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Drake is hitting the road in 2012 with two of the hottest young rappers in the game.
Drizzy announced that he will be taking Harlem's A$AP Rocky and Compton's Kendrick Lamar with him on a 35-city U.S. and European trek that kicks off February 14 in Miami at the Bank United Center. The U.S. portion of the tour will wind through New Orleans, Austin and Los Angeles before finishing up March 11 in San Diego.
The tour will then head overseas for 18 dates starting March 24 at O2 Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The European leg will make stops in Paris, Amsterdam and Stockholm before concluding April 25 at Nottingham Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England.
Check out the full tour itinerary below courtesy of PressParty.
2012 The Club Paradise Tour North American Dates:
2/14/2012 Miami, FLBank United Center
2/15/2012 Gainesville, FL, Stephen C. O'Connell Center
2/17/2012 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
2/18/2012 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
2/21/2012 Columbia, SC Colonial Life Arena
2/22/2012 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena
2/24/2012 Tallahassee, FL Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
2/25/2012 New Orleans, LAUNO Lakefront Arena
2/27/2012 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
2/28/2012 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena
3/01/2012 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
3/02/2012 Arlington, TX College Park Center
3/04/2012 Tuscon, AZ Tucson Arena
3/05/2012 Los Angeles, CA Galen Center
3/08/2012 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
3/10/2012 San Jose, CA Event Center
3/11/2012 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
2012 The Club Paradise Tour European Dates:
3/24/2012 Dublin, Ireland O2 Arena
3/26/2012 London, UK London 02 Arena
3/29/2012 Sheffield, UK Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
3/30/2012 Cardiff, UK Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
4/01/2012 Manchester, UK Manchester MEN Arena
4/02/2012 Glasgow, Scotland Glasgow SECC – Hall 4
4/05/2012 Paris, France Palais Omnisport de Bercy
4/07/2012 Brussels, Belgium Forest National / Vorst Nationaal
4/08/2012 Amsterdam, Holland Heineken Music Hall
4/10/2012 Frankfurt Germany, Jahrhunderthalle
4/12/2012 Berlin, Germany Max Schleming Halle
4/13/2012 Copenhagen, Denmark Valby Hallen
4/15/2012 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Globe
4/16/2012 Oslo, Norway Oslo Spektrum
4/19/2012 Birmingham, England Birmingham LG Arena
4/22/2012 Liverpool, England Liverpool Echo Arena
4/23/2012 Newcastle, England Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
4/25/2012 Nottingham, England Nottingham Capital FM Arena
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2011 was a banner year for Jay-Z and Kanye West, together known as The Throne. If things go according to plan 2012 will be even bigger because we could see three separate albums from the duo.
"It depends on how this thing finishes up," Jay told MTV, referring to the current Watch the Throne Tour. "We — I say 'we' because I'm in Throne mode — we're in a great place creatively. You might see a Jay, then Kanye and a Throne album next year. You know, we're really in a great place creatively. We really found our zone."
Are you interested in hearing new music from Yeezy and Hov?
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Nicki Minaj will be dropping her highly anticipated sophomore album on Valentines Day, 2012. The Young Money rapper revealed the news via Twitter yesterday.
A new video game featuring Soulja Boy is coming in 2012 according to the rapper.
Soulja posted a cover picture of COREleted: The Beginning on his tumblr page yesterday with a caption underneath that read "soulja boy the video game in stores 2012." When asked by a fan about the pic which is also his background on Twitter, Soulja confirmed that the game will be available next year on X-Box and Playstation 3.
Plans for the video game have been in the works for several years. He told Complex in 2008 that the game was coming soon.
"After I put the Xbox 360 challenge up on the Internet, it was over all these video game sites. And a couple video game companies hit me up on my email because I put the email on there too. And hit me up like, 'Blah, blah, blah, blah.' So I was like, 'Oh snaps!'" Soulja said at the time. "So I forwarded to my management, and they forwarded to my label. And now we're doing the video game. It was the same way I got signed for my music. It's like history repeating itself, but instead of music this time it's about video games."
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CTE is definitely in the building in the latest music video from 2Eleven and Freddie Gibbs. The two Young Jeezy protege's give Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" a Corporate Thugz makeover in this clip directed by The Razor.
The song is featured on 2Eleven's upcoming mixtape Product Of The Block 2, which will be dropping very soon!
A new Drake biography is headed our way in comic book form.
FAME: Drake will cover Drizzy's career from his days as an actor on Degrassi: The Next Generation, to his rise to fame in the music business.
