In his latest blog, CuDi announced that he will be retiring from the game after he puts out his (first) album. I really don’t know what to say, but I never see the point of making a statement of this before it happens. Hov? The Game? Lupe? *shrugs… it always comes off as a pub stunt imo. Now I’m not in the music business that way so who the fuck am I to state my opinion. Oh yea… I’m a blogger, that’s what I do. Sounds like the game has gotten to him (check the blog for the full write up) and that’s understandable. Best of luck, you’ve made some good music…

AFTER THE RELEASE OF MY FIRST LP THIS SUMMER, IAM NOT MAKING ANY MORE SOLO ALBUMS. IAM FALLIN BACK ON BEING A ARTIST. THE DRAMA THAT COMES WITH IT IS MORE OVERWHELMING THAN THE SHIT I WAS DEALING WIT WHEN I WAS PISS POOR BROKE. – KiD CuDi

Last night in Chicago The Roots announced that they will be retiring from touring effective March 2009. The move is being made to accommodate their new Night Gig as the house band for Jimmy Fallon when he replaces Conan O’Brien as the host of Late Night in March of 2009. Conan will be moved to the Tonight Show.

Well shit. Not the best way to leave 2DBz updated but this is how it’s gonna be. Hip Hop fans will be missing out with them not on the road. Seriously… their live show >>>>>>>>. I can’t be mad being able to catch them everynight though. We’ll see how it goes. UPDATE: According to OKP, it’s not as crazy as originally reported.

I’m about 30 minutes away from heading out to Osaka for some good eating the off to Mystere (shh, Lexx doesn’t know yet). I drop by my main j-o-b one last time and see a disheartening newspiece from my man William. The title… Jean Grae Retires? According to the report, Jean seems to leave a “I’m out” type blog on her MySpace with lines like “I will always love what I consider to be tru hip hop music… from the bottom of my soul. I hope you will continue to distinguish those who are contributors to the evolution of hip hop and other black music as both an auditory stimulation and a culture, taking care that they are put in a position to do so.” Now nothing is concrete, but it’s hard to ignore the Jean Grae Saying Peace Out name and the only picture on her profile (shown above). Check it out for yourself though…

READ: Jean Grae Retires? [via HipHopDX]