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Chief Keef is preparing to release his debut album Finally Rich on December 18th. In the meantime he gives his fans new visuals for "They Know" to hold them over.

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The Port Arthur, Texas rap duo UGK will be receiving a well deserved honor today when they will be inducted into the Gulf Coast Museum’s Music Hall of Fame.

Bun B and the late Pimp C have influenced the hip hop industry in many ways since they hit the scene in 1988 with the cassette only EP titled The Southern Way, which featured the songs "Short Texas" and "Tell Me Something Good."

Almost every rapper from the South has paid homage to the group at one time or another.

The duo went on to release ground breaking albums like Too Hard To Swallow, Super Tight, Ridin' Dirty, Underground Kingzand more.

Their biggest commercial success was a collaboration with Jay-Z titled "Big Pimpin" off of Hov's 1999 album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter. The song almost didn't happen because Pimp C thought it was too commercial.

"It sounded like a pop record to me," Pimp told MTV News' Sway during a prison visit in 2005. "I didn't want to do it. It scared me, because I didn't know how people was going to take us going in that direction. But I remember Jay telling me, 'Look, family: It's going to be the biggest record of your career. If you don't do it for yourself, just do it for me.' That was good enough for me, so I jumped on it."

Pimp C died on December 4, 2007, but Bun B has kept his name alive by continuing to put out quality music.

For those who would like to watch UGK's induction into the Gulf Coast Museum's Music Hall of Fame simply tune in by clicking HERE today at 2 p.m. central to watch the event live on USTREAM.

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"Tell Me Something Good"

"Pocket Full of Stones"

"Underground"

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Looks like Katt Williams won't be satisfied until he's sitting in jail. After leading police on a wild chase while riding a three-wheeled motorcycle last Sunday, the volatile comedian paid a visit to a Target store where he physically assaulted an employee.

TMZ obtained footage of the incident. There is not audio, but Katt and the employee are talking when Katt suddenly slaps him in the face.

A second video that does have audio shows the aftermath of the scene. While the employee calls the police, Katt says "I'll stand outside and wait" before hopping on an electric cart.

Katt, who was already wanted by Sacramento police for felony evasion after the police chase earlier that day exits the store and hops on his three-wheeled motorcycle and leaves the scene.

So far no charges have been filed against Katt for slapping the employee. The DA's office says the case is currently under review 

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Aftermath of Katt Williams slapping Target employee

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25-year old Jovan Belcher, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs, committed suicide today in front of his coaches and police officers outside the team's stadium, shortly after he fatally shot his girlfriend, police said.

Belcher, a fourth year player out of Maine reportedly shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins multiple times Saturday morning around 9 a.m. Perkins' mother called the police.

"The individual that called, the mother of the victim, stated that her daughter's boyfriend is the one who shot her and he is a Chiefs player," Kansas City Police spokesman Darin Snapp told ABC News Radio.

Perkins was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Belcher then drove to drove to Arrowhead Stadium where he spoke to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Romeo Crennel outside of the practice facility. Belcher thanked them for all they had done for him then shot himself in the head as police arrived.

"When the officers arrived, when they were pulling up, they actually observed a black male who had a gun to his head and he was talking to a couple of coaches out in the parking lot," Snapp said. "As officers pulled up, and began to park, that's when they heard the gunshot and it appears the individual took his own life."

Crennel and Pioli told police they never felt threatened by Belcher.

"They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they'd done for him," Snapp said. "They were just talking to him and he was thanking them and everything. That's when he walked away and shot himself."

Perkins and Belcher had a three-month old daughter together.

Some Chiefs player took to Twitter to express their shock over what happened.

The Chiefs released a statement: “We can confirm that there was an incident at Arrowhead earlier this morning. We are cooperating with authorities in their investigation.”

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Big Sean sits down for an interview with French based website Daymolition. Some of the topics covered include the Cruel Summer album, his next album Hall of Fame, the Cruel Winter album, the difference between working with new artists like Meek Mill and established artists like Lil Wayne, the music video for "Guap" and more.

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Lil Eto is really on a tear. The Rochester, New York spitter continues to drop quality music. The latest song/visuals from Firearm E is the Chup-produced banger "Eastside."

Directed by Khelo Suave.

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Here's something new from Mack Maine, Turk and Mystikal. The track appears on DJ Stevie J's new mixtape The Appreciation; Vol. 5 Holiday Edition.

It will also appear on Turk's upcoming mixtape, Blame It On Da System.

WGCI's UB Rodriguez interviewed 50 Cent yesterday. Topics included 50's new fitness book Formula 50, SMS Promotions, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Chief Keef.

UB Rodriguez: Let's talk about you and Floyd Mayweather. I know that's your boy. Now you have this boxing promoting company. Was he the influence behind this?

