Guest Editor Diggy Simmons gets real with VIBE about balancing school with music and appreciating his family legacy. What makes Airborne different from your first mixtape? Airborne is different because everything down to the production to the lyricism and everything is done on a way higher scale. My work ethic is way more elaborate and thought out and people could tell the progress and it’s something that a lot of people can listen to straight through and relate to.

It’s baaaaaaack! For the seventh straight year, the Rock The Bells hip-hop festival will kick off this Saturday at the San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore, Calif. before taking the show on the road to the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Calif. (August 27), Governors Island in New York City (September 3), and the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Mass. (September 10). As usual, the festival will feature a diesel lineup. Among the projected highlights: Lauryn Hill performing The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Nas performing Illmatic, and Erykah Badu performing Baduizm, as well as performances by Cypress Hill, Black Star, Common, Raekwon and Ghostface, Mobb Deep, GZA, Immortal Technique, DOOM, Slaughterhouse, Mac Miller, Curren$y, and more.

Drake‘s tattoo collection continues to grow, as he was photographed with an ink portrait of label leader Lil Wayne on the back of his arm. A post shared by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Jul 24, 2017 at 7:57pm PDT Drake gets a Lil Wayne tattoo pic.twitter.com/alrWBEzvlb — Our Generation Music (@ourgenmusic) July 25, 2017 The ink was unveiled on Drake’s Instagram last night (Jul. 24), and it displays Wayne pointing his trigger finger.

Drake celebrated his 36th birthday in Miami with a star-studded affair. According to TMZ, the Canadian musician took over Sexy Fish in Miami on Monday night (Oct. 24) with some of his most famous friends for a night including raffles for $5k in gift cards, $10k in cash, designer purses, and a Rolex watch. Lil Baby, Dj Khaled, and 21 Savage were among those in attendance. The “Way 2 Sexy” rapper also included $500 bills printed with his face as party favors.

G Herbo has officially been charged with one count of misdemeanor battery for an alleged altercation he had with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child, Ariana Fletcher. Prosecutors claim Herbo intentionally hurt Ari by dragging her by her hair and scratching her arms so bad that it left visible scars. As previously reported, G Herbo was arrested in Atlanta in April 2019 after authorities responded to reports of an assault.