference. "But I'm totally understanding of (the minister's) protection of the laws and its people. He doesn't want anything to happen. I'm good with that."
The photograph ignited criticism from some politicians and religious groups in Muslim-majority Malaysia after a newspaper published it Monday in a feature to promote Badu's show. The daily has since apologized for what it called an "oversight" that led to the photo's publication



Erykah issued a statement on her page to address the issue:
My favorite film maker is @alejodorowsky. He made a movie called The holy mountain in the 70s. 1 of his characters is called the painted lady ... She wore all symbols and names of God on her body. I posed as her in a photo shoot for New Am pt2. This idea embodies who we ALL are.. One ... This photo was chosen & edited by the promoters here in Malaysia. They were very responsible to the people and it'sMuslim beliefs ... One particular paper retrieved am unedited photo and printed it along with its article.. This is where the upset began ...The gov. Of Malaysia had to be responsible to its people's beliefs .. Even If it were just 1 or 2 complaints. I understand. It's an election year ... Keep in mind.
Malaysian Information Minister Rais Yatim said Tuesday that the controversy surrounding Badu's photo "could jeopardize national security and cause a negative impact to the government's image.

Touchback Trailer: Kurt Russell's Football Film

Kurt Russell, one of our favorite actors, is back on the big screen in the football drama Touchback. The film’s first trailer has arrived and teases the story of a former high school football star (Brian Presley) who is now a family man making his living as a farmer. He is given the opportunity to return to his glory days that were ruined with a knee injury during the state of Ohio championship game. He seeks advice from his former football coach (Russell) as to whether he should embrace the opportunity or ignore it and live comfortably in the present where he is quite happy.