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"Karate Chop" Producer Says Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Line Was Not Meant To Be Released

Lil Wayne's Emmett Till line on "Karate Chop (Remix)" has been responsible for much controversy, the peak of which ended with Wayne being dropped from his Mountain Dew endorsement. Metro Boomin, the...

Waka Flocka Partners With United In Peace To Throw Anti-Violence Concert In Chicago

Wyclef Jean Reveals Upcoming Album Title & Speaks On Lauryn Hill's Tax Problems

Lupe Fiasco Denies Reports That His Twitter Account Was Taken Over

Araabmuzik Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates While He Recovers From Shooting

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"Karate Chop" Producer Says Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Line Was Not Meant To Be Released

May 15, 2013 | 8,172 Views

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Lil Wayne's Emmett Till line on "Karate Chop (Remix)" has been responsible for much controversy, the peak of which ended with Wayne being dropped from his Mountain Dew endorsement. Metro Boomin, the producer of the track, argues that all of these issues could have been avoided, as the line was not intended to be included on the final version, and just happened to be included on the leak. "We...

Waka Flocka Partners With United In Peace To Throw Anti-Violence Concert In Chicago

Waka Flocka Partners With United In Peace To Throw Anti-Violence Concert In Chicago

May 15, 2013 | 2,083 Views

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Waka Flocka has advocated for various causes that touch home with him in the past, namely, he's worked with PETA to support animal rights. Now the rapper is turning to the human-side of things, joining forces with United In Peace Inc. in an effort to quell the mounting violence in Chicago. The rapper will host an anti-violence concert in Chicago during the first week of June, which will be held...

Wyclef Jean Reveals Upcoming Album Title & Speaks On Lauryn Hill's Tax Problems

Wyclef Jean Reveals Upcoming Album Title & Speaks On Lauryn Hill's Tax Problems

May 15, 2013 | 1,159 Views

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Wyclef Jean recently got back in to the music, releasing his free project April Showers. He's not stopping there though, as that was just a warm-up for his upcoming album. The Haitian rapper visited The Breakfast Club on Power 105 recently and revealed the title of his upcoming album, which is due out in September. Wyclef said, "The album is coming out in September. The album's called The...

Lupe Fiasco Denies Reports That His Twitter Account Was Taken Over

Lupe Fiasco Denies Reports That His Twitter Account Was Taken Over

May 15, 2013 | 3,669 Views

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Lupe Fiasco has a fairly colorful twitter presence, but speculation arose when the rapper's management team began to tweet from his account, especially considering that it directly followed a series of tweets that saw Lupe celebrating the somewhat controversial political view of Marxism. Rumors began to circulate when Fiasco's management showed up on his account with the message "Gotta love his...

Araabmuzik Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates While He Recovers From Shooting

Araabmuzik Cancels Upcoming Tour Dates While He Recovers From Shooting

May 15, 2013 | 3,613 Views

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Araabmuzik was the victim of an attempted robbery at the beginning of the month in Rhode Island. Not only did several men try to rob the producer, but they also shot him. His wounds were not fatal, and he was brought to the hospital to recover following the incident. Although the producer will make a full recovery, the attempted robbery and shooting did complicate the producer's life, and...

50 Cent On Valuing Business Over Awards:

50 Cent On Valuing Business Over Awards: "Kanye Get The Trophies. I’ll Get The Check.”

May 15, 2013 | 9,393 Views

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50 Cent may have been the biggest rapper in the game at one point, but while he intermittently releases music, his various business ventures have recently overshadowed his musical output. In the third part of his hour long SXSW interview, 50 elaborated on how he got into his Vitamin Water deal, his relationship with Floyd Mayweather, and the stigma around rappers focusing on business...

Nick Cannon Planning To Revive T.V. Show

Nick Cannon Planning To Revive T.V. Show "Wild N Out"

May 15, 2013 | 5,611 Views

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Nick Cannon is planning to get back to his multi-talented roots, with work on film, T.V., and an album. The T.V. work includes reviving his show "Wild N Out," but, in order to do so, Nick has to let go of his "Cannon's Countdown" radio show. Nick recently made the announcement, saying that he would like to dedicate himself fully to NCredible Entertainment. Nick Cannon said in a...

