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Check out the official music video for T-Pain's song "Keep On." It was produced by Sam King.

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Rap duo 2Reps have just released a new video for their lead single "I Just Wanna Smoke." You will see some fly cameos from Snoop Dogg and Mike Epps, and will definitely see more from this group soon!

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2Reps debut album "Pole City Redemption" is set to be in stores soon.

Jack Thriller interviews the Jazmin Sisters, these girls can tear the mic up. They are sweet girls all came out of the same hole, and I had quite a lot of fun talking to them.

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Dylan Dili continues to build a nice buzz. His latest release is an official music video for his remix of French Montana's song, "Don't Panic." Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comment section.

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The King of Brooklyn Maino stops by #WeekendWork to promote KOB2 which is out now, we discussed why he stopped doing his "Prediction" songs, fake love amongst rappers, and getting in the ring to fight other rappers..

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Ar-Ab comes out the pen dropping heavyweight murder music. The boss of the Original Block Hustlaz (O.B.H.) links up with his Capo, Dark Lo for "Blow 3." Play this shit loud! Download for free here https://soundcloud.com/gooniegangpromo-1/ar-ab-dark-lo-blow-3-2-2.

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50 Cent has accomplished so much throughout his career some might think he would kick back and enjoy the fruits of his labor. But the man born Curtis Jackson III is hungrier than ever.

Upcoming projects include the second season of the STARZ crime drama Power, The Beast Is G-Unit group album, Street King Immortal and Beautiful Nightmare solo albums. plus more.

The business mogul recently spoke with Paul Lester of The Guardian and shared his thoughts on where he ranks among hip hop's greats, Jay Z, Kanye West, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and more.

On your last album, Animal Ambition, which came out in the summer, you rapped about “tryin’ to make it feel like the first time/Like a junkie chasin’ my first high”. Did you achieve that?
It’s too soon to say. But I feel reignited. Like the energy’s been rebooted into me as an artist. I been recording in the middle of the night – there ain’t enough hours in the day. I slept for two and a half hours yesterday.

Do you worry about sales? 
It’s not possible to achieve the things I’ve done in the past. Technology changes, so does the way people consume music. I don’t think it’s possible to go diamond right now. I’ve had two albums sell over 10m records.

Animal Ambition was subtitled An Untamed Desire to Win. But didn’t you already win?
I did, but the theme was prosperity. The lioness on the cover was the most aggressive image I could actually put without offending people.

Do you worry about the repercussions of some of the references in your lyrics?
No, but there’s a lot of jealousy. People around you develop a sense of entitlement and feel like you’re supposed to make their career work. They’re like, “I’ve got this really good idea about how you can make me rich.” And I’ll be looking at them like, “Are you serious?” And they are serious.

On Animal Ambition’s title track you say you’re scared of rats. Really?
Not actual rats running across the street, no. I’m scared of what people may say to the police for no reason. I’m the guy from the neighbourhood who’s becoming a symbol of hope. They look at me and go, “It is possible to make it.” I took all the dysfunctional behaviour, everything damaging or that wasn’t good in my life, and I turned it into the most beautiful nightmare you can actually create. That’s my life.

A beautiful nightmare?
Oh yeah. That’s the title of one of my next albums. Street King Immortal is the new one to come out, but the one after that might be Beautiful Nightmare. I’ve got thousands of titles.

You were in the 2008 fil Righteous Kill with De Niro and Pacino. Who was cooler?
I love both of them as acting talents, but De Niro is a little more exciting to be around for me. I was also in [2012’s] Freelancers with him and Forest Whittaker. And that was one of my passion projects – I played the lead in that film. De Niro had his people reach out to me.

Which question were you more dying to ask De Niro and Pacino: “Are you talkin’ to me?” or “Say hello to my leedle friend?”
Ha ha. It was amazing to see them on set together. Their body of work, it’s incredible. It’s interesting to watch their choices, their performance in each scene.

Your SMS headphones. Are they better than Dre’s?
I actually don’t own any Beats. And, yes, they are better.

Have you ever seen Dre wearing a pair of yours?

Probably not. You know what’s really weird about that? Every time you get to that point, talking about SMS or Beats by Dre, it’s honestly not even an issue for Dre any more. They just sold the company, so it doesn’t matter now. They put the money in their pocket. If you look at the process we had to go through to make sure we had the right signature style for each headset, we wanted them to sound better across all genres of music. If you listen to some of the Beats headsets, the bass is a little heavier. It’s targeting a hip hop audience and that’s not as good. That’s just my opinion.

