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After inking a deal to push a clothing line in 2012, Black Eyed Peas front man ,will.i.am, is being taken to court for bailing on the deal. I.Am.Clothing, the name of the brand, was supposed to use the Black Eyed Peas name to market the clothing and the producer/rapper agreed to help design as well.

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In some of the weirdest news of the week, gossip site TMZ broke news of a rumor that late West Coast hook provider Nate Dogg will make a posthumous appearance at the Coachella music festival this coming weekend. It appears that Dr. Dre wanted a true reunion of his former collaborators onstage Sunday evening, and […]

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George Zimmerman made his first appearance in a Florida courtroom Thursday (April 12), where he was informed that he will face second-degree murder charges, for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Looking somber yet coherent, the 28-year-old wore a gray prison jumpsuit, and stood next to his attorney Mark O’Mara, only speaking twice, to answer Judge […]

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Verse Simmonds And DJ Drama present the new mixtape, Sex Love And Hip-Hop. Cameos by 2 Chainz, Akon, Snoop Dogg and more acoompany this tape as the accomplished singer/songwriter puts it down for this free effort. Check the tracklist and download link after the jump.

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All eyes were Nicki Minaj at the superstar’s Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded release party at LIV Nightclub in Miami. YMCMB members, Birdman, Mack Maine, Mystikal and Lil Wayne were all there for the first lady of the clique’s celebration. LIV was a movie that night. Check out the footage after the jump.

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Turn up anthems have been surfacing left and right. Juelz Santana provides the latest as he hops on Future‘s infectious “My Ho 2”. This must be played loud, and I mean very high decibels. Check it out.

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Former Bad Boy rapper G-Dep is making the most out of his prison bid. The Harlem native could spend the rest of his years behind bars, for confessing to committing a murder back in 1993. But while he’s there, he plans to capture his life story in a new autobiography. Dep, born Trevell Coleman, is […]

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Okay, Drake this has gone far enough! It is one thing to have young kids tattoo themselves in unsightly places with the “YOLO” initials, but this is an entirely different thing! At the very same stadium that Drake recorded his “Headlines” video, an unidentified man streaked the Rogers Centre with “YOLO” written on his back. […]

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Photos from the set of Nas’ forthcoming video for “The Don” keep trickling out slowly but surely. From the images, the Salaam Remi produced and Heavy D co-signed track should have a visual worthy of its combustible drums and Nasir’s bars. This isn’t Escobar season but Nasty Nas season, after all. Peep all the photo […]

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Hip-Hop is a confrontational form of entertainment. It is all fun and games until somebody feels threatened by the success of another entertainer in your lane, and that is usually when things get fussy. Altercations, beef, whatever you want to call it, but when conflicts happen between two artists, something has got to give. When […]

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The first commercial clip in Lil Wayne and Mountain Dew’s much discussed partnership has arrived.  The DEWeezy ad campaign’s 30 second spot is called “This Is How We DEW: Anthem” and features Dale Earnhardt Jr., Mac Miller, Paul Rodriguez Jr. and other X-Games types doing what they do. The commercial’s soundtrack is Tunechi’s “Right Above It” from his […]

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With Live From the Kitchen in stores, Yo Gotti releases the visuals to one of the cuts off his latest mixtape entitled, January 10th. The video gets appearances from the Atlanta native, Gucci Mane, and another rare verse from the Dipest representative, Juelz Santana.