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This dropped a couple of day ago, but better late than never. Kendrick Lamar blesses BET’s soon to be Terrence J and Rosci-less 106 & Park with a freestyle for its new “The Backroom” segment. Speaking of which, how are all those classic Rap City freestyles NOT online? Someone at BET make this a priority, please.

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After Lil Wayne put the Heisman on Nicki Minaj performing at Hot 97’s Summer Jam last night, he took the first jet down to Miami to party at LIV in Miami. He grabbed the mix and performed his verse off of DJ Khaled’s “Take It To The Head.” 

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Wiz Khalifa performed the lead single for his new album, O.N.I.F.C. yesterday at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards. Get a look at Wiz performing “Work Hard, Play Hard” with Amber Rose onlooking after the jump. 

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The story of the infamous Black Mafia Family (BMF) is definitely worthy of a movie, which is exactly what’s going down. Bossip reports that Program Pictures and Morgan Creek Productions will be producing a feature film about the notorious drug, crime and music empire run by Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory. Acclaimed […]

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The third annual OVO Fest in Toronto, CA will be going down August 5th at the Molson Amphitheatre. Shortly after Hot 97’s SummerJam ended, Drake announced that his annual music festival will include performances from 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, and The Weeknd. In years’ past, Drake has rolled out the welcome mat for big surprise […]

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George Zimmerman is back in police custody. The Florida resident quietly turned himself in to authorities Sunday (June 3), two days after a judge revoked his bail on ground that he lied about his financial status. Zimmerman was given 48 hours to surrender to authorities, and checked into the Polk Correctional Facility, hours shy of […]

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Ashton Kutcher took his trucker hat down from the rafters yesterday as he returned to Punk’d prior to the MTV Movie Awards last night. In this episode, Kutcher gets Drake  to nearly start tearing up in one of the most epic episodes of Punk’d ever. Sit back and watch this if you enjoy watching people get caught […]

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Nicki Minaj took her Hot 97 Summer Jam diss in stride, by spending the rest of the night out with some of the surprise guests, rumored  to appear during her set. Young Money’s first lady abruptly  canceled her headlining spot Sunday (June 3), after radio host Peter Rosenberg took shots at her Pop-heavy single, “Starships.”

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A$AP Rocky finally releases visuals for LiveLoveA$AP breakout track, “Brand New Guy.” Speakers have been bumping this track for months. Now you can see the self proclaimed “Pretty Motherfvcker” and ScHoolboy Q exchange bars with your own two peepers. Turn up to the A$AP Rocky and ICU Lab directed visuals after the jump.

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Here is the infamous footage that “allegedly” got Nicki Minaj the f%^k out of Summer Jam. If you haven’t heard, Nicki was billed as the headliner for the annual Summer Jam event presented by Hot 97. However, during the pre-show festivities, Peter Rosenberg made a coment regarding the rapper/Pop singer’s “Starships” single that angered Lil Wayne enough […]

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Whatever Lil Wayne says goes. Nicki Minaj was supposed to headline Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam concert today, but after an alleged diss by Peter Rosenberg, chose not to perform as planned, as ordered. “Young Money ain’t doing summer jam,” tweeted Tunechi earlier this evening. Shortly thereafter,

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Can’t make it out to New Jersey to watch Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam? We got you covered. Watch performances from Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, J. Cole, Wale, Meek Mill, Waka Flocka, headliner Nicki Minaj, and plenty of special guests, after the break.