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News 50 Cent Talks On Changes In Hip-Hop, Good Or Bad 50 Cent discusses how hip-hop has changed, and explains whether or not he thinks it's a bad thing. By Rose Lilah December 09, 2012
News Police Officer Blasted For Cameo In Freddie Gibbs' "BFK" Video A police officer from Freddie Gibbs' hometown of Gary, Indiana was in trouble after a video surfaced from Gibbs' which has a cameo from the uniformed police officer. By Rose Lilah November 08, 2012
News 50 Cent Talks On Recent Car Accident, Says Bulletproof SUV Saved Him 50 Cent gives details on his car accident last week, when a Mack truck hit his bulletproof SUV. He says if he'd been a regular car, it would have flipped over. By Rose Lilah June 30, 2012
News Tupac's Hologram Causes Spike In Album Sales Tupac's virtual appearance at Coachella led to an increase in album sales for the late rapper, and a re-appearance on the Billboard 200 Chart. By Rose Lilah April 27, 2012
News Shyne Speaks On His Conversion To Judaism <p>Shyne recently spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/12/14/shyne-ing-in-jerusalem-how-one-rapper-saw-the-light-and-converted-to-ultra-orthodox-judaism/" target="_blank">Time Magazine Online</a> about his conversion to Judaism. Shyne, who was born  Jamal Michael Barrow but has changed his name to Moshe Levi, was in jail serving a sentence for firing a gun in a club and wounding three people way back when with Diddy & J. Lo. He says he experienced a religious awakening while in prison.</p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011
News Nicki Minaj Special to Air on E! This Wednesday <p>Young Money princess Nicki Minaj will be the subject of a one-hour expose, <em>E! Entertainment Special: Nicki Minaj</em>, this week.</p> <p>The show will feature interviews with Minaj herself along with Young Money boss Lil Wayne, rapper/producer Swizz Beatz, family, childhood friends and an elementary school teacher.</p> <p>Topics covered include Minaj’s multiple rap personalities and outrageous looks as well as her Caribbean roots, life before hip-hop and transition from being a waitress to one of rap’s most recognizable stars.</p> By Rose Lilah July 11, 2011
News DJ Khaled Recruits Nas, Kanye & More for New LP <p><iframe width="560" height="349" frameborder="0" title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2lZsog0VGI8" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>DJ Khaled will be returning to store shelves this summer with his fifth, star-studded compilation album and XXLMag.com has the details from the man himself on who fans can expect to hear on the disc, which will be his first for Cash Money records.</p> By Rose Lilah April 03, 2011
News SHAWTY LO snubs SNAP Music, Changes Label Name <p>Hip-hop star SHAWTY LO has changed the name of his record label D4L to distance himself from snap rap music - because he wants to be taken more seriously.<br /> <br /> The Atlanta, Georgia-based MC founded D4L Records with rappers Fabo, Stuntman and Mook B. in 2003, and formed hip-hop group D4L.<br /> <br /> The Laffy Taffy hitmakers became part of the snap music trend in 2006 - a dance-centric subgenre of hip-hop - but Lo refuses to embrace the movement and is fighting off the stigma by rebranding the label to be taken more seriously as an artist and executive.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 19, 2010
News Rick Ross Denies Alleged Sex Tape <p>Rick Ross has responded to the rumor that he is featured in a new sex tape. A clip of the tape, which was said to have been taken from footage shot before Ross rose to fame, appeared on rival 50 Cent's website early Thursday morning.<br /> <br /> "Just saw the so called sex tape," Ross tweeted. "The n---- had a louie [Louis Vuitton] flag in back pocket but forgot the tattoes [sic] #fail."<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah September 24, 2010
News Lil Wayne - Letter #10: The End of a Long Journey <p>Hello world! My world! Our world!</p> By Rose Lilah November 02, 2010
Life Blac Chyna & Rob Kardashian Reportedly Set Wedding Date Chyna's business attorney says that the reality show know exactly when they're tying the knot. By Trevor Smith December 11, 2016
Music Jennifer Lopez Thinks Nicki Minaj's Feud With Giuseppe Zanotti Is Petty Did J Lo just throw shade on Nicki Minaj? By hnhh February 03, 2017