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News Frank Ocean could be sued over his song "American Wedding."
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News <p>Speak, a rapper-turned-ghostwriter from Moreno Valley, California, who co-wrote Kreayshawn’s hit single “Gucci Gucci,” among others, says he still hasn’t seen any royalties for his work.</p>
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News <p>50 Cent has another PSA, this time he supports Occupy Wall Street and discourages people from buying from companies which don't give back and as well shows his frustration with big banks, politicians and businesses. Check out the entire PSA below:</p>
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News <p>Despite the fact that the Rick Ross’ <em>Rich Forever</em> was undoubtably the most downloaded mixtape last week, many hip-hop fans have paid closer attention to the Drake verse that was seemingly directed at Chicago rapper Common on the French Montana assisted, “Stay Schemin’” track.</p>
<p>Although Drake didn’t say Common’s name, Common has already replied with a diss record over the same beat and has specifically called out Drake for his use of singing during his raps and the sensitive nature of some of his songs.</p>
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News Wiz's wifey gears up for her first foray into music.
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News <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>
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News <p><strong>Usher</strong>'s ex-wife wants to take away his kids ... claiming the singer has repeatedly blown off his legal obligations as a co-parent ... and even worse -- he CLOSED her Saks 5th Avenue credit card ... this according to court docs obtained by TMZ. <br />
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<strong>Tameka Raymond</strong> -- who had 2 kids with Usher during their brief 2 year marriage -- filed court papers in Georgia ... asking a judge to strip Usher of joint physical custody of their children ASAP. <br />
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News <p>Lil Wayne talks about <em>Watch the Throne</em> as well as Drake and Nicki Minaj in a recent interview with <em>VIBE</em>, and here's an excerpt from what he haid to say:</p>
<p><strong>On<em> Watch The Throne</em></strong>:</p>
<p>"I haven't heard the album. I'll probably never hear the album."</p>
<p><strong>On Nicki Minaj</strong>:</p>
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News <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>
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News <p>Machine Gun Kelly has been gearing up for his debut album, which is most likely slated for release in 2012. During an interview with FLuD, the Bad Boy rapper said that he finished recording the LP and explained how he likes to divvy up time between the studio and performing.<br />
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News <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://hypetrak.com/" target="_blank">Hypetrack </a>interviewed Pusha T on "Fear of God II: Let Us Pray", the upcoming G.O.O.D. Music album & more. Check out some of the more interesting things he had to say below.</p>
<p>On "Fear of God II: Let Us Pray":</p>
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