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On the eve of Young Money CEO Lil Wayne heading to New York's Rikers Island to begin a one year prison sentence, the crew drops a new video.

"Roger That" is the second single off the "We Are Young Money" album.

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50 Cent spends a shocking amount of money on security

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He doesn’t exactly have the image of needing protection but the fearful rapper shows he’s not invincible and is like any one of us. Well, in that we get scared too at least.

The In Da Club singer said: ‘I spend $20,000 a week on security. My home is surrounded by cameras.

‘You get all these crazy lawsuits and I need cameras to check on things.’



Well, yeah 50 Cent. We agree. But wouldn’t you rather jet of to Dubai with all that money?


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Videos After The Jump

Radio One's Tim Westwood made the trek from the UK over to Miami to interview part of the Young Money/Cash Money family.

Birdman talks about what the absence of Lil Wayne when he goes to jail will mean to the camp. He says there is plenty of music to come from Drake, Nicki Minaj and the rest of the gang.

Gudda Gudda is up next, he talks about his mixtape "Guddaville" and the pressure he feels following in the footsteps of Lil Wayne.


Birdman Interview with Tim Westwood


Gudda Gudda Interview Part 1 of 2 (Gudda speaks on his mixtape)


Gudda Gudda Interview Part 2 of 2 (Gudda shows off his tats)

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(Hold On Music Video Inside ~Wyclef Jean Ft: Movado~)As Time Passes And The Journey Trully Begins, We Urge Everyone To Text YELE To 501501 & Visit YELE.ORGThough We May Not All Be Able To Attend Physically And/Or Have The Medical Skills Or Training Urgently Needed, Some Do And Can!It Is Our Gracious Donations That Will Help Provide Those Services As Quickly As Possible.We'd Like To Thank Assistant Producer To Wyclef Jean, Jason Turbyfill For Putting Together This Amazing Footage And Giving Us A Recap of Haiti's State Of Emergency:Finding Hope In The DevastationDEDICATED TO HAITI FROM WYCLEF JEAN: Wyclef Jean - Hold On ft. MavadoTwitter:@WYCLEF@YELEHAITI@VYBETHEORY@CHASINMOPAPER@EVELORA
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The hip-hop star known as Eve, who is expected to release a new rap album this year, has been drawn into a massive U.S. Senate investigation into the illicit movement of millions of foreign dollars through the American financial system, a new government report shows. Senate investigators spent three years tracking money flowing into the U.S. from the accounts of her on-and-off again boyfriend Teodorin Nguema Obiang. He is the playboy son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, the corrupt dictator whose three-decade reign has been marked by rumors -- believed to be falsely spread to incite fear -- of cannibalism. Investigators believe most, if not all, of the millions in cash came from corruption related to the massive oil and gas reserves off the coast of the tiny West African country. According to the report released last night, Obiang used middle men – lawyers, escrow and real estate agents, and in one case, his then-girl friend, the statuesque rapper-actress Eve Jeffers – to allegedly set up shell companies in the U.S. Through those, investigators say, Obiang wired in funds that enabled him to buy luxury cars, a $30 million Malibu estate and place a down payment on a Gulfstream jet. Two Los Angeles lawyers allegedly carried out most of the scheme. They were summoned to testify before the senate today to explain why they set up shell companies on Obiang's behalf. Eve has a cameo in the report, as the president of what senate investigators described as a shell company. Obiang called it "Sweet Pink, Inc.," which was evidently set up in late 2005 "to employ individuals at the home [Obiang] maintained before he purchased the Malibu Property and to handle payroll and other matters related to the employment of those individuals," according to the report. It is unclear if the money may have also helped Obiang finance his elaborate efforts to woo Eve, which included setting up a record label and reportedly paying $700,000 to rent Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen's 300-foot yacht Tatoosh for a romantic Christmas cruise around St. Barts. Eve has appeared in movies alongside Hollywood superstars Daniel Craig, Kevin Bacon, Vin Diesel, Queen Latifah and Ice Cube. She recently starred on two episodes of the hit show Glee and is reportedly set to release a new album entitled "Lip Lock" this year. Her publicist did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The status of their relationship is unclear, though reports have since had Obiang linked romantically to others. If Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., has his way, Obiang won't be funneling more money into the U.S. to court women, or do much of anything else. The investigation, conducted by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which Levin chairs, highlights the variety of loopholes that have allowed corrupt foreign officials to channel ill-gotten cash into legitimate American holdings. Source: ABC News Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper
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A devastating earthquake struck the island of Haiti around 5 p.m. yesterday [January 12]. Haitian-born rapper Wyclef Jean, who has led many efforts in the country before, released a statement this morning to discuss conditions on the Caribbean nation and what Americans need to do to support its people in the aftermath of this catastrophe.“Haiti faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced,” he said. “The magnitude 7.0 earthquake—and several very strong aftershocks—struck only 10 miles from Port-au-Prince. I cannot stress enough what a human disaster this is, and idle hands will only make this tragedy worse. The over 2 million people in Port-au-Prince tonight face catastrophe alone. We must act now. President Obama has already said that the U.S. stands ‘ready to assist’ the Haitian people. The U.S. Military is the only group trained and prepared to offer that assistance immediately. They must do so as soon as possible. The international community must also rise to the occasion and help the Haitian people in every way possible.”Wyclef is encouraging people to donate to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. Donations can be made by visiting the official Web site for the relief fund, Yele.org, or by sending “Yele” in a text message to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 on your behalf (the charge will appear on your cell phone bill). —Brooklyne GipsonWatch Wyclef speak on the catastrophe on CNN below
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Lil Wayne appeared in New York State Supreme Court today where a judge set a February 9,2010 date for sentencing on his gun charge case.. According to XXL, the rapper will be officially sentenced, surrender himself to authorities and be sent to prison all on that same day. Young Money Records will have to lean heavily on budding superstar Drake during Wayne's absence. The label has plenty of releases ready to drop in the upcoming months. First up is the group album 'We Are Young Money' (December 21), followed by Lil Wayne much delayed rock LP 'Rebirth' (February 1,2010). Then finally the debut cd from Drake 'Thank Me Later' in March 2010.

