It’s official! Diddy‘s eldest son, Justin Combs, will attend UCLA in southern California next fall under a football scholarship. The 17-year-old Combs is a star defensive back at New Rochelle Iona Prep in New York. He will most likely play cornerback when he hits the field in the Bruins’ true blue and gold-colored uniform.

“Playing Division I football was a lifelong dream of mine, and through hard work I was able to achieve it,” said Combs in a statement (via Los Angeles Times). He was offered scholarships from top-tier Division-I schools such as Illinois, Virginia, Iowa and Wyoming.

Diddy is especially proud of his son’s athletic aspirations. “As a parent, this is one of the proudest moments of my life,” he stated. “This is everything a father could want in his son, for him to excel at what he loves to do.”

Justin Combs’ announcement comes a day after the Bruins fired their head coach Rick Neuheisel after four seasons. According to the Daily Bruin, Athletic Director Dan Guerrero cited a 25 percent drop in attendance and a lack of improvement with the football team’s overall performance on the field as reasons for Neuheisel’s termination.

Hopefully, Justin Combs will be that spark the Bruins need to help them win more games next season. If he’s anything like his father, then Justin is a competitor and he wants to win. We wish him the best on his collegiate endeavors.

 

MTV brought back lovable cartoon idiots Beavis and Butt-head and the alternative rock show ’120 minutes,’ so why not resurrect ‘Yo! MTV Raps,’ the series that may have been the most important hip-hop-related television show of all-time?

Unfortunately, the return of Yo! is just for one night, in the form of a 30-minute special to air on MTV2 on Dec. 4, directly following the Sucker Free Awards. Original hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Ed Lover and Dr. Dre will chat with some of today’s biggest hip-hop stars.

“It’s a great moment to be reconnected with ‘Yo!’ and examine the music that had a role in introducing hip-hop to music lovers globally,” former co-host Ed Lover tells MTV. “By looking back at these classic songs in hip-hop it becomes clear that hip-hop would inevitably transcend distance and generations.”

Fab 5 Freddy adds, “In this Classic Cuts special, people will go back to a seminal time in hip-hop, which many have called the ‘Golden Era,’ resulting in records that are as meaningful today as they were back then.”

Among those scheduled to appear are Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, DJ Khaled and Wiz Khalifa. Also on the bill: Chart-topping teen rapper Mac Miller, who was not even born when Yo! debuted on MTV in 1988.

 

When Rihanna and Jay-Z team up on a song, the end result is usually a chart-topping hit. After listening to ‘Talk That Talk,’ it looks like history will repeat itself. As we previously reported, this will be the powerhouse duo’s fourth collaboration since their 2007 hit single ‘Umbrella.’

The mid-tempo song features whining synthesizers and a pounding beat courtesy of the hit-making tandem Stargate. On the track, the Barbadian princess coos seductive come-ons to a potential lover. “I’mma get it right on the first try for you / ‘Cause you ain’t never had a woman like me / And you will never have another like me / No, so I’mma give it to you baby,” she sings.

Jay-Z is usually raunchy with his verse, but like the song title suggests, the veteran rhyme-slinger comes through with that big talk. “Everything that do is big / I talk big money, I talk big homes / I sell out arenas, I call that getting dome,” he raps. Despite his explicit lyrics, the tune shouldn’t have any problems getting radio airplay.

Overall, Rihanna’s infectious song is a pop no-brainer — score another big hit for RiRi and Jigga. And don’t forget, Rihanna’s ‘Talk That Talk’ will hit stores on Nov. 21.

 

Wale‘s ambitions has finally paid off for him. The D.C.’s rhyme-slinger’s second album, ‘Ambition,’ premiered at No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 album chart. The set moved 164,000 copies in its first week of release.

Not bad for a guy who two years ago was dropped by Interscope Records after his debut LP ‘Attention Deficit’ was a commercial failure (it only sold 28,000 units in its first week). Now with songs like ‘Lotus Flower Bomb‘ (featuringMiguel) getting radio love and the streets embracing his anthemic title track, it looks like Wale has become a major player in the rap game.

Wale’s ‘Ambition’ will most likely drop in sales next week, especially, since Drake‘s second LP ‘Take Care’ will hit stores on Tuesday. The Maybach Music Group artist revealed to Rap-Up that he and Drake recorded a song together. “Me and Drizzy do have something coming,” he teased.

Since their collaboration, Wale hopes to put together a major hip-hop tour featuring himself, Drake and fellow rapperJ. Cole. “I told Drizzy about it,” he tells Rap-Up. “I said, ‘Yo, me, you, and Cole should do a tour.’ I don’t care if I gotta go first. I’m all about the f—ing culture. This is gonna be like the ‘Hard Knock Life’ tour of our generation.”