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DJ Whoo Kid is starting to get a lot of well deserved recognition. He gave maybe the most hilarious interview of the year when he sat down recently with Howard Stern. If you missed it click HERE.

He won the "Club Tour DJ of the Year" Award at the 2012 Global Spin Awards earlier this month and continues to bring us hilarious interviews and entertainment on his website RadioPlanet.TV.

HipHop-N-More recently caught up with Whoo Kid for another great interview. Check out an excerpt of what he and @RealJoeMoney chopped it up about.

First off, congrats on appearance on The Voice the other night with 50 and Adam Levine. That was a dope performance.

DJ Whoo Kid: Yeah that is a big record man. That was a big moment right there man. We are back.

Definitely. Also want to congratulate you on winning the “Tour DJ of The Year” award at the Global Spin Awards last week. How does it feel?

DJ Whoo Kid: Thanks man. Yeah, I guess because I tour a lot. Every week I’m in a different country so I get all the visuals. A lot of people just respect that fact, like last week I was in Canada somewhere on the west coast side, Regina, what they call it v*gina (laughs). I was in Regina, this week I’m in Lisbon, Portugal. Next week I’m in Brazil. So, I got the visuals, it’s not like I’m talking, I come back with the proof (laughs).

How important do you consider touring for a DJ like yourself?

DJ Whoo Kid: It’s important because not only does it keep me relevant overseas, because it feels like dead when you just hang in America, it also refreshes the foreign fans I have when I keep going back there. I bring back new music, it’s not like I go overseas and play the same sh*t, it’s new music, a new form of swag as they would say. It’s like a new feeling every time I come back, and then I learn more about them, what they listen to, how they upgraded and then I bring that back to New York, or Miami or LA. There’s different people in every different clubs and once I’ve mastered every club, it’s like second nature to me. Because I know if you go to Italy, they like the south. If you go to France, they respect they own music but will hear a little bit of East Coast. Or, if you go to China, it’s just pop music, Top 40. You gotta learn by traveling, you gotta learn by interacting with their culture. Even doing mixtapes with their top artists. I did all the mixtapes in the UK with the big artists from Tinie Tempah to Giggs, and I did mixtapes with Booba in France. It’s not about just going there and DJin, you gotta f**kin find a way to get respect from their culture too. You don’t want to just go there and they be like ‘that’s 50 Cent’s DJ’. Nah, you wanna go there like, ‘oh that’s the guy who did the record with Tinie Tempah’ or ‘oh that’s the guy who the remix with Booba’,’oh that’s the guy who did the mixtape with DJ Cut Killer. You know I was on the radio with Tim Westwood. You gotta give ‘em reasons why they should respect you. I’m not getting the easy ticket out here, like ‘oh I’m 50 Cent’s DJ’. What is the easiest ticket? I could go over there and say I’m Eminem’s DJ, I’m 50 Cent’s DJ, and I could get all the props ever, but do you give something back to their community & culture and do you bring their culture to America?

I connected Tinie Tempah to Chris Brown and Wiz Khalifa and they did hits. It’s like a cool way of bridging the gap. You know I became like a liaison, like a UN to Hip-Hop linking all these cultures. Other DJs ain’t thinking like that and I’ve always thought ahead, even when I was young, same sh*t. Touring & going overseas keeps you aware and also you’re like a better man. Better than DJing in Brooklyn all your life, DJing in Miami all your life, like you DJ in one club. Who gives a f**k? You know if you haven’t been around the world and you don’t understand the world, you’ll never be that exclusive guy, you’ll never be the one guy with the crazy stories. Like I’ve DJd for Princes. I know the prince of Bahrain, the prince of France, Nelson Mandela, Gaddafi. I would’ve never did that if I didn’t tour overseas. Every footballer overseas, I know all the top dudes. DJing in Ibiza, doing Techno, doing House, I mean you gotta be open format now if you wanna survive. I’m not trying be the DJ that just DJs in New York, gets that little 800 bucks, 500 bucks and goes home. I never wanted to be that guy.

Your ‘Whoolywood Shuffle’ show is really funny and entertaining. Which artist did you have the maximum fun with on the show?