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Video After The Jump Director Derrick G takes us behind the scenes on the video shoot of "On Fire" with Lil Wayne with his new band Mayday. This is either the first or second single off of "Rebirth" depending on whether or not you count "Prom Queen". The album is full on rock and roll which could be considered risky for Weezy F. Baby since his core audience is Hip Hop. I guess we will find out when the cd drops. The album has been leaked heavily due to a shipping mistake by Amazon. So the release date is up in the air as the project gets reworked.

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We Are Young Money: The Cartoon *Hilarious*

Video After The Jump There's no question Lil Wayne's Young Money crew has some colorful characters. They've become one of the favorite targets of the Broken Equipment crew. This has to be one of BE's funniest clips yet. Whoever voices Lil Wayne is spot on and even Gudda Gudda will have to laugh at their impersonation of him.
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Cleveland rapper Kid Cudi appeared on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien Tuesday (December 22). The Good Music/Universal Motown Records artist performed "Pursuit Of Happiness" off of his debut album 'Man on the Moon: The End of Day' which is in stores now. Kid Cudi "Pursuit Of Happiness" Live
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Videos After The Jump CUERNAVACA, Mexico - Two hundred Mexican Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed drug cartel chief in a two-hour gunbattle, one of the biggest victories yet in President Felipe Calderon's drug war. Arturo Beltran Leyva, the "boss of bosses," and six members of his cartel died in the shootout Wednesday in Cuernavaca, just south of Mexico City, according to a navy statement Thursday. The body of one cartel member was found on the ground outside the third-floor apartment, after he apparently committed suicide during the shootout. Cartel gunmen hurled grenades that killed one marine and wounded two others, one of whom is in serious condition, the navy said. Two women and one man were detained during the raid, and five assault weapons were seized. An Associated Press reporter at the scene heard at least 10 explosions during the firefight, which residents said lasted at least 90 minutes. Witnesses said the raid began when marines rappelled down ropes onto the roofs of some of the apartment buildings at dusk. Reporters were briefly allowed inside the apartment where Beltran Leyva's body still lay early Thursday; his skull and one arm were mangled by bullet wounds, and in one hand he clutched a large gold-colored medallion.

