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News Roots Picnic 2014 Announce Snoop Dogg, Jhene Aiko, Action Bronson & More To Perform The line-up for the upcoming Roots Picnic 2014 has been announced. The Roots, Snoop Dogg, Action Bronson and more are tapped to perform. By Rose Lilah March 03, 2014
Music Missy Elliott Addresses Absence From Music Missy Elliott is eyeing a music comeback, but when? By Kevin Goddard February 05, 2014
News Cam'ron & Vado Banned From Canada <p>Dipset's <strong>Cam'ron</strong> & protege <strong>Vado</strong> have been banned from entering Canada after a run-in with customs today.<br /> <br /> Rumors of their banishment circulated online Thursday (December 16) evening.<br /> <br />     Apparently, things <strong>Cam'ron</strong> did way back in the day stopped him from going to Montreal, Canada for a show. Him and VADO were denied entry into the North Nation. The were just there in Canada over the summer. No dice in the winter. (Illseed Rumors)<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 17, 2010
News Gucci Mane Committed to Mental Health Facility <p>Just 24 hours after news broke that rapper Gucci Mane -- who spent a good part of 2009 and 2010 locked up -- may be returning to jail, we've now discovered that the Atlanta-bred emcee was committed into a mental health treatment facility. According to TMZ, Gucci appeared in a Georgia courtroom yesterday and filed a "Special Plea of Mental Incompetency." The rapper claims that he is unable to "intelligently participate in the probation revocation hearing."<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah January 04, 2011
News 'Christmas In Harlem' Producer Hit-Boy Talks Finished New Dipset/G.O.O.D. Music Collaboration <p>West Coast based producer Hit-Boy may not be the most recognizable name on the shelf but his music has already backed the vocals for a number of hip-hop’s elite.<br /> <br /> Crafting Eminem and Lil Wayne’s first collaboration (“Drop The World”) and Mary J. Blige’s ’09 hit single (“Stronger”), the 23-year-old beatsmith also lent his hand to the making of Kanye West’s first Christmas-inspired record, a collaboration between Dipset and G.O.O.D. Music.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 16, 2010
News T.I. Pens Letter To Fans On Album Release Day <p>So here it is...NO MERCY, the most honest and intimate installment of my life story as promised. Hope y'all enjoy it and it lives up to the very high standards I've set for myself  or anyone who's to be considered one of the best.  I must admit it takes a lot to go through as much as I have and still keep the love in your heart and in your art. But at the end of the day, if that's what it takes to produce the music that keeps the world of hip-hop evolving on it's axis....Then even the lowest of the lows of my life was all worth it. By Rose Lilah December 08, 2010
News Mack Maine Reveals Lil Wayne’s Next Single <p>According to Young Money boss <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/mackmaine"><strong>Mack Maine</strong></a>, Wayne is set to release the first single from his forthcoming <em>Tha Carter IV</em> LP by the end of December, simply titled “6’7″.”</p> <p><em>“We definitely dropping it before the end of the year,” Mack revealed to MTV News. “We ready to go now; we getting it mixed.”</em></p> By Rose Lilah December 07, 2010
News Crooked I Breaks Silence On Funkmaster Flex <p><br /> Nearly two weeks later, King Tech and Crooked I debate if Flex's comments were just a case of free speech or disrespecting the late, great 2Pac.<br /> <br /> Despite an apology and attempts to clarify his two-week-old comments about “not sucking 2Pac’s dick,” Funkmaster Flex is still being questioned for the timing of his statements. Fellow deejay and radio personality King Tech, called Crooked I—who like ‘Pac once called Death Row Records home—to get a different viewpoint on both the timing and the comments.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 07, 2010
News Grammy Nominees 2011 -- Eminem & Jay-Z Dominate <p>The 2011 Grammy nominees were announced at a Los Angeles concert Wednesday night that was broadcast live on CBS. Two-time Grammy winner LL Cool J hosted the hour-long program that included performances from Bruno Mars, B.O.B., Justin Bieber and Train.<br /> <br /> This year, artists must have released a project between Sept. 1, 2009, through Sept. 30, 2010, to be eligible for an award. While that leaves out albums from Kanye West, Rihanna and Nicki Minaj, many others are in the running. The main event takes place on Feb. 13, 2011 in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS at 8PM ET/PT. By Rose Lilah December 02, 2010
News Kid Cudi Premieres Two New Songs <p>Kid Cudi is gearing up to drop his second album of epic genre experimentation on October 26. The record, entitled 'Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager,' has already been previewed through initial singles like the Plain Pat-produced 'REVOFEV,' the brooding 'Mojo So Dope' and the more upbeat Kanye West  number 'Erase Me.' Over the weekend, fans got two more previews of new tracks entitled 'Mr. Rager' and 'Wylin' Cause I'm Young.'<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 17, 2010
News George Bush Responds to Kanye West...FINALLY <p>Can you imagine being such a <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/SIG=118r50ga3/**http%3A//www.imdb.com/news/ni5011041/" target="_blank">soldier of pop culture</a> that your activism would warrant you making the pages of a book written by a President?</p> <p>Wouldn't such an inclusion make your family proud? Wouldn't it be a bragging right to share with your grandchildren? Shouldn't it get you an automatic NAACP Image Award?</p> <p>Maybe the above would be the case if the President actually had something good to say about you.</p> By Rose Lilah November 03, 2010
News Shyne: L.A. Reid Believes, F*ck the Middlemen <p><strong>WORDS BY SHYNE PO:</strong></p> <p>A great leader has the unique ability to admit when he’s wrong. Without this ability you suffer the fate of Napoleon and end up dead on your way to Russia.</p> By Rose Lilah October 27, 2010