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News Machine Gun Kelly Explains Interscope Beef Over "Invincible" Machine Gun Kelly was recently in the news for dissing Interscope over what he deemed to be a commercial song he was forced to do, now the rapper explains the story and how he feels about the song. By Rose Lilah July 06, 2012
News Frank Oceans Reveals Lost Nas Collaboration In an article for the New York Times, Frank Ocean reveals he had a song with Nas which has since been lost. By Rose Lilah July 05, 2012
News Game Must Pay $5 Million To Police Officers In Compensatory Damages <p>Yesterday a North Carolina court upheld a ruling from 2010 that Game must pay $5 million to five Greensboro police officers because of an incident back in October 2005.</p> <p>The police officers filed a defamation suit against the rapper in 2006, and the $5 million is to compensate for damages. The officers claim that they were slandered and their identities were wrongfully used in Game's DVD "<span id="intelliTXT">Stop Snitchin’ Stop Lyin’."</span></p> By Rose Lilah February 22, 2012
News Tyga Speaks On "Careless World" Recall <p>Tyga's latest album, "Careless World: Rise Of The Last King," finally dropped today after several delays. However, there were some last minute problems that prevented the albums from hitting retail stores. Tyga was informed by his fans that there were notices in several stores saying that the album would be pulled from the shelves because of an uncleared sample of a Martin Luther King Jr. speech. </p> <p>In a recent interview with V-103's Greg Street, Tyga spoke on the "Careless World" recall, saying,</p> By Rose Lilah February 21, 2012
News BREAKING NEWS: Heavy D Dead at 44 <p> <p class="MsoNormal">We just received news of the tragic death of Heavy D. Details surrounding the Jamaican-born legendary rapper’s death remain sketchy at this time, but the news spread quickly after a tweet from Grandmaster Flash.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A 911 call was placed from Heavy D’s Beverly Hills home around 11:25 AM to report an unconscious male on the walkway. When help arrived, he was conscious and speaking and was transported to a nearby LA hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1 pm. He was 44-years-old.</p> By Rose Lilah November 08, 2011
Original Content HNHH Exclusive: Freeway Speaks On Upcoming Projects & More HNHH talks to Philly's Freeway about his upcoming projects and more. By Rose Lilah March 09, 2012
News K'naan Considering Suing Romney's Campaign For Using "Waving Flag" <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> By Rose Lilah February 02, 2012
News Amber Rose Addresses Funkmaster Flex Criticism, Offers Interview <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">While taking exception to comments Funkmaster Flex made about her earlier, Amber Rose calls Flex an asshole, and is willing to reconcile on his show.</p> By Rose Lilah September 29, 2011
News Mary J. Blige Talks Recording For Rick Ross’ ‘God Forgives, I Don’t’ <p style="text-align: justify;">Mary J. Blige recently shared some details with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2011/09/mary-j-blige-reveals-details-on-her-rick-ross-duet/">XXL</a> about recording with Rick Ross for his upcoming <em>God Forgives, I Don’t</em> album which is expected to be released in December. The song was done in Marvin Gaye’s studio in LA.</p> <blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify;">“I did a crazy, crazy record with Rick. Rick is fly. He picks the best beats man. That guy is amazing with that.</p> By Rose Lilah September 28, 2011
News Rapper Skillz Goes In on BET Cypher Participants & Tyler The Creator <p><span style="font-size: larger;"><em>In his new interview with AllHipHop, Virgina based Rapper Skillz speaks candidly on how he felt about the 2011 BET Cypher participants as well as Rap upcomer Tyler the Creator. Below are some excerpts and the full 2 page interview.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: larger;"><strong>“I lost so much respect for so many rappers today…” -Skillz</strong></span></p> By Rose Lilah October 07, 2011
News Gucci Mane Recording a Track With Britney Spears? <p>Sometimes a rumor is so crazy, bizarre and puzzling that we have to engage with it. The most current one goes a little something like this: Britney Spears is recording a track with Atlanta trap rapper and purveyor of crazy facial tattoos Gucci Mane. This has to be a pipe dream, right? There's no way this could be real.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 21, 2011
News RZA & Raekwon Call Truce, Raekwon To Record Verses For "A Better Tomorrow" RZA and Raekwon have worked out their issues, according to an offical statement from the WU-Tang Clan By Trevor Smith May 12, 2014