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Palm Beach County judge Peter Blanc’s ruling that 50 Cent had to pay $16 million to Sleek Audio brought the Queens rapper’s run of great investments to a temporary end. It was a bit of a shocker given 50’s history of surprisingly profitable investments.

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Jay Z’s Life+Times debuts the third episode of their Where I’m From mini documentary series. After delivering candid looks at Hit-Boy and SZA, the cameras stay West Coast-based with Casey Veggies.

The usually elusive Jay Electronica was on the premises for the 2014 BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta on Saturday (September 20). Hip-Hop Wired had an opportunity to ask the New Orleans native how he thought his long-awaited debut album, Act II: Patents of Nobility (The Turn), will impact the culture and more.

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Wale’s departure from Jay Z’s Roc Nation left a vacancy and Big Sean has quickly filled it.

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Wale has been synonymous with Rick Ross’ Maybach Music Group for so long, few even remember that Roc Nation handles his management affairs.

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We wish we could report about Jay Electronica‘s proper debut album having a release date, but we’ll have to settle for this. It seems that the “Exhibit C” rapper and his Rothschild heiress girlfriend have called it quits. 

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One factor often gets lost in the midst of Bobby Shmurda’s increasing popularity — “Hot Ni**a,” the track that brought him prominence is technically a freestyle. But the man behind the music, Jahlil Beats, recently gave MrBiznessProductions the full scoop on why the Brooklyn rapper technically didn’t steal the beat.

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In the last couple of weeks The New York Post has run several articles saying that Jay Z and Beyonce’s marriage is on thin ice. The periodical claims they have an inside source that is close to their personal affairs.

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Premium bottled water NY2O, has just inked a major deal with Jay Z’s record label as the “official water of Roc Nation.”

J. Cole, News

J. Cole is going to be busy this summer, specifically July. The Roc Nation rapper announced that his second annual Dollar & A Dream tour is going down and it will be a celebration of the fifth anniversary of his The Warm Up mixtape, which he will perform in its entirety. 

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Jay Z has parted ways with his consigliere. According to reports, the rapper/mogul recently split (or fired, depending on who you ask) with his longtime business manager John Meneilly.

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We’ve learned that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian cannot get married yet, due to the rapper’s new contract with Roc Nation.