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by Dave House (@DaveHouseOutlaw) Rule 1: Associate Yourself with Something, Greater than Yourself The first rule in, Street Rules in the Office, is that you associate yourself with an entity or establishment that is greater than yourself. This means you should become acquainted professionally or personally with either a music industry executive or a successful [...]

XXL has dropped the artwork for their march release. This year’s list boasts a plethora of eclectic artists. It’s good to see my boy Don Trip got the nod after listening to “Guerrilla” yesterday. Amongst others, he is set for a big year. Purchase the mag within the next weeks at your local news stands. [...]

Looks like Megaupload has other file sharing sites protecting their neck. In light of the recent federal shutdown of Megaupload, other file sharing sites are now taking precautions. This morning FileSonic, along with other file sharing sites let it be known that they have disabled “all file sharing functions”. A statement made on the site [...]

Megaupload has officially been shut down. The site, which had a forward of 150 million registered users, was shut down on Thursday charged with violating piracy laws. The Hong Kong based site allowed users to upload files that are too big to send by email like music, tv shows, and games. The site also sold [...]

After touring extensively for the Fall and Winter of 2011, Wale adds more dates to his Ambition Tour. Three UK dates have been announced for March. Be on the look out for more European dates coming shortly. Check out the touring schedule below! NEW UK DATES!! March 27th: XOYO London  March 28th: HMV Institute, Birmingham  March [...]

The youngin Casey Veggies (@CaseyVeggies) is re-releasing his “Sleeping in Class” album. He’s added a few more tracks and this time around there’s an additional Dom Kennedy feature, complete with the homie Kendrick Lamar. “DTA” is also listed sans-Tyler, The Creator. Interesting. Casey’s dropping the Deluxe Edition of Sleeping in Class on September 20. 1. [...]

by @LeiraPR Q: Arie, Is it my publicist’s job to book me for shows? ____@hotmail.com Ummm NO! [Laughing] if publicists wanted to book people for non-promotional performances and manage their entire careers, we would be managers…. Although lines can become blurred depending on how hands on your public relations rep may be, normally publicist have [...]

  Mr. Ambition himself  (@Wale) has announced the dates for his Ambition Tour as well as made the pre-sale for his upcoming album available to fans. Check the dates out below. Wale’s Ambition will be in stores November 1. Ambition Tour Dates: Sun Oct 2: Minneapolis, MN – Epic Concert Venue Mon, Oct 3: Madison, [...]

by Dave House (@DaveHouseOutlaw) First 500 ladies Free in the Club, Guys gotta wear a Catholic school Uniform because Oscar the Grouch is bouncing at the door and he has the right to be selective. The Cousin to the Club scene is Urban Radio, which programs music as if they were a Top 40 station [...]

Anticipation builds for J. Cole‘s debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story dropping September 27th. From the sounds of the song in this clip, does he have a classic on his hands? We’ll know soon enough. [...]