Joining a select group of celebrity gamers as a Ghost, Kendrick Lamar joins the ranks with the most elite soldiers and represents a complete range of skills on the battlefield.

In the game, Lamar and his team members are a team of highly trained, spec ops soldiers. Armed with combat technology and cutting-edge military hardware, Ghost Recon takes gamers through deadly warzones to hunt down the highest value targets.

Kendrick joins NBA All-Star Kevin Love, NFL rookie Justin Blackmon, and reality star Coco as the fourth and final member of the team.

“I’m obviously a vocal guy, so I’m going to pave the way to victory for Team Ghost, and make sure you hear about it the entire time,” said Kendrick Lamar. “Playing Ghost Recon is no different from being a rapper, really going full force against the competition and breaking through the enemy lines, just like I do with my bars.”

In addition to his role in the video game, Kendrick Lamar is giving fans a new song inspired by Ghost Recon: Future Soldier entitled “War Is My Love,” which was released yesterday (May 21).

“Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier” will be available Today (May 22) for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. It will be also be made available to fans on PC on June 12, 2012.

In addition to the previously announced array of artists, The Roots unveiled a poster detailing all of the acts that will be included on the bill for the Picnic.

The poster features a Native American theme, with a totem pole featuring each of The Roots members etched in the totem. Black Thought and ?uestlove grace the top of the totem, holding a microphone and drumsticks respectively, while the totem is also adorned with Philadelphia’s historic Liberty Bell, as well as musical notes and speakers.

In addition to The Roots, Kid Cudi, De La Soul, Rakim, James Murphy DJ Set (DFA/LCD Soundsystem), Wale, Major Lazer, Dice Raw, Diplo, St. Vincent, Tune-Yards, OCD: Moosh & Twist, Danny Brown, Shabbazz Palaces, Flosstradamus, Mr. Muthaf***in’ eXquire, DJ Afrojak, and more are scheduled to perform.

This year’s Roots Picnic takes place the weekend of June 2-3 at the Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, PA.

Tickets for The Roots Picnic can be purchased as a 2-day pass ($80) or for each individual day ($50). All tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.

See below for the official Roots Picnic Poster.

While Master P’s new artists mark his resurgence into the Hip-Hop game, Percy Miller has been taking notes on what the game’s been doing, as he plots to make his next $75 million independently.

“I’m taking this generation, and I’m listening because that’s what music is about, keeping up with your swag and keeping up with your game and being able to get in these clubs, and that’s basically what I’m doing,” Master P told AllHipHop.com in an exclusive interview. “Man, I got a team of youngins around me that’s sick. Miss Chee, Bengie B, T-Bo, we the next generation of this [No Limit Records], and Romeo the boss, and I’m the Chairman, and we all gonna play our role.”

In keeping up with the times, Master P has been paying close attention to how fellow New Orleans mogul, Birdman “Baby” Williams, has built his Cash Money/Young Money empire.

“Me and Baby always been cool, man. People don’t know, but I’ve always been in competition, because Baby always pushes me, you know what I’m saying, and I always push him. Like right now, he’s on top and that’s what’s pushing me. Now I’m like, OK, I gotta check out what they doing. I respect it,” Master P explained. “Now I’m back in this thing, and that’s kind of like my motivation now, you know what I’m saying? I love him because he’s from New Orleans, and I want to see him do well, but now I got to get out there and do my thing. He got some big artists over there, so it’s like a friendly competition thing now, you know what I’m saying? So I wish him all the best. Nicki Minaj, Drake, Wayne, I mean, you know, they doing they thing, but they motivating me.”

Master P took special note of Baby’s recent acquisition of former No Limit Records artist, and now YMCMB artist, Mystikal.

“That’s the thing about music. Something’s got to motivate you to take your game to the next level. Miss Chee, Bengie B, T.E.C., T-Bo, I mean, it’s enough room for all of us to eat. All friendly competition, you know what I’m saying? Nothing serious, you know, we from the streets, man, so it’s never been about nothing but a friendly competition,” Master P said.

“So you know, I feel like right now, I ain’t have my game together, and one of my prizes dun went over, and now I’m I kinda like, ‘Damn Mystikal, alright, that was a nice little piece right there.’ So now I’m like, ‘Ok, now I gotta you know…’ That’s how bosses do it, we gotta get on that hustle game and get out there, so we can get that next new talent that’s out there. It’s kind of like different fields of business now, because they big now in the music business, and I’m like starting from the bottom, climbing from the bottom. But I’m gonna climb quick, because I know this business, you know what I’m saying? And I’m ready, my swag so sick right now, man,” he added.

Coining himself as the “King of Monotone” and widely regarded by critics as the artist/producer who spearheaded the Hip-Hop and Jazz fusion movement with his critically-acclaimed series Jazzmatazz, Guru’s influence can be seen across the genre.

Guru formed Gang Starr in the late 1980s with DJ Mike Dee and a host of others. Disputes would later disband the group, leading him to partner with DJ Premier in 1989, who he signed a deal with under Chrysalis.

Over the course of Guru’s career, he reached the Billboard charts several times, peaking at #5 for top Independent Albums with his project BaldHead Slick & da Click.  He also reached as high as #8 on the R&B Charts with Jazzmatazz Vol3: Streetsoul.

