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News <p>Jonas Bevacqua was a college dropout and a DJ who had moved back into his parents' home when he met up with Robert Wright and created a street clothing company that resonated in Southern California and the nation. According to the Associated Press, Bevacqua and Wright "sketched out some of their earliest fashion ideas in his bedroom." The two went on to found Lifted Resesarch Group (LRG), a popular street clothing brand, in 1999, and the line enjoyed a rapid rise "as a major fashion force."<br />
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News <p>Former Cash Money rapper B.G. is facing up to 10 years in prison after being indicted on gun and conspiracy charges.<br />
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In a statement issued on Thursday (May 19) U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said that the New Orleans native -- real name, Christopher Dorsey -- is facing one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice and two counts of being a felon in possession of a fireman, following a November 2009 arrest.<br />
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News <p>The FBI has been revamping its website and a brand new feature called <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://vault.fbi.gov/">the Vault</a> should yield some interesting finds.<br />
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The site, which contains more than 2,000 documents that have been scanned from paper into digital copies, has unveiled the FBI records belonging to <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.theboombox.com/tag/NotoriousBIG/">Notorious B.I.G.</a> The information had been sealed until a Freedom of Information request lead to them getting processed and digitized.<br />
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News <div>Atlanta booking agency owner Johnnie Cabbell has responded to Gucci Mane’s jailhouse announcement that he has severed his ties with Cabbell’s booking agency Hitt Afta Hitt Entertainment. </div>
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<div>Gucci released a statement yesterday (May 4th) announcing the formation of a new label, 1017 Bricksquad and a new management team. </div>
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<div>The rapper also announced he had severed ties with manager Debra Antney of Mizay Entertainment and Cabbell’s Hitt Afta Hitt booking agency. </div>
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News <p>Patricia Elam says the family of Keith “Guru” Elam found out about his death the day after he died, through the media.</p>
<p>"[My son] Justin found out on the Internet and called me. I had to call my dad," Patricia Elam told MTV News in an exclusive interview. "[Keith's 9-year-old son] KC found out riding in the car, hearing it on the radio. That's not right if you care about someone. That's not how you treat them. My brother would never have wanted us to find out that way. Never in a million years. Especially his son. Come on, now."</p>
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<p>50 Cent's acting and production career got a boost this week, when his company Cheetah Vision Films inked a new, 10-picture movie deal that will be backed by a $200 million hedge fund.<br />
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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and his partner Randall Emmett -- who launched Cheetah Vision in 2009 -- have teamed up with George Furla's Hedge Fund Film Partners to release their next ten movies through Grindstone Entertainment and Lionsgate Entertainment.<br />
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Original Content Welcome to this week’s Special Edition of 140 Bars Or Less: Game v. 40 Glocc. The goal for this column is to bring the best tweets of the week in the world of hip hop, and this week Game and 40 Glocc were embroiled in real-life beef which transcended throwing jabs on twitter, verbal barbs on a diss track, or even throwing bottles.
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News Elzhi went on twitter to post the title of his upcoming album "The Weather Man".
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News <p>Cash Money Records adds another DJ to their roster as they announced signing DJ Greg Street earlier today. Here's what the two parties had to say about the new deal.</p><p>DJ Greg Street: </p>
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News Rico Beats explains that he wasn't aware that Pusha T intended to dis anyone on the beat he crafted for "Exodus 23:1"
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News G. Dep will be serving a fifteen-year sentence in prison for murder in the second degree.
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Industry <p>You probably know the dilly if you are a frequent <strong>HNHH</strong> viewer, but if not, this is some audio that (I feel) may have been overlooked from last week. Listen below.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/owlpharaoh/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Scott</a>- Animal Feat. <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/TI/profile/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">T.I.</a></strong></p>
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