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Jessica Gomes, who was recently revealed to be the "Maybach Music" lady, has now spoken to Global Grind about how it came together. Turns out they recorded her voice spontaneously, she is not actually friends with Rick Ross, and she isn't getting paid for the drop. Read what she said below.

When did you do it?

I did it back in 2007, 2008. I think it was 2008, though.

Mac Miller recently spoke to HipHopDX on a variety of subjects, including his favourite albums, the possibility of signing to a major label, his expectations for "Blue Slide Park" , and working with Q-tip. Here are the parts you're probably most interested in....

On Expectations for "Blue Slide Park":

Speak, a rapper-turned-ghostwriter from Moreno Valley, California, who co-wrote Kreayshawn’s hit single “Gucci Gucci,” among others, says he still hasn’t seen any royalties for his work.

Usher's ex-wife wants to take away his kids ... claiming the singer has repeatedly blown off his legal obligations as a co-parent ... and even worse -- he CLOSED her Saks 5th Avenue credit card ... this according to court docs obtained by TMZ.


Tameka Raymond -- who had 2 kids with Usher during their brief 2 year marriage -- filed court papers in Georgia ... asking a judge to strip Usher of joint physical custody of their children ASAP.

For the most recent cover story of XXL featuring Nas, he was interviewed by Tyler, the Creator. The result is not your typical interview, and XXL gives us some of the highlights from their conversation (which ranged from talk of God, drugs, and Bruno Mars). Check it out below!

On Bruno Mars:

Nas: "Are we gonna see you and Bruno gunning after eachother with AKs? What's going on with that?"

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:

Tina Davis, Chris Brown's manager, recently spoke to Billboard on the r'n'b singer/rapper, and according to her he may not do any interviews in 2012. Read some excerpts below.

On His Comeback After The 2009 Incident With Rihanna:

Since "Stillmatic" and "Hip Hop Is Dead" are celebrating 5 and 10-year anniversaries next week, XXL spoke to Nas on the impact of "Ether." Read what he said on it below.

XXL: How do you feel about the word "Ether"transitioning from being your song title to becoming slang?

Machine Gun Kelly has been gearing up for his debut album, which is most likely slated for release in 2012. During an interview with FLuD, the Bad Boy rapper said that he finished recording the LP and explained how he likes to divvy up time between the studio and performing.

Ludacris is back in the game and reminding us who thafuck he is with his new mixtape “1.21 Gigawatts (Back To The First Time).”

Ludacris goes in on this mixtape with the flow we've expected to hear from him ever since “Phat Rabbit”. I'm sure this mixtape will please his fans as a far as flow goes. The content is nothing we haven't heard before, that is to say, it's pretty typical. But this entire mixtape isn't Ludacris doing anything drastically different-- I mean, the title alone is a pretty good indication that he's trying to get back to his roots.