In 1995, Guru’s single ”Watch What You Say,” hit the charts with his song peaking at #13 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles Sales.

Despite an illustrious career that includes six critically-acclaimed projects with Gang Starr, including two gold albums Moment of Truth (1998) and Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1998), Guru’s final days were unfortunately marred by controversy.

After suffering from cardiac arrest and subsequently falling into a coma, Guru’s then production partner Solar, claimed in March 2010 that Guru awoke and wrote a letter to fans. Despite this claim, Guru’s family denied that he ever regained consciousness after falling into a coma, ascertaining that the letter was fraudulently written by Solar.

Guru’s family would eventually make their own public statements in the Boston Globe and other publications, while longtime Gang Starr producer, DJ Premier, shared his grief over losing Guru in his own public statement:

“I’VE BEEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON A LETTER SPEAKING ILL OF ME WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY WRITTEN BY GURU IN HIS DYING DAYS. ALL I WILL SAY ABOUT IT IS THAT OUR TIME TOGETHER WAS BEAUTIFUL, WE BUILT A HIP HOP LEGACY TOGETHER, AND NO ONE CAN RE-WRITE HISTORY OR TAKE AWAY MY LOVE FOR HIM. ONE THING I WOULD NEVER DO IS PLAY AROUND WITH THE TRUTH ABOUT HIS LIFE,” DJ Premier told fans in an excerpt from his official statement to the public.

“I WILL CELEBRATE GURU’S LIFE… I WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY… I WILL GRIEVE WITH THE ELAM FAMILY OVER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH… I WILL REMEMBER THE GANG STARR FOUNDATION AND ALL OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF GANG STARR WHO CAME BEFORE ME – WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER”

Solar’s e-mail and Twitter accounts were subsequently hacked, revealing a number of personal conversations, images, and damaging information. At the time, a blog named F*ckSolar.com surfaced, dedicated to exposing Solar, who was accused of barring family members access to Guru during his illness. In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com last week,  Solar said he has spent the past two years reorganizing his life.

Guru, a graduate of Atlanta’s Morehouse University and former student of Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, would have turned 51 this July. He leaves behind a massive catalog of solo and collaborative works that continue to be celebrated, especially by the Hip-Hop and Jazz communities, and was an activist for HIV/AIDS awareness and youth issues.

Mystikal meets up with Snoop Dogg before they perform at AllHipHop’s Breeding Ground Show at SXSW and Snoop reminisces about how working with Mystikal was big reason Snoop signed with No Limit Records in this third teaser of the Next 48 Hours With Mystikal @ SXSW.

YASIIN BEY (MOS DEF) DROPS THE “N****S IN POOREST” VISUALS, IN HONOR OF MALCOLM X AND WARNS FANS ABOUT “THE THRONE”!!!!!

SLIM …. BLOOD LOVE 2 from DERICK G on Vimeo.

MEEK MILL BRINGS OUT THE WHOLE MMG CREW FOR HIS DREAM CHASERS NEVER SLEEP VLOG!!!

YMCMB IN LA 9 from DERICK G on Vimeo.

The launch party was held at Wish Boutique in Little 5 Points to help bring awareness to the plague of children being bullied in schools across the country.  Waka, who allowed his fans to choose a cause for him to support through his #WakaNewYear initiative, will donate 25 percent of all sales from the custom hat to The Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center.

AllHipHop.com sat down with Waka Flocka to speak to him about his feelings on bullying! Check the video:

Law enforcement officials in Dothan recieved a call around 3 am on Sunday after shots were fired

Upon arrival, officers found a man face down on the ground with a wound to the chest, who later died at the hospital.

Although Webbie was questioned by authorities, he knew nothing of the incident that could help the officers and was released.

According to Webbie, he was merely detained due to the fact that it was his concert and police thought he might have information on incident.

The Next 48 Hours is an original AllHipHop, JumpOff.TV & Tantrum Production.

Directed by Steve Raze

The Next 48 Hours is an original AllHipHop, JumpOff.TV & Tantrum Production.

Directed By Steve Raze

“The Plane Is My Home: What Did You Expect” with DJ Whoo Kid, Trae Tha Truth, Rosa Acosta, VADO, Hoopz and Rocko

In this clip, Prodigy visits Hot 97′s Juan Epstein Podcast with Peter Rosenberg, Cipha Sounds & K Foxx, where he explains that he taught Havoc how to make beats and Havoc taught him how to rap.

The Next 48 Hours is an original AllHipHop, JumpOff.TV & Tantrum Production.

The Next 48 Hours is an original AllHipHop, JumpOff.TV & Tantrum Production.
Directed By Steve Raze

The Next 48 Hours is an original AllHipHop, JumpOff.TV & Tantrum Production.

Directed by Steve Raze and Harold Anthony

This is a teaser from “The Next 48 Hours With Master P,” a 2 part web series which goes behind the scenes during the relaunch of No Limit Forever. In this clip Master P is giving away Turkeys for Thanksgiving in his hometown Baton Rouge.

The Next 48 Hours is an original AllHipHop, JumpOff.TV & Tantrum Production.