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Gossip Khloe Kardashian's Family Reportedly Wants Her To Break Up With French Montana Rumors say that the Kardashian family is encouraging Khloe Kardashian to cut French Montana off, because he cheated on her. By Rose Lilah November 29, 2014
News Chance The Rapper Helps Chicago Students Celebrate The Inaugural Get Schooled, Get Connected Challenge Chance the Rapper was on hand as Get Schooled gave money to Chicago schools and Community Based Organizations. By Bruce Smith January 20, 2015
News Tory Lanez Announces New Tour Dates For "Lost Cause Tour 2" Tory Lanez is preparing to head back on the road with a continuation of his "Lost Cause" tour. By Rose Lilah January 19, 2015
News Photos: Kanye West, Chris Brown, YG & More Attend Teyana Taylor's "VII" Listening Party Teyana Taylor's "VII" listening party was attended by Chris Brown, YG, and Big Sean among others. Kanye West made sure to deliver a memorable speech. By Trevor Smith October 21, 2014
News Nas Speaks On The Impact of "Ether" <p>Since "Stillmatic" and "Hip Hop Is Dead" are celebrating 5 and 10-year anniversaries next week, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.xxlmag.com/features/2011/12/nas-remembers-the-making-of-stillmatic-hip-hop-is-dead/">XXL</a> spoke to Nas on the impact of "Ether." Read what he said on it below.</p> <p>XXL: How do you feel about the word "Ether"transitioning from being your song title to becoming slang?</p> By Rose Lilah December 15, 2011
News Big Sean Takes Plea in Sexual Misconduct Case <p>Big Sean is off the hook in the sexual abuse case he picked up last August in New York. The G.O.O.D. Music artist plead guilty to a lesser charge in court today (October 26) and was sentenced to a mere $750 fine.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah October 26, 2011
News Details on Detox <p> </p> By Rose Lilah October 25, 2011
News T.I. Covers Vibe <p>T.I. graces Vibe's end of year cover, and according to Vibe,</p> <p>"<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From Bin Laden's Death to his own personal problems, Tip gave his brutally honest opinions on each matter. Though he promises a wiser and more in-tune leader, Tip still stands by the same beliefs and morals that made him the man he is today. His perspectives may both shock and surprise but Tip holds nothing back in VIBE’s Google-assisted meeting with the kang."</span></span></p> By Rose Lilah November 25, 2011
Reviews Review: Ludacris' "1.21 Gigawatts" <p>Ludacris is back in the game and reminding us who thafuck he is with his new mixtape “1.21 Gigawatts (Back To The First Time).”</p> <p>Ludacris goes in on this mixtape with the flow we've expected to hear from him ever since “Phat Rabbit”. I'm sure this mixtape will please his fans as a far as flow goes. The content is nothing we haven't heard before, that is to say, it's pretty typical. But this entire mixtape isn't Ludacris doing anything drastically different-- I mean, the title alone is a pretty good indication that he's trying to get back to his roots.</p> By Rose Lilah November 17, 2011
News ‘Watch The Throne’ Sales Strategy Prone To Multi-Scanning <p>There are whispers going around the industry that the sales strategy adopted by Kanye, Jay-Z together with the label which gives iTunes a 4 day exclusive window of Watch The Throne‘s release and thereafter physical edition at Best Buy from August 12th onwards, is prone to instances of multi-scanning for sales purposes.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah August 10, 2011
News Wiz Khalifa Talks Big Sean, Curren$y Collaborations <p>The Pittsburgh emcee explains the recent slew of collaborations with his peers.<br /> <br /> Fans' curiosity continues to grow as Wiz Khalifa released five new tracks via his Twitter account featuring Curren$y and Big Sean: "O.T.T.R.," "Weed Brownies," "Dot Dot Dot," and "Flowers," produced by Big Jerm, and "Proceed," produced by Cardo.<br /> <br /> In an interview with MTV, Wiz Khalifa spoke on the tracks, without confirming any plans to release a joint project with his counterparts.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah July 28, 2011
News Jay-Z, Usher Highlight Forbes's Highest Paid Musicians List <p><span id="intelliTXT"> <p class="summary">Hova and Usher took top spots in Forbes's list of the 25 highest earning musicians.</p> <p>Forbes's Zack O'Malley Greenburg recently <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45ehmg/the-worlds-25-highest-paid-musicians#content">listed the top 25 highest paid musicians of the past year</a>.  Now, two of Hip Hop/R&B's biggest stars, Jay-Z and Usher, can officially count themselves as the top earners in their respective genres.</p> By Rose Lilah June 17, 2011