Questlove & Stephen Starr To Open New Restaurant In NYC

Questlove & Stephen Starr To Open New Restaurant In NYC

May 15, 2013 | 545 Views

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The Roots artist Questlove is trying his hand at a new venture, although one he's very passionate about: food. The Phildelphia native regularly keeps fans updated on Twitter with his latest meal during his travels, and has now turned his knowledge of good food into a business. The Roots leader will soon open his own restaurant in New York City. Questlove has teamed up with Stephen Starr,...

Michael Jordan Was Mad Bow Wow Wore Iverson's To His House

Michael Jordan Was Mad Bow Wow Wore Iverson's To His House

May 15, 2013 | 13,076 Views

Being in the spotlight from a young age, fans know a lot about Bow Wow, and his love of basketball has been well chronicled in music videos, his appearances in celebrity games, and his willingness to Tweet or talk hoops at any moment. Growing up as a celebrity has its pitfalls, but the advantages can’t be ignored either, like being able to hang out at Michael Jordan’s house as a teenager.In...

Jay-Z And Raekwon Pictured In Studio Together

Jay-Z And Raekwon Pictured In Studio Together

May 15, 2013 | 3,879 Views

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More evidence comes in today that Jay-Z is busy in the studio working on new material. We've seen him with Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, and Timbaland, as well as with Timbaland and Mike WiLL Made It, but this time a photo has surfaced of Hov and the Chef in the studio last night. No word on the specifics of what Raekwon and Jay-Z were working on, but peep the photo above.

Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine To Donate $70 Million To USC For New Academy

Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine To Donate $70 Million To USC For New Academy

May 15, 2013 | 4,314 Views

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It's no secret that Dr. Dre has built a vast fortune off his work in the music industry, whether it's Beats by Dre or actual beats by Dre. In Dre's lucrative business ventures, such as Beats Electronics, he partnered with the co-founder of Interscope, Jimmy Iovine. Now the two have joined forces once more, and they will be donating some of their respective fortunes to the University of Southern...

Rock The Bells 2013 Lineup Announced

Rock The Bells 2013 Lineup Announced

May 15, 2013 | 6,293 Views

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The official lineup for 2013 Rock The Bells Festival has been revealed. Guerilla Union has announced the long-awaited lineup for this year's Rock The Bells music festival, which also will be celebrating its 10th anniversary as well. This year's festival will feature four venues with stops along San Bernardino California (Sept. 7-8), Mountain View California (Sept. 14-15), Washington D.C. (Sept....

Tracklist Revealed For Statik Selektah's

Tracklist Revealed For Statik Selektah's "Extended Play"

May 14, 2013 | 1,831 Views

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After releasing his new Mac Miller-featured track yesterday with "21 & Over", Statik Selektah decides to reveal the tracklisting for his upcoming album Extended Play. Statik Selektah will be releasing his anticipated project, Exteded Play, next month on June 18th via Showoff/Duck Down Music. The LP will feature 18 tracks and will feature guest appearances from Joey Bada$$, Mac...

Danity Kane Reportedly Planning Comeback Without Diddy

Danity Kane Reportedly Planning Comeback Without Diddy

May 14, 2013 | 9,888 Views

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This year seems to be the year for comebacks. From rappers like Eve and LL Cool J, to singers like Justin Timberlake, everyone seems to be itching to get back in the limelight. This includes Danity Kane, the all-female group formed for reality T.V. in 2005. You may remember Diddy's MTV show "Making The Band"-- the T.V. show formed the careers of Aubrey O'Day, D. Woods, Shannon Bex, Dawn...

Underrated Audio: May 7-13

Underrated Audio: May 7-13

May 14, 2013 | 5,753 Views

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You know how it goes. We've grabbed some of the tracks we thought were overlooked this past week, and placed them all in one place (here) for your enjoyment. This week it really is about rappers that are overlooked (apart from Party Next Door, who is not a rapper at all). From Jon Connor, to Stalley, to Tree, it's generally agreed that these rappers don't get the credit they deserve, and they're...

Chris Brown Announces New Single Featuring Aaliyah

Chris Brown Announces New Single Featuring Aaliyah

May 14, 2013 | 12,737 Views

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Chris Brown has ambitous plans for his follow up single to "Fine China". The R&B singer is planning to feature previously unreleased vocals from the late Aaliyah on his next release, titled "They Don't Know". Chris spoke to reporters at the BET awards press conference today. “I got something special for my fans. It’s called ‘They Don’t Know,’” he...

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