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Original Content HNHH Waka Flocka Mixtape Listening Party Exclusive HNHH had a chance to catch up with Waka Flocka at the listening party for his new mixtape, and he talked about why he decided to release the fourth Salute Me Or Shoot Me mixtape at this time. By Rose Lilah September 20, 2012
News French Montana Announces Tour Dates For First Headlining Tour French Montana will be heading out on his first official headlining tour in February, in support of his upcoming album "Excuse My French." By Rose Lilah February 01, 2013
News Source Close To Mobb Deep Confirms Beef, Says They Will Not Put Out Another Album Following an apparent one-sided Twitter beef between Havoc and Prodigy, a source close to the duo says they will not put out another album together. By Rose Lilah April 12, 2012
News J. Cole Speaks On Jay-Z's Input, Creative Control & Production <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Cole talks about how much creative control he had, how involved Jigga man was with his debut and why he didn't chase down Swizz Beatz or Timbo for beats.</p> By Rose Lilah September 30, 2011
News Snoop Dogg Says Dr. Dre's "Detox" Is "Almost Finished," Features Eminem <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Tha Doggfather gives an update on the oft-delayed third solo album from Dre.</p> By Rose Lilah October 05, 2011
News Game Says Dr. Dre Narrates "The R.E.D. Album,” Explains Its Delays <p>Chuck Taylor says that his kids and international tours kept him from putting in quality studio time.<br /> <br /> Game has spent nearly three years working on his oft-delayed project The R.E.D. Album, which he finally finished just last week. Before the LP drops on August 23rd, the Compton, California native spoke with MTV News’ Sway Calloway on RapFix Live to discuss details surrounding the album, most notably revealing that Dr. Dre narrates the entire offering.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 04, 2011
News Erykah Badu To Release Her First Mixtape In July <p>Fat Belly Bella will serve as the producer of her first mixtape under the moniker DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown.<br /> <br /> Erykah Badu is gearing up for the release of her first mixtape, set for release this July. According to Pinboard Blog, the soulstress will mix the offering under the name DJ Lo Down Loretta Brown, the alias that she has used for DJ gigs in Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas, Texas.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah June 28, 2011
News Odd Future 'Sign Themselves' to Their Own Record Label <p>The Odd Future crew has been courted by multiple record label honchos -- including Bad Boy's Sean "Diddy" Combs and SRC's Steve Rifkind -- for their services, even leading the collective to spoof the meetings in a Funny or Die video. But, after months of hype, OFWGKTA have decided to "sign themselves," their management tells The BoomBox.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah April 26, 2011
News Atlanta Rapper Pill Signs to Rick Ross' Maybach Music <p>Since Rick Ross made the announcement that he had chosen to bring his Maybach Music imprint to Warner Bros. Records, fans and critics alike have been wondering who the next signee under the new deal would be. Ross didn't venture far from his Miami roots to look for Maybach Music's newest recruit: Atlanta rapper Pill has just joined the roster.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah February 23, 2011
News Ja Rule's Lawyer Breaks Silence On 2-Year Jail Bid <p>Ja Rule pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon, but the New York rapper will not be going behind bars anytime soon. XXLMag.com just got off the phone with his lawyer, Stacey Richman, who says she managed to work out a deal with the district attorney to keep him free until he finishes some prior business agreements.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2010
News Timbaland -- Cops APB: 'Possible Suicide Attempt' <p>Timbaland was the subject of a manhunt yesterday after his family believed he was so distraught over the theft of a $2 million piece of jewelry he might harm himself ... this according to law enforcement sources.<br /> <br /> According to sources, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department put out a "possible suicide attempt" APB just before 5 PM PT yesterday.  A helicopter and squad cars went on the hunt for the rapper/producer's Escalade.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 25, 2010
News Game's Family Feud Hits Twitter <p> Game's issues with his family just went viral. The Compton native, who has been known to have problems with his relatives, got into a heated exchange with his older brother, Big Fase 100, via Twitter. Fase, who held nothing back on the social networking site, lashed out at Game, accusing him of forgetting about his family once he made it big.</p> By Rose Lilah August 12, 2010