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Future is getting ready to release his new mixtape F.B.G.: The Movie on Tuesday January 15th. To get fans warmed up he drops an official music video for the song "Whip Game" featuring Mexico Rann and Casino of the Freeband Gang.

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Atlanta rapper Big Boi recently sat down with Huff Post Live for a candid interview. The Outkast member offered advice to young artists, talked about being a libertarian and voting for Gary Johnson in the 2012 presidential election.

Daddy Fat Sax also spoke about President Obama, the possibility of an Outkast reunion and gave his opinion on gun control.

"Where I stand at is on the Second Amendment, where the right to bear arms is not just for hunting and fishing and things like like that. It's the right of the American people to have a means of defense against a tyrannical government. Sometimes you gotta have that back up plan," Big Boi said.

Big Boi's Advice For Musicians: "Stand Apart From The Crowd"

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Ryan Leslie releases a new music video for "Ups & Downs" off of his latest album Les Is More.

"I only have the resources that my fans give me. The people that are actually at the concerts - whatever they pay - that's the biggest show I can do. So if they really want to see me in the stadium, with all the production and the screens and the lights and everything I have in my mind, I need a lot more people. I have these people, but we need to grow more, so I need all of these people to tell all their friends: 'man, I went to the Ryan Leslie concert...it was awesome!' "

You can purchase the album now from iTunes.

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UPS & DOWNS (R. Leslie)

VERSE 1
I wish I could change the minds that decided
That I shouldn't be knighted as a modern day Prince
It only makes sense, playing every instrument
All the money I spent - doing shows with the band
Everybody was saying that I
Should have kept the show money put it in my pocket
But I wanted to show you the way I really rock it
That real music, that real emotion
Them 80's synths - that Billy Ocean
There'll be sad songs, maybe they make you cry
Maybe they give you a reason why you should date a guy
Or maybe a reason why you should break it off
Or maybe the moment when you should take it off
Girl, girl - I'll do it, I'll do it
That kissing, that French,
I'm fluent, I'm fluent
I got your mind open on that music, that music
Lovin' the way you movin' when we doin' what we doin' now!

HOOK
Up, down, round and round
I can work your body thru all your ups & downs
I'll show you how
We can make it last thru all our ups & downs
Yea - you don't even know
I'ma make your body feel all those ups & downs
Good, good, baby
'Cause ain't no way to get around ups & downs

VERSE 2
Late nights, no sleep
If I ain't on my hustle then I won't eat
Dreamin' big, just wanna live good
Do it for the homies in my old hood
Music banging thru the windows they ain't call the cops
Showed up at the Virgin when my album dropped
I do it for my Sister, for my Mom and Pop
I used to be homeless behind a barber shop
I wrote some sad songs, maybe they made you cry
Maybe they gave you a reason why you should date a guy
Or maybe the reason why you should break it off
Or maybe the moment when you should take it off
Girl, girl - I'll do it, I'll do it
That kissing, that French,
I'm fluent, I'm fluent
If I don't take you with me then I'm ruined, I'm ruined
Lovin' the way you movin' when we doin' what we doin' right!

HOOK
Up, down, round and round
I can work your body thru all your ups & downs
I'll show you how
We can make it last thru all our ups & downs
Yea - you don't even know
I'ma make your body feel all those ups & downs
Good, good, baby
'Cause ain't no way to get around ups & downs

BRIDGE
And I swear that I'ma hold you down
(I'll do it thru the ups & downs)
And when your world is spinning round and round
(I'll do it thru the ups & downs)
And when you feel like you're about to drown
(I'll do it thru the ups & downs)
I'll do it thru the ups & downs, downs

HOOK

Guitar: Gabe Lambirth
Bass: John Young
Drums: Keith McCray

Directed and edited by: Ryan Leslie
Original tour video score written, arranged and produced by: Ryan Leslie
Camera Ops: Keoni Mars, Getm Jaf, Brian Gregory, Rob Winters, Omeez Jones

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Via FightersOnlyMag.com

The Fighters Only World MMA Awards 2012 took place last night at ‘The Joint’ in Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Now into their fifth year, the awards have become a fixture of the mixed martial arts world’s annual calendar. FOX Sports were there to film proceedings and the show will air on FOX Sports Net on Sunday, January 20.

Chael Sonnen and Molly Qerim reprised their role as co-hosts, their partnership having proved to be a winning formula at the 2011 Awards. As usual Sonnen was on fine form and drew gales of laughter with his sarcastic wise-cracks.

The show was attended by a galaxy of MMA stars and industry figures, all in black-tie, and the awards produced one major upset when Brittney Palmer dethroned Arianny Celeste to win Ring Girl of the Year. The award had gone home with Celeste for the previous four years.

