Lil Wayne stops by Hot 97 yesterday to talk with Angie Martinez to talk about life after prison mainly not being able to smoke or drink. He says he hasn’t heard Drake or Nicki Minaj’s albums yet. He also talks about Mack giving his beat away to Nicki and him finding out while he was in jail.

Rick Ross is gearing up to build his empire, he confirmed in the Source which he is on his cover of for Man Of The Year. He spoke on signing Wale, Meek Millz and Jah Cure.

Once called “the most hated man in hip-hop,” Soulja Boy, real name DeAndre Way, has proven himself as quite a force to be reckoned with. Whether you love him or hate him, numbers don’t lie, and Soulja’s (as he constantly reminds us in his music) are quite impressive.

Banks appeared on Angie’s show earlier today to discuss his first Summer Jam appearance since 2004 (back when “On Fire” was out,) “Beamer, Benz & Bentley” and the beat, as well as the new song he just put out with Lloyd, from Hunger For More 2.

Roc Nation’s J.Cole called up Shade 45 last week to speak with DJ Whoo Kid and XXL’s Vanessa Satten and Rob Markman about his budding career, love from fans, the XXL Freshmen cover feature and working with Jay-Z.

Beanie Sigel and 50 Cent chop it up on Power 99.

Joe Budden sits down with Emilio Sparks to talk about Internet culture, music among other things.

50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo were on Angie Martinez show on Hot 97. They talk about Eminem, Jay-Z, Before I Self Destruct, Thisis50 fest and more.

“Jay-Z is the coolest punk in hip-hop”

Where you at with those guys?] Yeah, I speak to Chris often. Freeway as well. I spoke to Beans when his grandma passed, we had a conversation. I don’t speak to Peedi at all, cuz he’s a psycho. [Angie: Jeez, that's harsh.] What? [Angie: That's not harsh?] No, he’s a psycho. That’s what I truly believe. Not trying to be funny or anything.

“My favorite line on the song, though, is when Wayne says, ‘Life is such a roller coaster and then it drops/ but what should I scream for, this is my theme park.’ That right there, word-play-wise, that’s my favorite. But everybody does their thing. Kanye does Kanye. Eminem raps in a way where nobody might have heard him rap in a long time and says some things that are great for his fans to hear. I’m just proud to even be on the record. People are telling me they like my verse. I’m just happy I held my own.”