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Industry <p>Word up HNHH viewers, welcome to a new feature on HNHH where we will discuss some relevant shit going on in the hip-hop world. It shall be called <strong>Word Up</strong>. Let us begin.</p>
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News <p>In a recent interview with <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201202/pharrell-williams-oscars-music-collaboration-hans-zimmer" target="_blank">GQ</a>, Pharrell spoke on his role as a music consultant in the Oscars and more. Peep some excerpts below.</p>
<p><strong>On Being A Music Consultant With Hans Zimmer For The Oscars:</strong></p>
<p>We have to reinterpret some of the music for the nominees. We have to do other music as well that is at times new and original and at others borrowing from movie scenes.</p>
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Rose Lilah 345 Views
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News <p> <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/05/bow-wow-arrest-georgia/#.Ty8wNJjlA21">TMZ</a> reports that Georgia judge is ordering an arrest on Bow Wow. Read all the details below:</p>
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Rose Lilah 205 Views
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News <p>Lil' Kim is the latest in a growing list of emcees and producers to have tax troubles, and according to TMZ, she has hit a bit of a milestone in that regard.<br />
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The celebrity news site reports that Kim's tax troubles have brought her total bill to the IRS to $1,026,862.42.<br />
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The Queen Bee reportedly owes $86,347.85 from 2009, and money in every year from 2002-2009.<br />
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In response, Kim's publicist issued the following statement:<br />
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Rose Lilah 363 Views
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News <p>God Forgives, I Don't may be the name of Rick Ross' upcoming LP, but the Bawse isn't as coldhearted as his album title may suggest. When it comes to former Maybach Music affiliate Pill, Rozay wishes the Atlanta MC all the best.<br />
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"I'm a real dude and I'm a real boss and once you rep the MMG flag, I'll never step on your feet; Imma give you a pass anyway," Ross told MTV News correspondent Sway Calloway of Pill while at French Montana's "Shot Caller" remix video shoot in Miami on Sunday.<br />
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Rose Lilah 819 Views
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News <p>Last year, Drake released a song, "Marvin's Room," that quickly went viral and prompted various remixes by fellow artists intrigued by the depiction of a young woman on a phone call as the rapper drunkenly croons, "You could do better."<br />
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Now, Ericka Lee, revealing herself to be Drake's ex-girlfriend, has stepped up, saying she was the voice on the other end of the phone call. The woman is now suing Drake for excluding her from sharing co-writer royalties on one of his biggest recent hits.<br />
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Rose Lilah 554 Views
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News <p>In a recent interview with Shade 45, Wiz Khalifa explained the meaning of his upcoming album, <strong>O.N.I.F.C.</strong></p>
<p>During the radio show he revealed that the acronym stands for "Only N*gga in First Class." His inspiration for this title came from Prodigy's debut album <strong>Head N*gga In Charge</strong>, "It’s inspired by Prodigy’s <em>H.N.I.C.</em>,” <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1">added</span> Wiz. "When he dropped that, I felt like that sounded so strong."</p>
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Rose Lilah 1206 Views
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News <p>In a recent interview with MTV, Iggy Azalea, the up & coming female Australian rapstress, spoke on her debut album <strong>The New Classic</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>The New Classic</strong> is set to drop in June, and Azalea announced that none other than T.I. will be an executive producer.</p>
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Rose Lilah 438 Views
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News <p>Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolBoy Q sat down with <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice#/column/the-juice/kendrick-lamar-schoolboy-q-talk-upcoming-1006077752.story" target="_blank">Billboard</a> to dicuss upcoming projects and Kendrick revealed some details about what he has in store.</p>
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Rose Lilah 324 Views
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News <p>Serving two years for gun possession, Ja Rule found a new posse behind bars — a couple of cons he calls “Hevey D” and “Koz.”<br />
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The Queens-raised rap star says disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and corporate greed poster-boy Dennis Kozlowski took him under their wings.<br />
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From Kozlowski, he got stock tips. From Hevesi, he heard about the perennial impasse in Albany. They watched Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert together.<br />
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Rose Lilah 259 Views
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News <p>2 Chainz, formally Tity Boi, confirmed that he signed with Def Jam in a recent interview with <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://rapfix.mtv.com/category/rapfix-live/">RapFixLive</a>, and in addition he announced that he has been working with Kanye West for the past year.</p>
<p>On working with Kanye he said the following:</p>
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Rose Lilah 396 Views
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News <p>K'naan, a Somalian-born rapper, is considering suing presdential candidate Mitt Romney, who decided to use K'naan's song "Waving Flag," as his victory anthem.</p>
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Rose Lilah 259 Views