DJ Whoo Kid: I think one of my favorite artists is T.I. because Tip is the type of guy that’s really tough. He don’t play no games and then I guess like over the years of me f**kin’ with him, it kinda like cooled him down, where he became the cool guy. He jokes now. Before that, he used to be so serious, but now he’s like the jokester. He don’t mind me f**kin with people, I can make fun of people with him, he’ll jump in. Now he makes it a point to come on my show every time he is in New York. I kinda like enjoy. You know, like everyone else I’ve known him from even before he blew up, so it’s kinda cool. But he’s always been a serious guy because of the beef, and all the negativity, and all the haters he had. He was never the kinda guy who didn’t mind joking. And you know I’m an idiot on the radio (laughs). I can make everyone laugh and go crazy and I thought it was very difficult to make him laugh, but the fact that I can make him keel over, I could make anyone just cry. I use him as my medium or I test my skills. If I can make T.I. keel over and pee on himself, then I’m the man, I can anybody laugh, you know what I’m saying.

One of my favorite all time guests is Willie Nelson. It’s kinda cool like to interview a guy like that because it’s hard to integrate a legend with the ignorance of my Hip-Hop show. if I can make him comfortable, and he can give me his stories and we come to an agreement, it kinda like proves my skills is up to par. Because I had him up there wildin’ out, so that was one of my legendary situations.

The third one would be taking over the Howard Stern show (laughs). I was supposed to just do a f**kin’ rap battle, and I wind up taking over the whole show and it looked like he was interviewing me for an hour. So, I became like a mentalist when it comes to interviews. Like I know how to manipulate anything and make everything comfortable. I can make any artist say whatever just by keywords and I learned this from being on radio for almost 20 years.

Tell us exactly what your relationship with 50 is like. Haven’t you been fired like a number of times now? (laughs)

DJ Whoo Kid: Man it’s been the same ever since we started. We can be cool every day, but if I get him mad, he gets mad. He’s a normal human being. If I f**k up, he’s a perfectionist, you what I’m saying. Like on stage, sometimes I tell him ‘yo I’m not a robot’ and sometimes humans f**k up, but he don’t wanna hear that shit. Thats like the only time we have any kind of friction, is on stage. Besides that, it’s like brothers man. I’ve been with him for almost 12 years. Get Rich Or Die Tryin album is going 10 year anniversary in February. The fact that you can prove it’s brotherly love, is like you can fire somebody 100 times, but where am I gonna go. He can find another DJ all he wants, but it’s kinda hard to find a DJ that he could know from a 10 year experience. You gotta know the person, you gotta know when they f**ks up, you gotta know the music, not even the music alone. It’s not just press and play. A lot of people think it’s just pressing buttons and then 50 cent is on stage. There’s a lot of technical shit, even watching him and bringing the volumes up and down. It takes years to even know someone to understand them.

Even when he f**ks up, I can fix the shit. So you can hire a new DJ, I don’t mind getting fired, because I know I always return (laughs). I got fired damn near 20 times in my career but yeah we’re like the coolest. I talk to him about my family, he talks to me about his, everything is cool, we’re brothers. I ain’t going nowhere, I don’t care who the f**k it is. I’m always gonna be his DJ, even if he fires me. I don’t give a f**k. I told him — if he fires me, I’m not gonna be a DJ for anyone else. Like I’m not DJing for an artist ever again. Anybody can hire me, I don’t give a f**k, I’m just gonna be like a tour DJ. I tour every weekend, you know, the promoter can abuse the situation like ‘oh 50 Cent’s DJ’ but then in some countries ‘oh DJ Whoo Kid coming to town’. Well, that it depends on who the d**khead promoter is. But I told him (50) I’m never ever gonna DJ for any other artist for the rest of my life. I ain’t wanna deal with this shit. I’m not gonna be the 45 year old f**kin DJ on a wheelchair in the back (laughs). That’s why I’m still there, because there’s no one that can take over that spot. Even that show The Voice, you said that shit was incredible. It may look simple but it’s really knowing him, understanding he’s on stage, watching him, it’s not that simple. If you don’t have the relationship with the artist, you’re not gonna be the DJ that he needs.

