About a year ago, Cassidy was singing and dancing about hotels, now the emcee is ready to go the battle route. 50 Cent gave the emcee a warning to watch his mouth and now Cassidy may be up for the challenge. “…[50 Cent] said I better watch it. That’s my type of ballgame,” he told MTV. “I would get involved with that [battle], ’cause I got something to gain. The kid might be appealing to a bigger fanbase than me, I might can snatch a few fans. But I’m focusing on my music. Make history, turn the females on, keep it moving.

Black Eyed Peas are back and looking to hit it big again. The group will be releasing Monkey Business on June 7th. The album features collaborations with James Brown (“They Don’t Want Music”), Justin Timberlake (“My Style”) and Sting (“Union”). The album’s lead single, “Don’t Phunk With My Heart”, is already making a splash on radio and music television.

Politically charged emcee, Immortal Technique, has made his feelings about our president very apparent as of late. The latest in his ongoing political plight shows up in the form of “Bin Laden, Part 2” which is produced by Green Lantern and features Chuck D and KRS-1 on the hook where they say “Bin Laden didn’t blow up the projects/ It was you, n—a, it was you/ Bush knocked down the towers/ It was you, n—a, it was you” as Immortal laments “I pledge no allegiance/ Fuck the president’s speeches/ What the industry did to ‘Pac, they did to Jesus