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Wale Officially Signs With Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group
Added: 07 February 2011 | Read 318 times

Washington, DC rapper Wale ended months of speculation concerning a possible record deal with Rick Ross' Maybach Music. The rapper took to Twitter last night (February 5th) and confirmed that he has finally signed with Ross' imprint, after reports originally surfaced that he was heading to Maybach Music.

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Flo Rida Signs Hip-Hop/R&B Trio Git Fresh To His I.M.G. Label
Added: 07 February 2011 | Read 179 times

Rap star Flo Rida will try his hand as a record label executive, with the recent launch of his own record label, International Music Group.

Flo, who is working on his new album Only One Rida, recently launched the imprint, which has signed Hip-Hop/R&B quartet Git Fresh.

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Lil Wayne 'I Am Still Music Tour' Selling Out Across The U.S.
Added: 07 February 2011 | Read 186 times

Fans of Lil Wayne are snapping up tickets for his "I Am Still Music Tour," which will hit the road in March with supporting acts Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Travis Barker and others.

Penn State students camped out overnight for tickets to Lil Wayne's date at The Bryce Jordan Arena in State College, Pennsylvania. Some waited in line for almost 24 hours to get their tickets.

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Funkmaster Flex Arrested For Assault Of Woman
Added: 07 February 2011 | Read 211 times

Funkmaster Flex was arrested earlier today in New York after a woman reported to police that the popular DJ shoved her, attempted to break her cell phone and also threatened her.

Police said that a 40-year-old woman told them that Flex assaulted her, but was gone by the time they arrived at a residence in Westchester, New York this morning.

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Juelz Santana Out Of Jail
Added: 07 February 2011 | Read 130 times

Juelz Santana has been released from a Bergen County Jail after his New Jersey studio was raided by police.

Fellow Dipset member Jim Jones tweeted, "Shout out to @thejuelzsantana just spoke to him. He's free at last like Dr. Martin Luther. Let's go DipSet.

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Scarface In Jail Over Unpaid Child Support
Added: 07 February 2011 | Read 303 times

Rapper Scarface has been incarcerated for not paying child support and has been behind bars since October of 2010.

The rapper has been held in the Montgomery County Jail since, confirms a source close to the rapper.

The rapper has several outstanding child support cases and has had to appear before several courts since his initial incarceration

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Grammy Museum Unveils First Ever Hip-Hop Exhibit
Added: 04 February 2011 | Read 214 times

The Grammy Museum will debut its first ever interactive exhibit dedicated to the genre of Hip-Hop music this weekend, just as Grammy Week starts to get underway.

The Grammy Museum's "Hip-Hop: A Cultural Odyssey" will debut this Saturday (February 5th) on the Museum's second floor, where it will be on display until May 4th.

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Diddy Denies Buying Son Another Maybach
Added: 04 February 2011 | Read 229 times

Hip-Hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is hitting back at reports around the world that he bought his son a $360,000 limousine for making the honor roll.

Combs' blasted out a message to his 3,249,069 followers that he didn't buy Justin a new limousine for making the honors, although its still being reported on by media outlets as of today (February 3rd).

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Juelz Santana Arrested On Drug And Weapons Charges
Added: 03 February 2011 | Read 434 times

Juelz Santana has been arrested weeks after a raid on his New Jersey studio turned up marijuana and weapons.

Bergen County Prosecutor's Office public information officer Maureen Parenta said in a statement that Juelz, born Laron James, was picked up on four counts of narcotic and weapon offenses on Wednesday (February 2) following a 10-month-long investigation.

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Snoop, Keri Hilson, Jamie Foxx Party During Super Bowl XLV Week
Added: 03 February 2011 | Read 200 times

The Super Bowl parties have kicked off in Dallas, Texas, in preparation for Super Bowl XLV, which sees the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Green Bay Packers, at Cowboys Stadium.