Like Whoo Kid is always gonna be there. I’m always gonna be there for him and I’m not gonna DJ for nobody else. Simple as that!

Wow. Have you heard 50’s ‘Street King Immortal’ album? How does it sound like?

DJ Whoo Kid: Yo man, incredible man! He played it for us the other day when we were rehearsing for The Voice. Unbelievable. We had to rehearse the ‘My Life’ record and I was like ‘yo, I haven’t heard the whole version with Em (Eminem), can you play the whole version.’ He played that and I was going crazy, I’m like we gonna perform this? Get the f**k outta here! Then he’s like ‘yo , lemme play some other joints for you and I was just bugging out on them. He’s got some other artists on the album and he has them out of their element too. So every artist you see out there doing the norm like they usually do? He made all of them come into the zone 50’s in. Something like ‘this is the beat, this is what you gotta do, and you can’t be like the same 101 of what you do every day because I want this to be different.’ And then they all adjusted and it sounds incredible. It’s definitely gonna be like greedy, grimey like Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ but on the next level. Yo, I was so amped son. I’m about to be gone again. I told my wife “f*ck you”, I’m not coming back home again. When I told my baby moms back in the day when we first toured for Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, I told her to go f*ck herself, I ain’t seen her for like 6 years. I ain’t even know where my kid was. I came back and my kid was like another human yo (laughs). And now I’m about to go tell her to f*ck herself again. We’re about to be outta here, that’s if I don’t get fired again! And then the reaction from The Voice? Damn! And we got more shows coming up, it’s already a good look man.

To read the full interview head over to HHNM.

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Ryan Leslie is going to have to dig deep in his pockets to pay off the $1 million he offered as a reward for his stolen laptop after a jury in a Manhattan federal court sided with the man who found and returned it.

Leslie's laptop came up missing in 2010 while he was in Germany performing. Desperate to get the laptop back Leslie offered $20,000 initially as a reward for its return, then upped the offer to $1 million.

Armin Augstein found the laptop while walking his dog and turned it over to German police in November 2010. Leslie refused to pay up claiming that the hard drive was corrupted and his intellectual property was lost.

The singer/rapper/producer told MTV's RapFix Live last month that he lost part of his new Les Is More album as well as collaborations he had been working on for Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne album.

"There were records that I was working on, multi-tracks that I had for the Watch the Throne album," R. Les said. "If you read the credits for Watch the Throne, I'm not on that album. And obviously my album isn't on there."

 
Judge Harold Baer Jr. yesterday told jurors that because Leslie disposed of the hard drive by returning it to the manufacturer after Augstein claimed the reward, they could assume that the data was there when Augstein handed it over according to the New York Post.

Leslie said he was "disappointed" in the jury's decision and later took to Twitter to tell his fans not to believe everything they read.

Augstein told the New York Post he was glad the American justice system worked in his favor.

"I’m very happy that the American judicial system, which is so totally different from ours, functioned so well with a jury that are not professionals and are laymen,” he said in German through one his lawyers, Steven Thal.

Armin Augstein

Augstein added that nobody forced Leslie to offer such a high reward.

“No one forced him to make an offer of so much money for a finder’s fee,” Augstein said. “It seems like he believes that which he promised, he doesn’t have to live up to.”

Leslie may appeal the verdict.

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Cassidy recently stopped by Shade 45 to pay a visit to Sway In the Morning. Of course you know The Hustla had bars on deck. Check out his freestyle below.

Cass also speaks on Meek Mill rap battle. He thinks it would be good for hip hop, but will probably not happen.

Cassidy freestyle

Cassidy speaks on Meek Mill rap battle

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50 Cent recently stopped by Los Angeles radio station Power 106 to chop it up with Big Boy's Neighborhood about a variety of topics.

50 spoke about why he thinks beef seems to follow him, the recording of Street King Immortal and Chief Keef missing the video shoot for "Hate Being Sober," which features 50 and Wiz Khalifa.