Fighter of the Year went to the apparently unbeatable Jon Jones, who had a storied 2012, while Fight of the Year went to the gritty scrap between Joe Lauzon and Jamie Varner at UFC on FOX 4. The UFC took the Promotion of the Year award for the fifth year straight and UFC president Dana White did likewise with the Leading Man of the Year award.

Knockout of the Year went to Edson Barboza for his spin-kick finish of Terry Etim at UFC 142 and Submission of the Year went to Frank Mir for his kimura arm-break of the previously uncommitted Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

CHARLES ‘MASK’ LEWIS FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jon Jones
Nominees: Daniel Cormier, Nate Diaz, Benson Henderson, Jon Jones, Ronda Rousey


FIGHT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Jamie Varner vs. Joe Lauzon (UFC on FOX 4)
Nominees: Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (UFC 139), Michael Chandler vs. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator 58), Jake Ellenberger vs. Diego Sanchez (UFC on FUEL TV 1), Dustin Poirier vs. Chan Sung Jung (UFC on FUEL TV 3), Jamie Varner vs. Joe Lauzon (UFC on FOX 4)


BREAKTHROUGH FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Chris Weidman
Nominees: Renan Barao, Michael Chandler, Luke Rockhold, Ronda Rousey, Chris Weidman


INTERNATIONAL FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Michael Bisping
Nominees: Michael Bisping, Alexander Gustafsson, Chan Sung Jung, Martin Kampmann, Stefan Struve


KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR
Winner: Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim (UFC 142)
Nominees: Adam Khaliev vs. Alexei Belyaev (League S-70), Edson Barboza vs. Terry Etim (UFC 142), Stephen Thompson vs. Dan Stittgen (UFC 143), Anthony Pettis vs. Joe Lauzon (UFC 144), Brian Rogers vs. Vitor Vianna (Bellator 61)


SUBMISSION OF THE YEAR
Winner: Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC 140)
Nominees: Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC 140), Charles Oliveira vs. Eric Wisely (UFC on FOX 2), Rousimar Palhares vs. Mike Massenzio (UFC 142), Ronda Rousey vs. Miesha Tate (Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey), Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier (UFC on FUEL TV 3)


BEST PROMOTION
Winner: UFC
Nominees: Bellator, Invicta FC, ONE FC, Strikeforce, UFC


FEMALE FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ronda Rousey
Nominees: Jessica Aguilar, Sarah Kaufman, Sara McMann, Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate


GYM OF THE YEAR
Winner: Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
Nominees: American Kickboxing Academy, Cesar Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA, Kings MMA, Nova Uniao


SHAWN TOMPKINS COACH OF THE YEAR
Winner: Rafael Cordeiro
Nominees: Rafael Cordeiro, Cesar Gracie, Greg Jackson, Javier Mendez, Andre Pederneiras


COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
Winner: Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC 140)
Nominees: Alan Belcher (career), Mike Swick (career), Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (UFC 140), Tim Boetsch vs. Yushin Okami (UFC 144), J.P. Joubert vs. Norman Wessels (EFC Africa 15)


REFEREE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Herb Dean
Nominees: Herb Dean, Marc Goddard, John McCarthy, Josh Rosenthal, Mario Yamasaki


FIGHTERS ONLY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Winner: Leon Tabbs


MMA JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Winner: Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/FUEL TV
Nominees: Karyn Bryant, MMA HEAT/FUEL TV; Ben Fowlkes, MMAjunkie.com/USA TODAY; Gareth A. Davies, The Telegraph; Ariel Helwani, MMAFighting.com/FUEL TV; John Morgan, MMAjunkie.com/USA TODAY


PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Winner: Joe Rogan
Nominees: Jon Anik, Bruce Buffer, Mauro Ranallo, Joe Rogan, Bas Rutten


MMA MEDIA SOURCE OF THE YEAR
Winner: Sherdog.com
Nominees: ESPN, "Inside MMA" on AXS TV, MMAFighting.com, MMAjunkie.com, Sherdog.com


LEADING MAN OF THE YEAR
Winner: Dana White
Nominees: Victor Cui, Lorenzo Fertitta, Shannon Knapp, Bjorn Rebney, Dana White


BEST TECHNICAL CLOTHING BRAND
Winner: Clinch Gear
Nominees: Bad Boy, Clinch Gear, Hayabusa, Jaco, Venum


BEST LIFESTYLE CLOTHING BRAND
Winner: Bad Boy
Nominees: Bad Boy, Dethrone, Headrush, Punishment, TapouT


BEST TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT
Winner: Pretorian
Nominees: Everlast, Fairtex, Hayabusa, Pretorian, Venum

Ronda Rousey Touched by the Level of Respect She's Gotten

Ronda Rousey Female Fighter of the Year 2012 World MMA Awards

Jon Jones Looks Back on Year of Triumph and Turmoil

CoCo at the 2012 World MMA Awards

Frank Mir Submission of the Year and Comeback of the Year

Herb Dean Referee of the Year

Chris Weidman Breakthrough Fighter of the Year

Ricky Hatton at the 2012 World MMA Awards

Chael Sonnen at the 2012 World MMA Awards

Tito Ortiz and Jenna Jameson at the 2012 World MMA Awards

Dan Henderson at the 2012 World MMA Awards

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Soulja Boy Tell 'Em is back with a brand new music video for his song "Break the Bank." The song appears on the SODMG CEO's latest mixtape titled Loud.

