Earlier this week, Drake had a sit-down chat with CBS Evening News’ reporter Katie Couric. The Toronto native discussed his mentor Lil Wayne, his Degrassi roots, fame, and more. Peep the nearly 40 minute interview below…

What’s up with Katie Couric and the Young Money clan?

Anyway, in case you missed Drake chopping it up with Angie Martinez on Hot 97 , check it out below courtesy of MissInfo.

In my opinion, Drake is the ultimate cornball, he is so BLAND. Sheesh, I had to voice my frustration.

ET got the inside scoop of Nicki Minaj’s new video “Right Through Me”. “The concept of the video is boy-and-girl relationship drama, you know, all of the intimate stuff as well as the fighting as well as the self-reflecting type stuff”, says Nicki. “It’s basically just a love story told from the perspective of a very hard girl who doesn’t want to give in but she has to.”

She adds,
“The song to me is very, very personal. I haven’t spoken about an authentic relationship since I’ve come out. … Not everybody is rich, not everyone likes jewelry, not everybody likes playing dress-up, but everyone has been in a relationship at some point in their lives, so when you hear a relationship song, it’s like, you react.”

Nicki’s debut album Pink Friday is set to hit stores on November 23rd.

Word is Cash Money head honcho Birdman took a trip to NYC’s Park Avenue Medical Center’s waiting room yesterday afternoon. According to PageSix, the rapper popped in for a checkup and brought his goons with him. Sorry, Drake and Nicki didn’t tag along for this trip. Hmm…wonder what he was getting check out? Anywhoo, snitches tell PageSix, that three big dudes from Birdman’s crew stat in the waiting room decked out in iced-out rings and bracelets along with T-shirts which read “YMCMB”. But, the funniest thing happened while they were waiting for Birdman. As they sat in the waiting room, an eldery woman walked up to one of his goons and asked “What do the letters stand for? Is that a men’s church group?”. Apparently, one of the guys, who was on his cellphone, replied, “No, it’s a rap group”.

Folks, we don’t make this sh*t up!

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We already know that nobody wants to party with Chris Brown, but it appears that nobody wants to party with his lil’ sidekick Bow Wow either. Word is during Drake’s album listening session in NYC last week, the two thought they could roll with the big dogs, but got a rude awakening when they were turned away at the door ’cause their names weren’t even on the guestlist.  Well, the youngin’s didn’t want the Drake mishap to ruin their night, so they went to another spot. According to the PageSix, they tried to get into SL nightclub, but were played at the door…again!

“They showed up with a huge entourage all trying to get in, but they were totally denied at the door”, says a snitch.

Damn…ever since Chris whooped Rihanna’s a$$, the boy’s life hasn’t quite been the same. Hold up, isn’t Bow Wow signed to Cash Money?!