50 Cent: Yeah, initially it was a venture we were going to do together. Floyd changed his mind and wanted to do some different things. Before he decided that he wanted to do things differently I had already obtained my promotions license in New York, Connecticut, Miami, Atlantic City and now Nevada. So I had went pretty far into the actual category before he decided he wanted to do something different.

UB: Hey Fifty what about the rumors of this promoter trying to pay you and Mayweather to get in the ring?

50: I heard about that too. I'll take it in a heartbeat. I'll make the weight. For $5 million dollars I will impress you. He'd be like 'hold up I didn't even know you had that in you Fif.' 

UB: I don't see it happening 50.

50: You know Floyd ain't gonna do that. He won't even fight Manny [Pacquiao].

UB: So we've seen you go back and forth with Chief Keef on Twitter. I want to ask you personally. How do you feel about him?

50: In the beginning I took a huge liking to Chief Keef. I think he's a representation of what hip hop was when I fell in love with it. Someone out of the environment just offering what means something to him. Like when he's saying things he don't like. Everybody in Chicago in that neighborhood or those different areas would agree with those thing he said he don't like because they don't like them either. That's why the song connected. I started to talk to him because I wanted to help him because I saw things starting to spiral out of control and he could lose an opportunity that's priceless.

UB: Like what did you see and what do you think about his future?

50: I don't think he'll have the same success in sales, but it will be something that develops a cult like following. Because he decided to not show up to his actual video. And when he does that in the stages where you haven't sold any records yet. It's bad influences. It's people around him that aren't influencing him to do the right thing. It's really not him.

UB: So what exactly do you tell Chief Keef when you call him or sit down and talk to him 50?

50: I just tell him to make the adjustments. I tried to reach out to him. He's a little upset because I said something on Twitter. I said he didn't show up to his video, he don't know these people will pull the plug on him and they will. I don't want to make him upset or nothing because he's a baby. My son does the same thing to me.

Check out the full interview up top and pre-order Formula 50 now from Amazon.

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Pusha T has a couple of projects coming up. First will be his Wrath of Cain mixtape. Following that he will be releasing his album My Name Is My Name.

Pusha sits down with DJ Damage to chop it up about when he chose those particular names for the projects and more.

Pusha T talks new album "My Name Is My Name", the meaning behind the name, its release date, production credits on the album, Biblical themed album titles in Hip Hop, the success of Play Cloths, and More with DJ Damage of HHS1987.com. Video was shot by Brandon Wyche in Philadelphia, Pa. Edited by Rick Dange.

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Juicy J brings the heavyweights out for his new track "Show Out." The Taylor Gang rapper gets assists from that Detroit player Big Sean and Young Jeezy A.K.A. The Snowman.

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50 Cent has found a new vehicle to attach his name to. The business mogul will serve as one of the executive producers of a new hour long drama on the Starz Network titled "Power."

Fif revealed information about the show last night via Twitter.

According to Variety, the project centers on a Gotham nightclub owner who skirts the line between legitimacy and criminality.

50 will be reuniting with Randall Emmett and Mark Canton. Both will serve as executive producers alongside 50. The trio have worked together in the past on the movies "Freelancers" and next year's "The Tomb."

Writer and producer Courtney Kemp-Agboh, who has previously worked on shows such as "The Good Wife," "The Bernie Mac Show" and "Eli Stone" will pen the script and also serve as executive producer.

Now word yet on when the show will air. We will keep you updated.

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Lil Wayne links up with DJ Stevie J for "Awkward." The song is off of Stevie J's new mixtape titled The Appreciation: Vol. 5 Holiday Edition.

Produced by Jahlil Beats and Key Wane

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One of the most exciting players to ever hit the court in the NBA is about to lose one of his most prized possessions. Former all-star guard Allen Iverson's $4.5 million Atlanta mansion and all of its belongings will be hitting the auction block on December 4th unless A.I. can somehow come up with the cash to save it according to TMZ.

Iverson purchased the home in 2010, but defaulted on his mortgage and the bank foreclosed

The future Hall of Famer is finding things difficult at the moment. In addition to going through a divorce, Iverson has been ordered to pay $859,896.46 to Aydin & Company Jewelers. In January a judge signed off on an order which allows the store to recoup their loss directly from Iverson's Wells Fargo bank account. 

**UPDATE** December 9th

A.I. is attempting to stop his mansion from being foreclosed on. It was set to be auctioned off on December 4th, but Iverson filed legal documents to put the sale on hold according to TMZ.

Iverson is going through a difficult divorce with his estranged wife and claims she signed off on the mortgage and consented to terms she knew he couldn't meet in an attempt to screw him over.

A.I.'s lawsuit has temporarily put a stop to the foreclosure proceedings, giving him extra time to try and gather up enough money to prevent the home from being sold.

Check out photos of Iverson's Atlanta crib below.

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As we previously reported, Ryan Leslie was ordered to pay a $1 million reward to a man who returned his laptop that was stolen in Germany in 2010. Ryan had offered the reward hoping to get back songs he had been working on for his Les Is More album as well as collaborations he had been working on for Kanye West and Jay-Z's Watch the Throne album.