You also have a vitamin drink. Are you allowed to enjoy other healthy water-based beverages in public? 
I drink all kinds of water in public. It depends whether I like the water. I drink what I like!

There’s no contractual obligation to drink it?
No.

In your track Don’t Worry ’Bout It from Animal Ambition, you mention Instagram. Have you considered moving into the picture app market?
I think it’s messing up everything. It’s giving us all really weird habits. Taking pictures of things you don’t even like.

Do you get hassled a lot by photographers wherever you go? Can you walk about?
Not much. Not right now. The dangerous time is when I release something. You shouldn’t really go out then.

If you walked through South Jamaica, Queens, tomorrow, what reaction would you get?
I’d end up walking with people. I wouldn’t be walking by myself. They would start walking and talking to me.

Do you miss anonymity?
Oh, it’s a fair exchange.

Are you friends with the other members of the Forbes Hip-Hop Cash Kings list?
What do you think I would do with them? What activities do you imagine would happen? What would you do with your friends?

Um, go-karting?
Well, we’d do the same thing. I’m not sure you could classify it as friends. But when we acknowledge each other, it’s friendly. It’s cool, we can communicate with each other, no problem.

Is it hard for you to recreate your moment of first impact, arriving as you did with such a dramatic backstory?
There’s always, in my crazy little life, a way for unexpected things to be bigger than you actually intended them to be. I may go to the Mets game, throw a terrible pitch and it would be all over the world’s biggest media platforms. So, yeah, I believe I can recreate what I did the very first time.

Have you ever thought that if you’d checked out earlier, like 2Pac and Biggie, you’d have achieved true Street King Immortality?
You know what, I don’t think they’ll replace me now. Already my face is in the hearts of people who really love hip-hop music, and the culture’s growing to the point where you have people from all walks of life choosing it for their personal pleasure. So it’s already there. I don’t think it’s going to take me being killed to compare me to Biggie or 2Pac. I am immortal.

Is there an element of self-parody in what you do?
Do you know what’s interesting? My album is called Street King Immortal and at one point being King of New York was everything. Hip-hop comes from New York City, so when you say Street King it actually works, it resonates, it’s a strong title. But they changed it, made it even bigger, about God himself – like when when Kanye calls himself Yeezus. And then Jay Z calls himself Jay-Hova … A god instead of a king. That’s a little further than I would go.

So it’s sacrilege to proclaim yourself equal to a deity?
I don’t think they put that much depth into it. I don’t think they had negative intentions when they chose those things, but me personally I believe in a higher power, so I won’t really play in that area.

Were you annoyed that you – and Jay Z, and Lil Wayne, to be fair - weren’t included in Ice-T’s documentary the Art of Rap?
I haven’t seen the finished work.

Do you think you deserve a place in the rap pantheon of all-time greats?
Yeah, I’m cool. I know how I’ve come to things. It’s not “what have you done?” but “what have you done for me lately?” I’ve had eight records go platinum.

If they made a film of your life, would people think it was too far-fetched to be true?
Oh yeah. There are different facets of it. Not all of it is true. Some of it comes from descriptions from journalists, as opposed to what actually happened. Sometimes it’s down to the perception of a journalist, who may not even like me or my culture. They may not even like music. I’ve had conversations with people who are extremely passionate about what they do, and I understand why they’re in the position they’re in, because they do it well. But I’ve also come in contact with people who had 20 minutes to Google the facts, and have no idea what they’re actually talking about.

That’s depressing.
It’s not depressing – it’s the way of the world. When you say, do you miss normalcy? – if this is not normal, shit, I’m not sure I like the normal stuff. My life before I started doing this wasn’t a whole lot of fun, either! You’re choosing the better evil.

Thanks, 50.
This was a pleasure. It was a cool interview.

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Rich Homie Quan rounds up Funeral Fabolous, Ty Dolla $ign and DeJ Loaf for the official remix to his single, "Blah Blah Blah." The song was produced by Izze The Producer.

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The original version appears on Rich Homie's mixtape entitled I Promise I Will Never Stop Going In. Download it for free from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Rich-Homie-Quan-I-Promise-I-Will-Never-Stop-Going-In-mixtape.553953.html

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Roc Nation recording artist J. Cole was the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman on Wednesday, December 10. He used the opportunity to perform his powerful Michael Brown tribute, "Be Free."

