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News Jay-Z To Star In First Ever Rocawear Television Commercial <p>Although Jay-Z's own success is undeniable, his label, Rocawear, which he started with Dame Dash hasn't been doing so well.</p> <p>Rocawear recently had to lay off 28 of their 58 employees in their Manhattan headquarters, and they experienced a $500 million loss in sale globally. Their solution is to do a first-time ever television ad for the company.</p> <p>Jay-Z himself will star in Rocawear's first-ever T.V. campaign. The ads, which were filmed back in November, will air on BET, MTV, TNT and also during NBA games.</p> By Rose Lilah February 07, 2012
News A$AP Rocky Talks $3 Million Record Deal <p>A$AP Rocky recently signed a deal with Sony/RCA subdivision Polo Grounds Music, according to the rapper himself it was for a crazy amount of $3 million dollars ($1.7 million for his solo output and $1.3 million to fund a group label called A$AP Worldwide). Pitchfork recently interviewed him on the subject, check out what he has to say below:</p> <p><b>Pitchfork: A lot of rappers are moving away from big record deals and, as recently as last month, it seemed like you didn't want to sign with a major, either. What changed your mind?</b></p> By Rose Lilah October 28, 2011
News Nicki Minaj Involved in Fight with Maid <p>According to TMZ, Nicki Minaj got into an altercation with one of her maids at her house in Hollywood.</p> By Rose Lilah October 28, 2011
News T.I. To Be Executive Producer On Iggy Azalea's Debut Album <p>In a recent interview with MTV, Iggy Azalea, the up & coming female Australian rapstress, spoke on her debut album <strong>The New Classic</strong>.</p> <p><strong>The New Classic</strong> is set to drop in June, and Azalea announced that none other than T.I. will be an executive producer.</p> By Rose Lilah February 03, 2012
News Yung Berg Explains Trick Trick & Maino Altercations <p>Yung Berg stopped by Power 105’s The Breakfast Club yesterday morning to discuss a pair of incidents that resulted in physical altercations. During the interview, he recalled being in Detroit, Michigan and not wanting to go to Trick Trick’s club since a member of his entourage had a problem with him, but somehow ended up there.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 16, 2011
News Shyne Speaks On His Conversion To Judaism <p>Shyne recently spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/14/shyne-ing-in-jerusalem-how-one-rapper-saw-the-light-and-converted-to-ultra-orthodox-judaism/" target="_blank">Time Magazine Online</a> about his conversion to Judaism. Shyne, who was born  Jamal Michael Barrow but has changed his name to Moshe Levi, was in jail serving a sentence for firing a gun in a club and wounding three people way back when with Diddy & J. Lo. He says he experienced a religious awakening while in prison.</p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011
News 50 Cent Vents His Frustrations With Interscope & More On Twitter <p>Yesterday for some reason 50 Cent decided to vent on Twitter, and some of the tweets were kinda depressing...he doesn't think he's going to live much longer according to one of them.</p> <p>“I’ll be honest I don’t think I’m gonna live much longer,” 50 tweeted, “That’s why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other people’s lives.”</p> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2012
News T-Boz Files for Bankruptcy After Rapper Baby Father Mack 10 Refuses to Pay Child Support <p>T-Boz has filed for bankruptcy. Guess this gives new meaning to "What About Your Friends."<br /> <br /> According to TMZ, the "Ain't 2 Proud To Beg" singer owes creditors $768,642.99, which mostly comes from the mortgage on her $1.2 million house. <br /> <br /> Court papers filed last month state T-Boz, aka Tionne Watkins, only brings in about $11 grand a month, but has almost $9,000 in expenses.<br /> <br /> When you add in that she was secretly fighting a brain tumor for three years, it's easy to see why she's having a hard time. <br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah November 28, 2011
News Review: The Weeknd's "Echoes of Silence" The Weeknd ended 2011 in the best way possible, by releasing the long awaited & highly anticipated finale of his trilogy, “Echoes of Silence.” I have been a hardcore fan of The Weeknd ever since “House of Balloons,” and I enjoyed Abel's first two mixtapes (excessively) so I was beyond excited to listen to “Echoes of Silence,” and his timing happened to be perfect, because he dropped it immediately after I had smoked a joint. By Rose Lilah January 03, 2012
News 40 Glocc Arrested After Choking Girlfriend, Tweets Accusations Are “Lies” <p>Former G-Unit member 40 Glocc is in jail for physically abusing his girlfriend, including choking her multiple times.</p> <p>According to a police report obtained by <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/10/40-glocc-arrested-strangle-girlfriend-g-unit/#.TuYBXHO0zu0">TMZ</a>, Glocc was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, after brutally beating his girlfriend, including nearly chocking her to death three times in one day.</p> By Rose Lilah December 12, 2011
News Vybz Kartel Charged With Murder in Jamaica <p class="MsoNormal">Dancehall star Vybz Kartel was been changed with murder on Monday. A police statement released in Kingston, Jamaica implies Vybz, whose real name is Adidjah Palmer, has been charged with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possessions of firearm.</p> By Rose Lilah October 04, 2011
News Lil Wayne’s "Carter IV" Sells 964,000 Units in First Week <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-20-at-12.45.15-AM.png"><img width="300" height="169" class="size-medium wp-image-123753 alignleft" title="lil wayne carter iv featured" src="http://www.xxlmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Screen-shot-2011-04-20-at-12.45.15-AM-300x169.png" alt="" /></a></p> <p>It might not be a milli, but Lil Wayne’s long delayed, highly anticipated album,<em> Tha Carter IV</em>, officially sold 964,000 copies in its first week, according to the Nielsen SoundScan report.</p> By Rose Lilah September 07, 2011