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I'm still trying to figure out if Twitter is the best or worst thing to ever happen to rappers. The ability to interact with their fans and connect with fellow artists is great, but it also seems like there are new conflicts constantly jumping off as well.

The most recent beef involves 22-year old Bay Area rapper Kreayshawn and fast rising 20-year old Harlem emcee Azealia Banks.

Banks, who according to MTV has been dubbed the “the future of music ” by Kanye West has a new song and video "212" in which she repeats the line "I guess that c*nt gettin eaten" several times.

On Wednesday (January 4) Pornhub sent out a tweet asking their followers if they had heard "212," and added a link to the video.

Pornhub's tweet was then retweeted by Kreashawn to her 575,000 followers. Azealia apparently didn't like being associated with a porn site and went off on Kreashawn.

@KREAYSHAWN “you think you're funny?,” Azealia wrote. “You're a dumb b*tch. And you can't rap. I'll sit on your face. ... Fall back sl*t Lol. This is how b*tches wanna start the new year ? They want their mics ate this early ? Oh man. I can't I can't I can't. Right now. I simply. Omfg. Why f*ck with me tho? What have I ever said about you or done to you for that matter? Lolololololololol Ok. Ok. I'm done. This is silly. cannot.”

Kreayshawn replied, saying she didn't realize she had done something offensive.

@KREASHAWN "Whatever. Of All the things to rt, u rt something from pornhub," Azealia shot back. "Didn't you just get your a** handed to you backstage at the vma's by one of Rick Ross' peeps? You're on video looking shook as f*ck. You're always tryna be cute and funny but your not built for it. Really you're not. Pick your fights more wisely. And when u do pick one don't switch it up once someone's at your neck.”

“Did I just get smashed on twitter because I was supporting a fellow female? I sure did... *confused*” Kreayshawn replied.

Azealia seemed to be ready to move past it after that.

“Lol. So sorry that I have wasted my energy. I'm better than this. ... I promise, no more acknowledging whack bitches for 2012," she wrote. "These girls are trying to distract me. I have everything to gain. And they have everything to lose. From now on I will no longer react to any shade thrown my way. Especially if said shade thrower is trying to be subliminal and sideways."

On the music front, Azealia has been tapped to perform at this year's Coachella Festival.

Check out her music video for "212" below.

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Kanye West could hardly contain his excitement as he talked for three hours on Twitter yesterday (January 4) about his new design company 'Donda.'

The new venture is named after his mother Dr. Donda West, who passed away in 2007.

The rapper/producer/designer has huge plans in store for 'Donda.' Check out some of what he had to say below.

"I have started a new company and I'm so excited about the name.... it's got the best name ever of all companies of all time!!! The name of the company is DONDA," Kanye wrote on the social networking site. "DONDA is a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative space to bounce there dreams and ideas. I am assembling a team of architects, graphic designers, directors musicians, producers, AnRs, writers, publicist, social media experts, app guys, managers, car designers, clothing designers, DJs, video game designers, publishers, tech guys, lawyers, bankers, nutritionists, doctors, scientist,teachers. DONDA will be comprised of over 22 divisions with a goal to make products and experiences that people want and can afford. I want to put creatives in a room together with like minds that are all waaaay doper than me. We want to help simplify and aesthetically improve everything we see hear, touch, taste and feel."

Kanye went on to write that fans who got the chance to see the "Watch The Throne" tour in person witnessed a piece of what 'Donda' can be about.

"The Watch the Throne tour was a small example of what a Donda Experience can be."

"This one of our projects to be released this year called 2016 OLYMPIC's ... It's a semi sic-fi since 2016 is only 4 years away," he continued. "We would also like' to design the MTV awards. We're taking everything 10 steps at a time LOL! We need as many amazing powerful smart talented wealthy people to be involved... Come get on board... don't just sit there... reach out. We can collectively effect the world trough design. We need to pick up where steve jobs left off. When I said wealthy I wanted to point out there are so many billionaires in the world that can come together and help to redesign it. Help education. School systems were designed to turn people into factory workers. Schools should be designed to prep human beings for real life. Instead of kicking kids out of schools for using there iPhones... why not promote it? Allow kids to use search engines to do test like the real WORLD!!! Give kids the amount of test they would have in a year in one day but they have to get everything perfect."

Will Kanye's plan succeed? Only time will tell, but you can't knock the man for dreaming big.