Arturo Beltran Leyva "First they were asked to surrender, but they didn't yield and they opened fire," said one of the ski-masked marines who participated in the raid, and who was not authorized to give his name. President Felipe Calderon, speaking from the Copenhagen climate summit, said "this action represents an important achievement for the government and people of Mexico, and a resounding blow against one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico, and on the continent." Calderon described Beltran Leyva as "one of the three most-wanted" drug suspects in Mexico. By most estimates, the other two — both still at large — are Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.

Mexican soldiers escort an unidentified man during his presentation to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009. The suspect was arrested during an operation Wednesday in Cuernavaca, Mexico where, according to navy officials, drug cartel chief Arturo Beltran Leyva and three members of his cartel were slain in the shootout with sailors. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar) Evacuations before attack Residents of the apartment complex said the raid appeared carefully planned. Sailors went door-to-door before the gun battle to quietly evacuate residents to the gym. Beltran Leyva is the highest-ranking figure taken down under Calderon, who has deployed more than 45,000 troops across Mexico to crush the cartels since taking office in December 2006. Mexico's navy often has been used in the battle as well. The offensive has earned Calderon praise from Washington even as 14,000 people have been killed in a wave of drug-related violence. Beltran Leyva had narrowly escaped attempts to arrest him in recent months, including a Friday raid on an alleged drug cartel holiday party at a mansion in the town of Tepotzlan, near Cuernavaca, where authorities killed three alleged Beltran Leyva cartel members and detained 11. They also detained Ramon Ayala, a Texas-based norteno singer whose band was playing at the party, on suspicion of ties to organized crime. His lawyer, Adolfo Vega, denied Ayala had ties to the Beltran Leyva gang, saying the singer didn't know his clients were drug traffickers. The last time Mexican authorities killed a major drug lord was in 2002, when Ramon Arellano Felix of the Tijuana Cartel was shot by a police officer in the Sinaloa resort of Mazatlan.

One of five brothers Beltran Leyva was one of five brothers from the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa who once worked side by side with Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. The brothers split with Guzman several years ago and aligned themselves with Los Zetas, a group of former soldiers hired by the rival Gulf Cartel as hit men. The split is believed to have fueled much of Mexico's bloodshed of recent years. One of the brothers, Alfredo Beltran Leyva, was arrested in January 2008. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says the Beltran Leyva cartel has smuggled tons of cocaine into the United States, as well as large quantities of heroin. The Mexican government had offered a $2.1 million reward for Beltran Leyva's capture. U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings of rival traffickers or kidnappers invading what the gang considered its turf. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, including employees of the federal police and prosecutors, to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids. Beheadings U.S. officials say the Beltran Leyva Cartel has carried out heinous killings, including numerous beheadings. The gang also has had great success in buying off public officials, police and others to protect their business and get tips on planned military raids. The U.S government added Beltran Leyva and his cartel to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act last year, a movement that denied him access to the U.S. financial system. The state of Morelos, where Cuernavaca is located, and neighboring Guerrero have seen a spike in violence in recent months, with dozens of people killed. Some of the mutilated bodies have appeared with pieces of paper signed "Boss of Bosses," Beltran Leyva's nickname.

