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Kanye West appeared on Saturday Night Live last night and gave two performances.

Lupe fiasco released a video for “Dumb It Down” ,the new single off his upcoming LP “The Cool”. “Cool” is the second album from Fiasco. It is due out on November 20, 2007,via 1st & 15th/Atlantic Records.

Here’s the cover for Jay-Z’s new album “American Gangster” due to be released on November 6.

Here is a video of Kanye West appearing ‘Nightline’. West got beaten by a woman on the latest U.S. pop album charts Wednesday. Kanye was kicked from the top by country singer Reba McEntire’s “Reba Duets.”

Lil Wayne is on the cover of Vibe Magazine’s November issue.Wayne addresses topics like growing up, dropping out, dealing drugs, and becoming the best rapper alive. Here is an excerpt of his interview:

According to Twista’s Manager the Bus raid that took place was a result of racial profiling. Manager Rawle Stewart thinks the rapper was unfairly targeted by Michigan State Police after his tour bus was seized by ten officers on the way to Detroit on Wednesday.The officers were acting on suspicion of handling drugs and held [...]

Ja Rule will release his new album “The Mirror,” on Nov. 13th. A video for the single ‘Body’ featuring Ashely Joi,debuted yesterday on BET. The song is garbage ,I am not surprised that the video took the same path. Ja needs to go back in the studio and get himself some real hitmakers and then [...]

Jay-Z will release a new album entitle “American Gangster” on November 6 via Roc-A-Fella Records. Separate from the official motion picture soundtrack, this collection of all-new original material is a lyrical interpretation of snapshots from the upcoming movie “American Gangster”, which features Oscar® winners Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe and rapper T.I..

Queen Latifah is planning to return to the microphone,because she finds that the songs in hip-hop are ‘too superficial’. Latifah told Billboard.com:

Rich Boy, Lupe Fiasco, Saigon, Young Dro, Papoose, Crooked I, Joel Ortiz, Gorilla Zoe, Lil Boosie, and Plies are all featured on the cover of XXL magazine November Issue.