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News YG, Drake & Kamaiyah Shoot "Why You Always Hatin?" Video In LA YG, Drake, and Kamaiyah gather in LA to shoot the video to the "Still Brazy" single "Why You Always Hatin?". Check out pics and footage from the set of the video below. By Angus Walker July 18, 2016
News First Week Sales Projections For Snoop Dogg’s “Cool Aid” & Logic’s “Bobby Tarantino” See how many copies Logic & Snoop Dogg are expected to sell in the opening week. By Kevin Goddard July 06, 2016
News 2 Chainz Turns To Kanye For Cover Art 2 Chainz spoke about going to Kanye West to create the cover art for his new album. By Rose Lilah July 06, 2012
News Mac Miller Sets Macadelic Mixtape for March 23 Release Mac Miller returns with a brand new mixtape later this month called "Macadelic." By Rose Lilah March 16, 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 Lil Wayne Hit With $5.6 Million Tax Lien From IRS <p>It looks like Lil Wayne is in trouble with the government yet again. Though the Young Money boss recently paid off a $1.13 million tax lien in Dade County, Fla., in November 2010, he has reportedly been hit with another IRS bill, this time for a whopping $5,610,034.00.<br /> <br /> The IRS has been hounding Wayne for unpaid income taxes for years, filing a lien against the rapper back in 2008, going after his One Family Foundation charity in June 2010, for the years 2004, 2005 and 2007. Now the government is seeking over $5.6 million for income earned during the years 2008 and 2009. By Rose Lilah April 04, 2011
News Kid Cudi's "Man On The Moon II" Projected To Sell 220K In First-Week <blockquote> <p>G.O.O.D. Music rapper Kid Cudi's Man on the Moon II album is reportedly en route to sell up to 220,000 records in its first-week on store shelves.<br /> Click here to find out more!<br /> <br /> Based on one-day estimates, Cudi's new record will debut on the charts amongst other new albums including Cee-Lo Green's The Lady Killer.<br /> <br /> By Rose Lilah November 11, 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
News Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics Suing Yamaha For Copying Headphone Design Dr. Dre's headphone company is suing Yamaha for ripping off their Beats design. By Rose Lilah February 12, 2013
News Kanye West's New Album Is Reportedly Complete, & It's "Dark" Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg reported that Kanye's new album is complete, and Def Jam has already had a listening session. By Trevor Smith April 29, 2013
News Tracklist Revealed For Mac Miller's "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" The tracklist for Mac Miller's "Watching Movies With The Sound Off" has been revealed. By Kevin Goddard May 24, 2013
News Meek Mill Previews Three Tracks From "Dreams Worth More Than Money" Meek Mill took to Instagram to share snippets of three songs that will appear on his upcoming album, "Dreams Worth More Than Money." By Patrick Lyons May 11, 2014