When the laptop was returned Ryan says all the music he had been working was lost because he couldn't access the hard drive.

Last night the singer/producer/rapper got emotional while talking about the incident to the crowd at the Long Island University homecoming concert. Check out what he had to say below.

"As you may or may not know - in 2010, somebody stole all my music from me out the back of a black Mercedes-Benz when I was in Cologne, Germany. Initially I put a reward of $20,000 if they'd just give my backpack back - and when it never returned, I upped the reward to $1MM because that music was absolutely everything to me, it was everything, it was my life, it was everything, I upped it to $1MM.

Eventually, somebody did actually return my backpack to me - and when I plugged in that hard drive to access everything that I had lost, the music just wasn't there. The hard drive wouldn't mount. I couldn't access anything - and a year later, that same gentleman (I don't know if it's because he misunderstood what the million dollars was for) ... he filed a lawsuit in Federal Court in New York City, demanding that I pay $1MM for music that I never got back.

And yesterday (and the reason why I'm on the front page of the news today) everyone thought I was just a cheapskate or something like that - a jury of my peers, 8 people, they looked me in my face and told me I had to pay this man $1MM for music I never got back.

And so I woke up today to get me some orange juice, man, and the lady who works at the deli was like 'aw man - you're the guy on the front page of the paper today!' and I looked at the headline. It said 'Rap Weasel...'

Yo - hahahaa, that's like my twin brother - somebody said 'Swizzy!' 

So listen, man - music always comes from a place of inspiration and I gotta tell ya'll - never have I been more inspired than when I lost everything then to try to make the most incredible album I could possibly make and for the last two years I invested every single penny, every dollar I had, to make the most incredible artistic offering I possibly could and on October 22nd it came out. It's my album. It's called 'Les Is More.'

And despite what the jury said, that million dollar reward is still out there for anybody who can return all my compositions to me. That's why I never took the video off of YouTube. I never got anything back, but luckily God blessed me with talent and I could make some of the music over again, you know what I'm saying?

So I appreciate each and everyone of y'all for your support tonight and for the future 'cause we gonna keep making this music and we gonna try to work something out with my man over in Germany - maybe he misunderstood - but this is a record off that album."

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Popoff - C & G (Curse & The Gift) featuring original production by V'Don, Agallah Don Bishop, Rheezo, Max Dollas, & more. Download now via DatPiff http://www.datpiff.com/Popoff-C-G-Curse-The-Gift-mixtape.423102.html

Young Jeezy has been hard at work on his new mixtape. He just unveiled the cover art and announced it's release date.

Its ThaWorld mixtape coming your way on December 12th.

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At the beginning of 50 Cent's new single "My Life" he sends a couple of jabs at The Game and Young Buck.

"I tried to help niggas get on, they turned around and spit/Right in my face, so Game and Buck, both can suck a d*ck. Now when you hear 'em it may sound like it's some other sh*t/Cause I'm not writing anymore, they not making hits," 50 raps.

In a recent sit down with Big Boy's Neighborhood, the G-Unit mogul explains why he threw shots in their direction.

"Things that are notable they begin that record that was recorded two years ago," 50 said. "These things are monumental moments within the culture. Of course it was Game first that decided to go left. He had help. You know me and Jimmy Henchman never got along. He was managing him at the time so it helped him go left. In Game's case there's absolutely no malice on my heart towards him. I'd like to see him do whatever he can do. And Buck, I think that's over. His career is finished. It's because [of] his temperament. Right now he's in jail, but knowing who he is from the entire time that he's been around I don't think he has what it takes to recover."

Although he wishes The Game no ill will, 50 doubts they could ever work together again.

As with most of his guests Big Boy got Fif to play "The Raft" game. He was asked who he would save if he were in a raft and could only pick one person, The Game or Floyd Mayweather Jr.

"I'd pull Floyd up still," 50 said without hesitation. "Big he's still my brother, he just went crazy. I don't even know how to explain it sometimes. He does things [and] for me he wouldn't get away with it if the relationship wasn't the way it was. He flip flops and you don't see it until it's your turn. And you're like 'What? Boy you must be a punch away from retarded.' It's one of those things where you get in a place like 'nah is you serious b?'"

Floyd may anger 50 sometimes, but he says if anyone tried to harm him he would have his back.

The "I Get Money" rapper also speaks on how he picks his singles and explains how he and Alicia Keys both ended up with the song "New Day."

50 Cent speaks on The Game and Young Buck

50 Cent plays "The Raft" game.

50 Cent talks about picking his singles and Alicia Keys having her own version of "New Day"

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Ne-Yo delivers a new music video for "Forever Now." The song is off of Ne-Yo's very solid fifth studio album titled R.E.D. (Realizing Every Dream).

The album is available now on iTunes.