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Bryan Leach, the senior vice president of RCA, pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted gun possession Monday (Sept. 24). Pending sentencing, Leach will also be required to serve over a year of probation. Leach, who has worked with artists like Lil Jon and the Ying Yang Twins, and signed A$AP Rocky, faces up to two years behind bars, […]

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Maybach Music Group’s triangle offense (Rick Ross, Meek Mill, and Wale) are going back on the road for a 23-city takeover starting November 2nd. The “Bag Of Money” collaborators will kick off the month long nationwide tour in Columbus, Ohio and end the road trip in San Diego December 2nd. The untouchable Maybach empire won’t […]

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French Montana has had himself a pretty solid 2012, and he continues that run with an appearance on the cover of The FADER magazine. In this cover story, French Montana travels back to his home country in Morocco as a conquering hero. In this revealing interview French Montana, real name Karim Kharbouch, talks about his humble beginnings […]

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Three well respected, veteran MCs in the game–Detroit’s Royce Da 5’9″, VA’s Skillz & the Bronx’s Diamond D–connect for a song called “One For The Money.” Spry horns get chopped and laid over some sharp drums for the assembled rappers to get busy to. The D-Squared beat is cool and all, but we’d be lying if we […]

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Wylcef Jean has made some explosive claims about his relationship with Lauryn Hill in his new book, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story, and Rohan Marley wants to set the record straight. Marley, Hill’s longtime partner with whom she split, denied that the singer tricked Jean into believing she was pregnant with his child.

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Last night, right before taking the stage in New York City to perform at the vitaminwater #Uncapped concert, Frank Ocean dropped off a new song on his tumblr page called, “Blue Whale.”If you are expecting some heartfelt lullabies from the Odd Future crooner, you can forget it this time around. On “Blue Whale” Franky trades the […]

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It seems that a rap feud with 2012 XXL freshman Hopsin, wasn’t the only thing Soulja Boy got into this summer. TMZ is reporting that the 22-year-old rapper was involved in a car accident on June 23 outside of the Beverly Center in Los Angeles, and is being sued for the incident. According to Soulja Boy, […]

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Despite his death being ruled a suicide by the medical examiner, the circumstances of Hip-Hop mogul Chris Lighty’s untimely passing left many skeptical about its cause. Now 50 Cent, at the behest of the late “Baby Chris’s” mother, has hired a “high-powered” investigative teem to look into his former manager’s death. Fox 5 News has obtained […]

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Mitt Romney has a message for the voters of America: President Obama is being misleading. The Republican candidate spoke to reporters aboard his plane Sunday (Sept. 23), where he called the president out for attempting to make him look bad, and “trying to fool” voters into thinking that he supports certain policies.“The president will not […]

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You need a little bit of that gangsta music? Never fear, Freddie Gibbs is here with the highly anticipated mixtape, Baby Face Killa with DJ Drama. This eighteen-track helping includes guest appearances from Kirko Bangz, Krayzie Bone, SpaceGhostPurrp, Dom Kennedy, Curren$y, Young Jeezy, Slick Pulla, YG, and Wayne Blazed. As reported if you want the retail […]

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Wiz Khalifa’s sophomore album, O.N.I.F.C. is getting ready to hit the stores on December 4th. It won’t be hard to miss that album in the stores with that cover, just look for the fur. In any event, shortly after releasing the next single for O.N.I.F.C. called “Remember You” featuring The Weeknd, the full tracklist for the album is now […]

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Lil Wayne has no time to answer your questions, especially if you’re a lawyer. Weezy is suing Quincy Jones III  (QDIII) over a documentary (The Carter) filmed during the creation of Tha Carter III that the YMCMB rapper is a “scandalous portrayal” and is now saying he never granted permission to use his music in […]