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Tracklist: 01. Intro 02. Jadakiss - Last Days (Feat. Styles P, Sheek Louch, And The Notorious B.I.G.) 03. Styles P - Machine Gun Rap (Feat. Bully) 04. Styles P - Supplier Freestyle 05. Jadakiss And Styles P - One More Step 06. Sheek Louch - It’s Your World 07. Sheek Louch - What A Thug About 08. Styles P - Nuttin Comes Ez 09. Snyp Lyfe - Boys 2 (Feat. Bully, Bucky, AP, And St. Raw) 10. Styles P - That’s D-Block (Feat. Bucky, St. Raw, And Large Amounts) 11. Sheek Louch - Ryde Or Die (Feat. Jadakiss, Styles P, Drag-On, Eve, And DMX) 12. Sheek Louch - Hot97 Freestyle (Feat. Jadakiss And Styles P) 13. Sheek Louch - You Heard Of Us (Remix) (Feat. Bully, Styles P, And Jadakiss) 14. Jadakiss - Problem Child (Feat. Styles P) 15. Jadakisss - Cartel Gathering (Feat. Ghostface Killah And Raekwon) 16. Sheek Louch - We Like 17. Trav - Remember Me (Feat. St. Raw (Team Arliss)) 18. Sheek Louch - The Message (Feat. Styles P) 19. Lox (Jadakiss, Styles P, And Sheek Louch) - Fuck You 20. Sheek Louch - Get That Paper (Feat. Jadakiss, Styles P, And S.I.) 21. Styles P - Feel It In The Air (Feat. Jadakiss And Sheek Louch) 22. The LOX (Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, And Styles P) - Wild Out 23. Styles P - Styles P 24. Jadakiss - If You Think I’m Jiggy (Feat. Sheek Louch And Styles P) 25. Styles P And Bucky - Worthless Download Here Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper
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Rolling Stone When Rolling Stone caught up with 50 Cent for a Close-Up in our current issue (dated December 10, 2009), the Queens MC was having some of his signature tattoos lasered off his arms to benefit his budding acting career while musing on the leak of his latest disc, Before I Self Destruct. Fiddy also chatted about his new collaboration with Philly rapper Beanie Sigel and mouthed off about another New York legend with a major 2009 LP: Jay-Z. "I Go Off," your single with Beanie Sigel, recently came out. There's a lot of speculation that he's going to be in G-Unit. Is that going to happen? There's a strong possibility we're going to be doing it. We're starting with this song, and the deal structure between me and him is a complete 50 percent profit split. It's not like an artist deal, like you get 50 percent of everything. For me to deal with Beanie, I'd have to explore the possibility of doing that the entire project, because I wouldn't want to force him to make commercial music, where he can make decent money — a lot of money — without selling a lot of records, and just let it be what it is. That's the details, the difference between doing a deal with that artist and other artists.

And he has a lot to say about the way he was treated on Roc-A-Fella. If he writes those things, you should expect it to be all on the record. When he came out of jail, you offered him $800,000 to sign, but Jay-Z blocked it? He would have definitely got the 800,000 at that point, because I had just did the Mobb Deep and M.O.P. deals, and at that point, there was a lot more physical cash available. The music business was in a different state. When you say 800,000 now, it ain't going to be that now, just because of the way things are. What the expectations are for return on actual CD sales — I still have to get the money from Interscope, and it has to be deemed a legitimate deal, they're not going to just put money in the bag. Were you saying Jay had the deal going the wrong way by not letting him take that opportunity? I think he was saying, "Roc la familia, we family, it's the Roc-A-Fella gang," and then using traditional business tactics. See what I'm saying? At the same time, we had them in a space where they were feeling like they were family, and they didn't have to pay attention to everything. He didn't have their interests in mind, he was just doing what he had to do for himself. Is Beanie talking about Jay? I think when you hear it, you'll understand it. He has some stuff he has to get off his chest. You have to actually hear it, I don't want to blow it. His last single was all about what Jay said about him. Has it changed the way you feel about Jay at all? With Jay-Z, I don't know him personally. I don't think they do, either. They just had stronger access with him.

Who? As far as artists he works with. I think he completely has his best interests in mind. When you commit to working with other artists — I have to be passionate about it. Of course, you want to make money, so you only commit to the things that you're excited about, that you feel you have the chemistry with or has something there, but after you get past that point, it should be something that you actually want to see win. I tried to collaborate with him on the Freeway project ? What I did was Freeway went out and found his publishing deal, and we started the album, and Jay did "Big Spender" and I did "Take You to the Top," and when it came time to put the record out, he didn't want to shoot his video, so I'm like, "Why am I going to shoot mine? I'm not shooting it. It's on your label." He has a king complex, he thinks he's fucking Jesus, you know what I mean? This J-Hova shit.

