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The Diplomats sat down with Miss Info yesterday (September 30) for a Q&A session as part of The Red Bull Music Academy’s Five Out of Five concert series.

Freekey Zekey, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana and Cam'Ron all chimed during various parts of the session, but it was Killa Cam who took center stage with hilarious imitations and stories about his not always friendly past with Jay-Z.

Cam also talks about the time he shook Mariah Carey's bodyguards and took her to Harlem in his Lamborghini at 7 in the morning.

Cam'Ron Speaks On History With Jay-Z

Cam'Ron Speaks On Mariah Carey And Hanging Out With Destiny's Child On Tour

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Tyrese is set to release his first album in five years on November, 1 when Open Invitation hits stores.

Peep the trailer for the single "Too Easy" featuring Ludacris.

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With his son sitting in his lap, T.I. gave his first interview since being released from prison earlier this week.

The 31-year old rapper had 11 months to think about which direction he would like to take his career in. Tip says he's decided to go back to the "old T.I."

"To be frank when I went through all the things I went through -- the new sophisticated 'Paper Trail,' the upper echelon T.I., all those people were the quickest to give me their back pocket's to kiss." Tip told V-103's The Ryan Cameron Show. "So the ones who really stayed down with me was them Bankhead natives. The ones who supported the 1st two albums. So I feel like I'm going to stay down with who stayed down with me. At one point I got caught up in being a role model. Being what everybody expected me to be that I got away from what I do best, and that's Bankhead"

Peep the rest of the interview below.

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Slim Thug, Dre Day and L.E.$ of the Boss Hogg Outlawz drop visuals for "Murder."

Their new album Serve & Collect III is in stores now.

At the age of 40, Jay-Z has been around long enough to watch hip-hop grow from it's infancy to the big business it's become today. Hov says the major difference between today's rappers and those in the 80's is a lack of aggression. The Brooklyn rapper blames it all on weed consumption.

"Public Enemy were a great force in the 80s," Jay told Q Magazine via ContactMusic. "Chuck D was a powerful speaker and a great thinker. The intensity of life on the street in the 80s is right there in that mix. Hip hop sounds get mellower in the 90s, when people started smoking more weed."

Hov also talked about the influence gangster movies, in particular Scarface and The Godfather, have had on hip-hop.

"I think films are a major influence on any rapper. One of the ways you deal with your surroundings is almost to imagine you are in a drama on the big screen. It sounds crazy but it can help you survive to see yourself in terms of a story," he said. "You could write a whole book on what hip hop has taken from 'The Godfather' and 'Scarface' and all those gangster films."

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Fred The Godson hit up Shade 45's Sway In The Morning show recently and dropped a few bars.

Check out the Bronx rapper his thing below.

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Freddie Gibbs releases the artwork for his upcoming album Cold Day In Hell.

The cover art was designed by LRG artist, Augor.

Album will be available October 31.

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