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Brooklyn emcee HORSE is back with his new street album For the Hell Of It Pt. 2. The project features Loochie R.E.D. and Su-Holla.

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T.I. decides to cut loose a new track off of his upcoming album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head ahead of it's December 18th release.

"Wildside" features Harlem emcee A$AP Rocky.

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Young Pretty teams up with Brick Squad Monopoly rapper Yung Joey for the official music video to "Taking Pictures."

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Uncle Murda teams up with Diddy Bop to drop the official music video for his hard hitting track "R.N.S. (Real N*gga Sh*t)."

Be on the lookout for Uncle M's The First 48 mixtape droppping January 1st.

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Adam Lanza is the name of the 20-year old gunman who killed 27 people, including 20 children between the ages of 5 and 10 inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

The shooter entered the classroom of his mother Nancy Lanza, who was a teacher at the school and killed her before shooting 20 children, most in the same classroom according to the New York Times. Lanza also shot several adults before killing himself with a gunshot to the head.

There is a report that a family member of the killer was found dead at another location.

The mass shooting is among the worst in the nation’s history.

According to CNN the gunman used a .223 Bushmaster, a Glock, and a Sig-Sauer in the attack. No word on the models of Glock or Sig-Sauer.

Adam Lanza's older brother, 24-year-old Ryan Lanza, of Hoboken, N.J., is being questioned by police.

President Obama was visibly shaken when he spoke about the shootings during a press conference. Read part of what he said below.

"We've endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years. Each time I learn the news I react not as a president but as anybody else would as a parent.

 

"That was especially true today.

 

"I know there's not a parent in America that doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that I do.

 

"The majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old.

 

"They had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own.

 

Obama sighed.

 

"Among the fallen were also teachers - men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these children and the families of the adults we lost.

 

"Our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well, for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know that their children’s innocence has been torn away from them too early, and there are no words that will ease their pain.

 

"As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it’s an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago - these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. And we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics.

 

"This evening Michelle and I will do whah every parent in America will do - hug our children a little tighter and tell them that we love them.

 

"There are families in Connecticut that cannot do that tonight and they need all of us tonight.

 

"May god bless the memory of the victims and in the words of scripture heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds."

**UPDATE**

Fox News is reporting that the shooter's mom, Nancy Lanza, was shot in the face and killed at home prior to her son, Adam Lanza, going to the elementary school and gunning down her entire class.

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Kid Ink drops off the official music video for his song "Ghost." The Kyle Justice-produced banger is off of Kid Ink's new mixtape Rocketshipshawty.

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As the countdown continues to the December 18th release of T.I.'s new album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, we get episode two of his five-part video series documenting the days leading up to the release.

In this episode Tip describes the album's title and discusses collaborations with Pharrell, CeeLo Green, and Andre 3000.

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Before Yuri Gambo's return to the ring last Saturday, which resulted in a unanimous decision win over Michael Farenas, the boxing champ and 50 Cent sat down with Angie Martinez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

50 talks to Angie about the excitement of his first SMS Promotions fight, learning spanish, bringing better undercard competition to keep fans in their seats before the main events and more.

Gamboa discussed making weight, 50's presence as his promoter and more.

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NEWTOWN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut/AP) — CBS News is reporting that at least 26 people are dead, including 18 students, after a mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The gunman is among the dead.

CBS News’ John Miller reports there is preliminary information that the gunman was the father of one of the students. Miller additionally reports the gunman is 20 years old and is from New Jersey.

The shooter was killed and apparently had two guns, a person with knowledge of the shooting said. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way. It is not known whether the shooter took his own life or was killed.

CBS News reports that a second person is in custody and that SWAT is now investigating the home of the suspect.

A witness tells WFSB-TV that a second man was taken out of the woods in handcuffs wearing a black jacket and camouflage pants and telling parents on the scene, “I did not do it.”

Fox Connecticut reports that the shooting began in the kindergarten classroom.

“It’s just a bad situation,” Newtown Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Stoyak told CBS 2.

