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T.I. has recruited some heavyweights for his highly anticipated eighth studio album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head. He sat down with Rap-Up TV to talk about how he and Pink linked up for the T-Minus-produced song "Guns and Roses."

"We've known each other for the duration of our careers," Tip said. "When we both on LaFace Records, she and I were both working on out first albums together in Atlanta. We spent a lot of time around each other and we found that we had a few things in common. We clicked because she real people, she from the streets. I'm a real cat I'm from the streets. We just always connected. We were just waiting for the appropriate time and the opportunity to collaborate. And this particular record seemed perfect."

Tip also announced that a sequel titled Trouble Man: He Who Wears The Crown is coming next.

Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head will be released on December 18th.

Tracklist:

1. The Introduction
2. G Season featuring Meek Mill
3. Trap Back Jumpin
4. Wildside featuring A$AP Rocky
5. Ball featuring Lil Wayne
6. Sorry featuring André 3000
7. Can You Learn featuring R. Kelly
8. GO GET IT
9. Guns and Roses featuring P!nk
10. The Way We Ride
11. Cruisin’
12. Addresses
13. Hello featuring CeeLo Green
14. Who Want Some
15. Wonderful Life featuring Akon
16. Hallelujah

Best Buy Bonus Tracks:

1) Live On Tonight Feat Victoria Monet
2) Parlay Feat D.O.P.E.
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1) Love This Life
2) Like That
3) Ball (Music Video)
4) Trap Back Jumpin (Music Video)

T.I. Speaks On Collaboration With Pink

Tip Announces Sequel Trouble Man: He Who Wears The Crown Is Coming Next

T.I. Admits Andre 3000 Outshined Him On "Sorry"

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Outkast rapper Big Boi’s new album Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors is due out Dec. 11th. Here's a new leak off of the project featuring Kid Cudi titled "She Hates Me."

Tony Yayo called into Shade 45 on Saturday and chopped it up with DJ Whoo Kid. The two talked about sports topics including Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, the New York Knicks and the Brooklyn Nets.

Yayo also spoke about his music projects which include his upcoming GPG5 mixtape, touring with Whoo Kid, shooting a music video for "Hood Boy" with J. Young, plus another not yet named project.

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Ever since he burst onto the national scene with Young Money, Tyga has proclaimed he grew up on the mean streets of Compton, California.

TMZ uncovered some footage from an unaired MTV show titled "Bustas" where up and coming rappers competed for the top prize by freestyling, showing their stage presence and playing games like "Is This a Real Rolex?"

The YMCMB star talks about growing up in the Valley, his parents having a Range Rover and not having it hard coming up.

At one point Tyga gets booed off the stage during a word association freestyle when he can't pronounce "amoeba."

Peep the footage below.

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Snoop Dogg A.K.A. Snoop Lion links up with longtime collaborators Soopafly and Tha Dogg Pound for "That's My Work." The single is now available on iTunes.

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Wiz Khalifa has been giving a track by track review of songs on his upcoming O.N.I.F.C. (Only N*ggas In First Class)album.

In this new video the Taylor Gang leader speaks on the Pharrell-produced song "Rise Above" which features Tuki Carter, Amber Roseand Pharell.

O.N.I.F.C. will be released on December 4th. Pre-order it on iTunes.

Wiz Khalifa "track by track" review

'Rise Above' Ft. Pharrell, Tuki Carter & Amber Rose

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Big Sean made sure the fans who attended his concert Saturday at The Palace of Auburn Hills in his hometown of Detroit went home satisfied. The G.O.O.D. Music rapper brought out Common, J. Cole, Kanye West and Pusha T during his set.

Sean thanked his fans via Twitter after the show.

Check out footage of Sean and Yeezy performing "Clique" below as well as pics from the show.

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Justin Bieber surprised the audience during his "Believe" tour stop last night at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.

