Mikey: In an effort to raise awareness for the fight against diabetes, Hip-Hop legends KRS-One, Dres (Black Sheep), Greg Nice, and few a more performed for a benefit concert last night at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn. Hosted by Michael Rappaport, Phife Dawg, and Okayplayer, the event had a line wrapped around the block all night long. But around midnight it was pretty clear who the folks came to see… minutes later Jay Electhanukkah crept out from the clusterf*ck going on backstage, that’s when I opted to climb back into the crowd for a better shot. It’s only just begun…

MissInfo: First off, big up to all the folks who performed because the threat of diabetes is such a scary thing, and it’s great to see Phife back in action. I’m not sure what makes people all mash up on a tiny stage, but big up to Mikey for thugging it out, lol. Now I heard Mel D Cole was there so I’m sure some dope images are soon to come, but I also got an email from the Keap Hope blog with their show post link. (Is this blog a Williamsburg blog? because there’s both a Keap St. and a Hope St. in the area. Hmm). Also big up to my Mighty Healthy family who were there: Denis, Drew, Damian and John.

Related: Video: Jay Electronica x Diddy perform “Exhibit C” at Highline Ballroom (Mos Def’s Show)

Rihanna “Redemption Song” (For Haiti Relief)

Mikey: Rihanna channels the late Bob Marley and shows her support to Haiti. She’ll be performing this song on Oprah’s live special which airs this afternoon titled,  Just Back from Haiti—Wyclef Jean’s Devastating Eyewitness Account. Remember you can still donate by simply texting “yele” to “501 501″.

(props to Mr.X )

Help….me….can’t breathe….look at their dirty faces!
And Baby Situation!

Thank you to Babelgum via NYMag’s Vulture Blog.

UPDATE: Coincidentally, my homie DJ Teddy King from KingStampede/BoundlessNY sent over his and DJ Mondee’s latest mixtape (I really enjoyed Teddy’s previous rare Nas compilation):

New Mixtape: Boundless NY Presents – New Jersey State of Mind – DJ Teddy King & Mondee (“You Can Find Us In Brooklyn, But We’re New Jersey Residents!!”) (Download Link)

Full tracklisting after the jump…

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1) A video tour of Lil Wayne’s Florida mansion….
What? no gold tub like Percy Miller, or gold toilet like Kimora? (”Where dey [don't] do that at?” (c) anti-WakaFlockaFlame) This place looks like like a rental, or a video shoot location. Gorgeous, but sterile.

soo….I’m back from the ‘Go, but sadly I didnt get to catch up with old friends or new, it was such a short trip, I just hung out with the family, ate bomb-ass home-cooked Korean food (traditional new year’s fare: rice-cake soup, plus a new lobster claw bibb lettuce salad concoction, and bbq short ribs aka kalbi), and nursed this nagging cough I still have. But I also left my computer off, so today, it was time to catch up….come to find out….not a lot happened. Above is a video of Wayne’s crib via his YM artist JR. I’ve heard that at one point he had a fly home in Miami but was still paying to live in an exorbitant penthouse at the Setai, but that was a couple yrs ago.

Moving on…

2) A breakdown of the Mary J. Blige vs her husband Kendu at her release party last week appears here. Yes, I have heard that there was an altercation, but no, I don’t think any flirting waitress was involved. It was over a family member. And I hope it’s all settled by now.

3) Scott Storch tells Allhiphop that he’s been talking to Shyne during his incarceration and will be working on his new album. I’m gonna go out on a limb here, and say…I think there are couple big name producers who are having talks with or about Shyne of late…So these revelations will keep coming as folks try to angle their way around this project.