NPR is reporting that Connecticut is reaching out to other states to help with autopsies because they don’t have enough medical examiners.

Two students and a teacher were also injured in the shooting and they were taken to Dansbury Hospital, spokeswoman Diane Burke told CBS News York.

Teachers and police escorted students out of the building following the shooting.

“It was a very orderly evacuation given the circumstances,” Connecticut Post reporter Brian Koonz told CBS New York.

One mother tells CBS 2 reporter Lou Young that it’s like a “war zone” in Newtown. Her child told Young he had bullets “whizzing by” him in the hallway and that a teacher pulled him into a classroom.

Connecticut State Police tell CBS Connecticut that it is “still an active situation.”

Police responded to the school shooting at 9:41 a.m. WFSB-TV reporter Len Besthoff calls it a “chaotic scene.”

Stephen Delgiadice said his 8-year-old daughter heard two big bangs and teachers told her to get in a corner. His daughter was fine.

“It’s alarming, especially in Newtown, Connecticut, which we always thought was the safest place in America,” he said.

Mergim Bajraliu, 17, heard the gunshots echo from his home and raced to check on his 9-year-old sister at the school. He said his sister, who was fine, heard a scream come over the intercom at one point. He said teachers were shaking and crying as they came out of the building.

“Everyone was just traumatized,” he said.

The school superintendent’s office says the district has locked down schools as a preventive measure to ensure the safety of students and staff. Schools in neighboring towns also were locked down as a precaution.

State police spokesman Lt. Paul Vance says they have a number of personnel on the scene to assist.

The White House said President Barack Obama was notified of the shooting.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he’s spoken with federal officials who have offered to provide help to the state and the Newtown community in the aftermath of a deadly grade school shooting.

Malloy arrived in Newtown on Friday afternoon, hours after a shooting that left the gunman dead and at least one teacher wounded.

The governor’s office said several state agencies, including emergency management, public health and the Department of Children and Families, will be coordinating the state’s response.

In addition, Malloy says State Police are coordinating law enforcement work with federal and local authorities.

It wasn’t clear how many people were injured at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. Danbury Hospital said it has admitted three patients.

This shooting rivals the massacres at Virginia Tech in 2007 where 32 people were killed and at Columbine High School in 1999 where 13 were gunned down.

The worst mass school murder in American history took place on May 18,1927 in Bath Township, Mich., when a former school board member set off three bombs that killed 45 people.

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Ma$e is back on the music scene and making noise after Diddy finally being released from his Bad Boy Records contract after 16 years. He sat down recently with Sway In the Morning to chop it up.

Ma$e speaks on the advice Notorious B.I.G. gave him to do as much as you can when you're hot because it's not guaranteed fans will be feeling you next year.

"That's what made me take advantage of doing something else," Ma$e told Sway. "I knew I could do more than music but I didn't have the courage to really step out and do it. I knew my whole life I was going to do something other than just music. Music was just the direction people kept pushing me in."

The rapper/pastor feels like he's accomplishing things Tupac Shakur set out to do, but didn't have the chance to do before his death.

"I believe I'm doing right now what Tupac envisioned to do but he never got around to doing because he wasn't able to make that decision," Ma$e said.

Ma$e goes on to talk about how the deaths of Tupac and Biggie affected him and more.

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Black Hippy member Ab-Soul recently sat down with Hard Knock TV for an in-depth interview.

Ab discusses the first rhyme he ever wrote, explains what chakras are, speaks on working with Joey Bada$$, reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X, working with Macklemore and more.

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ESPN commentator Rob Parker's explosive and racially charged remarks about Washington Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III on the morning show "First Take" Thursday were "inappropriate," according to the network, which said in a statement that it would "evaluate its next step."

Parker, who is African-American, stammered through a segment which started with him asking himself if the former Heisman Trophy winner is "a brother or a cornball brother."

Parker's exact words on the broadcast:

"My question which is just a straight honest question: Is he a brother or is he a cornball brother?" Parker asked.

"What does that mean? Explain that," other members of the panel pushed.

