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Newark, New Jersey battle rapper ShotGun Suge invaded New York City radio station Hot 97 to drop a freestyle for Funkmaster Flex. Check it out below.

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Lloyd Banks aka Blue Hefner comes through with some new heat to get the weekend started off right. This one is titled "The Only Thing." It was produced by Tha Jerm.

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Original Block Hustlaz (O.B.H.) recording artists Sha Money and Dark Lo link up for a new banger titled "Not Alike."

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On August 28, 1955, 14-year old Emmett Till was murdered in the town on Money, Mississippi, after a white woman named Carolyn Bryant claimed he had flirted with her.

Till had gone to a store where Bryant worked to buy two cents worth of bubble gum. Bryant later told her husband, Roy Bryant, that the black teenager wolf-whistled at her.

Three nights later Roy Bryant and his half-brother J.W. Milam abducted Till from his great-uncle's house, where he was staying during a visit from Chicago.

Till was beaten, mutilated and shot before being thrown into the Tallahatchie River. His badly mutilated body was pulled from the river 3 days later.

At the boy's funeral his mother, Mamie Till Bradley, insisted on leaving the casket open because she wanted the world to see what had been done to her son.

Milam and Roy were subsequently arrested and stood trial for the murder. An all-white, 12-man jury acquitted them in September 1955.

The men would later admit to murdering Till, knowing they couldn't be retried because double jeopardy prevented them from standing trial for the same crime twice.

Vanity Fair reports that in a new book titled "The Blood of Emmitt Till," Carolyn Bryant confessed to author Timothy Tyson in 2007 at the age of 72, that she lied about Till flirting with her.

“That part’s not true,” she told Tyson. "Nothing that boy did could ever justify what happened to him.” 

Bryant didn't apologize for causing the death of an innocent 14-year, but said she "felt tender sorrow.”

Feeling "tender sorrow" doesn't cut it in my book. In 1955 Bryant was well aware of what would happen to a black male in Mississippi, that was accused of unwanted advances on a white woman.

"The Blood of Emmitt Till" will be released January 31.

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The Lox keep the promotion of their new album "Filthy America... It's Beautiful" going by releasing an official music video for "The Family."

Credits:
Directors - Jay Rodriguez & Rock Davis
Producers - Jyothi Raju & Nigel Talley
Production Company - Itchy House Films

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International Boxing Hall of Famer and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Oscar De La Hoya, was arrested Wednesday, January 25, on suspicion of driving drunk.

ESPN reports that the 43-year old former pugilist was was pulled over by police for speeding in Pasadena, California, shortly before 2 a.m. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from De La Hoya's Land Rover.

He agreed to take a series of field sobriety tests and failed all of them.

He was taken into custody, cited, then released to his manager.

De La Hoya has a history of substance abuse ... in particular cocaine and alcohol. In 2011 he missed the Golden Boy promoted fight between Bernard Hopkins and Jean Pascal, while he was in a rehabilitation facility.

In 2013 the former 10-time world title winner was forced to miss the big showdown between Canelo Alvarez, who is under contract to Golden Boy, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. when he checked into rehab for a second time.

"Canelo Alvarez and I have big fights coming up this weekend," De La Hoya said in the statement at the time. "His is the ring and mine in treatment. I will not be at the fight to cheer Canelo to victory since I have voluntarily admitted myself into a treatment facility.

"I explained this to Canelo, and he understood that my health and long-term recovery from my disease must come first. Thank you for your understanding. I ask for your support and privacy during this difficult time for me and my family."

In December of 2016 it was reported that De La Hoya and his wife of 15 years, Milagros Corretjer, had split up. Whether that contributed to his recent DUI is unknown, but we're sure this is a stressful time and hope De La Hoya can overcome his demons.

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Masta Killa drops off an official music video for "Therapy" featuring fellow Wu Tang Clan member, Method Man, and Redman." Produced by PF Cuttin, "Therapy" is the first single from Masta Killa's upcoming album "Loyalty Is Royalty", coming soon on Nature Sounds.

"Therapy" flexi: https://mastakillamusic.net/products/...

Video directed by Method Man.
Shot by Mr. Hawkins.

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Kehlani was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live Thursday, January 26. She used the occasion to perform her single titled "CRZY."

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Missy Elliot is back and sounding as dope as ever. Check out the official music video for "I'm Better" featuring Lamb.