4) Kanye West and Amber Rose helped out at the LA Mission, serving food to the homeless. Big up yourselves! That’s awesome. (They did not serve food in the above outfits, of course) (via BoomBox)

5) Rihanna romped on the beaches of Barbados in a super cute bandeau bikini. She also had a wedgie. (via TheBlemish)

6) J.Lo and Mark Anthony attended a football game in Florida, and the dress code was apparently called for  “On the 6″-vintage (for her) and chest-naked-creepy (for him). (via ContactMusic)

7) Ron Mexico’s take on the Lupe Fiasco vs YN-Rant (via XXL)

After the jump….Spike Lee’s video for Michael Jackson’s posthumous “This is It” song

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(click to enlarge…yeah, I know you will ; )

Rihanna is the covergirl of the latest GQ magazine…and in the shallow Q&A, the writer tries to find something new to talk about with RiRi in vain. It doesn’t help that throughout the interview, Rihanna’s manager is said to be hovering…censoring topics that Rihanna willingly discussed with Diane Sawyer, with Angie Martinez and  others…

GQ: Did you blame yourself?
Rihanna: Initially? I mean…actually, no, I never blamed myself, but I wondered what, what did I do to provoke it?…
(This is the breaking point. Hovering Manager chimes in with “You’ve exhausted it now.”)

That pretty much sums up the interview. The writer does manage to ask about the rumor that a herpes transmission caused the fight with Chris Brown. Which obviously Rihanna shoots down. Duh.

But lets be honest…who cares about the terse Q&A…the photos are insanely hot. As are these photos from Rihanna’s “Hard” video, which debuts this Thursday. Even though I took issue with Riri’s ram-hair before, there’s no question…she (like Amber Rose) is killin’ these chicks out here. Dead!

More photos after the jump…

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(photo spotted on Nah, song sent over by Shake/2DopeBoyz)

New Freestyle: Joell Ortiz “Make It Without You”

oh, wow…this just broke my heart.
completely.
and made me think about the people I love but don’t show enough love to. I want to but I’m use being busy as an excuse. (busy in this hamster wheel) Still, there’s always this fear that one day it will be too late.

thank you, joell for sharing. and bringing us back to something that matters.

(someone spied on the elusive and still elegant Sade at a NYC restaurant and sent this photo to NYMag, back in 2007. NYMag responded with “leave her alone” but still used the pic, lol)

The last time Sade had any music out, you only heard it on the radio when Ms. Adu wanted you do….things are very different now, but I’m hoping her upcoming album, Soldier of Love, is just as timeless (read: please don’t succumb to any trends! I beg of you! I keep hearing words like Dream and Drake being thrown around. Oy!) as Sade’s other classics. (ahem…Love Deluxe, the GOAT sexy x sorrowful album)

Thank you to Kingz from Y2KDaily for sending Sade’s first and title single, “Soldier of Love,”  over. (It’s a huge get, the song was set to debut tomorrow)

New Music: Sade “Soldier of Love”

Zach: “Does anyone ever tell you, you seem like the black Byron Allen?…”

I hadn’t watched any of Zach Galifianakis’s “Between Two Ferns” interview series on Funny or Die until I saw this clip today on EW’s PopWatch blog. How did I miss this all this time? I know how…because Zeus was waiting for this special day to rain absolute hilarity on my crappy mood. So  I’ve spent the past 30min. watching these clips, and now I’m fully ready to hit the streets again and be my normal moderate-to-very grouchy self! Sunshine!

But seriously, these are awesome. I posted a couple other favorites after the jump…including Zach with Natalie Portman, and Zach with Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), and Zach with John Hamm (”Mad Men”)
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Be Like Luv Bugz from Ali Shaheed Muhammad on Vimeo.

A lil behind the scenes in Ali Shaheed Muhammad’s home studio as he puts some final touches on his collaboration with The Luv Bugz for his new solo LP.

ok, NYC-ers, the weather is a bit s–tty today, so imagine today’s lil precipitation times 1000, and all the damage recent storms did to the Philippines. My girl Marisa Pizarro (Sony legal eagle and JGrand’s lovely wifey) and pals are throwing a benefit party at Stay on Houston tonite to raise money for flood victims (100% goes to charity!), so any folks who are out getting their drink on, please stop by. Its an early-ish afterwork affair. Afterwards, the homie Illmind and DJ Reason have a party at Forbidden City too.