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New G.O.O.D. Music delegate, we think, 2 Chainz gets around to dropping the video for “Murder,” featuring that white girl rapper everyone loves to hate. As in Kreayshawn, not…never mind. In case you didn’t know, the song is off the ATL rapper’s T.R.U. REALigion mixtape from last year. Presented by Rocksmith, watch the Alex Nazari direceted […]

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Chaka Khan’s 60-pound weight loss has the singer comparing herself to a fellow curvy star: Nicki Minaj. The legendary singer took to Twitter last night to talk up her drastic weight loss— which has her looking about 20 years younger—and when fans started tweeting that she resembled Pepsi’s new spokesperson, she agreed.

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Chicago’s most talked about new rapper, Chief Keef, and the Snowman get together on this new joint called “Understand Me.” An unfinished version of this leaked a while back, but here is the whole shabang. Get a listen down below. 

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How old are these people? The seemingly never ending custody battle between R&B crooner Usher and his ex-wife Tameka Raymond continued with both individuals hurling slander at each other in court. Ur-sher, who can be heard on Rick Ross’ new “Touch’N You” single, testified that his ex-wife went through 11 nannies. Then one nanny alleged […]

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50 Cent and DJ Drama are going to drop the G-Unit general’s first Gangsta Grillz a week from today on May 22nd. Check the artwork for the The Lost Tape after the jump. 

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Mexico enjoys the distinction of having one of the world’s most vibrant economies and is a favored tourist destination by many, with millions of international visits per year. However, the country has become infamous for less favorable reasons lately. Mexico has been ravaged by violence due to the ongoing Mexican Drug War, which was sparked […]

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Hit-Boy talked with Noisey TV of VICE about his anticipated single “Jay-Z Interview,” produced by BINK! He also shared the advice that Kanye West gave him and his motivation to work with newer artists after working with almost all of his idols. 

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There’s no denying that Meek Mill’s life has changed drastically over the last couple of years. Since aligning himself with Maybach Music, the Philly MC has gone from being locked up to becoming a rap star—who just signed to  Roc Nation management. “[I was] in the streets in, playing the corner ducking from cops nad hustling trying to […]

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Pharrell Williams, ever the innovator, has launched his much anticipated i am OTHER program. A little bit more involved than just a record label, Pharrell says that this is a cultural movement that is more than just music. i am OTHER “welcomes Thinkers, Innovators and Outcasts”

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A Florida fire captain was disciplined and demoted Monday (May 14) after making disparaging comments about the parents of Trayvon Martin, via Facebook. Captain Brian Beckmann was knocked down to the lowest firefighter ranking for calling Martin’s parents “ignorant, pathetic, welfare dependent excuses for parents,” among other names. Beckmann made the comments in response to special […]

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Detroit native, Big Sean, served as principal for a day at Lincoln High School and threw a concert for the students. Sean’s involvement was a part of the Get Schooled program in which he went to different classrooms telling students the importance of their education. “One of my New Year’s resolutions was to be more involved, especially […]

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Rico Love has been slowly building up his Division 1 record label based out of Miami, Florida through artist like Young Chris and Teiarra Marie. Yesterday we posted a song featuring one of his newest signees, Rabbit. We said she was a certified a snackbox, and we weren’t kidding. The former model is best known […]