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20 year old Earvin Johnson III, son of former L.A. Laker and NBA hall of fame player Earvin "Magic" Johnson made a public appearance recently confirming he was gay. E.J. was seen holding hands with his boyfriend while talking with TMZ.

E.J.'s parents released a statement standing behind his decision.

"Cookie and I love EJ and support him in every way."  Magic said, "We're very proud of him."

Current Lakers great, Kobe Bryant, thinks Magic did the right thing

"Of course Magic is supportive of and loves his son. Why should anyone be surprised? What I can't tolerate is a lack of tolerance," Bryant told TMZ.

The Lakers family sticks together.

Earvin Johnson III goes public

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Honey Cocaine releases another new music video off of her just released mixtape, Thug Love. This latest clip is for the DKevrim-produced track "Bad Gal." Mixtape available now on Datpiff.

Directed by @LaloTheGiant

Meek Mill is building a strong team for his Dream Chasers Records. In addition to Lil Snupe, Meek has also signed Louie V Gutta. Louie's mixtape "Worth the Wait" drops on April 6th. Here's a nice leak off of the project courtesy of HipHopSince1987.

Meek also cuts loose a new freestyle titled "G5." Peep that below. DreamChasers 3 on the way. Props to Splash. 

Download "Super F*cking Cool" Here - Download "G5" Freestyle Here

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Former Shady Records artist Bobby Creekwater is back to make things "Clear" with his new remix of Drizzy Drake's single "Started From the Bottom." Look for more new music from Bobby this year.

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Fresh off of going in on Rick Ross with his scathing diss track "Six," Dirt is back at it in the booth preparing for the release of his new project also titled "Six." Peep as he takes a minute to smash out a freestyle to Young Jeezy's "Get Right."

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While out in Los Angeles promoting his upcoming album Indicud, Kid Cudi stopped by radio station Power 106 to chat with DJ Felli Fel and Yesi Ortiz.

Right off the top Cudi revealed that he's left G.O.O.D. Music.

"I'm announcing that I'm no longer on G.O.O.D. Music," Cudi said. "This is something no one knows really. Me and Kanye were talking on the phone the other day. These are things that I've been wanting to talk to him about...about me starting my own direction. And he got it because you know he's trying to start his new path. Trying new things as an artist. He was like 'man, I feel you.' He's like 'well, it's cool.' I wanna focus on Wicked Awesome. I wanna focus on [King] Chip, that's it. I don't want to have a full label of artists. I just wanna work on Chip and keep my sound going on the Cudi train. This is just from a business standpoint. There’s no beef. There's no problem with anyone on the label. It’s all love.”

Cudi said he reached out to Jay-Z before talking to Yeezy to find out how to approach his now former boss to make sure he didn't offend him. There's much more to the conversation. Check it out below.

Kid Cudi leaves G.O.O.D. Music

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While making the rounds in New York City recently Schoolboy Q dipped into the Shade 45 studios to chop it up with Tony Touch a.k.a. Tony Toca.

Of course Q couldn't leave the building without spitting some freestyle bars for Toca Tuesdays.

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Nas' eleventh studio album Life Is Good was both a critical and commercial success. It sold 149,000 units in it's opening week to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. It also received four Grammy nominations at the 2013 awards ceremony.

Esco is already putting in work on his next full length disc. He revealed today via Twitter that he will announce the name of the project next month.

Who are some artists and producers you would like to see Nas work with on the album?

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SMS Promotions will be well represented this Thursday at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.

Light welterweight Luis Olivares will be looking to raise his record to 3-0 when he takes on Christopher Williams Ortiz in a 4 round bout. Olivares won his previous 2 fights by knockouts.

Donte Strayhorn

The other SMS Promotions fighter on the card is lightweight Donte Strayhorn, who will be making his pro debut against Michael Carrerra in a 4 round match.

The fights are on the undercard of the Damien Frias vs. Ionut Dan Ion 8 round main attraction.

For more information please visit http://www.dbe1.com/schedule

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We've heard of rap groups that have come from the ghetto and the suburbs, but you've never seen a hip hop crew that was raised in the woods...until now. The group Don't Give A F*ck (DGAF) is featured in this hilarious parody of VH1's Behind The Music.

Check out Lo-Lo, Bullet, Body Count and their dead hype man, Ra-Ra.

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Jay-Z's business empire continues to expand. The Brooklyn, New York born and raised rapper has gone from street hustler to being one of the most respected businessmen in America with a net worth of $475 million according to Forbes.

His investments in the Brooklyn Nets, Roc-A-Wear, Roc Nation and Carol's Daughter have paid off handsomely. Now Hov has now partnered with Creative Artists Agency to launch Roc Nation Sports, a full-service sports management company, reports USA Today.

"Because of my love of sports, it was a natural progression to form a company where we can help top athletes in various sports the same way we have been helping artists in the music industry for years," said Jay in a statement.

