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News MEGAUPLOAD Shut Down By Feds <p class="ap-story-p">One of the world's largest file-sharing sites was shut down Thursday, and its founder and several company executives were charged with violating piracy laws, federal prosecutors said.</p> <p class="ap-story-p">An indictment accuses Megaupload.com of costing copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue from pirated films and other content. The indictment was unsealed one day after websites including Wikipedia and Craigslist shut down in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart online piracy.</p> By Rose Lilah January 19, 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 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 Soulja Boy Talks About New Movie & Upcoming Album <p>The boy everyone loves to hate, Soulja Boy, recently talked to <em>XXL</em> about his new movie and his upcoming album, here are some key excerpts...</p> <p>On His Movie "Soula Boy:The Movie" (what an original name!):</p> By Rose Lilah November 08, 2011
News Birdman Announces "Like Father, Like Son 2" <p>The sequel to Birdman and son Lil Wayne’s 2006 collaborative effort Like Father, Like Son has been in the works for a while but it looks like the YMCMB machine is finally in motion to release the album. Birdman took to Twitter a few hours ago to announce the official title of the album as Like Father, Like Son 2: Tha Last Mob.<br /> <br /> Birdman last spoke about the project in April last year with Billboard:<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 16, 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
News Schoolboy Q & A$AP Rocky Talking About A Joint Project <p>Collaborations between hip-hop artists seems to be on the rise, some good (Jay-Z & Kanye) and some not-so-good (Gucci Mane & V-Nasty), however if Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky collab I have feeling that'd be dope.</p> By Rose Lilah February 08, 2012
News Snoop Dogg Responds To Waka Flocka Dissing Wiz Khalifa <p>Almost a month ago Waka Flocka took a shot at Wiz Khalifa, saying that he has "no swag," and hyped his way to the top. Wiz Khalifa has not repsonded to Waka, but now Snoop Dogg has said a few words on it.</p> By Rose Lilah January 11, 2012
News Hospital Clarifies Rumours Surrounding Jay-Z & Beyonce <p>The rumours about Beyonce & Jay-Z's visit to the Lenox Hill Hospital have been circulating the internet since the birth of Blue Ivy Carter, however a rep for the hospital, Frank Danza, is clarifying some of them.</p> <p>First, that the couple payed 1.3 million for the entire floor of the maternity ward: </p> By Rose Lilah January 10, 2012
News J. Cole Returns To Hometown, Speaks To Students J. Cole's hometown honours him with his own day. By Rose Lilah March 02, 2012
News Rick Ross Reveals Cause of Seizures <p>While on 106 & Park Rick Ross revealed the cause of his seizures, having suffered two seizures in one day in the past month. He says that originally he didn't think his seizures were that serious.</p> By Rose Lilah November 02, 2011