Is that something you'd put on a record? You have to say something ? I don't really have a passion for this guy. We're compared to each other, because we're both in hip-hop, it would be me, him and Puffy. When they make those comparisons, they compare me to guys who have been here 10 and 15 years longer than me. Can you not see the significance of me being able to make the same deals that they're able to make in 10 years less than they have? You have no personal beef with him, nothing to jump in on? I'm just watching him. He said something one time I didn't like, those little things, subliminal things — for me, that's the punk way to do things. He said something about, "I'm about a dollar." That was a long time ago, that was '99. That didn't matter. There are little things in his records, he would make reference to things, and it would just be a question mark, but when he was in the U.K., he was talking on the radio, and the guy must have made him feel like he was a punk, because he had to point out that he's not afraid of 50 Cent. "Nobody's afraid of 50 Cent," or whatever he said, but he should have been addressing the guys who made him feel like that, because his approach and presentation has made him so approachable that Lil Mama's on the stage [uninvited at the 2009 VMAs]. He made himself like that. When you wear glasses, when you wear Urkel glasses, what do you associate those glasses with? Intelligence. There's certain things that connect to the man — don't hit a guy with four eyes, right? That's the message he's putting out when he's walking around with these glasses and stuff like that on, and you know he's making himself look safer so he can get in the spot on the Beyoncé path.

It seems he'll have to respond, and he might throw you in there. I'd love for him to say something he's not supposed to say about me. The difference is the last guy he competed with was Nas, and he lost. Nas just didn't keep his business intact, and later had to submit and sign under him, so we couldn't acknowledge that he beat him when they had to compete. I think he got a phobia from that. You know what the most vulnerable space for an artist is? Confusion. So if you think you're the hottest rapper or the hottest artist, whenever you're losing and everybody knows it, that could be a confusion point for you, right? That's what he went through at that time. We don't know what happens in the future, but we know the facts. Follow Me @Twitter.com/ChasinMoPaper
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XXL Reports Forbes magazine has included Ice Cube in their list of “Hollywood’s 10 Most Overpaid Stars.” The dwindling box office sales of Cube’s movies over the last several years earned him a spot at no. 5 on the list, behind such big screen names as Will Ferrell, Ewan McGregor, Billy Bob Thornton and Eddie Murphy. According to the financial tome, for every dollar that the West Coast rap legend turned actor was paid, his films only make $4.77. To qualify for the list every actor had to star in at least three movies over the last five years and each flick had to open in 500 theaters or more nationwide. Forbes then took into account the person’s total compensation for their last three roles and divided it by the movies’ total operating income to determine each individual’s return-on-investment figure. —Max G
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Tracklist: 01. N.S.S. Intro 02. On Me f. Butch Cassidy 03. Still With The Bullshit 04. Karma Is A 05. Homie 06. Brown Lil Squares f. Bow Wow 07. Loaded f. YG Soprano 08. Kidnappin’ Hip Hop 09. Before It All Ends f. Snoop Dogg & Jay Rock 10. Skit 11. Til Death Do Us Part f. Xzibit Glasses Malone stay on his grizzly grind. Got a nice line up for this tape. Know it's a fuckin banger. Download link below. Download Here
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XXL Reports Ever since Beanie Sigel dropped the diss track, “What You Talking About,” towards former ally Jay-Z the hip-hop world has been in a frenzy. Last night (November 3) during an interview with Philadelpha radio station, Power 99, 50 Cent confirmed that he was trying to recruit Beans to G-Unit but Jay wouldn’t let the Philly spitter out of his contract. [Listen here]. XXLmag.com recently caught up with popular Hot 97 personality Funkmaster Flex to get his reaction to the incident. As a popular fixture in the rap world, especially New York, for over 15 years, Flex has personally witnessed the downfall of the Roc firsthand. As far as he’s concerned, Jay should have freed Beans from his roster a while back. “It’s a hard position,” the DJ said, “[but] I think Jay should’ve let Sigel go in the first inkling that he wanted to be someplace else.” At the same time, Flex believes Jay gave Beanie plenty of chances to stand on his own two feet. “I do agree with Jay-Z with something,” he shared. “He did allow Sigel every opportunity with the clothing line, record label and his record deal. And I don’t think Sigel did anything wrong, but the game changed to where it wasn’t profitable anymore with labels. The clothing business wasn’t doing what it was doing. I don’t know if he didn’t do something or if the game just changed, because there were a lot of people with clothing lines.” Despite Beanie’s obvious campaign to have Jigga respond to him, FMF doesn’t think it would be a smart move for the Brooklyn rap legend. “Jay’s not gonna respond, he don’t have to,” he said. “He’s the richest rapper and he just dropped a hot album. Let’s keep it 100, T-Pain, I love T-Pain. I love Sigel. I love a lot of the artists that are out there and ain’t nobody saying this album is wack.“
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