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Machine Gun Kelly releases part 2 of his Lace Up documentary. We watch the repercussions MGK faces from his friends after he relapses, fans showing how much they love him, life on the road and more.
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Fat Joe could be facing up to two years in prison after pleading guilty to tax evasion. The Terror Squad leader was accused of failing to pay the federal government more that $1 million in income taxes for 2007 and 2008
Joe, real name Joseph Cartagena, entered his guilty plea this morning in federal court in New Jersey. He's currently free on a 250k bond. He's scheduled to be sentenced in April according to the Washington Post.
The 42-year old rapper is best known for his hits "What's Luv" and "Lean Back."
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Written by Chase Hoffberger @chasehoffberger Via Daily Dot
Google slashed the cumulative view counts on YouTube channels belonging to Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG, and RCA Records by more than 2 billion views Tuesday, a drastic winter cleanup that may be aimed at shutting down black hat view count-building techniques employed by a community of rogue view count manipulators on the video-sharing site.
Universal's channel is the one that took the biggest hit. According to figures compiled by the YouTube statistics analysts at SocialBlade, the record company's YouTube channel lost more than 1 billion views from its preexisting tally of 7 billion views Tuesday.
Sony/BMG was the second largest sufferer, dropping more than 850 million views in one day, bringing its total number of views to a mere 2.3 million. RCA, which got off scot free by comparison, dipped 159 million views. Its tally now sits more modestly at 120 million views.
In addition, each label's YouTube archives are now surprisingly thin. UMG, which had long held a heavy hand in YouTube operations, now only boasts five videos on its YouTube channel, none of which are actual songs—and none of which last more than 1:23.
Sony's page, by comparison, is currently empty. The company did not respond to the Daily Dot's request for comment.
Other notable channels affected include the ones belonging to Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, and Avril Lavigne, among others. More than 500 prominent YouTube channels have been stripped of preexisting YouTube views in the past 30 days, something that causes concern when you consider that YouTube views counts, unlike subscriber statistics, are cumulative and cannot organically drop at any point throughout their existence.
Google's takedown of these major music channels came on the same day that hundreds of YouTubers took to Google forums and their own YouTube channels to inform their peers that they'd been subject to a series of video takedowns for violations of YouTube's Terms of Service (TOS). Some speculated that the widespread video takedowns were caused by a technical error, but YouTube confirmed that the users violated TOS item 4, Section H, which bans automated methods of inflating view counts.
"This was not a bug or a security breach. This was an enforcement of our viewcount policy," wrote a Google representative on the forums.
The apparent crackdown on fake views became a major talking point Wednesday on Black Hat World, a forum where users trade tips about unethical search engine optimization tactics.
The thread's first post alluded to a friend of the poster who "sells likes" and was recently told by four different customers that their videos "got deleted due to TOS violation."
"Now I also got a message from a customer who ordered views from me that his video was removed," the individual wrote, sparking a six page conversation that continues on to this moment—and mentions Universal Music Group throughout.
"I spoke with some people on Skype and 2-3 more have the same problems with videos being removed for fake views," the original poster added in a later post. "Likes are from YLH (YouLikeHits) and AddMeFast and views from ViralSocial in my case."
Later in the thread, the conversation turned towards an individual known in some online circles as Tapangoldy, a 16-year-old seller of YouTube views who is prominent on the cheap favors website Fiverr and claimed last month to have already raised $60,000through the site. Recently, he closed up shop for a few days "to fix all issue thanks."
Photo via Fiverr
Tapangoldy, who among other things had offered YouTubers an excess of 10,700 new views to any video of their choosing for $5, held a 98 percent "Gig Rating" before becoming inundated with negative reviews on Wednesday, most of which painted him as a fraud who uses bots to accrue YouTube views.
Although Tapangoldy seems to be one of the top-rated sellers of YouTube views, he isn’t the only Fiverr user whose business has been affected. One Black Hat World user wrote, “I'm just having great fun watching the Fiverr bloodbath. Most the top rated gigs for views are either paused or being flooded with bad reviews.”
