Eminem sat down with reporter Anderson Cooper in yesterday’s newscast of “60 Minutes.” Cooper, known for traveling to the most dangerous places in the world, follows Eminem to his hometown in Detroit and takes a tour of the streets, clubs and hang outs that Eminem frequented growing up. It’s a great story and not just for Eminem fans. Check it out.

Nas isn’t messing around anymore. In this leaked e-mail to Def Jam execs LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks, Nas goes off on them for not releasing his next album “Lost Tapes Volume 2.” Read the e-mail in all it’s raging glory.

From: Nas

To: LA Reid, Steve Bartels, Steve Gawley, Michael Seltzer, Joseph Borrino, Chris Hicks

Subject: PUT MY SHIT OUT!

Peace to all,

With all do respect to you all, Nas is NOBODY’s slave. This is not the 1800?s, respect me and I will respect you.

I won’t even tap dance around in an email, I will get right into it. People connect to the Artist @ the end of the day, they don’t connect with the executives. Honestly, nobody even cares what label puts out a great record, they care about who recorded it. Yet time and time again its the executives who always stand in the way of a creative artist’s dream and aspirations. You don’t help draw the truth from my deepest and most inner soul, you don’t even do a great job @ selling it. The #1 problem with DEF JAM is pretty simple and obvious, the executives think they are the stars. You aren’t…. not even close. As a matter of fact, you wish you were, but it didn’t work out so you took a desk job. To the consumer, I COME FIRST. Stop trying to deprive them! I have a fan base that dies for my music and a RAP label that doesn’t understand RAP. Pretty fucked up situation

This isn’t the 90?s though. Beefing with record labels is so 15 years ago. @ this point I just need you all to be very clear where I stand and how I feel about “my label.” I could go on twitter or hot 97 tomorrow and get 100,000 protesters @ your building but I choose to walk my own path my own way because since day one I have been my own man. I did business with Tommy Mottola and Donnie Einer, two of the most psycho dudes this business ever created. I worked well with them for one major reason……. they believed in me. The didn’t give a fuck about what any radio station or magazine said….those dudes had me.

Lost Tapes is a movement and a very important set up piece for my career as it stands. I started this over 5 years ago @ Columbia and nobody knew what it was or what it did but the label put it out as an LP and the fans went crazy for it and I single handlely built a new brand of rap albums. It’s smart and after 5 years it’s still a head of the game. This feels great and you not feeling what I’m feeling is disturbing. Don’t get in the way of my creativity. We are aligned with the stars here, this is a movement. There is a thing called KARMA that comes to haunt you when you tamper with the aligning stars. WE ARE GIVING THE PEOPLE EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. Stop throwing dog shit on a MAGICAL moment.

You don’t get another Nas recording that doesn’t count against my deal….PERIOD! Keep your bullshit $200,000.00 fund. Open the REAL budget. This is a New York pioneers ALBUM, there ain’t many of us. I am ready to drop in the 4th quarter. You don’t even have shit coming out! Stop being your own worst enemy. Let’s get money!

-N.Jones

Swizzy might be one of the top hip-hop producers around, but he’s also on the rise as a high fashion entrepreneur who has partnered with some high-powered names from Louboutin to Audemars Piguet. Here he talks with DJ Envy about all his recent fashion business dealings.

I know this has been running awhile but here is Fergie’s official “Outspoken” perfume TV ad. Her perfume deal is part of a partnership with AVON.

The Rock stops with the family movies and gets back into action with this Red Band trailer to Faster, directed by George Tillman Jr. Yes…it is very violent so please don’t watch it in front of your five year old kid.

Here is the official art to Kanye’s latest single “Runway.” Art follows in the theme of his “Power” art with both created by artist George Condo.

Rihanna joins Drake (see TV ads) and a host of others for Kodak’s new SoKodak ad campaign. Here is some behind the scenes footage from ET Online.

Nicki does it right with her “Pink Friday” diamond encrusted chain in celebration of her highly anticipated Pink Friday album which drops November 23rd. I wonder if you can actually use that pen. Because that would come in handy sometime. Via: RealTalkNY