Nicki Minaj graces the front cover Teen Vogue magazine’s June/July issue. As well as taking part in a photo shoot, Nicki also took part in an interview with the magazine were she compared the music industry to high school, talked growing up, and social media.

Hit the jump to view a couple of photos of the Young Money Barbie from Teen Vogue’s photo shoot and read some excerpts from their interview!

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Tyga, Rick Ross and NBA player Allen Iverson all grace the front cover of XXL and SLAM magazine’s collaboration Kings Of The Game issue. XXL and SLAM decided to join forces on this issue, because they feel hip-hop and basketball are similar with both fashion and footwear.

You can view the first cover for the magazine above and view the alternate cover after the jump below, along with a behind the scenes clip from the cover shoot. This issue will hit newsstands at the weekend!

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Here is the front cover of DOPE Magazine‘s upcoming Ambition issue that features Lil Twist, which will be available next month. You can read a few excerpts from Twizzy‘s interview with the magazine here and watch some footage from his cover shoot here.

I posted a clip from Lil Twist‘s cover shoot with DOPE Magazine a few days ago, now the magazine has released some excerpts from their interview and a few pictures from their photo shoot. The full cover story will be available to read in the upcoming Ambition issue of DOPE Mag!

Hit the jump to read the excerpts from DOPE Magazine editor ToneSwep‘s interview with Twizzy were they talked about the responsibilities that come with being in his position, the most important message he learned from Birdman, the “#1 Girl” tour, the type of girls that interest him, plus view a couple more pics from the photo shoot.

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DOPE Magazine will feature Lil Twist on the front cover of their upcoming Ambition issue, which should be out next month. Above, you can watch some behind the scenes footage from Twizzy‘s cover shoot with the magazine that took place at Fly Kix in Atlanta, Georgia.

You may remember Twist‘s Young Money label-mate, Tyga, covering DOPE Magazine in January earlier this year!

Above, you can watch some footage of what YMCMB got up to during the 2012 BET Awards weekend in Los Angeles, California. Included in the clip is Birdman, Slim, Jae Millz, Mack Maine, Christina Milian, Shanell, Tyga, Lil Chuckee, Ace Hood, Chris Richardson, Cortez Byant, Busta Rhymes, Gudda Gudda, DJ Greg Street and Jay Sean getting interviewed by radio stations in the Ford Hot Spot Room, attending Baby and Slim‘s cocktail party to celebrate making the front cover of Billboard’s Urban Music Power issue, and arriving to the red carpet at the BET Awards.

How crazy does that truck look that Birdman copped You can check out a closer look at it in the video after the jump.

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YMCMB held a cocktail party at Philippe Chow during the 2012 BET Awards weekend in Los Angeles, California to celebrate the bosses Birdman and Slim making the front cover of Billboard’s Urban Music Power issue.

You can view photos of Baby, Slim, Tyga, Shanell, Christina Milian, Jay Sean, Lil Chuckee, Jae Millz, Bryan Williams Jr., Busta Rhymes and more attending the party after the jump below:

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