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News Asher Roth Talks About His Deal With Def Jam <p>XXL spoke to Asher Roth about his recent signing to Def Jam, and here's some of what he had to say on the deal:</p> <p>"We understand that Def Jam is ready to compete in a changing music business and a music business that’s changed drastically even since the last time I was out doing commercial music,” Roth explained. “Def Jam has the mindset and resources to compete in this arena, and I know [SRC Records CEO] Steve Rifkind knows that.”</p> By Rose Lilah November 22, 2011
News Birdman Purchases $8 Million German Sports Car <p>Brian "Birdman" Williams wasn't kidding when he released the song 'Money to Blow.' The Cash Money label head just dropped nearly $8 million on a Mercedes Maybach Exelero.<br /> <br /> The luxury vehicle comes in at a whopping $7.8 million, a drop in the bucket for Birdman, whose net worth is estimated to be $100 million. "8million 0n a whip all red.blievetht.custom made.ymcmb," the New Orleans native tweeted, alongside a picture of his new ride, earlier this week.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah May 01, 2011
Viral Kendrick Lamar Drives His Engineer Crazy In Hilarious New Sketch A viral sketch imagines the challenges of being Kendrick Lamar's personal engineer. By Angus Walker April 16, 2017
Original Content Top 25 Kendrick Lamar Songs of All Time The essential songs from the best album artist of our time. By Patrick Lyons August 08, 2017
News Soulja Boy Breaks Silence On Facebook Rant, "I Am Being Labeled As A Racist & Homophobic Person" <p>Atlanta rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em has broken his silence on an unexpected and controversial Facebook rant he allegedly posted over the weekend.<br /> <br /> According to Soulja Boy, his Facebook account was hacked resulting in the negative postings.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah June 14, 2011
News George Bush Responds to Kanye West...FINALLY <p>Can you imagine being such a <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=118r50ga3/**http%3A//www.imdb.com/news/ni5011041/" target="_blank">soldier of pop culture</a> that your activism would warrant you making the pages of a book written by a President?</p> <p>Wouldn't such an inclusion make your family proud? Wouldn't it be a bragging right to share with your grandchildren? Shouldn't it get you an automatic NAACP Image Award?</p> <p>Maybe the above would be the case if the President actually had something good to say about you.</p> By Rose Lilah November 03, 2010
Sports Kobe Bryant Challenges Isaiah Thomas, Kendrick Lamar +Others #MambaMentality. By Kyle Rooney August 24, 2017
News ‘Watch The Throne’ Sales Strategy Prone To Multi-Scanning <p>There are whispers going around the industry that the sales strategy adopted by Kanye, Jay-Z together with the label which gives iTunes a 4 day exclusive window of Watch The Throne‘s release and thereafter physical edition at Best Buy from August 12th onwards, is prone to instances of multi-scanning for sales purposes.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 10, 2011
News Pusha T Talks "Cruel Summer" Completion And Solo Album Pusha T says "Cruel Summer" is in its "final stages", and talks about the dark themes in his upcoming solo LP. By Rose Lilah August 27, 2012
Music Chris Brown Challenges Soulja Boy To Boxing Match Chris Brown challenges Soulja Boy to a fight, and Soulja Boy accepts. By Rose Lilah January 03, 2017
News Lupe Fiasco Denies Reports That His Twitter Account Was Taken Over Lupe clarifies that his break from twitter is simply so he can focus on music. By Trevor Smith May 15, 2013
News Tracklist Revealed For Mike WiLL Made It's "Est. In 1989 Pt. 2.5" Mixtape Check out all the rappers appearing on Mike WiLL Made It's upcoming mixtape. By Rose Lilah December 21, 2012