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News Rick Ross Cancels Los Angeles, California Performance To Recover From Seizures <p>Ricky Rozay is focusing on his health after suffering from two seizures last week.<br /> <br /> Rick Ross has cancelled another scheduled performance after suffering from a pair of seizures last week.<br /> <br /> The gig, set to take place this Sunday (October 23rd) at Los Angeles, California's Nokia Theatre, has been pushed back to January 13, 2012. Busta Rhymes, Y.G., Jayo Felony, Eric Bellinger, Pure and more were slated to perform during the show.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 20, 2011
News Nas Covers XXL (November 2011) / Interviewed By Tyler, The Creator <p>Nas Celebrates 20 Years in Hip-Hop, Interviewed by Tyler, the Creator in New XXL</p> By Rose Lilah October 12, 2011
News Fabolous Talks Past, Present & Future Projects <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Fab speaks on "Ghetto Fabolous," "Soul Tape" and "Loso's Way II."</p> By Rose Lilah September 26, 2011
News CyHi Da Prynce Says Jay-Z And Kanye's "Watch The Throne" Is Done <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">The G.O.O.D. Music signee says Hov and Ye's long-awaited project is good to go.</p> <p>DXNext alum <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/dxnext/id.182/title.dxnext-cyhi-da-prynce">CyHi Da Prynce</a> has revealed that Jay-Z and Kanye's <em>Watch the Throne </em>is finally ready to see the light of day.</p> By Rose Lilah June 30, 2011
News J. Cole Releasing First Album Single Within a Week <p>Two weeks ago, J. Cole announced that his debut album for Roc Nation was finally complete, approximately two years after signing with the imprint. Now, the North Carolina native is gearing up to drop its first official single.<br /> <br /> At the BET Awards nominations press conference earlier this week, Cole told Ms. Drama TV that he will release the album's first single within a few days. "We finally married a single and we picked it, so that's next week. There's no more holdup," J. Cole explained. "As of next week, you'll see me on full-fledged promo mode."<br /> By Rose Lilah May 19, 2011
News Flo Rida Busted for DUI In Super-EXPENSIVE Car <p>Law enforcement sources say ... 31-year-old Flo Rida was driving around in his red and black 2008 Bugatti -- valued around $1.7 million -- when cops observed the rapper swerving in his lane and pulled him over around 3:30 AM.<br /> <br /> During the stop, cops detected the odor of alcohol -- so Flo was given a field sobriety test ... and didn't perform very well.<br /> <br /> Flo -- real name Tramar Dillard -- was arrested on suspicion of DUI and taken to a nearby station where he is currently being booked.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah June 09, 2011
News Lil Wayne Lists His Miami Mansion for $12.9M <p>Rapper Lil Wayne wants to, or maybe just needs to, unload his Miami mansion on La Gorce Island, Fla., that he purchased early last year for $14 million. He is asking $12.9 million for a possible quick sale given he has an Internal Revenue Service tax lien hanging over his head.<br /> <br /> The IRS says the rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., owes the government a total of $5.6 million, which breaks down to $3,351,078 owed for 2008 and $2,258,956 for 2009. Last year, he had liens against him for more than $1 million for the tax years 2004, 2005 and 2007.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah April 13, 2011
News Russell Simmons Says Bill Cosby 'Bumped Me' During Run-In <p>Russell Simmons ran into a little trouble with Bill Cosby, during the Jackie Robinson Foundation gala last week, resulting in a not-so-nice exchange riddled with expletives.<br /> <br /> Simmons, who presented Sean "Diddy" Combs with the night's Man of the Year Award, approached the legendary comedian, and host of the event, to apologize for unflattering comments he made during his State of Emergency: Hip-Hop campaign last November, as well as to say "I love you."<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah March 17, 2011
News Lil B Subject of University Lecture <p>There's little doubt that Bay Area rapper Lil B has become hip-hop's resident eccentric over the last year, but does he have a little more to tell us about our day and era? A professor at UC Berkeley thinks so. In a recent lecture, professor Geoffrey D. Nunberg swagged out a class of undergraduates by using Lil B as a core example in his 'History of Information' course.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 28, 2011
News Beats by Dre vs Sleek by 50? Is 50 Cent Cookin Up A New Beef? <p>G-Unit general 50 Cent latest onslaught may actually hit close to home, as the controversial rapper announced he has a new diss record in the works aimed at Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine and Aftermath Records head Dr. Dre.<br /> <br /> Airing out his issues on Twitter, 50 hinted at his recent venture with Sleek Headphones causing anxiety with Iovine and Dre who have their own Beats By Dre music gear line.<br /> <br />     "Jimmy iovine and dre mad at me cause I'm doing sleek by 50," Fif tweeted Monday (February 14).<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah February 15, 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 T.I. Not Being Charged for Ecstasy Arrest in California <blockquote> <p>The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office will not be pursuing their drug case against T.I. The Atlanta rapper was arrested on Sept. 1 in L.A. with his wife, after cops pulled him over for an illegal U-turn on Sunset Strip, and subsequently searched the vehicle after smelling marijuana.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 26, 2010