How closely is Tapangoldy tied to Universal, Sony, and RCA? It's something we can't presently confirm. The Daily Dot has been unable to contact him during his temporary exile, and he could have nothing to do with the labels’ overnight YouTube collapse. But Tapangoldy's sudden change in fortune comes at an interesting time considering all of the preexisting elements, their pertinence to the major label music structure or otherwise.
YouTube did not respond to the Daily Dot's request for comment.
UPDATE: Universal acknowledged the sudden drop in views, and told the Daily Dot that the Universal Music Group channel, though popular, has been mostly dormant since the company shifted its focus to individual channels hosted on Vevo, which Universal founded in conjunction with Sony Music, Abu Dhabi Media Company, and E1 Entertainment in 2009.
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2 Chainz was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night. Tity Boi lit up the stage with a performance of "I'm Different" off of his album Based On a T.R.U. Story.
The album is available now on iTunes.
*UPDATE* December 20
Added video of Tity Boi performing "Birthday Song."
"I'm Different"
"Birthday Song"
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Brick Squad Monopoly rapper Frenchie BSM releases a new tour vlog. Frenchie is currently out promoting his latest mixtape Concrete Jungle 2.
Here we get footage of Frenchie touching in in Chicago where he links up with GBE artists Chief Keef, Fredo Santana and SD along with BSM artist Bo Deal.
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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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Jamie Foxx is a talented singer, actor and comedian. Yesterday he put those talents on display when he hosted Saturday Night Live. Jamie took part in various skits and even performed "Birthday Song" with 2 Chainz during his monologue.
Check it out below.
Jamie Foxx Monologue With 2 Chainz
J-Pop: Christmas
Swarvoski Crystals
B*tch Game Show
Maine Justice
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Young Jeezy and 2 Chainz link up for a new record titled "R.I.P." The DJ Mustard-produced track is off of The Snowman's upcoming mixtape It's the World.
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Check out 2 Chainz's new music video for "Extremely Blessed" featuring The-Dream. The Sharod Marcus Simpson-directed clip stars Kearia Diggs.
The song can be found on Tity Boi's album Based On a T.R.U. Story.
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2 Chainz has been jet setting across the world promoting his Based On A T.R.U. Story album. While out in Europe recently he decided to film his own solo version of the G.O.O.D. Music song "The Morning."
"Now, my question is who they gonna blame when I'm back number one on the Billboard again" 50 Cent - "Get Up"
The Billboard charts have confirmed what most of us already knew, 50 Cent has a hit record on his hands with "My Life."
The Eminem and Adam Levine assisted banger makes its debut this week at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song charted at No. 6 on the top R&B/Hip Hop Songs and No. 2 on the R&B/Hip Hop Digital Songs.
"My Life" is also the No. 5 Rap Song and No. 14 on the Canadian Hot 100.
The stats are very impressive for a song that was just released last week. You can pick up the song today on iTunes.
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B Smyth appears to be headed for big things in the music business. After winning over thousands of fans on youtube singing covers of hit records the 19-year old signed a deal with Motown Records.
Here's the video for his debut single "Leggo" featuring 2 Chainz.
The single is now available on iTunes.
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A$AP Rocky will be delivering his debut album LongLiveASAP on January 15, 2013. The Harlem emcee has just released the official music video for his all star single "F*ckin Problems," featuring Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar.
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Juicy J takes us behind the scenes of his wild life on the road while on Wiz Khalifa's 2050 Tour. The Taylor Gang rapper surrounds himself with plenty of weed, liquor and naked women willing to do anything in this clip.
Appearances by Wiz, Lola Monroe, King Los, Berner, Chevy Woods, Tuki Carter and more.
@RealWizKhalifa, @ChevyWoods, @Thee_LolaMonroe, @Berner415, @TukiCarter, @FuckTyler, @CaseyVeggies, @IAmKingLos
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Fabolous drops his 2nd installment in the Soul Tape series. Funeral Fab recruited Troy Ave, Wale, Joe Budden, J. Cole, Pusha T, Trey Songz, Cassie, Teyana Taylor and more for features.
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