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Sejak awal berdirinya, Metland Rumah Idaman Investasi Masa Depan fokus pada penyediaan perumahan untuk pasar kelas menengah, berkisar dari kelas menengah bawah hingga menengah atas. Berdasarkan strategi tersebut, landbank tersebar di daerah penyangga Jakarta, khususnya di Timur Jakarta, tempat pangsa pasar tinggal dan tempat dimana nama Metland telah dikenal kuat. Proyek komersial yang sudah ada meliputi pusat perbelanjaan, hotel dan budget hotel.

Quilly drops his second heater in as many days. For this one the Philadelphia links up with K. Dot for "Why Do Niggas Hate." Produced by J. Sparkz.

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His "Quilly 2" project is on the way.

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22-year old Indianara Carvalho was recently crowned Miss Bum Bum Brazil 2014. Not satisfied with simply having the best ass in the country, Carvalho decided to celebrate by becoming a virgin again.

The sexpot from Santa Catarina underwent hymenoplasty, surgery to restore her her hymen.

"I wanted to undergo surgery to reconstruct my virginity before I have new photographs done," she said, according to the New York Daily News. "I wouldn't feel good about appearing naked if I wasn't exactly as I came into the world if you know what I mean. I think I also want to give a bit of respect and new concept to the Miss Bumbum title by being a virgin."

Carvalho plans to abstain from sex until she finds "someone special" to take her virginity... again.

For some reason I think this might become a trend.

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(Associated Press) Jorge "Jinho" Ferreira feels the tension between being black and carrying a badge every day as a sheriff's deputy in Alameda County, California.

"I feel like you have to prove yourself on every level," said Ferreira, 39, who patrols about 30 miles east of San Francisco. "You have to prove yourself to the black community, you have to prove yourself to all of your co-workers, you have to prove yourself to society."

With the nation roiled by two grand juries' recent decisions not to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men, some black officers say that as they enforce the law, they also wonder whether the system they're sworn to uphold is stacked against black men.

Eric Garner (L) and Michael Brown, both killed by police sparking protests

In interviews conducted by Associated Press reporters across the nation, retired and active black officers expressed concern about how black men are treated by the largely white police forces in the United States, an issue that has led to protests alleging police brutality. The officers say they want change just as much as anyone else, and advocate for it where they can because they, too, have something to lose.

"A lot of us have sons, and we want to make sure our colleagues are treating our young boys with dignity and respect," said Oakland Police Lt. LeRonne Armstrong, a 16-year veteran.

Oakland Police Lt. LeRonne Armstrong

Since the summertime deaths of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, 43, who gasped "I can't breathe" while being arrested for allegedly selling loose, untaxed cigarettes in New York, thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest their deaths, the grand juries' decisions — and the nation's police forces.

Caught in the middle are blacks working in law enforcement. There were an estimated 55,267 African-Americans in local police departments and an additional 15,500 in sheriff's departments in 2007, the latest information available from the Justice Department.

"We're called things like Uncle Toms and traitors to our community, in spite of the fact that we sympathize or we agree with the anger that our community holds, because we feel that same anger," said Noel Leader, a retired New York City police sergeant who in 1995 co-founded an advocacy group, 100 Blacks In Law Enforcement Who Care.

Black officers point out that they contend with many of the same racial issues as black civilians, such as stereotypes, racism on the job and even confrontations with the police. Black plainclothes or undercover police officers have been shot by their white counterparts, as in the 2009 death of NYPD Officer Omar J. Edwards, who was killed while he was chasing a man who had broken into his car.

Officer Andrew Dunton (l.) fatally shot fellow cop Omar Edwards in a 2009 friendly-fire incident

"I understand that when I am given directions from the police, I am very cautious and careful to comply with their demands or commands until it could be understood what is really going on," said Michael Williams, a 15-year veteran and president of the police union Memphis Police Association. "We have to take responsibility for our actions, even in the black community, and we can avoid a whole lot of this."

Kevin A. Minor, a St. Louis County Police recruitment officer and field training officer, remembers being followed around a discount store by a security officer while trying to shop. "If that's what makes him feel like he's doing his job, oh well," Minor said. "Because I know why I'm there, and I'm going to leave there with what I'm going to buy and that's it."

