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News Joint Project Between Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole Still In The Works <p>It seems a joint project between Kendrick Lamar & J. Cole is still in the works.</p> By Rose Lilah December 21, 2011
News Diddy Talks About His Brand Taking Over, Transitioning Out Of Music <p>Sean "Diddy" Combs spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/fast-chat-sean-diddy-combs-137229" target="_blank">AdWeek</a> on Ciroc, Tequila, his music, and his business. Check out some excerpts below.</p> <p>On Plans for Acting/Producing in The Future:</p> By Rose Lilah December 21, 2011
News Danny Brown on Mac Miller: "I Really Hate You. I Hate Your Music, Man" <p>Danny Brown has a good feeling about 2012. The Detroit rapper – who earned praise all fall long for his release, XXX, and premiered the video for its track "Monopoly" on RollingStone.com last week – discussed his plans for maintaining his win streak as well as his feelings about pal A$AP Rocky, future tourmate Childish Gambino and Pittsburgh MC Mac Miller.<br />  <br /> What’s changed most for you since releasing XXX? <br /> By Rose Lilah December 20, 2011
News Bangladesh Lashes Out At "Biting Producers" <p>Super producer Bangladesh recently offered his take on beatmakers jacking his style and why he is often more offended than flattered by his sound getting abused.<br /> <br /> For Bang, too much biting can hurt the music industry and drain his sound's popularity.</p> By Rose Lilah December 20, 2011
News Pill Denies Being Dropped from MMG <p>During Pill’s interview with TheBoomBox, he clears ups the rumors of being dropped from Rick Ross’ MMG label.<br /> <br /> “I’m not sure how they started actually. I noticed it when people started f—ing with me on Twitter, but I don’t know the source of it. I mean, it is what it is. It’s mostly Twitter — people that follow me or don’t follow me that hate on me daily, and wanna start s—.”<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 20, 2011
News Maya Angelou Upset With Common's Use Of The N-word <p>Common's newest album, "The Dreamer/The Believer" drops tomorrow, December 20th. However, it seems one of the features is not happy with Common's use of the N-word throughout the album. </p> <p>The famed author Maya Angelou reads a poem she wrote on one of Common's tracks, and says she was unaware that Common used the N-word and that it would be used in this song particular song, called "The Dreamer." Angelou called the word "vulgar and dangerous" to the black community.</p> By Rose Lilah December 19, 2011
News Tupac Shakur Sex Tape Sold <p>A sextape involving the late Tupac Shakur was sold to a private collector, according to <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/18/tupac-sex-tape-sold/#.Tu9kSPJLpBk">TMZ</a>, although for how much exactly it was sold for is unknown. The tape dated back to 1991,  and the background music alone, which was an unreleased, original Tupac song, had reached a bidding price of $1,000,000.</p> By Rose Lilah December 19, 2011
News Freddie Gibbs Caught With Marijuana In Airport, TSA Agent Lets Him Go <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p>Freddie Gibbs was caught with weed in his bag on Wednesday (December 14th) and was subsequently let off the hook by a TSA agent.</p> <p>In a message posted on Twitter, Gangsta Gibbs wrote, "The TSA found my weed and let me keep it. They just left me a note. 'C'mon Son'. Lol." He attached a picture of the notice of baggage inspection with the phrase written on it, surrounded by several bags of pot.</p> <p>The Gary, Indiana native was not arrested and allowed to keep his marijuana.</p> By Rose Lilah December 16, 2011
News Yung Berg Explains Trick Trick & Maino Altercations <p>Yung Berg stopped by Power 105’s The Breakfast Club yesterday morning to discuss a pair of incidents that resulted in physical altercations. During the interview, he recalled being in Detroit, Michigan and not wanting to go to Trick Trick’s club since a member of his entourage had a problem with him, but somehow ended up there.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 16, 2011
News Nas Speaks On The Impact of "Ether" <p>Since "Stillmatic" and "Hip Hop Is Dead" are celebrating 5 and 10-year anniversaries next week, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.xxlmag.com/features/2011/12/nas-remembers-the-making-of-stillmatic-hip-hop-is-dead/">XXL</a> spoke to Nas on the impact of "Ether." Read what he said on it below.</p> <p>XXL: How do you feel about the word "Ether"transitioning from being your song title to becoming slang?</p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011
News Jay-Z & Timabland Go To Court Over Copyright Claim for "Big Pimpin" <p>Jay-Z and Timbaland are being taken to court with a lawsuit by <span id="intelliTXT">the children of Bollywood composer, Baligh Hamdy. In the track "Big Pimpin" from 2000,  they sampled </span><span id="intelliTXT">“Khosara, Khosara,” which it seems they only had the "economic rights" for and they needed the express permission from the Hamdy children to use the sample. </span></p> <p>A federal judge ruled earlier this month that the copyright case will go to trial. </p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011
News Shyne Speaks On His Conversion To Judaism <p>Shyne recently spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/14/shyne-ing-in-jerusalem-how-one-rapper-saw-the-light-and-converted-to-ultra-orthodox-judaism/" target="_blank">Time Magazine Online</a> about his conversion to Judaism. Shyne, who was born  Jamal Michael Barrow but has changed his name to Moshe Levi, was in jail serving a sentence for firing a gun in a club and wounding three people way back when with Diddy & J. Lo. He says he experienced a religious awakening while in prison.</p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011