Selling out or selling in?:
- Pirate Bay becomes latest torrent site to go legit (wired.com)
- Q-Tip finally able to legally issue Kamaal the Abstract (hiphopdx.com)
- Tanya Morgan’s Von Pea and Donwill contribute to “The Daily Show” (hiphopdx.com)
- Drake signs with Lil Wayne’s Universal-backed Young Money imprint (mtv.com)
- New York City Council names Hollis, Queens street after Run-DMC (allhiphop.com)
- Quincy Jones hopes to buy back Vibe, relaunch as web magazine (ebonyjet.com)
- RA the Rugged Man directs Vietnam Vet father in upcoming horror movie (fangoria.com)
- Savath y Savalas working on new material, “Adrian Sherwood”-style dub EP (prefuse73.com)
Mayday’s Technology (mayday.bandcamp.com), DJ Platurn’s Michael Jackson remixes (divshare.com), Moe Pope & Headnodic’s Mega Bjork (bjorkremixes.com), S1’s Still Underrated Mixtape Vol. 1 (zshare.net), Hawthorne Headhunters mixtape (freshselects.net), Atmosphere’s Leak At Will EP (myspace.com), Wrekonize’s unreleased album The Runaround Sessions (2dopeboyz.com), Fresh Daily’s Tomorrow is Today (beatlife.net)