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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 Tyga Comments On Chris Brown & Drake Feud: "Nobody Wants To See Them Beef" Tyga, a friend to both Drizzy & Chris Brown, commented on the recent feud which has erupted between the two. By Rose Lilah July 04, 2012
Industry Word Up: Is Tupac Back? Tupac came to 'life' at Coachella this year, however, is it a good thing? Do we want other deceased artists returning to perform as a hologram? By Rose Lilah April 19, 2012
News Pharrell Speaks On "Pink Slime" With Mac Miller Pharrell Williams talks about linking up with Mac Miller for a joint project titled "Pink Slime" and he speaks on the first single off it "Onaroll." By Rose Lilah June 08, 2012
News Kendrick Lamar Explains First Linking Up With Dr. Dre Kendrick Lamar talks on first connecting with Dr. Dre, working on a video for "The Recipe," he talks about the Nicki Minaj debacle at Summer Jam and more in a recent interview. By Rose Lilah June 06, 2012
News Lil Kim's Beef With Azealia Banks Reportedly Fabricated A rep for Lil Kim says the 'beef' between her and young female rapper Azealia Banks was for publicity. By Rose Lilah May 06, 2012
News AraabMUZIK Speaks On Collaborative Project With A$AP Rocky Producer araabMUZIK teams up with A$AP Rocky for a new project. By Rose Lilah April 13, 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 $5 million is to compensate for damages. The officers claim that they were slandered and their identities were wrongfully used in Game's DVD "<span id="intelliTXT">Stop Snitchin’ Stop Lyin’."</span></p> By Rose Lilah February 22, 2012
News Funkmaster Flex & DJ Clue Publicize Their Feud Over Nicki Minaj Song <p> According to Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex, he recently stole an email from DJ Clue. The email contained a file of Nicki Minaj's latest song "Beez In The Trap," which was set to be played on Clue's radio show. Instead, Flex dropped a bomb on the track while also speaking about why he decided to hack Clue's account.</p> By Rose Lilah March 21, 2012
News 2 Chainz Speaks On How "No Lie" With Drake Came Together 2 Chainz gives some details on his new single "No Lie," and how the record came together. By Rose Lilah May 02, 2012
News Watch Common's "Sweet" Video <p>Common's latest music video, "Sweet", was premiered last night via Ustream <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.ustream.tv/thinkcommonlive" target="_blank">here</a>. To view this video you are asked to donate 1$, and all proceeds go to<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt"> J/P HRO.</span> </p> <p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">About J/P HRO:</span></p> By Rose Lilah November 15, 2011
News 2 Chainz, Tyga & Mac Miller Cover The Source <p>For <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.thesource.com/articles/200634/2-Chainz%2C-Tyga-And-Mac-Miller-Cover-The-Source!?thesource-prod=emt8bunjq3gv82dq5t6kp3vpi1" target="_blank">The Source's</a> February/March 2012 issue they probably have at least one of your favourite rappers featured: 2 Chainz, Mac Miller, Tyga grace the cover, and although Kendrick Lamar isn't on the cover he is featured on the inside photo and is part of the cover story. Peep the photos below, and here's what The Source has to say on it:</p> By Rose Lilah February 14, 2012