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It was a star-studded night at New York's Ziegfield Theater Tuesday December 11, for the premiere of director Quentin Tarantino's new film Django Unchained.

Tarantino, who was there with Uma Thurman talked about how movie came about.

"I had an idea for a long time of a slave who becomes a bounty hunter and goes out looking for white guys that used to be [plantation] overseers. But that wasn't a story, that was just an idea," Tarantino said while on the red carpet. "So for eight years or so that idea just fermented. And then about a year and a half ago the story came to me."

The film's stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Jamie Foxx, who plays Django, were also in attendance. For Foxx, accepting the lead role was an easy decision.

"First before I read the script it was Quentin Tarantino," Foxx said. "Being able to work with someone like that you're all in."

Others stars who attended the premiere included 50 Cent, Olivia Wilde, Christoph Waltz, Don Johnson, Zoe Kravitz, Zach Braff, Sharon Osbourne, Liv Tyler, Q-Tip and John Legend.

Django Unchained opens nationwide on December 25.

Check out the red carpet interviews, photos and the movie's trailer below.

Django Unchained NYC premiere. Interviews with Quentin Tarantino, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson.

Django Unchained (International trailer)

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In the last year Future has seen his career grow to the point that he's being sought after for features with a lot of big name artists. The Atlanta rapper sat down with Rap-Up to talk about his recent collaborations with Rihanna, Kelly Rowland and Ciara and how they came about.

Check out Future's interview below.

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Paul Wall recently stopped by The Breakfast Club with his business partner TV Johnny and he came bearing gifts. The People's Champ presented DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God with custom grills and talked about a variety of subjects.

Paul discussed how lucrative his and TV Johnny's jewelry business has become, rappers who buy fake jewelry from them, his new music, the Houston Texans, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel's Heisman Trophy win and more.

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Young Jeezy and 2 Chainz link up for a new record titled "R.I.P." The DJ Mustard-produced track is off of The Snowman's upcoming mixtape It's the World.

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Saigon gives us official visuals for his song "Plant The Seed (What U Paid For)." The track is off of The Yardfather's new album The Greatest Story Never Told - Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses.

You can pick the album up now on iTunes.

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Check out Pusha T's new music video for "Blocka" featuring Popcaan and Travis Scott. The song is off of the G.O.O.D. Music rapper's upcoming mixtape Wrath of Caine.

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Directed By Orson Whales (Shahan Jafri + Alex Germanotta)

Hip Hop pioneers Public Enemy will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the class of 2013 according to Rolling Stone.

Public Enemy are only the fourth hip-hop act to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They join Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (2007), Run-D.M.C. (2009) and the Beastie Boys (2011).

P.E., led by emcee Chuck D and hype man Flavor Flav are known for their politically charged songs and albums. Their first three albums, 1987's Yo! Bum Rush the Show, 1988's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and 1990's Fear of a Black Planet were all named to Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

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Joining P.E. in the 2013 class are Rush, Heart and Randy Newman. As well as the late Donna Summer and Albert King. Lou Adler and Quincy Jones will both receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers.

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Super producers Cookin Soul and legendary DJ Whoo Kid have linked up for a special holiday remixtape from the late, great Notorious B.I.G.

Ready for Xmas features 15 songs blending acapellas from Brooklyn's finest Biggie Smalls with some Christmas inspired instrumentals, sampling classics such as "Home Alone" and "This Christmas" by Donnie Hathaway.

The free mixtape will be available for free download on December 18th on www.xxlmag.com and www.cookingsoul.com. Up top check out the first leak from the project "Macaulay Flow (N*ggaz)"

All tracks produced, remixed & mastered by Cookin Soul

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As we reported earlier, former correctional officer turned gangster rapper Rick Ross has come out claiming that he didn't cancel the rest of his Maybach Music Group tour because he feared the GD's (Gangster Disciples). Ross instead put the blame on his promoter, but a new report has surfaced that says the Chicago Police Department is looking into threats the rapper received from the GD's.

"Never was it due to any threats," Ross told Miami radio station WEDR, of the cancelled tour dates. "I was just in Chicago a week and a half ago. That's the birth place of the GD's. And if I'll go to Chicago to handle my business like I did I have no problem going to North Carolina."

Video tapes have hit the nets with factions of the GD's in several states warning Ross he can't perform anywhere they are located.

Today TMZ is reporting that the Chicago PD was made aware of the videos and are looking into them.

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Big Boi has been everywhere lately promoting his sophomore album Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. Today the Outkast rapper stopped by The View to perform the album's lead single "Mama Told Me" featuring Kelly Rowland.

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T.I. drops off the official music video for "Trap Back Jumpin" off of his upcoming eighth studio album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, which will be released on December 18th.

Directed by Clifton Bell.

Raekwon The Chef gives us a fresh new freestyle over The Notorious B.I.G's classic "Who Shot Ya" instrumental. Rae will be dropping his Lost Jewelry EP in January.

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Here's Skylar Grey's official music video for "C'mon Let Me Ride" featuring Eminem. The song is the lead single off of Skylar's upcoming album Don't Look Down.

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Big Boi's Dangerous Lies and Vicious Rumors album was just released today. This morning he sat down with The Breakfast Club to chop it up about that and more.

He revealed the origin of the album's title, gave his impression of the new generation of Atlanta rappers like Future, Trinidad Jame and 2 Chainz, revealed why Andre 3000 isn't on his new album, gave his opinion on whether or not there will be another Outkast album, his record label, Outkast turning down $1 million dollars for one show, his impression of Ice T's wife Coco caught boo'd up with another guy and more.

Pick up Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors now on iTunes.

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Back in September Freddie "Gangsta" Gibbs formed his new ESGN imprint and released his Baby Face Killa project through a deal with EMPIRE Distribution. Many wondered why the release didn't come through Young Jeezy's CTE imprint who Freddie was signed to at the time.

Today that questioned was answered when Freddie announced that he and The Snowman had parted ways. Freddie told The Breakfast Club that there was no bad blood, but he felt the time was right to make the move from a business standpoint.

"At the end of the day it was a goo decision for myself and my family," Freddie said. "It wasn't nothing against him or none of that. It's just a move that I had to make personally and business wise. We just move in different ways. It's just best that he move in his way, best that I move in my way."