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News ASAP Rocky talks about his song with songstress Lana del Rey.
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News <p> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; ">Kareem “Biggs” Burke, former business partner of Jay-Z and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records, has pled guilty to drug charges, reports</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; "> </span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.northjersey.com/news/North_Jersey_rap_mogul_Kareem_Biggs_Burke_pleads_guilty_to_federal_drug_charges.html" target="_blank" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14p
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News <p>Kendrick Lamar took a few minutes to chat with <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.karencivil.com/2012/02/17/civilized-talk-kendrick-lamar/" target="_blank">Karen Civil for Civilized Talk</a>, and she asked him his thoughts of being left off MTV's Hottest MCs List. Here's what he had to say:</p>
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News Joie Manda will be filling the President position at Def Jam.
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News <p>Last night, February 6th, Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z performed for a sold-out show at the famed Carnegie Hall. The performance has elicited praise all around. The concert was put on to raise money for the United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Scholarship Foundation, so tickets were pricey, some being re-sold for $1000.</p>
<p>Jay-Z started the night looking the part in a white tux, but by the end of the night he changed back in to his usual attire-- black t-shirt and gold chain.</p>
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News <p> Tyler, the Creator, who was recently arrested on susipicions of vandalism spoke to <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.thefader.com/2011/12/26/interview-tyler-the-creator-on-golf-wang/">the Fader</a> on his Photography book, Odd Future & wanting to be in a rock band. Read excerpts below.</p>
<p>On His Photography Book:</p>
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News <p>During Pill’s interview with TheBoomBox, he clears ups the rumors of being dropped from Rick Ross’ MMG label.<br />
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“I’m not sure how they started actually. I noticed it when people started f—ing with me on Twitter, but I don’t know the source of it. I mean, it is what it is. It’s mostly Twitter — people that follow me or don’t follow me that hate on me daily, and wanna start s—.”<br />
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News <p>Serving two years for gun possession, Ja Rule found a new posse behind bars — a couple of cons he calls “Hevey D” and “Koz.”<br />
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The Queens-raised rap star says disgraced pol Alan Hevesi and corporate greed poster-boy Dennis Kozlowski took him under their wings.<br />
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From Kozlowski, he got stock tips. From Hevesi, he heard about the perennial impasse in Albany. They watched Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert together.<br />
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News <p>XXL spoke to Asher Roth about his recent signing to Def Jam, and here's some of what he had to say on the deal:</p>
<p>"We understand that Def Jam is ready to compete in a changing music business and a music business that’s changed drastically even since the last time I was out doing commercial music,” Roth explained. “Def Jam has the mindset and resources to compete in this arena, and I know [SRC Records CEO] Steve Rifkind knows that.”</p>
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News <p>Asher will remain with Steve Rifkind, as Loud Records makes a return under the Island Def Jam umbrella.<br />
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Following his stint on SRC Records, Asher Roth has signed to Def Jam with plans to release the follow-up to 2009’s Asleep in the Bread Aisle.<br />
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According to Def Jam executive Shawn Costner, Roth has plans to drop his second full-length, Is This Too Orange, in the first quarter of 2012.<br />
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News <p>Brian "Birdman" Williams wasn't kidding when he released the song 'Money to Blow.' The Cash Money label head just dropped nearly $8 million on a Mercedes Maybach Exelero.<br />
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The luxury vehicle comes in at a whopping $7.8 million, a drop in the bucket for Birdman, whose net worth is estimated to be $100 million. "8million 0n a whip all red.blievetht.custom made.ymcmb," the New Orleans native tweeted, alongside a picture of his new ride, earlier this week.<br />
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News <p>Fresh off his drug and weapons arrest yesterday afternoon, Juelz Santana is out on bail and already talking about the incident. The Dipset rapper called into Hot 97’s Angie Martinez to clarify his legal situation and proclaim his innocence.<br />
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