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News <p>Hate it or love it, the underdog is on top! Since he first began to make noise with his 2010 mixtape Lace Up, Machine Gun Kelly has worked his way into hip-hop's collective consciousness. It wasn't always pretty (see MGK's August flash-mob arrest or his tiff with Yelawolf), but it's always been passionate.<br />
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Now, thanks to that passion, Machine Gun Kelly can stand alone as MTV News' Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2011, it was revealed on "RapFix Live."<br />
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News <p>Jim Jones recently spoke to MissInfo about rumours of an altercation that he was involved in on Monday.</p>
<p>He told MissInfo that while he was alone in Harlem three men stepped to him, "the first guy, I beat the shit out of him, then the second guy jumped in with a metal pipe. I was so amped up I didn't even feel him hitting me with it.I was still putting a beating on the first guy, but when the third guy pulled out a gun, I got out of there. I left. Anyone with a brain would do the same."</p>
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News <p>Yelawolf, his guest features and his producers broke down every track off his album, "Radioactive," for Complex, which dropped this past week.</p>
<p>Check out what was said for three of the tracks off the album below, and go <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.complex.com/music/2011/11/the-making-of-yelawolfs-radioactive#1" target="_blank">here</a> to check out the breakdown of every track.</p>
<p>"Let's Roll" Feat. Kid Rock, produced by The Audibles & Mr. Pyro and co-produced by Eminem:</p>
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News <p>French Montana has now been signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records, as they revealed on BET's 106 & Park yesterday.</p>
<p>Diddy explained why he signed the Bronx rapper, "It's obvious.His work ethic, his song-making, the effect he has on the youngins. If you ever been to one of his shows, every time he drops a record. Also, it's important, I'm from New York, you know what I'm saying. I rep New York to the fullest. And for real, for real, can't nothing move in this city without us being a part of it."</p>
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News <p>The Cool Kids members joins forces with Spitta under his own shingle.<br />
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Last night, Curren$y announced that he has officially signed The Cool Kids' Mikey Rocks to his Jet Life Recordings.<br />
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Making the announcement via Twitter, Spitta adds Sir Michael Rocks to a roster that already includes Ciso, Trademark Da Skydiver, Young Roddy and Street Wiz. The label is currently housed under Warner Bros. Records.<br />
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<p>Check the announcement below.</p>
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News <p>Kendrick Lamar had interesting chat with XXL about his interlude on Drake's "Take Care", called "Buried Alive".</p>
<p>Check out some of what he had to say on that track and on working with Drake below.</p>
<p>XXLMag.com: What was your first meeting with Drake like? You speak about it some in the verse.</p>
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News <p>Young Jeezy has been steady building his CTE roster, adding Freddie Gibbs to the team earlier this year, but Tuesday night (November 29) on Twitter DJ Folk revealed that he tried to get the Snowman to sign another rap rookie in addition. Folk originally tried to recruit Big K.R.I.T. as he envisioned the rapper/producer as CTE’s version of Kanye West.<br />
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News <p>Sir Michael Rocks, who was recently signed to Curren$y's Jet Life Recordings spoke to HipHopDX about it and what's next. Check out some of the highlights below.</p>
<p>On Their Friendship Before He Was Signed:</p>
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News <p><span style="font-size: larger;"><em>In his new interview with AllHipHop, Virgina based Rapper Skillz speaks candidly on how he felt about the 2011 BET Cypher participants as well as Rap upcomer Tyler the Creator. Below are some excerpts and the full 2 page interview.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: larger;"><strong>“I lost so much respect for so many rappers today…” -Skillz</strong></span></p>
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<p class="summary">Joey Crack is gearing up for the release of his first mixtape, which will have a "street" sound.</p>
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News <p>Despite Rozay's threats to slap her purse carrier, Kreayshawn jokingly says the only beef going on with Ross is the few steaks she bought DJ Khaled to mediate the situation.<br />
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<p class="summary">The G.O.O.D. Music signee says Hov and Ye's long-awaited project is good to go.</p>
<p>DXNext alum <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/dxnext/id.182/title.dxnext-cyhi-da-prynce">CyHi Da Prynce</a> has revealed that Jay-Z and Kanye's <em>Watch the Throne </em>is finally ready to see the light of day.</p>
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