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Mac Miller drops a new music video in support of his No. 1 selling debut album Blue Slide Park. "Of The Soul" is the third single from the album following "Frick Park Market" and "Party on Fifth Ave." All three singles have been produced by I.D. Labs.

Check out the Ian Wolfson directed clip below.

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Fabolous just dropped the third and final installment of his highly successful There Is No Competition mixtape series, now he can turn his attention towards his sixth studio album, Loso's Way 2: Rise to Power.

"Loso's Way 2 is slated for a 2012 release. I'm lookin close to Spring... early Summer," Fab told Vibe in a recent interview. "This mixtape [TINC3] is going to coast us into that, bring some energy. I'm very premature with the album as of now. Just grabbing up the beats, putting some ideas down. I haven't put my complete focus on it yet because I wanted to do a couple of things to set up going into it," he continued. "Then I would have all the ingredients sitting by the stove and just start cutting the potatoes and making the beef stew as I got it there. All of the stuff is sitting right there on the cutting board. It's just gotta be cut and put in the pot."

Funeral Fab said he didn't want to discuss to many features for the album, but he did mention several producers he's worked with recently.

"I went in with Hit-Boy. I went in with NO I.D. I went in with Pharrell. I went in with a lot of guys that didn't have to have that big name either," Fab explained. "It's just about the energy.I love the new young guys' energy."

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RZA will go down in rap history as one of the best producers ever for his work with the Wu Tang Clan, Big Pun, Notorious B.I.G., Gravediggaz and others. The 42-year old has now transitioned into Hollywood as a composer, actor and director.

During his sit down with talk show host Chelsea Handler yesterday (January 4) he talked about quitting smoking weed to better focus on acting and directing, his role on "Californication," being on the road with the Wu Tang Clan and challenges Chelsea to a game of chess.

Be on the lookout for RZA's directorial debut 'The Man with the Iron Fists' to premiere later this year. The film stars Russell Crow, Pam Grier, Jamie Chung, Lucy Liu and RZA himself.

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Apparently not knowing that Beyonce is married to Jay-Z is enough to get you stabbed in some parts of Ohio.

That's exactly what police in Parma, Ohio say happened when 31-year old Ronald Deaver got into an argument that turned into a fight with another man who said he didn't know Beyonce had walked down the aisle with Hov.

The stabbing happened on December 31, 2011 outside of Deaver's apartment. 

Parma police Detective Marty Compton told Fox8 that the 48-year old victim was taken to a local hospital, before being transferred to MetroHealth Medical Center where he is currently listed in good condition.

Deaver was arrested and charged with felonious assault.

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Singer Lloyd hit up the Jimmy Kimmel Live show yesterday (January 4) to perform "Be the One" off of his fourth studio album King of Hearts.

Check out his performance below.

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The-Dream returns with a new song aimed at the ladies with "ROC." The song will appear on his upcoming album The Love, IV: Diary of a Madman.

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Tyga's "Rack City" is really a strip club anthem, but mix in a grandmother with a weird sense of humor and her grandson rapping the lyrics, then you have the ingredients for a viral video.

This is either pure comedy or madness.... you decide.

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G.O.O.D Music artist Big Sean stopped by the Hard Knock TV studios to bless them with a freestyle. The track was produced by The aUtOMatiKs.

What do you think of Sean's freestyle skills?

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Ludacris is shutting the doors on one restaurant and will immediately open another.

The rapper/actor is closing Straits Atlanta, which has been operating for four years in Midtown Atlanta, but has succeeded in winning a concession contract paving the way for him to open Chicken N Beer at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with Atlanta Restaurant Partners according to the Atlanta Constitution Journal.

The new restaurant is inspired by his double platinum 2003 album of the same name. The eatery will serve "comfort food and craft beers using locally grown ingredients."

"As I continue to learn and evolve as a businessman, I am extremely excited to put my restaurateur footprint into a new venture inside the busiest international airport in the United States, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport," Ludacris said in a press release. "Straits was a great segue into the industry and with Chicken N Beer I can create my own concept. I look forward to expanding my creativity and driving to a much higher plane."

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Talib Kweli and Mos Def Yasiin Bey, together known as Black Star invaded the television airwaves yesterday as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The duo teamed with The Roots to perform "You Already Knew" from their upcoming Aretha Franklin inspired mixtape, Black Star Aretha, as well as the J Dilla produced track "Little Brother."

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Amber Rose and Kanye West famously split up in 2010, now Amber is spilling the beans on the real reason why.

