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Ace Hood drops a video for “We Outchea,” featuring Lil Wayne, from his forthcoming Trials & Tribulations album. 

Could there be a G.O.O.D. Music exodus in the works? During the BET Experience weekend, producer/rapper Hit-Boy revealed that he is no longer signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label. 

Jermaine Dupri famously rapped “money ain’t a thing,” but this is probably not what he had in mind. The Atlanta Hip-Hop mogul, So So Def Records founder and producer/rapper has been hit with an $800,000 bill courtesy of the IRS. 

BET has much in store for this years BET Music Awards. Not just an award show, the first annual BET Experience music festival is a weekend affair. The festivities commenced last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where none other than Beyoncé set things off.

With a new day comes another preview of lyrics from Jay-Z‘s Magna Carta Holy Grail album. Though we’d prefer to hear an actual song, this particular release debunks features on the previously released tracklisting and reveals a collaboration with monstrous possibilities.

Yeezus was an album marked by ambiguity and unprecedented promotional tactics. With the LP currently in stores, this all changes — perhaps as a result of a less than Kanye West-like performance on the charts — with reports from Billboard’s The Juice saying “Black Skinhead” will be the project’s official single.

Yesterday, Curren$y referenced a song called “Showroom 2” in the series of tweets. The final tweet read, “Let’s check with @CardoGotWings …. I say we drop #showroom2 today…. What say u?” Within hours, the Internets received the new jam in full.

Olympian Lolo Jones took to Twitter yesterday to make a joke about a key witness in the Trayvon Martin murder case, and was instantly attacked for the attempt. Jones made fun of Rachel Jeantel, the last person to speak with the slain teen before his death. She probably should not have done that.

Music was in a pretty good place this week by our standards. The Internets received new material from some of Hip-Hop’s biggest artist and most talked about up-and-comers alike.

DJ Mustard has come a long way since being introduced as YG’s DJ and producer. The Compton native is now a sought-after beat masters skilled in crafting ratchet hits most notably for the likes of 2 Chainz (“I’m Different“) and Tyga (“Rack City”).

During a recent trip to Las Vegas, veteran MC Sean Price traveled to the world famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop from History Channel’s Pawn Stars looking to get some cash for an odd object. And by odd, we mean a potato; yes, you read right.

DeCovan Kadell “Dee” Brown, then a Boston Celtics rookie, won the NBA Slam Dunk contest in 1991. Presently, the 6′ 1″ Brown is 44-years-old and can still throw down a mean dunk when necessary.