STEVE STOUTE

This is some news no one could have predicted would arrive today.

This past weekend we've seen plenty of different figures within the rap community speak out against L.A.

Nas actually spoke with Steve Stoute back at South By all the way back in 2012, but video of the conference is cropping up now. 

This is all too familiar territory when it comes to 50 Cent.

As you may be aware, Steve Stoute recently criticized 50 Cent while he was on Hot 97, leaving off him his 'most influential MCs' list. Fif later confronted Steve Stoute at a Knicks game, as we reported this weekend.

50 Cent isn't very happy with Steve Stoute, at least if the photos of the two apparently arguing were any indicator. If you remember, Steve Stoute is a former record exec.

As we initially reported back in October, Steve Stoute's "Tanning Of America" has been turned into a four-part documentary for VH1. The documentary is inspired and based off Stoute's book of the same name, which was released in 2012. 

Rick Ross is attending the Sundance Film Festival this weekend, and has taken to Twitter (as he is wont to do) to announce potential film collaborations with author, artist manager and advertising / record executive Steve Stoute. 

VH1 is working on what sounds like it'll be huge documentary about the culture of hip-hop, as told by Steve Stoute in his 2012 book "The Tanning of America:How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy." VH1 has teamed up with Billy C

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