Biebs brought out Drake to perform their collaboration "Right Here" before letting Drizzy control the stage for a couple of minutes as he rapped his way through his hit "The Motto."

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Turk has wasted no time in hooking back up with the Young Money crew. The latest release from the former Hot Boys rapper features Lil Wayne and will be appears on Turk's upcoming mixtape Blame It On The System.

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Chief Keef is preparing to release his debut album Finally Rich on December 18th. In the meantime he gives his fans new visuals for "They Know" to hold them over.

Shot by DGainz

Pre-order Finally Rich on iTunes.

The Port Arthur, Texas rap duo UGK will be receiving a well deserved honor today when they will be inducted into the Gulf Coast Museum’s Music Hall of Fame.

Bun B and the late Pimp C have influenced the hip hop industry in many ways since they hit the scene in 1988 with the cassette only EP titled The Southern Way, which featured the songs "Short Texas" and "Tell Me Something Good."

Almost every rapper from the South has paid homage to the group at one time or another.

The duo went on to release ground breaking albums like Too Hard To Swallow, Super Tight, Ridin' Dirty, Underground Kingzand more.

Their biggest commercial success was a collaboration with Jay-Z titled "Big Pimpin" off of Hov's 1999 album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. The song almost didn't happen because Pimp C thought it was too commercial.

"It sounded like a pop record to me," Pimp told MTV News' Sway during a prison visit in 2005. "I didn't want to do it. It scared me, because I didn't know how people was going to take us going in that direction. But I remember Jay telling me, 'Look, family: It's going to be the biggest record of your career. If you don't do it for yourself, just do it for me.' That was good enough for me, so I jumped on it."

Pimp C died on December 4, 2007, but Bun B has kept his name alive by continuing to put out quality music.

For those who would like to watch UGK's induction into the Gulf Coast Museum's Music Hall of Fame simply tune in by clicking HERE today at 2 p.m. central to watch the event live on USTREAM.

"Short Texas"

"Tell Me Something Good"

"Pocket Full of Stones"

"Underground"

UGK featuring Outkast - "Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)"

Jay-Z & UGK "Big Pimpin"

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Looks like Katt Williams won't be satisfied until he's sitting in jail. After leading police on a wild chase while riding a three-wheeled motorcycle last Sunday, the volatile comedian paid a visit to a Target store where he physically assaulted an employee.

TMZ obtained footage of the incident. There is not audio, but Katt and the employee are talking when Katt suddenly slaps him in the face.

A second video that does have audio shows the aftermath of the scene. While the employee calls the police, Katt says "I'll stand outside and wait" before hopping on an electric cart.

Katt, who was already wanted by Sacramento police for felony evasion after the police chase earlier that day exits the store and hops on his three-wheeled motorcycle and leaves the scene.

So far no charges have been filed against Katt for slapping the employee. The DA's office says the case is currently under review 

Katt Williams slaps Target employee in the face.

Aftermath of Katt Williams slapping Target employee

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25-year old Jovan Belcher, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, committed suicide today in front of his coaches and police officers outside the team's stadium, shortly after he fatally shot his girlfriend, police said.

Belcher, a fourth year player out of Maine reportedly shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins multiple times Saturday morning around 9 a.m. Perkins' mother called the police.

"The individual that called, the mother of the victim, stated that her daughter's boyfriend is the one who shot her and he is a Chiefs player," Kansas City Police spokesman Darin Snapp told ABC News Radio.

Perkins was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Belcher then drove to drove to Arrowhead Stadium where he spoke to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel outside of the practice facility. Belcher thanked them for all they had done for him then shot himself in the head as police arrived.

"When the officers arrived, when they were pulling up, they actually observed a black male who had a gun to his head and he was talking to a couple of coaches out in the parking lot," Snapp said. "As officers pulled up, and began to park, that's when they heard the gunshot and it appears the individual took his own life."

Crennel and Pioli told police they never felt threatened by Belcher.