Written By: @souljaboy
Directed By: @whoishidef

You can cop the tape now from iTunes.

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Talib Kweli is gearing up to release his sixth solo studio album Prisoner Of Conscious on April 23rd. Today he decides to drop a couple of gems in "One Two" featuring Oh No and Jae Millz. As well as "Art Imitates Life" featuring Black Thought and Rah Digga.

Art Imitates Life

Both songs are available now on iTunes.

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Shawty Lo is staying in heavy grind mode. After dropping the single "Petition" yesterday, the Million Dollar Man gives us a preview of his upcoming music video for new "New Money" featuring two rising Atlanta rappers, Young Scooter and Ca$h Out.

 


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Director Quentin Tarantino's latest film Django Unchained is one of the most talked about films in recent months. While people like Spike Lee have boycotted the slave-era flick it has also received a lot of positive reviews.

Tarantino recently sat down with Channel 4's Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss the film, but the conversation quickly shifted to a heated debate about whether film violence can lead to real life violence.

Tarantino didn't like the line of questioning and went off on Guru-Murthy.

"Don't ask me a question like that, I'm not biting. I refuse your question," Tarantino said. "I'm not your slave and you're not my master. You can't make me dance to your tune. I'm not a monkey. I'm here to sell my movie. This is a commercial for my movie make no mistake. I don't want to talk about the implications of violence. The reason I don't want to talk about it is I've said everything I have to say about it. If anyone cares what I have to say about it they can Google me. And they can look up twent years of what I have to say about it. I haven't changed my opinion about one iota. I'm shutting your butt down!"

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Undeterred, Guru-Murthy continued to press Tarantino about the topic.

"It's my job to try and explore some serious themes," explained Guru-Murthy. "Violence is such a big part of all of your movies. It's an enjoyable part of your movies for so many people and that's why I'm talking about it. It's a very sensitive time at the moment and the vice president is talking to people in the movie industry about violence. You haven't said why you think there's no relationship [between movie violence and real life violence."

At that point Tarantino cut Guru-Murthy off.

"It's none of your damn business what I think about that," Quentin said. "I'm saying no and I'm shutting you down. I don't have any responsibility to you to explain anything I don't want to."

Peep the full interview below.

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best boxer in the world and he certainly has great taste in women. His fiance, Shantel Jackson a.k.a. Miss Jackson just posed for the UK publication Loaded Magazine.

Check out the photos courtesy of Miss Jackson's Twitter below.

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It's been twenty years since the release of the hood classic Menace II Society. Director Allen Hughes recently sat down with with Sway In the Morning to talk about the film.

One of the most talked about incidents surrounding the making of the film involved Tupac Shakur. He was originally cast in the movie to play the role of Sharif. A rift developed on the set between Tupac and the Hughes brothers. They eventually fired him. Pac was so angry he later physically assaulted them.

The Hughes brothers filed charges against him and he ended up serving 15 days in jail for the assault.

Allen talks to Sway about how he initially met Tupac, the change he saw in him after he played the role of Bishop in Juice and Pac's erratic behavior on the set of Menace II Society.

Allen Hughes discusses meeting Tupac Shakur

Allen Hughes talks about Tupac's erratic behavior on the set of Menace II Society

MTV News reports on Tupac's conviction for assaulting Allen Hughes

Tupac talks about assaulting the Hughes brothers on Yo! MTV Raps

**UPDATE** January 14th.

Over the weekend we got the first part of Allen Hughes' story about his relationship with Tupac Shakur and the beginning of their fall out.

Today Sway releases the full interview where Hughes talks about Tupac getting fired from his role in Menace II Society and Tupac later having 12-13 members of The Rolling 40's crips jump him.

According to Hughes the fight started off between just himself and Tupac. He claims that he lifted Pac over his head and slammed him down on the trunk of a truck. As he was getting ready to punch Tupac, The Rolling 40's molly whopped him.

Hughes later acknowledges Tupac's immense talent.

"The tragedy is he was just a rock star," Hughes said. "He was just that talented and more talented than we ever got to see. In fact the thing I tell people is most people don't know is he was dummying himself down for his rap verses. He was making it more simple Simon so people could understand it and connect to it. He was vastly more intelligent than his rhymes or his music. He was a voracious reader. He was a sweet, sweet kind man. He was multi-talented we know that. He had a humongous heart. And the thing with him, like a lot of young black males he had mad daddy issues. I got them that's why we connected. I feel like we lost someone bigger than Marilyn Monroe or James Dean."

