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Suge Knight has barely recovered from the last attempt on his life but he’s currently a prisoner of the Las Vegas Police Department.

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Nasir “Nas” Jones has to be feeling awesome right now. The Queensbridge veteran is enjoying a career upswing coupled with the 20th anniversary celebration of his debut album, Illmatic. And now, a mixtape in honor of the Time Is Illmatic documentary has just been released to the public.

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The State of Michigan is running a Buffalo nickel scheme on a Detroit man who is being forced to cough up $30,000 worth of child support for a kid he didn’t even help conceive.

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What a difference a Twitter conversation can make. Speaking with a colleague on the social network, former Roc-A-Fella rapper Beanie Sigel came up and somehow his track record of collaborations with Jay Z became a topic. That’s when yours truly dropped the proverbial bomb (for some): Sigel out-rapped Jay on multiple tracks.

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Snoop Dogg has sponsored more beverages than a Hometown Buffet and the veteran rapper has just added one more to his career résumé refrigerator.

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Maybach Music Group rapper Wale has another fresh gig on his resume besides “MC” and “sneakerhead.” Today (Oct. 29), the NBA’s Washington Wizards announced that the “Nike Boots” rapper will be the team’s “creative liason” for the new season.

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Dallas Mavericks power forward Charlie Villanueva has been rocking with video vixen/model girlfriend Michelle Game for some time now. Now that he’s 30-years-old and a seasoned league veteran, Villanueva decided to make an honest woman out of his dimepiece and bless her with a diamond rock that can also double as a finger bench press […]

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Rich Gang’s Tha Tour Pt. 1 mixtape receives another supporting visual today. This time it’s Rich Homie Quan’s solo track, “Milk Marie,” that lands on the small screen.

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The seemingly never-ending carousel of reality programming is in full swing with VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood drawing 2.2 million viewers for the week ending October 25 alone.

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The accused individuals of all these continuous teacher/student sex scandals have the liberty of letting a court prove their alleged crimes against children.

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Highly touted Los Angeles Lakers rookie Julius Randle‘s season may already over. Last night (Oct 27), the no. 7 NBA draft pick broke his right leg in the 4th quarter of Lakers loss to the Houston Rockets (where Kobe Bryant called Dwight Howard soft).

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Despite what Kanye West says, it’s a little brash to call him a “god.” An icon, however, is a fitting title for the producer/rapper; such can be seen on a Instagram page made in tribute to the superstar and his wife Kim Kardashian coined “What would Yeezus wear?”