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News Jermaine Dupri On Chris Brown: "He's Gonna Be More Famous Than Tupac" Jermaine Dupri had high praise for Chris Brown on the eve of his performance at the BET Awards, saying that he'll be "more famous than Tupac" now that he's out of jail. By Patrick Lyons June 29, 2014
News Drake's Title Track From "Views From The 6" Leaks A leak from Drake's upcoming album "Views From The 6" arrives. By Rose Lilah August 25, 2014
News T.I. Announces Release Date For "Paperwork: The Motion Picture" [Update: Official Artwork Revealed] T.I.'s locked in a release date for his new album "Paperwork." By Rose Lilah August 26, 2014
News Is Kendrick Lamar's New Single Arriving Next Week? [Update: TDE CEO Responds] According to some, Kendrick Lamar's next single may be dropping next Tuesday. By Kevin Goddard September 17, 2014
News 2 Chainz Covers Complex Online Issue 2 Chainz talks about his new album in the online cover story for Complex Magazine. By Rose Lilah August 14, 2012
News 2 Chainz Plans Less Rap Features 2 Chainz wants to ease up on doing lots of features on hip hop tracks, but is open to features in other genres of music. By Rose Lilah August 08, 2012
News Birdman Says There's "No Truth" To Lil Kim's Explanation Of Nicki Minaj Beef Birdman denies that Lil Kim's allegations against YMCMB are true. By Rose Lilah May 24, 2012
News Pete Rock Upset With Lupe Fiasco's Sampling "T.R.O.Y." Lupe Fiasco's new single samples "T.R.O.Y.," however Pete Rock feels disrespected by the sample. By Rose Lilah May 22, 2012
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 Swizz Beatz C.E.O. of MegaUpload, Universal Music Group Upset With MegaUpload Video <p>A month or two ago there was a video making its way around the internet which promoted the MegaUpload website. The YouTube video featured a jingle for the site, and had appearences from quite a few artists, including Kanye West, Diddy and Will.i.am. Well it turns out the C.E.O. of MegaUpload is none other than Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean. If anyone had ever bothered to check the <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://megaupload.com/?c=about" target="_blank">"About Us" </a>page on Megaupload maybe we would have realized this sooner!</p> By Rose Lilah January 18, 2012
News Kid Cudi Expresses His Sadness Over A Fan's Death <p> One of Kid Cudi's more devout fans was suffering from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and recently passed away. The fan, Ben Breedlove, had posted a video on youtube before his death, saying that during a bout with the disease he had visions of being with Cudi. Ben passed away on Christmas day, and Cudi expressed his sadness over his tumblr, saying,</p> By Rose Lilah December 29, 2011
Music Police In Auckland Searching For Witnesses In "Rae Sremmurd Stabbing Incident" Police in New Zealand are looking for witnesses to come out of the woodwork, due to a lack of video evidence. By Devin Ch January 04, 2019