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Justin Bieber has been doing damage to his once Disney like image thanks to getting caught speeding in his Ferrari and most recently being spotted puffing on a bl*nt in a hotel room. So of course, the Beebs’ follies are being blamed on his rapper buddy Lil Twist.
Note to musicians and songwriters, if you don’t pay your debts, you might lose copyrights to the songs you own. Funk legend George Clinton learned this after a judge granted copyrights to four songs from his extensive catalog to a law firm he owes over $1 million.
Nas is good, but CNN thinks Nas is damn good. In a story titled “A case for Nas, hip-hop’s finest MC” the news outlet defends its stance that the man born Nasir Jones is “the greatest lyricist of all time.”
In case you haven’t heard, N.O.R.E. is now officially going by P.A.P.I. The Queens rapper drops a new tune under his new moniker called “Tadow” featuring French Montana, Pusha T and 2 Chainz. He also has another record called “Built Pyramids” featuring the Large Professor.
The question here is, how much do you value your time? Cassidy drops a Meek Mill diss song called “R.A.I.D.” that is 10 minutes long. Yeah.
Azealia Banks’ Twitter life has gotten out of control. The very source of her fan interaction (and growing popularity) has once again become the location for her latest, and possibly most damaging, Twitter battle.
Get ready to feel really, really old. Bill Cosby and Tempestt Bledsoe from the classic The Cosby Show reunited last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon.
Nelly is back to going for those radio hits and he starts the march toward his new album, M.O., with this new single “Hey Porsche.”
Ludacris‘ current single, “Representin” gets the remix treatment with help from R. Kelly and Fabolous.
Rappers changing their name is nothing uncommon, but rap veteran N.O.R.E. is the latest to join the trend as he gets ready to release his next solo album.
Tyga is still explaining exactly what went down when old footage of him claiming another hood hit the ‘Net, last month. In an interview with Power 106’s Big Boy’s Neighborhood, the Young Money rapper exposed MTV’s Bustas as being fake, and was adamant about where he’s from.
In case you didn’t know, Kobe Bryant joined Twitter earlier today. The self-proclaimed “anti-social” Lakers star decided to finally enter the online universe that has probably been awaiting his arrival since its inception in 2006.