New single "I'm Better" ft. Lamb available for streaming and download now: https://missyell.io/tt/imbetter 

Director: Dave Meyers & Missy Elliott
Executive Producer: Jordan Browning 
ProducerJon Brewer
Prod. Company: Bounty Content
Creative Direction By HiHat Productions 
Choreography By Sean Bankhead & Missy Elliott 
Video Commissioner: Emmanuelle Cuny-Diop, VP Video Production
Lily F Thrall, Associate Director, Video Administration
Joe Boyd, Manager, Video Production

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We're not even a full month into 2017 and it's already shaping up to be a great year for Ciara.

The 31-year old singer is expecting her second child ... the first with husband Russell Wilson, and she's just signed a new record deal with Warner Bros.

"Warner Brothers Records!!! Lets Get It! Proud to announce and honored to join the family! I’m supercharged to make the World Dance again!" she tweeted Friday, January 27.

Warner Brothers Records!!! Lets Get It! Proud to announce and honored to join the family! I’m supercharged to make the World Dance again! pic.twitter.com/pYfndZNVzY

— Ciara (@ciara) January 27, 2017

"We welcome Ciara to Warner Bros. Records and look forward to the next chapter of her storied music career," said Cameron Strang, Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros. Records, in a statement. 

Cici has released six studio albums, beginning in 2004. The last two were with Epic Records. Prior to that she was signed to Jive.

We'd like to congratulate Ciara on the new deal and look forward to hearing her next project.

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Robin Thicke and his ex-wife Paula Patton are involved in a nasty legal battle, with both seeking sole custody of their 6-year old son, Julian.

E! News reports that Patton is trying to prove Thicke is unfit. She's accusing him of spanking their child excessively. In Patton's declaration to the court she also alleges that the "Blurred Lines" singer cheating on and physically abused her. Citing alleged instances when he "kicked, pushed and hit" her.

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services is reportedly investigating the allegations of child abuse.

Thicke said his son told school officials that his dad had spanked him. The school then notified DCFS.

"On a very rare occasion, and only as a last resort, I will use light spanking, but it is consistent with the law—open hand on the butt," Thicke explained. "This is the type of discipline to which Paula and I agreed during our marriage."

On Thursday, January 26, a Los Angeles judge ruled that Thicke "has a history of domestic violence." Patton was granted a temporary restraining order, which gives her sole custody of Julian until the next court date on February 24

Thicke was ordered not to come within 100 yards of Patton, her mother and Julian, other than supervised visits with his son. He will be allowed to see Julian three days a week at a neutral location.

The singer's attorney, Angela Pierce di Donato, says the DCFS will be closing the case against her client because they could not find proof that Julian had been harmed by his father.

“The Court issued temporary orders today based solely on paperwork,” she told PEOPLE. “[L.A.’s Department of Children & Family Services] will be closing the physical abuse allegation against Robin as ‘Unfounded,’ but has added an emotional abuse allegation against Paula, which remains under investigation. We believe that DCFS sees the damage that Paula has done to Julian and will take appropriate action to protect him.”

Despite Donato's claims, a source confirmed to PEOPLE that the “investigation is ongoing" and Patton is not being looked into by the agency.

Donato told PEOPLE that “Paula never reported any domestic violence until she was in a position of contempt by violating the custody orders. Infidelity has nothing to do with custody. She is attempting to throw anything at him to hurt him, but Robin’s focus is their son.”

Patton and Thicke divorced on March 20, 2015, after almost 9 years of marriage.

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Chief Keef was arrested at his Tarzana, California home on Thursday, January 26, by special operations officers from the Los Angeles Police Department, in connection with a home invasion robbery that allegedly occurred last week.

In videos posted to his Instagram account, a visibly battered and bruised producer by the name of Ramsay Tha Great, claimed the wife of Chief Keef's former manager, Uncle Ro, called the 21-year old "I Don't Like" rapper to tell him to calm down.

"Fifteen minutes later somebody opening my door, kicking down my door talking about 'It's Sosa,'" Ramsay says in one of the clips. "So, I opened the door. I done produced songs for him, met him a couple of times ... I didn't think nothing was wrong. I opened the door, boom! He pushed me in. A nigga behind him got a Draco AK-47 looking thing. He started hitting me in the face. [Glo Gang artist] Tadoe started hitting me in the face."

Keef allegedly stole a ring, a Rolex and $1600 from the producer.

"It was a violent home invasion involving firearms being pointed at victims," LAPD Capt. Brian Pratt told KNBC-TV Channel 4. "The detectives did some really great follow up investigation. Witnesses came forward and identified who our suspects were. We knew who we were going after – we weren’t just shooting in the dark."

Keef and four others were taken into custody without incident.

