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News Ne-Yo Moves to Motown Records & Takes On Roles Of Senior VP, A&R <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice#/column/the-juice/ne-yo-joins-motown-roster-also-appointed-1005975352.story">Billboard</a> reports that Ne-Yo, formerly with Def Jam, is moving to Motown Records. He plans to bring his Compound Entertainment label with him for the move, and in addition he will take on the roles of senior VP of A&R of Motown.</p> By Rose Lilah January 25, 2012
News Beats By Dre Not Renewing Contract With Monster <p>Monster, the company that manufactures Dr. Dre's & Jimmy Iovine's "Beats By Dre" headphones, is now parting ways with Beats Electronic at the end of their current contract. Beats has decided not to renew their contract for another five years.</p> By Rose Lilah January 13, 2012
News Kim Kardashian to File for Divorce <p>Kim Kardashian will file for divorce this morning, after 72 days of not-so-wedded bliss to Kris Humphries.</p> <p>We're told even though the marriage was short, she will not seek an annulment. It's a garden variety divorce, in which Kim cites "irreconcilable differences."</p> <p>We're told the date of separation is listed as today, Oct. 31, 2011.</p> <p>Kim has hired disso-queen Laura Wasser, who has repped the likes of Britney Spears, Maria Shriver, Angelina Jolie, Ryan Reynolds, and Robyn Gibson, Mel's almost ex-wife.</p> By Rose Lilah October 31, 2011
News Young Buck Filing for Bankruptcy & Might Have To Sell His Name <p> Young Buck is having financial problems and might have to sell his name, it seems. The rapper, born David Darnell Brown, has to file for bankruptcy, and apparently he owes a lot. He owes child support, the IRS, and supposedly $10 million dollars to 50 Cent & his G-Unit label, with whom he is engaged in a dispute over his contract.</p> By Rose Lilah December 27, 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 50 Cent Vents His Frustrations With Interscope & More On Twitter <p>Yesterday for some reason 50 Cent decided to vent on Twitter, and some of the tweets were kinda depressing...he doesn't think he's going to live much longer according to one of them.</p> <p>“I’ll be honest I don’t think I’m gonna live much longer,” 50 tweeted, “That’s why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other people’s lives.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News 40 Glocc Arrested After Choking Girlfriend, Tweets Accusations Are “Lies” <p>Former G-Unit member 40 Glocc is in jail for physically abusing his girlfriend, including choking her multiple times.</p> <p>According to a police report obtained by <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/10/40-glocc-arrested-strangle-girlfriend-g-unit/#.TuYBXHO0zu0">TMZ</a>, Glocc was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, after brutally beating his girlfriend, including nearly chocking her to death three times in one day.</p> By Rose Lilah December 12, 2011
News Ice Cube launches Charity Art Series with Rare Ink <div class="im"> By Rose Lilah June 22, 2011
News Justin Timberlake No Longer Interested In Working With Jay-Z <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">After Jay-Z passed on a collaboration with Justin Timberlake for his "FutureSex/LoveSounds” album the singer says he's no longer interested in a collab.</p> <p>Those looking forward to a possible <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.987/title.jay-z-the-end-or-the-beginning">Jay-Z</a> and Justin Timberlake collaboration may not want to hold their breaths because it looks like the two musicians will probably never record a song together.</p> By Rose Lilah June 16, 2011
News Usher & Tameka Raymond Sex Tape Coming Soon? <p>What happens in the past doesn't always stay there. Usher, who divorced from his ex-wife Tameka Foster in 2009, is at the center of a brewing controversy after an unnamed owner of a sex tape featuring the two is shopping the steamy video to potential buyers and distributors.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah March 14, 2011
News Wiz Khalifa Announces New Single <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/wiz_khalifa/artist.jhtml">Wiz Khalifa</a> may not be an environmentalist, but the Pittsburgh rapper does have a thing for the green movement.</p> By Rose Lilah December 22, 2010
News Nas Prepping Autobiography, Focusing On Acting <p>Nas is following the lead of his onetime rival Jay-Z, who released 'Decoded' last month, and entering the publishing world with an upcoming autobiography in 2011. When recently interviewed by Pedestrian TV, Nas revealed that his recent cameo on 'Hawaii 5-0' was a preview of coming attractions as he plans to focus more on writing and acting in the future.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 08, 2010