RNS has already landed it's first big client. They convinced New York Yankees All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano to fire long time sports agent Scott Boras to sign with their company.

"At this point in my career, I am ready to take a more active role in my endeavors both on and off the field," said Cano. "I am confident that the pairing of Roc Nation Sports & CAA Sports will be essential in helping me accomplish my short- & long-term goals."

The first order of business for Roc Nation Sports will be to ink Cano to a new contract. His current one expires after this season.

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Snoop Lion teams up with Drake and his daughter Cori B. for "No Guns Allowed."

Directed by Jessy Terrero, the video captures a poignant message of non-violence in the wake of several national tragedies. "No Guns Allowed" is the new single from Snoop Lion's forthcoming reggae and dancehall influenced album, REINCARNATED, available on April 23, 2013. The album is executive produced by Diplo and the Major Lazer production team and will be released in conjunction with Berhane Sound System, Mad Decent, VICE Music, and RCA Records.

"It's a powerful song and we hope to spread a positive message that hits home with people," says Snoop Lion. "We've seen too much bloodshed involving guns and we want to prevent the next incident from happening. That's what's it all about, trying to bring awareness and push love and peace."

"No Guns Allowed" is available on iTunes now and serves as the "instant grat" track when you pre-order the REINCARNATED album. REINCARNATED features Drake, Chris Brown, T.I., Busta Rhymes, Akon, U.K. singing star Rita Ora, and dancehall stars Popcaan and Mavado among others. The album also includes the peace anthem "Lighters Up" as well as the boisterous "Here Comes The King."

Buy it on iTunes:

Deluxe Audio: http://smarturl.it/ReincarnatedDX
Standard Audio: http://smarturl.it/ReincarnatedSt
Single: http://smarturl.it/ReincarnatedDX?iqI...
Film: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/rei...

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This is a collaboration many people might not have ever expect, but it works well. Kid Cudi teams up with Too Short for "Girls." The track is off of Cudi's upcoming album, Indicud, which will be released on April 23rd.

Ransom is back with some new music. Duffle Bag teams up with The Lox veteran emcee Styles P and Love and Hip Hop star Lore'l for "Fuck Dat." Nice combination here.

Follow on Twitter @201Ransom @therealstylesp and @StarringLoreL

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Chris Brown is making the rounds getting the word out about his new single "Fine China" and upcoming album, X.

This morning he sat down with Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club for an in depth conversation.

Breezy addressed the rumor that A$AP Rocky is smashing Rihanna, Justin Bieber's current troubles, bouncing back from all of the negative feedback, letting Karrueche Tran know he wanted to be  with Rihanna, possible issues with Jay-Z, beef with Drake, smoking weed, his artists Sevyn Streeter, U.G.L.Y., Kevin McCall, possible collaboration with Spike Lee and more.

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Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne get quite cozy with each other in Nicki's new music video for "High School." The song is off of The Harajuku Barbie's latest album, Pink Friday: Roman Reload - The Re-Up.

Video directed by Benny Boom.

Beyonce and Andre 3000 will lend their vocal talents to the upcoming soundtrack for The Great Gatsby remake when they collaborate on an Amy Winehouse song.

E! Online reports that the duo will cover the late singer's 2006 hit "Back to Black."

"It's a very different take on 'Back to Black,'" a record company source said.

Jay-Z is on board on board as the executive producer of the film's soundtrack, which will be released via Interscope Records.

The film stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan. It will premiere as the opening night film of the Cannes Film Festival on May 15.

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STAR talks Lil Wayne's first interview since multiple seizures, American Idol fans wanting Nicki Minaj off the show, Soledad O'Brien leaving CNN, the confusion of "On Field" fitted caps, Creflo Dollar coming to NY and Honey Cocaine now being his new favorite rap star.

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Drake releases his new official music video for "5AM In Toronto." The track is off of the Young Money rapper's upcoming third solo album titled Nothing Was the Same.

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Chris Brown addressed his Drake diss on Young Jeezy's "R.I.P." remix for the first time today while visiting Sway in the Morning.

“It's rap man. It’s hip-hop. It’s not gonna escalate. It’s like kiddie rap right now. So as far as what I'm doing I’d rather put my frustrations and whatever I gotta say out in my music ’cause I know nothing finna happen, so I say whatever I want. Rebuttals just gonna be stupid. I’m not a rapper, so you gonna be stupid rapping back to a singer. But I’m gonna keep coming n*gga, I don’t care. It's all good, I aim for the top," Chris said.

Sway then threw on Drake's "Started From the Bottom" instrumental for Chris to spit a few bars over.

Chris also stopped by Hot 97 and spit another freestyle for Funkmaster Flex over "Started From the Bottom."

Chris Brown on Sway in the Morning

Breezy -  Funkmaster Flex freestyle

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