Ramsay says he is going to file a lawsuit.

"@chieffkeeffsossa now if I was a celebrity I wouldn't come personally jump a person with you five friends and a Ak 47 that's just dumb your famous ......... now I'm taking everything from you," he captioned an Instagram photo. U really just fucked up dude coming to my house with your phone in your pocket with the location on........ yea I'm pressing charges on yo ass. You a fucking low life mf niggas out here tryna do positive shit and you still on some goofy Chicago shit . We'll see u in court.

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Machine Gun Kelly contributed the song "Dopeman" to the soundtrack for "The Land." Check out his official music video for it.

"The Land" soundtrack is available now on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/land-music-from-motion-picture/id1134124505

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Beautiful and extremely talented singer Kehlani delivers her debut album titled "SweetSexySavage." The project is 19 songs deep. You can purchase it now from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/sweetsexysavage-deluxe/id1179542759

SweetSexySavage Tracklist:

1. “Intro”
2. “Keep On”
3. “Distraction”
4. “Piece of Mind”
5. “Undercover”
6. “CRZY”
7. “Personal”
8. “Not Used to It”
9. “Everything Is Yours”
10. “Advice”
11. “Do U Dirty”
12. “Escape”
13. “Too Much”
14. “Get Like”
15. “In My Feelings”
16. “Hold Me by the Heart”
17. “Thank You”
Bonus: “I Wanna Be”
Bonus: “Gangsta”

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Takeoff, Offset and Quavo, together known as Migos, are on fire right now. Their single "Bad and Boujee" is a certified hit.

The trio look to keep their momentum going by releasing a new album titled "Culture." Features include 2 Chainz, Lil Uzi Vert and DJ Khaled. The project is available now on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/culture/id1192538488

Culture Tracklist:

1. Culture (feat. DJ Khaled)

2. T-Shirt

3. Call Casting

4. Bad and Boujee (feat. Lil Uzi Vert)

5. Get Right Witcha

6. Big on Big

7. What the Price

8. Brown Paper Bag

9. Deadz (feat. 2 Chainz)

10. All Ass

11. Kelly Price

12. Out Yo Way

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KXNG Crooked, formerly known as Crooked I, drops off a new fire freestyle titled "Real Friends." Listen to the Slaughterhouse emcee spit heroin bars up top.

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Earlier this week President Trump threatened to send federal government agencies to Chicago in an effort to quell violence in the city that claimed the lives of 716 people in 2016, and 46 so far this year.

"If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday, January 24.

When TMZ caught up with Chi-town native, Common, he had a much different take on how to fix the problem.

"For me, I feel like to help Chicago we gotta take care of our own," the rapper and actor said. "Within the community we gotta do things. It's a lot of people out there already organizing and doing things. We need our state and local people to do things. We don't need [Trump's] type of mentality. I'm not focused on the president right now. I'm focused on helping the people in the city and how we can do it."

When he was asked if he believed Trump's idea would basically be declaring martial law and lead to more problems, Common didn't disagree.

"You think?" he responded. "My message is for the people of Chicago, not to the president. I'm not thinking about the president like that. I'm saying we gon' help each other. I'm from Chicago, so I'm telling the people from Chicago we gon' work with the grass roots groups ... the state and the local. And that's how we gon' do it."

What are your thoughts on the violence in Chicago and possible solutions to reverse the current trend? Do you like Common's ideas?

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Sitches has run into some legal trouble in Miami.

TMZ reports the 21-year old rapper, born Phillip Nickolas Katsabanis, was arrested Wednesday night, January 25, after cops discovered a gun and marijuana in his Porsche.

Katsabanis was spotted backing out of a handicap parking space at a Whole Foods Market.  He immediately knew he was in trouble and handed police a half smoked joint, but lied to officers when asked if he had a gun in his possession.

When the vehicle was searched a Glock was found, along with two magazines of ammunition. In addition, police discovered one oxycodone and a jar containing 39.2 grams of weed.

Regarding the gun, Katsabanis told police he was confused and thought they were asking if he had a gun on him, not in the car.

Katsabanis was hauled off to jail and charged with felony gun and weed possession.

Stitches has released three mixtapes and two albums, beginning in 2014, but is primarily know for his 2015 beef with The Game and subsequently getting knocked out by the Compton rapper's manager, Wack 100.

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Ellen DeGeneres welcomed Anderson .Paak to her show on Thursday, January 26, to help celebrate her 58th birthday. 

Anderson and his band The Free Nationals got the crowd moving by performing the song "Am I Wrong."

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