"He's not real. He's black, he kind of does the thing. But he's not really down with the cause. He's not one of us. He's kinda black, but he's not really like the guy you really want to hang out with because he's off into something else."

"Why is that your question?" the host asked Parker.

"Because that's how I - I want to find out about him. I don't know because I keep hearing these things. We all know he has a white fiance. There was all this talk about he's a Republican. There's no information at all - I'm just trying to dig deeper into why he has an issue. Because we did find out with Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods was like, 'I got black skin, but don't call me black.' People got a little wondering about him early on.

Skip Bayless then chimed in with another loaded question: "What do RG3's braids say to you?"

Parker responded: "Now that's different. Because to me, that's very urban and makes you feel like - I think he would have a clean cut, if he was more straight-laced or not like - wearing braids is, you're a brother. You're a brother if you got braids on."

"Stephen A., what's your take on this?" a host asks.

The normally loquacious host seemed at a loss after Parker's diatribe, saying: "First of all, let me say this: I'm uncomfortable with where we just went."

ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys (@espnmikes) tweeted a statement: "Have been asked for comment on Rob Parker comments: The comments were inappropriate and we are evaluating our next steps."

Griffin has hardly avoided the race issue, speaking eloquently on the subject in a recent Comcast SportsNet video posted on December 3.

When asked about being an African-American and the star quarterback in Washington D.C., Griffin responded:

“Whenever you can relate to the population of the team that you play for, I think it makes it that much more special. I don’t play too much into the color game, because I don’t want to be the best African-American quarterback, I want to be the best quarterback. But to the fans, and to the fans who think that way and look at me as an African-American, it’s important that I succeed, not only for this team, but for them. Because it gives them that motivation, that hey, you know, an African-American went out and played quarterback for my Washington Redskins. So I appreciate that, I don’t ever downplay anything like that. Whoever I can go out every week and motivate to do better and to try to go after their dreams, I’m up for that.”

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Jay-Z hosted a star studded launch party for D’USSÉ cognac at LIV nightclub last weekend. Guests attending the event included Fabolous, Beyonce, DJ Clue, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Pusha T, Dizzee Rascal, Teyana Taylor, The-Dream, Trinidad James and more.

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Earlier this week DGK held a premiere in Hollywood, California for their first ever full length video Parental Advisory. The musical guests at the event were Trinidad James and Juicy J.

The always trippy Juicy J performed "Show Out," while Trinidad performed "All Gold Everything."

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Actor Lamorne Morris, best known for his role as Winston on the Fox sitcom New Girl spoofs Def Jam's newest artist Trinidad James' "All Gold Everything" music video with his own version titled "No Gold Anything."

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Trinidad James has only been rapping for 11 months, but he may have parlayed one hit record into a sizable record deal. There has been a bidding war for the Atlanta rapper ever since his song "All Gold Everything" started to bubble.

During his recent sold out show at Santos Party House in NYC it became clear that the song was not just a regional record as Trinidad performed it two times in a row for the enthusiastic crowd.

XXL reported that Joie Manda, Chris Atlas and Barry Weiss were in the house representing Def Jam Records and Mike Keyser from Atlantic Records was also in the building to watch Trinidad perform.

Now rumors are running rampant that Def Jam has cut Trinidad a $2 million check to join their roster that already includes Rihanna, Kanye West, 2 Chainz and Frank Ocean.

The news has people on Twitter talking. Check out some of the reactions below.

**UPDATE** December 13

Joie Manda President, Def Jam Recordings has just confirmed the signing of Trinidad James. Manda released a statement to Billboard.

We're excited to welcome a young talent like Trinidad James to the Def Jam family. Def Jam prides itself as both a cornerstone of hip-hop's rich tradition, and as a vital, forward-thinking label dedicated to breaking and nurturing emerging artists. Trinidad James represents the cutting-edge of what's happening in the culture today. We are thrilled to have him at the label, and look forward to growing his already massive buzz.

Trinidad was grateful the label gave him the opportunity to pursue his dream. "Def Jam, thank you for believing," Trinidad said.

Check out the video that got the hype started below.

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