Amber is putting 100% of the blame on Kim Kardashian.

"Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together," she told Star Magazine. "She's a homewrecker! She was sending pictures, and I was like, 'Kim, just stop. Don't be that person.' I thought at least she'd be woman enough to respond to me. She never responded. It's very important that us women stick together and we don't f*ck each other over like that."

Amber also claims that during that time Kim was still dating NFL star running back Reggie Bush.

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"They were both cheating," Amber says of Kanye and Kim. "They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other."

In the end things worked out well for Amber who seems to have found real love with Wiz Khalifa.

"I want to thank her," Rose continued. "Because if she was never a homewrecker, then I never would have met Wiz, and I wouldn't be as happy as I am now."

Well damn!

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An American concert promoter is lucky to be alive after being kidnapped at gunpoint by goons in the Republic of Angola because Nas failed to show for a concert there.

According to TMZ, Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai were paid $315,000 to perform two shows on New Year's Eve, but both failed to board their flights in time to perform at the scheduled events.

In an attempt to regain his money, local "concert impresario" Henrique 'Riquhino' Miguel sent armed men to kidnap AllGood Entertainment CEO Patrick Allocco and his son to prevent them from leaving the country. The pair were then handed over to local authorities who interrogated for seven hours before the U.S. Embassy there stepped in to get them released.

A rep for the U.S. Embassy confirmed to TMZ that Alloco and his son were "in residence" at a local hotel until the dispute could be worked out.

Alloco's rep released the following statement:

"The hope is that Nas and Jemiah Jai will return all of the monies that were wired to them immediately so that our ransom may be paid and our safe return to the United States may be facilitated."

So far neither Nas or Jemiah have responded.

**UPDATE**

Nas' reps have reached out to TMZ to explain their side of the story and to let everyone know they will cut the check to get American promoter Patrick Allocco back home safely.

The rapper's team said he did plan on performing in Angola on New Year's Eve, but a miscommunication about the travel plans derailed the performance.  According to Nas' reps he never intended to keep the money, but isn't sure where to send the check back to. A solution is reportedly being worked on.

"The key is getting Patrick Allocco home safely," said a source.

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Nick Cannon is in the hospital this morning recovering from mild kidney failure.

The entertainer's wife, Mariah Carey tweeted the news along with with a photo of her and Cannon in a hospital bed.

"Please pray for Nick as he's fighting to recover from a mild kidney failure. #mybraveman," she wrote.

The couple were vacationing with their twins, Monroe and Moroccan in Aspen, Colorado when Cannon fell ill. Carey also took to her website to go into more detail and ask for prayers for her husband..

This is us in the hospital - role reversal; Last year it was me attached to the machines (after having dembabies) and Nick was there with me through it, and now here we are.

 

We're trying to be as festive as possible under the circumstances but please keep Nick in your thoughts because this is very painful. They tried to kick me out of the hospital but here I am pon de bed with Mr. C.

 

We're doing OK but we're "straaaaaanded in Aspen". #DramaticDivaPlace (I know, we could be in a lot worse places) but the truth is as long as we're together, we're OK. I'm not trying to make light out of the situation because it's a serious moment that's very tough on all of us so please keep us and our family in your prayers. LYM.

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The-Dream can take his time between recording his own projects because he's filthy rich from writing hit records for other artists.

He's penned hits for Beyonce, J. Holiday, Usher and Mariah Carey. One of his biggest hits to date is Rihanna's "Umbrella" and he was paid quite well for it. He told Radio 1Xtra host Tim Westwood he banked $15 million dollars for the record. A very hefty sum that helps him pay large amounts of child support to Nivea, with whom he has three kids and Christina Milian, the mother of one of his kids.

Check out his interview below where he talks about getting along with former wives Nivea and Christina as well as writing Justin Bieber's big hit "Baby."

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Waka Flocka's Brick Squad Monopoly movement is in full effect. With the recent signing of Yung Joey and the emergence of Frenchie 1017, Waka is sitting in a nice position.

Frenchie is looking to continue the momentum he has built for himself over the last year by releasing a brand new mixtape, French-Elo Anthony.

The project is being hosted by Trap-A-Holics and DJ Love Dinero and will be dropping soon!

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Its 2012 and Demo & Uncut of iRep D-League are feeling like "Music Is Amazing"! The production is crazy on here and has alot of soul courtesy of Urban Noize, which sets the mood for this feel good record. 3rd verse also has a great concept that brings you more into the lives of the duo.

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