Mikey: Nipsey Hussle is definitely living up to his moniker. The Slauson Ave native just wrapped a shoe deal with Pony, shot two movies—one with Vivica A. Fox and the other with Ving Rhames, he’s opened a clothing store in LA (the Slauson Ave Shop), he’s got tours, mixtapes and his debut album are all coming by this fall. Hussle talked to MTV News about the concept for his debut LP, South Central State of Mind:

“I might feel like one of my dudes is a Blood, one of my dudes is from Hoover. So me, personally, this is my homeboy and I got love for him…But I’m from the 60s, and it’s a politic that goes with that… And bring a human element to what this is about and stop people from looking at us like we just mindless killers and we glorifying this type of life…”

More from our favorite new artists on the grind:
Vado talks Harlem style to Dr. Jays,
Currensy and Big K.R.I.T. perform at the MTV headquarters,
Mickey Factz’s latest vlog,
Laws’ “Hold You Down” video,
and A-Mafia’s “Independent/Digital Hustler” video…
 peep after the jump

Boss Lady talks to Vado at Treehouse Studios in Brooklyn: “The number one ‘Slime’ talks about how his hard work’s finally paying off, coming up under the Dipset movement, his own “Most Hated” crew, what Harlem brings to hip-hop and his unique fashion sense.” ( Dr. Jays)


Laws’ “Hold You Down” video

Currensy and Big K.R.I.T. perform “Skybourne” at the MTV studios
Related: check out Complex’s Album Preview: Curren$y “Pilot Talk”


Mickey Factz’ vlog: I’m Better Than You, Ep.1, and also some new music to go with it…
New Music: Mickey Factz “Paradise” (download)

New Music: Mickey Factz ” Watch Out For The Hook” (download)


A-Mafia “Independent/Digital Hustler”