"As far as Chief Keef is concerned I'm a Chief Keef fan," 50 said. "I like what he is because he's something that's been completely created by the environment. It's what hip hop was initially. Now we got people from so many different cultures it's pop music now. I called him [about the video shoot]. I talked to them, his uncle Ballout and little homies around him. And they was like two or three times that day like 'you gotta come.' You know how you get momentum and you feel like Michael Jackson? Like I'm the one? That environment is so hot to him - He feels like he's so hot in his circle that they felt like he could actually do that. The video still ain't shot."

50 didn't sit around idly waiting for Keef to show up that day. He winded up shooting the music video for "United Nations" that day.

Fif also named his favorite Eminem collaboration to date.

"Patiently Waiting so far," 50 said. "And I like the Psycho record we did on Before I Self Destruct."

What's your favorite 50 and Em collaboration?

Interview pt. 1 - 50 speaks on Chief Keef

Interview pt. 2 - 50 speaks on favorite Eminem collaborations.

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Future brought out a couple of special guests yesterday during his concert at the Key Club in Los Angeles. Kelly Rowland was on hand to assist Future with their collaboration "Neva End (Remix)."

Snoop Dogg later joined in on the fun when he hit the stage to perform "The Next Episode" and joined Future for their collabo "Homicide."

Future closed the show with "Turn on the Lights."

"Neva End (Remix)"

Snoop Dogg "The Next Episode" x "Homicide"

"Turn on the Lights"

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50 Cent is a boss. The G-Unit mogul has demonstrated that many times through his various business ventures over the years which include his SMS Audio headphone line, Cheetah Vision Films, Street King energy shot, G-Unit and G-Note record labels, G-Unit Publishing and much more.

When it's time to take control of a situation 50 is always in boss mode except when he's working with Eminem. During a recent conversation with MTV News, the "My Life" rapper admits he's comfortable sitting back and letting Slim Shady take control.

Because Eminem took a chance when he signed the Southside Jamaica Queens emcee and has been supportive throughout his entire career, 50 knows he has his best interests at heart and trusts Em's judgement.

"I get real comfortable when I got Em around." 50 said. "Because the pressure is off of me. Now I get a chance to be the understudy and let him be the boss of the actual situation and run the show. You gotta follow the chain of command and play your position at different points. In all those other spaces and times you run into me I'm the boss and everybody around me in under me. It's comfortable not to be in those situations and let it be him. Whenever he's around he's running the show."

"I'm not even sure what he's talking about. I just came here to hang out," Eminem joked. "I always wanna be there to kind of executive produce or oversee things. Fif knows what he's doing so I don't really gotta tell him much. At this point in his career he's done enough where he just brings me the records and I always wanna just give my opinions."

50 added that Em has helped him out a lot on his upcoming Street King Immortal album, which will be released on February 26, 2013.

"He's been a big help on this album. I can't accept constructive criticism from someone if I'm not sure what their intentions are," Fif explained. "But when someone's been in my corner my entire musical career — I'll say this, Dre's done wonderful things for me in my career, but the idea of working with 50 Cent came from Eminem."

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While on tour at the Bud Light Port Paradise Music Festival in the Bahamas, Wiz Khalifa taped a song that aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday.

Wiz performed The Weeknd-assisted track "Remember You" off of his upcoming album O.N.I.F.C. (Only N*ggas In First Class), which will be released on December 4th.

Pre-order the album now on iTunes.

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Rihanna has released the hot new cover for her latest single "Pour It Up." The singer strategically places her arms over her breasts and has a dollar bill covering her mouth on the provocative cover.

The Mike Will Made It-produced "Pour It Up" will be the follow up to "Diamonds" off of Riri's chart topping album Unapologetic.

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Like the true work-a-holic that he is, Clinton has been simultaneously working on the latest installment to his popular mixtape series, "My Awesome Mixtape 4" which is slated to drop on Valentine's Day 2013. Rumor has it that 2-Chainz, Waka Flaka Flame, Rick Ross, and Snoop Dogg may show up to the party as well. 

Up top is Clinton's "Internet Friends (The Die Trap)" remix featuring Knife Party and Jim Jones, that serves as the first leak off My Awesome Mixtape 4. 

