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Fat rappers are big in rap music, and they’re often secure with their rotund figures. Notorious B.I.G. never let his weight hold him back and Rick Ross is quick to go topless,  but Joe “Papa Joe” Aviance wasn’t as excited about his large figure.

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Live music video channel, Boiler Room, has been putting on jam packed intimate events with artists large and small for a while. Last week in Los Angeles, Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah graced the stage along with some notable special guests, including the RZA.

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Struggle actress Amanda Bynes has become a media sensation for all the wrong reasons. The former Nickelodeon teen star has endured some tough times over the last year including a series of arrests, like her most recent run-in with NYPD last week for kush possession. 

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Nipsey Hussle back? Actually, he never left and we get a second new tune in three days from the Los Angeles rapper called “Face The World.”

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Future took his turn up skills to Complex + Sonos “Night of Music and Art” at Sonos Studio in L.A., Friday (May 3) night. As expected, the auto-tune aficionado didn’t disappoint.

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Los Angeles has lost famed Hip-Hop station, 93.5 KDAY— again. The station will be switching its format from Hip-Hop (old school and new) to an all Chinese language format.

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In the high-stakes world of college basketball, players dream of making it to next level and the potential millions to be earned. For UCLA freshman hoops standout Shabazz Muhammad, however, it appears that his father has been grooming him for the pros in a shady fashion. 

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It appears that Lil Wayne’s seizure scares aren’t completely behind him. For the second time in recent months, the New Orleans native was hospitalized, over the ailment. 

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Los Angles Lakers owner Jerry Buss passed away from cancer earlier in the week, and today he was memorialized during a ceremony in the City of Angels. Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, Shaquel O’Neal, and many more packed the Nokia Theatre to tribute Buss.

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There’s a lot to be said for Snoop Dogg’s Reincarnated. On the surface it seemed that his adventure into reggae music was just a gimmick, a way to cross over into a new genre and get extra checks. But beneath the speculation lies a sincere connection to a journey into a new realm of music.

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Going to the Grammys for the first time is potentially nerve-wracking, but Frank Ocean showed no signs of pre-show jitters during his performance at the Levi’s 501 jeans 140-Year Anniversary Party Friday (Feb. 8). The New Orleans native closed out the event, held at the Ace Museum in Los Angeles, and featured several pairs of […]

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Rappers, you have to keep your weed carriers in check. A Los Angeles man is suing Lil Wayne because he got clocked over the head with a skateboard after trying to take a photo of the YMCMB rapper. The kicker is Tunechi didn’t even do the swinging.