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News Kid Rock is unimpressed with the overly high ticket price for Jay-Z & Timberlake's tour, as well as the general inflation of the price of live entertainment in general.
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News <p><span style="font-size: small;">These days you would have to live under a rock not to notice that <strong>Lil Wayne</strong> is seemingly everywhere. The superstar MC and Young Money label head has dominated the album charts with his latest release <em>Tha Carter IV</em>, which has remarkably sold over 1 million copies in little under a month.
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News <p>UPDATE: Prison officials took issue with Tip's mode of transportation from prison to home and have hauled him back to jail.<br />
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Only a day after his release from Federal Correctional Center in Forrest City, Arkansas to a halfway house in Atlanta, Georgia, T.I. has been removed to a "different facility" because prison officials objected to his using a tour bus to move between locations. He is now in federal custody.<br />
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News <p>The recently appointed EVP of A&R at Def Jam says that Hov is already working on new material.<br />
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Though he just released his collaborative album Watch the Throne with Kanye West, Jay-Z is already recording new music. According to producer No I.D., Hov has "started again" on laying down fresh material, but that he's unclear if it's for a new album.<br />
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News <p>Hov hosted a listening session last night in New York City, New York where he previewed a handful of cuts from the record.<br />
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Last night, Jay-Z hosted a private listening session for his and Kanye West's highly anticipated Watch the Throne, supposedly releasing August 2nd. The event took place in the Mercer Hotel, where journalists crammed into a suite converted into a recording studio where Hov debuted cuts from the LP from his MacBook Pro and held an impromptu Q&A.<br />
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News <p>Legendary Houston rapper Scarface is still in police custody for failure to pay child support.</p>
<p>As XXLMag.com previously reported, 'Face was originally locked up in Montgomery County Jail in Texas back in October 2010 for four separate cases of not paying child support.</p>
<p>The former Geto Boys leader has since been moved to Harris County Jail as of last week where he is being held for two active child support warrants totaling $123,372. He also faces two other child support charges as well as charges from the federal government.</p>
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News <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 />
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News <p>After years of perfecting their debut album 'Last Train to Paris,' Diddy and his Dirty Money ladies are getting right back at it with some brand new music. The crew has just announced that they have a mixtape dropping next week on Valentine's Day.<br />
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Entitled 'LoveLOVE Vs. HateLOVE,' the news was, of course, broken by none other than Diddy via his well-oiled Twitter account. "LoveLOVE vs HateLOVE," he wrote. "The Dirty Money Valentine's mixtape coming Feb 14!!!!"<br />
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News <p>Dating rumors have been swirling around rising Pittsburgh MC Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West's former girlfriend Amber Rose for awhile, and now it looks like things are swinging into more official territory. While Rose had been linked to another rapper, Fabolous, over the past year, it seems that Wiz might have won out with his stoner lust for life.<br />
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"I need my baby," tweeted Rose recently. "I'm so in LOVE I don't care what anyone says that's my baby I found happiness my heart is with Cam."<br />
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News <p>After being publicly praised by Lil Wayne in a recent interview, Midwest emcee Tech N9ne has revealed that a collaboration with the incarcerated rapper is already in the works.<br />
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Despite having never met Wayne, Tech opened up about his anticipation to share studio time with the Young Money leader.<br />
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News <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 />
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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.
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Rose Lilah