A number of rappers, athletes, actors and entertainers are descending upon Dallas to celebrate the big game and to attend a number of high profile events at Dallas hotspot Zouk Nightclub

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Lil Kim Ready To Beef With Nicki Minaj I'ma Bite You

The feud between rappers Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj intensified last night (June 10th), when Lil Kim made a surprise appearance at a local Detroit club to address the matter.

Lil Kim performed a variety of her hits during a show at a club named Blondie’s when she addressed Nicki Minaj, whom she claims has ripped off her style.

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Rapper Trina To Be Honored In Jamaica

Miami, Florida rapper Trina will be honored in Kingston, Jamaica during the 7th Annual Excellence in Music and Entertainment (EME) this coming March. EME Awards Founder and Chairman Richard "Richie B" Burgess said Trina will be the 2011 "International Friend of Reggae Honoree"  honored for her collaborations with various Jamaican acts like Queen Lady Saw, Sean Kingston, Barbee and others.

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Diggy Simmons Headlines 'Scream Tour: NXG'

Rapper Diggy Simmons will headline the 10th annual “Scream Tour” teen concert series, which is slated to kick off this September in Georgia.

Diggy will be joined by new group Mindless Behavior, along with The New Boyz, Jacob Latimore, Hamilton Park and new group The OMG Girlz.

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Young Jeezy Addresses Rick Ross Dis Speculation

On Monday night, Young Jeezy released "Death B4 Dishonor," the first song from his upcoming mixtape, 1,000 Grams, Vol. 1. On it, he raps over Rick Ross' "(B.M.F.) Blowin' Money Fast" instrumental, which quickly fueled heavy speculation among fans that the Snowman was actually dissing the Bawse. Jeezy settled the question straight-up on Tuesday (August 10).

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Ja Rule Says 50 Cent Beef Was Unfair

The contrast between Ja Rule's career in 2001 and his place in the music industry now is striking.

Once on top of the music charts with his third album Pain Is Love  moving 6.1 million units, Rule's fall from grace arguably had much to do with his beef with 50 Cent. Ja Rule recently talked to Vibe magazine about his entry back into the music industry and how he had the disadvantage against 50 Cent.

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DMX Calls Plies One Of The Worst Rappers During Radio Interview

Recently freed rapper DMX made waves in Saint Louis over the weekend, during an appearance on Hot 104.1.

The rapper appeared on the Young Dip's show and after Young Dip finished playing a song by Fort Meyers, Florida rapper Plies, DMX  shared his opinion with the station's hundreds-of-thousands of listeners.

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Lil Kim Fires Back At Nicki Minaj In New Diss Song

Lil Kim has been quiet as Nicki Minaj has had disparaging remarks to her rival, but now Kim has returned fire with a new diss song called “Black Friday.”

The song, which has leaked online, has Lil Kim lyrically challenging the now-dominant Nicki Minaj.

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Young Buck Explains Chapter 13 Filing Alleged 50 Cent Lawsuit

Nashville, Tennessee rapper Young Buck has released a statement regarding his tax battle with the IRS and reports of a planned $5 million dollar lawsuit against G-Unit leader 50 Cent.

Young Buck filed for Chapter 13, which allowed the rapper to keep all of his possessions, as he pays back an estimated $12,500 per month, over the next five years.

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Kurupt To Smoke Up The 2010 Doesha Cup

Hip-Hop vet Kurupt will join a celebrity group of marijuana supporters as a judge during the 2010 Doesha Cup this Saturday (December 4th) at an undisclosed location in Los Angeles.

The Doesha Cup, now it its fifth year, is a private event hosted for California's medial marijuana growers. The annual event is presented by Dr. Ingleweed, who owns the All American Healing dispensary in Inglewood, California.

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Mr. Cheeks Signs With Stephen Marley's Label; Drops New Single 'Havin Fun'

Lost Boyz member, Mr. Cheeks has inked a deal with Stephen Marley's Ghetto Youths International imprint and is planning a new album for 2011.

