Kanye West’s right hand man five time Grammy Award-winner, Malik Yusef, recently sat down with the Drea O Show to talk progression in Chicago, voting, and his work on ‘Ye’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ album. Yusef also touched on West’s struggles with mental illness also. Yusef said TLOP is also not his favorite album, but he loves working with Kanye. Remember, earlier this year Rhymefest went on Twitter and said that Kanye is mentally ill and needs help. Yusef explaining that Ye deals with mental health issues actually doesn’t come as a surprise; many do. Should we talk about mental health in Hip Hop more? So many people struggle with mental health issues all across the board.

People have wanted to know ultimately why did Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin split up. Rusell explains to DJ Vlad that they began working on different projects and focusing on other artists. Simmons says he started pulling away gradually as he began to balance other business ventures. Russell Simmons also says he doesn’t buy in to rap beef, and he’s never had a rap beef. Simmons said artists always get mad but he’s not scared of anyone on this planet. We have to wonder are there some old sealed up stories of Uncle Rush getting popping back in the day. Maybe not as he says he doesn’t believe in violence.

Afeni Shakur Davis, the activist mother of slain rap legend Tupac Shakur who was the subject of his iconic "Dear Mama" song and controlled his estate, has died. Marin County Sheriff's deputies and firefighters responded to Shakur's home in Sausalito, Calif., 05/02/2016 after she suffered a possible heart attack, the sheriff's office said. She was taken to a local hospital and died just before 10:30 p.m. "At this point there is nothing to indicate to us that there was any foul play, nothing suspicious about this other than this being sadly a natural event that has occurred," Marin County Sheriff's Lt. Doug Pittman said. He said Shakur was in the company of a friend when she began to feel sick. "She was experiencing some type of physical discomfort," Pittman said. “Attempts were made to try to remedy those problems at home, but when they got more severe, it was at that time the family friend called 911 and asked for medical help.” Paramedics arrived around 9:30 p.m. and immediately began to provide CPR, he said. She was rushed to Marin General Hospital, where she was treated for about an hour before she died, Pittman said. The investigation has been turned over to the coroner's division, where officials will speak to family members about Shakur's recent health history and research her medical records to determine whether an autopsy is needed, he said. "This is a tragic loss to this community," Pittman said. Shakur, born Alice Faye Williams, changed her name when she moved to New York City and joined the Black Panther movement. She and other party members were arrested in 1969 and charged with conspiracy to bomb multiple busy city landmarks. In May 1971, she was acquitted on all charges after she represented herself in court while heavily pregnant. She gave birth to Tupac just one month later.

What do you think is some of the most important things to have working in order to mave a quality music making atmosphere?

With all the death and fights in the music industry it makes you wonder who the real MC's are.