Georgia born/South Jersey bred producer Cardiak recently caught up with us to gave an update on his most recent work.

Cardiak launched his career with the song “Start it Up” by Lloyd Banks ft Kanye West, Swizz Beatz, Fabolous and Ryan Leslie.

Since then, Cardiak has been busy putting in work, most recently landing his second hit with “600 Benz,” featuring Wale and Rick Ross.

“I’ve been producing since 2008, but my success didn’t really pop off until I reached out to G-Unit and ‘Start it Up,’ with Lloyd Banks came out,” Cardiak said. “I just played the internet on Twitter and Facebook, just reaching out to A&Rs, remained humble, remained consistent and I really don’t talk much. I just thank God for all my success.”

The Willingborough, NJ producer is now consistently working with some of the top artists in the game.

In addition to contributing to Rick Ross’ upcoming official album God Forgives I Don’t, Cardiak is working with Fabolous on Loso’s Way 2, while securing work with G-Unit and Kid Ink.

“I got two joints on there from what he told me, both of the beats are mad different, and one of them is soul sample type joint, the other one is a some left field type shit, I’m just waiting for it to come out. I’ve been working with Fab on Loso’s Way 2, G-Unit, 50 Cent and Banks.”

Interestingly enough, while Cardiak’s music often sounds like anthems that were produced for arena’s, the producer has quite a small pre-production set up, to make his huge sounding hits.

“It really doesnt matter what you use these days as long as you got a talent.”

Cardiak’s production aesthetics come from his experiences with Kanye West in the studio.

“Well, you know he was on ‘Start it Up’ and I had the opportunity to work with him on ‘Watch the Throne,’ album. Unfortunately I didn’t make the album, but it was still a great experience, because I was in the studio with him. he’s real energetic and it even made me step my whole sh*t up working with Kanye,” Cardiak recalled.

Bronx, New York rapper Cory Gunz was arrested January 28, after police found him in possession of a loaded handgun.

Police caught the rapper with a loaded, unregistered Taurus .9mm handgun.

Cory Gunz, born Peter Pankey Jr., is currently in custody in the Bronx.

His father, rapper Peter Gunz, told MTV News that his son was the victim of an illegal search.

“It was definitely an illegal search,” Peter Gunz told MTV News.

Peter Gunz further elaborated on his 24-year-old son’s arrest.

The rapper was exiting a cab when plain clothes officers aggressively approached him.

“He just got out of a cab and police ran up on him and they were in plainclothes,” Peter Gunz told the New York Daily News. “He didn’t know they were cops – he thought he was getting robbed.”

Peter Gunz said his son was currently in Central Booking, where he is being processed.

Although its his first offense, Corey’s father is worried that New York’s strict anti-gun laws will have an adverse affect on his son’s career.

The same laws sent Lil Wayne, the CEO of Young Money, Cory’s label, to jail for eight months in 2010.

“At the end of the day, there’s a reason for everything, but at the same time, in New York, it’s mandatory jail time,” Peter Gunz told MTV News. “To go to a precinct and see your son, your junior, in handcuffs, it’s heartbreaking. Anytime you see your child in jail, in the cell, in handcuffs, it’s very hard.”

Even though its his first offense, Cory Gunz faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 3 and 1/2 years in prison.

Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly is planning the follow up release to his hit single “Wild Boys.”

His next single will be titled “Rain” and will be a conceptual record, according to MGK.

“Its a deep song, It’s the opposite of ‘Wild Boys,’ very revolutionary,” Machine Gun Kelly said. “It’s a rebellion type of message so its kind of one of those joints like, it gives you three minutes to free yourself.”

According to MGK, “Rain” is a precursor to his first official album for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy imprint, which has signed the rapper to a two album deal.

“They gave me full creative control, I have control over everything in my project and it’s worked out for me well,” MGK said. “They let me grind, they didn’t hand me s**t. But Puff is like a big brother to me.”

Machine Gun Kelly also revealed that he will not release any more mixtapes until his debut release Lace Up for Bad Boy.

“I didn’t come here to the industry to make friends I came to make a change,” MGK said. “I am friends with the people who were with me when I was a nobody.”