The first single and from Mr. Cheeks' upcoming album And The Winner Is…will be titled "Havin' Fun," which features singer Mya Azucena.

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Curren$y Signs To Asylum/Warner Bros

Former Young Money rapper Curren$y has found a new major label home with Asylum/Warner Bros. The New Orleans native was once signed to imprints from Lil' Wayne, Master P and C-Murder before his current recording home, but eventual fared best as an indie sensation.

In 2009, his career truly saw a resurgence with  the release of This Ain’t No Mixtape and Jet Files through Amalgam Digital.

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Set November Release Date For 'Art of War III'

Rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have announced the release date for their newest album, Art of War III.

The latest album from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony features all five original group members: Krazie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone and Layzie Bone.

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Busta Rhymes Talks Battling Jay-Z In High School

It is no secret that Busta Rhymes, Jay-Z and The Notorious B.I.G. all attended high school together in Brooklyn.

While it is nice to imagine the three legends holding ciphers on the regular, Busta says he only battling Jay-Z once; and took a lose for the first time.

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Hip Hop Album Sales The Week Ending 8/1/2010

Eminem's Recovery finally let go of #1 - to Avenged Sevenfold.

Rick Ross was close behind, however with almost 63,000 units moved of Teflon Don. The Def Jam rapper's fourth official album features work from veterans such as No I.D., DJ Clark Kent and Cee-Lo. Drake's Thank Me Later fell to #5, as Justin Bieber joined the party at #4, climbing from #6 last week.

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Swizz Beatz Dicusses DMX's Struggles, Jay-Z Beef

In light of Swizz Beatz' latest "Monster Mondays" release, "Y'all Don't Really Know," featuring DMX and Busta Rhymes, the Ruff Ryder producer sat down with VladTV to discuss DMX's highly-publicized struggles.

"X is forever my brother. Whatever he wanna do, I'm with it, as long as it's the right thing," explained Swizzy. "X has been X since day one. 

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Rapper Lil Wayne, Young Money, Cash Money Sued For $15 Million Over "BedRock"

Rapper Lil' Wayne has been hit with a $15,000,000 lawsuit over the hit single “BedRock.”

Done Deal Enterprises, based in Waynesboro, Georgia, filed a lawsuit against Lil Wayne, Young Money Records, and Cash Money Records, in the United States District Court, Southern district of New York, over the song.

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Game Disses Rampage Jackson Over A-Team Role

As fans of The A-Team gear up for the movie’s debut tonight, Compton rapper Game expressed his frustration with the director’s choice of Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as the iconic figure "B.A. Baracus."

The Game was one of several rappers who expressed serious interest in playing the role of “B.A. Baracus,” the character made famous by Mr. T

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Nicki Minaj Sued Over Rented Pink Lambo

Nicki Minaj has been hit with a lawsuit over a pink Lamborghini featured in the video for her latest single “Massive Attack.”

Nicki Minaj rented the Lambo from Hollywood Exotic Car Rental at the cost of $1,750 per day, to include the 2008 luxury vehicle in her video.

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50 Cent Sued Over 2009 Attack Over Oral Sex At Mansion

A woman that was assaulted and beaten at 50 Cent's mansion has filed a lawsuit against the rapper and G–Unit Records.

Vasti Ortiz filed the lawsuit in Superior Court of Hartford, Connecticut against G-Unit Films and Television and Curtis Jackson, a.k.a. 50 Cent.

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Rick Ross, Waka Flocka Help Students Excel At School

Rapper Rick Ross will use his star power to support at risk youth during the 3rd Annual Rick Ross Be Out Day this week.

The rapper’s Rick Ross Charities will host the event with the City of North Miami Office of the City Clerk, Alix Desulme.

Desulme, The Children’s Trust, The Urban League of Greater Miami and Ross will present the rapper’s annual back to school initiative.

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