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Ladies and Gentlemen, first and foremost, don’t feel bad if pronouncing the title is an issue as most are finding it be quite the task. With that aside, Asher Roth returns to the music world with the drop of his mixtape Seared Foi Gras With Quince And Cranberry. Since dropping his debut album Asleep In […]

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Looks like Prince is joining the long list of celebrities that are having problems with IRS. According to Carver County tax records, Prince’s PRN Music Corp. owes more than $227,000 for 2009 taxes to the state and other government bodies. PRN Music houses Prince’s Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen. County records list several other properties […]

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Lloyd a.k.a. Young Goldie is continuing to secure his business dealings for a fresh start in 2010. As previously reported in a HHW exclusive Lloyd dropped hints that he’d soon be part of the Young Money family, telling us that his signing date for the label was: “For him to know and you to find […]

Sometimes when an artist has begun to lose his/her way and his/her album releases aren’t being received by the listeners as well as they used to be, it might be time to start from scratch and reestablish a foundation. With Raekwon dropping Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. 2 and Capone-N-Noreaga getting ready to deliver […]

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Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges is doing his part to lend support to the government for the 2010 Census. Just weeks after the drop of his seventh studio album, “Battle of The Sexes”, Luda is hitting the streets for a nationwide campaign to encourage people to take “ten minutes for ten questions” that can potentially change their […]

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“If you’re not drinking Ciroc vodka, then you’re drinking pee pee.” Clearly, some can get a little hot under the collar when up against their competition as both are trying to find ways to effectively trip up their opposition. In the spirit of competition, Diddy seems to have ruffled a few feathers after making some […]

“People see the finished product of us when they see them on the videos but they don’t see the hard work that it took to get that point. We do so much outside of music… helping people and doing things for the community and trying to teach the young how to be business men and […]

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Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are visiting the country of Haiti to see the destruction in the country first-hand. The two were chosen by the President to spearhead fundraising for the embattled country and made a stop in the capital of Port-Au-Prince Monday. While there the two greeted several Haitians still stranded […]

Scott “Scooter” Braun,  manager of Asher Roth and pop sensation Justin Beiber  was arrested today (March 24) after nearly causing a riot at a public appearance in Long Island, New York. According to a statement issued by District Attorney of Nassau County, Braun was charged with one count of reckless endangerment in the second degree […]

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Every once in awhile, there comes a rapper that is far too untamed to be held under the constraints of what is acceptable in the United States and choose to go against the grain. This, however, does not pertain to names such as Waka Flocka Flame, who has seen his fair share of trouble and […]

“We were beginner’s in the hood as Five Percenters / But something must’ve got in us, ‘cause all of us turned to sinners…” -AZ on Nas’ “Life’s a Bi#ch” Hip-Hop has lost its way… or shall we say balance.   While flaunting money and drug game exploits run abundant, the lessons in the music have been […]