Quincy Jones III AKA QD3 gives us this exclusive deeper look into the upcoming video game Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. While Mix Master Mike previously showed the world a hands on tutorial of how the game works, QD3 demonstrates plain and clear the design of the Numark console and how it replicates real life beat making and scratching techniques. Look for part 2 of the video to come soon.

Dr. Dre x Best Buy. JImmy, Dre and the head of Monster were all on hand to officially launch Club Beats in Best Buys across the land. At the event in NY yesterday Dre tells the press and fans how Club Beats all came together.

It’s funny how every pic or video you see of Jimmy he now has the Beats headphones around his neck. But really…is it even plugged in to anything?

Steve Stoute, the marketing go-to-guy in the industry and head of Translation Advertising (which he runs with Jay-Z), sits down to discuss what’s the latest for Translation, the deals he brokered for Mary J. Blige, and marketing deals with Jay-Z and 50 Cent.

As one of Forbe’s Top 40 under 40, Stoute continues to push hip-hop into mainstream marketing and has become one of the most powerful urban marketing execs in the advertising and marketing industry.

Snoop Dogg x Forbes. All these recent interviews of hip-hop stars on money and business related news shows just proves my point that the hip-hop artist is transitioning more and more into the hip-hop business man within pop culture and using music as the leverage point. In this interview with Forbes Snoop gives insight on how to start and maintain a small business.

Snoop is no stranger to small business as he has started everything from a dog clothing line, human clothing line, porn video company, film company, grocery store concept and probably fifty more businesses that we don’t know about. Oh and of course he is running Priority Records now for EMI Music Group…which hopefully will be big business for the Dogg Father.

Jermaine Dupri x Nu Pop Movement. Readers know we tend to hate on Jermaine Dupri…but that’s all in the past now. First I give him mad props for hitting the press circuit and really pushing how much social media has helped his own business and hip-hop in general. He’s becoming a positive spokesperson for the industry and we like he even more now because his watch company Nu Pop Movement is pretty legit and the designs are fresh.

And what better way to promote your own watch company than to get artists like Bow Wow and Nelly on board. Here are two new “casual” promo shots of them showing off the goods. Check the official Nu Pop site here. See Nelly’s pic after the jump…

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