West Coast rappers Ras Kass and Game found themselves ringing in the New Year with a brawl in a Los Angeles nightclub. XXLMag.com connected with Kass to find out what happened.

The rappers, who fought back in September 2006, took to Twitter to talk about the incidence with Game tweeting, “”Gave Rass Kass a 2-piece nugget meal in da club da otha night. He went down n da 1st round like last time. Same soft chin, Different clothes.”

The famed Hip Hop music video director is hopping back in the director's chair for his first feature film since "Belly."



Hype Williams is following his 1998 feature debut Belly with his second trip to the big screen. The director, who has filmed iconic videos for Kanye West, 2Pac, Busta Rhymes and more, will sit at the helm for Lust, described a “Fatal Attraction in reverse.”

2 Chainz is making quite a splash as a solo artist these days. The former Duffle Bag Boyz member has a new track heating up the charts, and artists are reaching out left and right for collabs. His most recent collab is with rap royalty Jadakiss, and it seemed to take fellow emcee Joe Budden by surprise. Joe had previously asked about Chainz single on Twitter a while back, making fun of the line when he talks about sexing women in a casket because he’s “killing these h*es”.

Kid Cudi and Dot Da Genius have now changed their group name from 2 Be Continuum to WZRD. Their joint effort is set to be realeased on Cudi's birthday, January 30th 2012. In the words of Cudi himself:

2 Chainz has confirmed signing to Def Jam while talking to XXL. 2 Chainz is now label mates with Ludacris rather than being signed to Luda's Disturbing The Peace (DTP) label.

2 Chainz, formally Tity Boi, confirmed that he signed with Def Jam in a recent interview with RapFixLive, and in addition he announced that he has been working with Kanye West for the past year.

On working with Kanye he said the following:

For The Source's February/March 2012 issue they probably have at least one of your favourite rappers featured: 2 Chainz, Mac Miller, Tyga grace the cover, and although Kendrick Lamar isn't on the cover he is featured on the inside photo and is part of the cover story. Peep the photos below, and here's what The Source has to say on it: