Sad hip-hop news: Clive "Kool Herc" Campbell, whose block parties in the Bronx in the 1970s gave birth to hip-hop, is sick with an undisclosed illness and having trouble paying his medical bills. A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip suggests, "maybe island/defjam, warner, interscope, can pay dj kool herc's hospital bills?" That would be nice.

Perhaps you heard that a new Kanye West album came out yesterday. It's been getting generally positive reviews. And that Jay-Z just put out a book, also to good reviews. But you know, in the rap game, today's news is yesterday's papers. And these two are already on to the next one, as Jay would say.