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A joke that Jamie Foxx made while onstage during the 2012 Soul Train Awards has gotten him in hot water with some religious groups.

"It's like church over here. It's like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama. Barack Obama," Foxx said on the show, which aired on November 25th.

Many in the audience found humor in the joke, but not Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in southern California and author of "The Purpose-Driven Life."

“That sent shivers up my spine,” Warren said, according to The Examiner. “There’s a word for that – it’s called blasphemy. It’s wrong. That’s called creating an idol. Idolatry is forbidden by the first two commandments of the Ten Commandments."

Bill Donahue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights in the United States issued a statement regarding Foxx's comments.

"Foxx’s epiphany is startling. It just goes to show that even though Obama did not succeed in stopping the oceans from rising (as he promised to do in 2008), he did succeed in convincing Jamie Foxx, and no doubt legions of others, that God exists," Donahue wrote. "Whether God can survive an ACLU lawsuit accusing him of violating church and state grounds remains to be seen."

Donahue also points to a 2011 interview where a reporter asks Foxx what God means to him. He responded by saying: “What does God mean to me? I don’t know, what does he mean to you?"

Fox News also got in on the debate during a recent segment on the Sean Hannity Show.

"The intellectually superior don’t need the crutch of religion," said radio host and Fox News commentator Mary Walter. "Those of us clinging to our guns and religion… we’re somehow less evolved. It’s about a societal religion as opposed to a church religion, because if the government gives you everything, the government becomes your religion, and he’s our leader.”

Foxx has responded to the uproar in an interview with ET's Nancy O'Dell.

"I'm a comic," Foxx says, "[and] sometimes I think people get a little too tight. And, it's getting a little tougher for us comedians [because] some people take it and want to make a huge story out of it, but it's a joke."

Is this all a big fuss over nothing? Or do the religious groups have a point?

Jamie Foxx calls Barack Obama "our Lord and savior" at the Soul Train Awards

Sean Hannity panel debates Jamie Foxx' "Lord and savior" comment

Information from the Huffington Post was used in this article

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THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR THE 1ST SINGLE OFF OF CYSSERO'S ANTICIPATED NEW PROJECT CALLED " REALITY CHECK"

360 gets a couple of dope assists from Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs and Jadakiss on the remix to his banger "Own Thing."

The song originally appears on 360's project Everywhere and Back, which you can download for free from 360IsMusic.

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A purse bid was held yesterday for the upcoming featherweight fight between IBF champion Billy Dib and Mauricio Munoz.

50 Cent's SMS Promotions put in the winning bid of $50,000 for the bout. That means Dib is entitled to $37,500 (75 percent of the winning bid) while Munoz is entitled to $12,500 (25 percent).

Dib (35-1, 21 KOs), who is promoted by SMS Promotions will put his belt on the line against Munoz (26-3, 12 KOs) sometime within the next 90 days. A date and location will be determined soon.

The winning bid was placed on 50's behalf by attorney Leon Margules, who represents 50 in his boxing business according to BoxingScene.

Munoz became that mandatory challenger for Dib after he defeated Luis Franco on October 13th via split decision.

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Young Jeezy is hard at work on his next mixtape. In his latest vlog The Snowman takes us behind the scenes of his Los Angeles studio sessions.

Jeezy brought in some talented artists in the form of producers Young Chop and No I.D., as well as rappers Big Sean and YG to assist him.

There's also footage of Jeezy hitting the stage with Trey Songz in Atlanta.

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While out in Los Angeles recently for a show at El Ray theatre, Joe Budden sets up shop at the L.A. Leakers spot and chops it up with Justin Credible.

Joe revealed that his next single off of his upcoming album No Love Lost is titled "N.B.A. (Never Broke Again)" and features Wiz Khalifa and French Montana. Producers on the project include Darknight, AraabMuzik and Cardiak.

The Slaughterhouse emcee said he would never delete his Twitter account like Chris Brown did, speaks on Tweets he's regretted sending and more.

No Love Lost will be released on January 22, 2013.

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Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) has a long list of things that currently bother him. He gets it all off his chest in this freestyle over Chief Keef's "I Don't Like" instrumental.

Bang bang!

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