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<p>Eminem cannot regain his previous Top 5 position, Trey Songz continues his dominance at No. 7 plus John Legend and The Roots wake-up their competition.<br />
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Grammy-winning rapper Eminem's Recovery dropped out of Top 5 this week, moving down three slots to No. 6 with with 65,800 while Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give topped the chart with 153,700 sold albums. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Em's new album has sold 2,656,200 records after 14 weeks in stores.<br />
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News <p>Cash Money Records' co-founder Baby has compared his artist Lil Wayne to the late pop icon Michael Jackson and reveals the high hopes he has for the rapper when he returns from jail. Watch Lil Wayne's latest Interview from jail <a href="http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/en/play/v/04f1241-175/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.<br />
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The Birdman credits Wayne's hard work ethic as reason enough for the comparison.<br />
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News <p> Rihanna's found a rather comfortable spot heating up the Billboard charts this week. The Bajan beatuy's latest single 'Only Girl in the World,' tops the Digital Songs charts with 249,000 first week downloads marking her eight single to debut on Digital Songs, and her sixth to debut at No. 1, the most reached in each category by an artists since 2005, the year the chart launched. The song jumped 72 spots on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and currently sits at No. 3 on the singles chart after premiering three weeks ago.</p>
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News <p> Incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne is once again being sued by his former manager, Melissa Philipian.</p>
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News <p><span style="font-size: large;">On the roughly two-month anniversary of Lil Wayne's stint at Riker's, Young Money's teen rapper Lil Twist speaks on life without the head honcho.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;">Gangsta posturing has been synonymous with rap music since NWA's "Fuck Tha Police" days. However, many hopeful young G’s quickly find out that there are real—often violent—consequences when trying to climb to the top of the hip-hop hierarchy. Being relieved of your jewelry often serves as a reminder that you can’t fake the funk.</span></p>
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News <p>Soulja Boy Tell'em has mastered the Internet and proven successful in the music industry, and now the "Pretty Boy Swag" rapper is set to try his hand at book publishing. The rapper plans to release a book called "Teenage Millionaire" in conjunction with his next album, The DeAndre Way, scheduled for release next month.</p>
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News <p><span style="font-family: Tahoma; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; ">After announcing numerous delays on 'The R.E.D.
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News <p>Hip-hop heartthrob Drake is keeping it all about the ladies in the video for his Swizz Beatz-produced single "Fancy." The Young Money MC enlisted Swizzy and T.I. for the Thank Me Later joint's clip, but even with all that hip-hop testosterone on set, Drizzy insisted that his latest clip is for his female fans.<br />
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News <p>While rapper DMX has been in and out of jail on multiple occasions, up until now he’s failed to realize that a company that was hired to collect his royalties has been holding out on him for years now.<br />
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According to Yahoo News, a lawsuit<br />
was filed against New Jersey-based company Rich Kids Entertainment claiming that the company has withheld money from DMX for a decade.<br />
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Jay-Z is going to bat against Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz for naming a club in the Dominican Republic after the rapper’s 40/40 Club.<br />
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According to Reuters, Ortiz is illegally operating a Forty/Forty club on the island, in addition to running the domain namewww.fortyforty.net.<br />
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Ortiz' club opened in October of this year, while Jay-Z's first 40/40 location in New York opened in June of 2003.<br />
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News <p> During a recent interview with Allure Magazine, Beyonce announced plans to dead her alter persona, whom fans have come to know as Sasha Fierce.<br />
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The R&B diva stated that it doesn't mean that fans won't see her perform in the energetic fashion that Fierce trademarked, but rather is a sign of her growth as an artist. Beyonce doesn't have to flip a switch anymore because the two personalities have become one. <br />
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