“What makes Drake such a distinctive creative personality is that he's not just one thing. His music encompasses hip-hop, rap, old style rhythm and blues, soul and pop," the book's author, Marc Shapiro told MTV.
Shapiro goes on to describe the Young Money artist as being “refreshingly real and down to earth."
"When was the last time you heard of a celebrity blowing off a lucrative tour to be at his mother's side during her stay in the hospital? Drake did just that. You could die of old age waiting to find somebody who has as much soul, creatively and as a human being, as Drake," says Shapiro.
FAME: Drake is being published by Bluewater Productions and will be available January 2012. The book will feature the art of Mike J.C. The cover was illustrated by Joe Phillips.
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It's been thirteen years since Talib Kweli and Mos Def released their only collaborative album. It appears the duo is teaming up to reform Black Star and drop a new project.
"Me and Mos are focused on independence and quality of sound," Talib told MTV. "We’re really into a Madlib/Dilla thing right now. Anything you hear from us is probably going to be that type of sound. And it’s about independence, so we are trying to find out the right mediums to get the songs out. When you heard “Fix Up” on Colbert, it wasn’t even mixed; it was something we recorded a week before. Now we’re at the mixing stage of the song and we are going to put that out ourselves. We have a bunch of songs recorded. We are just trying to figure out the best way to release them, whether it’s going to be one by one, EP or album. Right now, the plan is to release “Fix Up” and then Yaasin is working on a Yaasin Bey Presents project and then we’ll see how it goes."
Talib plans releasing the new Black Star project in 2012.
"[Pause, then slowly] I am working to put out a Black Star project for people to buy sometime next year."
Would you like to hear a new Black Star album?
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J. Cole's debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story is still a hot topic, having debuted at number one on Billboard earlier this month. Cole is certainly happy about the project's success, but he's already working hard on it's follow up.
In an interview with Providence's HOT 106 Rise & Grind Morning hosts Deanna Cruz and Vezzy Parmesan, Cole reveals his sophomore album will be dropping in June 2012.
"I'm already thinking about the second one and how I can make it even better," Cole said.
Cole also said the next Cole World single will be "Nobody's Perfect" featuring Missy Elliot and spoke on the possibility of a Roc Nation album.
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Kanye West and his G.O.O.D Music family are teaming up for a brand new album.
Yeezy made the announcement earlier today via Twitter.
The current G.O.O.D Music roster includes names like Common, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Cyhi Da Prynce, Pusha T and Mos Def.
We'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.
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Hard work and dedication to his craft is paying off for 50 Cent.
It was just announced that Image Entertainment was so impressed with 50's film "All Things Fall Apart," that they have acquired the rights to it from Hannibal Pictures and will release it to theaters in early 2012.
Image obtained the rights just before the start of Toronto International Film Festival according to the L.A. Times.
The plot of the film centers around a college athlete who is on his way to winning a Heisman Trophy when he's diagnosed with a tumor near his heart.
Fifty lost 80 pounds to accurately portray the role he has described as a "passion" project for him.
"I had to discipline myself not to actually have myself be in the physical state to convey the energy I felt,” told the Associated Press back in February.
The story is based on a real life friend of the rapper/actor.
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The Heavy Hitter's crew of DJ's Camilo, Enuff and Kast One have put together a calender featuring some of New York's hottest ladies.
Tahiry, Ashley Logan, Jhonni Blaze, Nikki Legz and J La Colombiana all step in front of photographer Felix Natal Jr.'s lens.
Check out the video preview below.
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He released a statement that said:
"After considerable deliberation and reflection, I have decided not to pursue the office of the Presidency. This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country. I maintain the strong conviction that if I were to run, I would be able to win the primary and ultimately, the general election. I have spent the past several months unofficially campaigning and recognize that running for public office cannot be done half heartedly. Ultimately, however, business is my greatest passion and I am not ready to leave the private sector."
Trump had been very critical of President Obama in the last several months. At one point leading the charge of the "birthers" who don't believe Obama was born in the United States despite him showing previous proof.
Trump took credit last month when Obama produced a long form birth certificate. But that seemed to kill his criticism of the President. It didn't help that he was made to look foolish at the most recent White House Correspondents' Dinner when the President roasted him for several minutes.
Let's face it, this could have all been a huge publicity stunt for Trump, who isn't afraid to be a media wh*re when he's promoting something, like his television show 'Celebrity Apprentice.'
NBC had already announced it would replace Trump on the show if he were to run for the oval office.
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