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News 50 Cent PSA #2 <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> By Rose Lilah October 29, 2011
News Common Drops New Diss Record Directed Towards Drake <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> By Rose Lilah January 09, 2012
News Amber Rose To Release "Fame" Single Featuring Wiz Khalifa Wiz's wifey gears up for her first foray into music. By Rose Lilah January 07, 2012
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 Kendrick Lamar Speaks On Working With Pharrell & Upcoming Album <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> By Rose Lilah February 03, 2012
News Lil Wayne Says He's Never Heard "Watch The Throne" <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> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2011
News Nas and Tyler, the Creator Talk About God, Drugs, Bruno Mars <p>For the most recent cover story of XXL featuring Nas, he was interviewed by Tyler, the Creator. The result is not your typical interview, and XXL gives us some of the highlights from their conversation (which ranged from talk of God, drugs, and Bruno Mars). Check it out below!</p> <p>On Bruno Mars:</p> <p>Nas: "Are we gonna see you and Bruno gunning after eachother with AKs? What's going on with that?"</p> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2011
News Chris Brown May Not Do Any Interviews in 2012 <p>Tina Davis, Chris Brown's manager, recently spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.billboard.com/column/the-juice/chris-brown-will-not-do-interviews-but-concentrate-1005787752.story#/column/the-juice/chris-brown-will-not-do-interviews-but-concentrate-1005787752.story" target="_blank">Billboard</a> on the r'n'b singer/rapper, and according to her he may not do any interviews in 2012. Read some excerpts below.</p> <p><strong>On His Comeback After The 2009 Incident With Rihanna:</strong></p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News Pill Says He Was Never Signed to MMG <p>Recently there have been rumours circulating the internet that Pill was dropped from MMG, but now Pill has opened up to MTV and he revealed that he couldn't be dropped from MMG because he was never actually signed to Rick Rozay's label.</p> <p>Pill said the following on the matter:</p> <p>“I never signed any paperwork with Ross. It was just my deal was over at Warner already.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News Lil' Kim Announces Release Of Five-Track EP <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Kimmy Blanco takes to Twitter to reveal the upcoming release of a handful of tracks.</p> <p>Lil' Kim has announced the release of an upcoming five-track EP, set to impact around the holidays.</p> <p>Taking to Twitter to reveal the project, Kimmy Blanco broke news of the release yesterday. "#TeamLilKim For the Holidays I'm releasing a 5 song EP for yall as a preview of what's to come in 2012 & so on 4rm Lil' Kim :) !!!!!"</p> By Rose Lilah November 26, 2011
News Juvenile Talks New Album, "Power" & More <p>Juvenile is baaackk and he spoke to Billboard's The Juice about his upcoming album ("Rejuvenation" Dec. 13th!), his latest single "Power" & more.</p> <p>Check out some excerpts below.</p> <p>On The Sample for "Power"<strong>:<br /> </strong></p> <p>That was Manny's idea. A lot of cats hate on me for that but that was a classic. It's kind of amazing the way he took that from there and made it like this. I needed something to send to Rick Ross. That was something that he referenced to me.</p> <p>On His Relationship with Mannie:</p> By Rose Lilah November 22, 2011
News Machine Gun Kelly Says He Finished Recording His Debut, Speaks On Upcoming DVD <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 /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 07, 2011