T-Pain, Rick Ross and Kanye West will be among various hip hop artists featured on a compilation titled True To The Game which will benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. According to Billboard, the compilation will include new songs by the various artists and will hit shelves on October 21st. Other artists featured on the project include Chingy, Akon, GLC, Yung Joc and Mario. The first single off the compilation is "Beam Me Up" which features Ross, T-Pain and Tay Dizm. [Watch The Video For "Beam Me Up"] A percentage of the CD's profits will help fund a $15 million education and research center which will be built where the Negro Leagues were established,

Duck Down Records announced today (August 22) that they have added Cypress Hill frontman B-Real to their roster. B-Real will be releasing his first solo album titled Smoke N Mirrors via Duck Down on January 27th, 2009. The album will feature appearances from Snoop Dogg, Damian Marley, Buckshot, Sean Price and Cypress Hill member Sen Dog. Production on the set will be supplied by DJ Quik, Fredwreck, Scoop Deville and B-Real. ?Adding another living legend in B-Real to our roster is really giving Duck Down a "dream team" line up for independent Hip Hop,? said Duck Down CEO Dru Ha via a statement. ?Buckshot and I have been strategic with our label partnerships mixing the right blend of emerging artists with proven veterans.? B-Real is currently on the "Rock The Bells Tour" which also features Nas, Tribe Called Quest, Method Man, Ghostface, Immortal Technique and Kidz In The Hall.