Hughes also criticizes Quentin Tarantino for his excessive use of the word "n*gger" in his movies.

The story picks up at the 15-minute mark of the video below.

Allen Hughes talks about his his fight with Tupac, getting jumped by crips, criticizes Quentin Tarantino for use of the n-word in his films and praises Tupac's talent.

 


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James Fauntleroy teams up with Chicago veteran rapper Common and Def Jam's star on the rise Jhene Aiko for a new Cocaine 80s track titled Fly Ass Pisces. The song is off of the upcoming Cocaine 80s EP The Flower of Life.

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Bruno Mars was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live a couple of nights ago. He performed several songs from his new album Unorthodox Jukebox, including "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Treasure."

You can pick the album up now from iTunes.

"Locked Out Of Heaven"

"Treasure"

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Karrine Steffans is penning a new book about her relationship with Lil Wayne titled How to Make Love to a Martian. It's due to come out later this year.

"Wayne and I have kept a relationship through my two husbands, his three kids, three additional baby mamas, three of his albums, three of my books, three of his arrests, one year in prison and three engagements on his part. We are indestructible and I find it fascinating. I’m in constant contact with this person every day, every other day. He is a part of my being. I’m not me without him. He makes me very happy, [but] I couldn’t be with Wayne. I couldn’t live Wayne’s life," she told Vibe Vixen.

The former video vixen recently revealed via Twitter a tattoo with the number "56" on the back of her neck inspired by Weezy. The tat represents the superstar rapper's height. He is reportedly 5'6.

"Tunechi taught me," she wrote.

Yesterday, Karrine dropped a video claiming Wayne got her pregnant while she was married to another man.

"It had all come to this. I’d been with him so long, there was no way I’d leave him for my husband. There was no way I’d settle for a life without him but no way I’d settle for a life with him –– a life on the road, swimming in a pool of women," she says in the clip. "But, this baby in my stomach. This secret.How would I tell my husband? How would I tell my lover? My Martian."

Wayne name drops Karrine in his new song "Good Kush and Alcohol (B*tches Love Me)."

“With no makeup she a ten. And she the best with head, even better than Karrine," he raps. The line reportedly hurt Karrine. She made a video about that also.

What do you think about Karrine's claims? Is she telling the truth?

Check out the clips below.

Karrine Steffans claims Lil Wayne got her pregnant

Karrine Steffans upset after Wayne name drops her in the song "Good Kush and Alcohol (B*tches Love Me)"

Karrine Steffans on her upcoming book How to Make Love to a Martian

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While fans wait impatiently for a new Outkast album, the duo of Andre 3000 and Big Boi temporarily reunites on this remix to Frank Ocean's "Pink Matter."

Frank initially wanted the group on the original version of the song that appears on his Channel Orange album, but Andre didn't want an Outkast track on anyone else's project at the time so he appeared solo.

Big Boi's new verse is a nice addition.

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Yesterday we showed you the footage of Big Fendi, the CEO of The Come Up DVD putting them paws and Sub 0's Deep Freeze.

Doggie Diamonds of Forbez DVD caught up with Fendi to get his take on what happened and answer Freeze's allegations of him being a snitch.

Big Fendi breaks down fight between him and Deep Freeze

Big Fendi Vs. Deep Freeze fight

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Shawty Lo shows he has a sense of humor with his new single. A petition was started to stop his new reality show All My Babies' Mamas from airing on the Oxygen network. This is the G-Unit/D4L rapper's answer to the upcoming show's critics.

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Andrea Herrera, a.k.a. Kat Stacks was released earlier this month from a Louisiana immigration facility after sitting for two years waiting to be deported back to Venezuela.

Vlad TV caught up with Kat to discuss her now dismissed case, visits with her son behind a bullet-proof wall, being a victim of underage sex trafficking, how media pressure got her case dismissed and more.

 


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Via WebProNews

Over the past decade, The Pirate Bay has become of the largest, and most controversial, sites on the Internet. We’re constantly hearing from copyright owners how The Pirate Bay is robbing them blind, but what about the men who run the site itself – what do they think?

A new documentary entitled “The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard” dives into the history of The Pirate Bay and its founders. The film also covers the massive legal battle between the founders and the entertainment industry as the courts were asked if a Web site’s founders can be held accountable for the actions of its users. The Sweden Supreme Court said they can this year by refusing to hear their case, thereby upholding a previous verdict that found the Pirate Bay founders guilty.

In the spirit of The Pirate Bay, the documentary will be released for free online under a Creative Commons license. The actual date of release has not been revealed just yet, but the director says it should be out soon.

 


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