Task forces and commissions around the nation are being formed to study ways to improve relations between police forces and minorities. Three high-ranking House Democrats on Tuesday pressed for congressional hearings on police tactics and race, and President Barack Obama told Black Entertainment Television, in an interview aired Monday, that a variety of factors, from training to subconscious racial fears, have combined to create "a national problem that's going to require a national solution."

While acknowledging the rage felt by communities that feel persecuted by the police, some of the black officers were not quick to blame race for some of the deadly encounters.

"I believe that some of these incidents could have been prevented if you comply with the law," Williams said. "If someone says put your hands up, put your hands up."

Ferreira says he felt inspired to become a law enforcement officer after attending a rally decrying Oscar Grant's shooting death at the hands of a white transit police officer in Oakland 2009. But he also says there often is nothing racial about how officers operate.

"There are two people involved that decide the outcome: It's the cop and the suspect," Ferreira said. "Both of them contribute to the outcome of the interaction. It's not going to be the color of one's skin."

Black officers say they can help quell some of the hostility between police and the communities they patrol. "I think law enforcement leaders have to recognize that minority officers can be that bridge to build trust because they understand where the mistrust comes from," Armstrong said.

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Holland reported from Washington, D.C., and Bender from San Francisco. Associated Press writers Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee, and Allen G. Breed in St. Louis also contributed to this report.

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With women coming out of the woodwork to accuse Bill Cosby of sexual assault, comedian Chris Rock reminded America about similar past accusations against Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

"I'm getting ready to say something real bad about [Ben] Roethlisberger," Rock told the audience at the Rotunda Cinemas on Tuesday, December 9. "He's the original Cosby."

It was a joke, but that's how Bill Cosby's current trouble's began after comedian Hannibal Buress joked about his past.

In 2008 Ben settled a civil lawsuit filed by a former Harrah's Lake Tahoe casino host, Andrea McNulty, claiming she had been raped by the player while he was in town for a celebrity golf tournament.

In 2010 Big Ben was again accused of sexual assault. The quarterback allegedly got a 20-year old (not legally old enough to consume alcohol) female student from Georgia College & State University drunk, before raping her in the bathroom at a Milledgeville, Georgia bar.

Although charges were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence, Ben was suspended four games in 2010 by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy.

Double standard or not even comparable to Cosby's situation?

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New Music: @CaliSkally ft @IAmRichTheKid - From The Bottom

*Hoodrich World Premiere* New leak off Skally's upcoming mixtape "Money Junky"

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Diddy has been heated at Drake for months over the Boi-1da-produced hit record "0 to 100/ The Catch Up." He may not have gotten his hands on the YMCMB rapper until Monday, December 8, at Club Liv in Miami, but he had touched on the subject.

In Diddy's opinion Drake swiped his beat. Without mentioning the Toronto rapper by name he addressed the issue at a club in Miami back in June.

"I gave this shit to this nigga, this nigga stole it from me," Diddy says in video obtained by TMZ. "But at the end of the day the shit is still hard, play that shit."

Meanwhile, Champagne Papi was reportedly hospitalized with a shoulder injury after the altercation. He posted a couple of IG photos lounging in his hotel room that appear to show him doing just fine.

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Cops investigating Earl Hayes' murder of his wife Stephanie Moseley and subsequent suicide discovered a large amount of high grade weed in their Los Angeles apartment.

TMZ reports that 10 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $40,000 was hauled off to the police lab under the watch of an armed guard to make sure it was transported safely.

That much weed would not be just for personal use.

The couple had been working on their relationship. Mosely, the star of the VH1 show "Hit the Floor," had recently told her family in Canada that "things were going pretty (well) and that she was upbeat and optimistic about things," homicide Detective Scott Masterson said, according to the Associated Press.

Investigators are trying to figure out why Hayes decided to kill his wife and himself on Monday, December 8.

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Poe Boy Entertainment recording artist YT Triz recruited a bevy of young lady with plenty of assets for his latest official music video for the song "T.H.O.T." Check it out below and let us know what you think.

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For her latest release, Blu Gem takes a page out of Mobb Deep's classic playbook to "Drop A Gem". With Consequence on production, look for this "jewel" to appear on Blu Gem's debut Mixtape also titled "Drop A Gem"

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MOD5 + Drop A Gem are ON THE WAY!!!

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