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The good folks at Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood continued to stun us with the shenanigans and chickenhead behavior in its latest episode.

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We still need Rihanna to drop some new music before we can officially christen it Bad Gyal season. But until those tunes hit the ‘net, the Barbadian princess holds us over with more nudie pics –– this time, as the cover star for Esquire UK’s December Issue.

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Before Joe Budden became famous for his social media antics and reality TV foolishness, the New Jersey native gained notoriety for fusing emotional depth and razor sharp lyricism. The many layers of relation produced from Budden’s pain and suffering on wax is what core fans have come to appreciate most about the rapper.

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Before 12 Years A Slave, Lupita Nyong’o was mostly unknown. Following her Oscar-win for Best Supporting Actress, she’s turned Hollywood upside-down with her own definitions of success and beauty.

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UPDATE: Now with tracklist. See what tracks will appear on Hood Billionaire after the jump. Rick Ross will soon have two albums to show for his 2014 run. With Hood Billionaire set to hit retailers on November 24, the Bawse unveils the official artwork and in typical MMG fashion, a supporting visual to boot.

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Chris Brown didn’t even come to the Tamar Braxton and Adrienne Bailon fight with gloves on to remove. He went bare-knuckled in full chill mode when slammed both of The Real talk show hosts via his Instagram account.

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Lord Jamar mysteriously came up with some three-day old breaking news that Lost Boyz frontman Mr. Cheeks had been killed in a car accident and wanted to be the first person to share it with the world.

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The pressure with being the first overall draft pick for a professional sports team can be a heavy burden to bear. The NFL is currently buzzing with news of Jadeveon Clowney, its top choice for the 2014 Draft, would rather search for girls on Instagram than increase his total games played from two to three.

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From the moment the screen said “Breaking News,” it was apparent that DJ Khaled was back with his usual antics in tow in a visual dedicated to his newly christened #1 urban single “Hold You Down.”

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The entertainment game forces celebrities to constantly up their ante. Successive movies, games, or albums are expected to be better than their predecessors, and the fashion choices must outdo what us plebs wear.

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There’s an underlying power in the phrase “Dear America,” as it often foreshadows that a purposeful statement is forthcoming. Toronto’s own P. Reign, a bubbling rapper you may recognize from his affiliation with longtime friend Drake, appropriated said phrase on his recent Dear America mixtape and EP.

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What better time than now for ELLE to reveal their latest cover starlet as Rihanna, following her return to Instagram? And by the looks of it, bad gyal RiRi is back like we’ve never seen her before.