"They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they'd done for him," Snapp said. "They were just talking to him and he was thanking them and everything. That's when he walked away and shot himself."

Perkins and Belcher had a three-month old daughter together.

Some Chiefs player took to Twitter to express their shock over what happened.

The Chiefs released a statement: “We can confirm that there was an incident at Arrowhead earlier this morning. We are cooperating with authorities in their investigation.”

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Big Sean sits down for an interview with French based website Daymolition. Some of the topics covered include the Cruel Summer album, his next album Hall of Fame, the Cruel Winter album, the difference between working with new artists like Meek Mill and established artists like Lil Wayne, the music video for "Guap" and more.

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Lil Eto is really on a tear. The Rochester, New York spitter continues to drop quality music. The latest song/visuals from Firearm E is the Chup-produced banger "Eastside."

Directed by Khelo Suave.

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Here's something new from Mack Maine, Turk and Mystikal. The track appears on DJ Stevie J's new mixtape The Appreciation; Vol. 5 Holiday Edition.

It will also appear on Turk's upcoming mixtape, Blame It On Da System.

WGCI's UB Rodriguez interviewed 50 Cent yesterday. Topics included 50's new fitness book Formula 50, SMS Promotions, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Chief Keef.

UB Rodriguez: Let's talk about you and Floyd Mayweather. I know that's your boy. Now you have this boxing promoting company. Was he the influence behind this?

50 Cent: Yeah, initially it was a venture we were going to do together. Floyd changed his mind and wanted to do some different things. Before he decided that he wanted to do things differently I had already obtained my promotions license in New York, Connecticut, Miami, Atlantic City and now Nevada. So I had went pretty far into the actual category before he decided he wanted to do something different.

UB: Hey Fifty what about the rumors of this promoter trying to pay you and Mayweather to get in the ring?

50: I heard about that too. I'll take it in a heartbeat. I'll make the weight. For $5 million dollars I will impress you. He'd be like 'hold up I didn't even know you had that in you Fif.' 

UB: I don't see it happening 50.

50: You know Floyd ain't gonna do that. He won't even fight Manny [Pacquiao].

UB: So we've seen you go back and forth with Chief Keef on Twitter. I want to ask you personally. How do you feel about him?

50: In the beginning I took a huge liking to Chief Keef. I think he's a representation of what hip hop was when I fell in love with it. Someone out of the environment just offering what means something to him. Like when he's saying things he don't like. Everybody in Chicago in that neighborhood or those different areas would agree with those thing he said he don't like because they don't like them either. That's why the song connected. I started to talk to him because I wanted to help him because I saw things starting to spiral out of control and he could lose an opportunity that's priceless.

UB: Like what did you see and what do you think about his future?

50: I don't think he'll have the same success in sales, but it will be something that develops a cult like following. Because he decided to not show up to his actual video. And when he does that in the stages where you haven't sold any records yet. It's bad influences. It's people around him that aren't influencing him to do the right thing. It's really not him.

UB: So what exactly do you tell Chief Keef when you call him or sit down and talk to him 50?

50: I just tell him to make the adjustments. I tried to reach out to him. He's a little upset because I said something on Twitter. I said he didn't show up to his video, he don't know these people will pull the plug on him and they will. I don't want to make him upset or nothing because he's a baby. My son does the same thing to me.

Check out the full interview up top and pre-order Formula 50 now from Amazon.

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Pusha T has a couple of projects coming up. First will be his Wrath of Cain mixtape. Following that he will be releasing his album My Name Is My Name.

Pusha sits down with DJ Damage to chop it up about when he chose those particular names for the projects and more.

Pusha T talks new album "My Name Is My Name", the meaning behind the name, its release date, production credits on the album, Biblical themed album titles in Hip Hop, the success of Play Cloths, and More with DJ Damage of HHS1987.com. Video was shot by Brandon Wyche in Philadelphia, Pa. Edited by Rick Dange.

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