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During this past All-Star Weekend, Bun B dropped some First Take Flows for the daily sports debate show on ESPN. 

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The Onion may have gone a little too far with one of their jokes. They’ve built a brand off satire, but angered many during Sunday’s Oscar’s tweeting spree, in which 9-year-old Quvenzhané Wallis was called a “c*nt.”

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After proving that he could create a turn up anthem, a quality visual treatment and an equally impactful remix with “Columbia,” Young Scooter returns with its proper follow up, titled “Pass Around.” This track also dons a very anthemic feel, and features frequent collaborator and fellow ATLien Gucci Mane, who chants a “what’s mine is yours” mantra on a […]

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T.I. has always wanted to drive fast and “not get a ticket,” and his dream recently came true. Tip recently hit up the Atlanta Motor Speedway–used by NASCAR drivers– to bend a few corners.

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Lil Wayne is still on his honesty tour. Late last week, the rapper called into Miami’s 99 Jamz, to talk about sleeping with Chris Bosh’s wife, and blasting the entire Miami Heat team. The move resulted in a blog post from Miami native Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell.

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MC Hammer was arrested in Dublin, Calif. Thursday (Feb. 21)  for obstruction, and claims to have been racially profiled. In a series of tweets, the legendary rapper blasted reports that he resisted police.

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Jermaine Dupri still has plenty of clout in the music business. The producer/artist/mogul put on the So So Def 20th Anniversary Concert in Atlanta and besides So So Def legends like Kriss Kross, Jagged Edge and Xscape, special guests included Jay-Z, Young Jeezy, Ludacris and much, much more.

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The older brother of Oscar Pistorius is facing culpable homicide charges, for hitting a female biker during a fatal car crash. Carl Pistorius is facing 15 years in prison for the 2008 incident.

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Frank Ocean is already almost a dozen songs deep into his next album, but here we have an older tune that’s new to most of our ears. “Eyes Like Sky” was probably meant for Ocean’s debut, channel ORANGE, and didn’t make the cut, but not for a lack of quality.

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Jay-Z’s Life + Times has launched a new series called “The Genesis” and its first subject is Bronx, by way of Morocco, rapper French Montana. In the premiere episode the Bad Boy artist reminisces about the night he was shot in the head after leaving the studio. 

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So called MC’s take note, Jay-Z doesn’t like to rhyme over his own records unless it’s the instrumental. Last night (Feb. 23), Jermaine Dupri brought Hova as a not so surprise guest at So So Def’s 20th anniversary concert at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. 

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Just because he allegedly squashed beef with Snoop Dogg does not mean Suge Knight isn’t up to his old tricks. Not one but two bench warrants have been issued in California for the Death Row Records founder’s arrest.