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Comedian Will Ferrell got a shot to announce the starting lineups Wednesday night at the Chicago Bulls/ New Orleans Hornets basketball game. I don't know how he kept a straight face, but he did as he introduced each player adding jokes like "he's a scorpio and a horrible dancer" to each of their bio's.
Check it out below
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French Montana and the Coke Boys invade Power 99's Cosmic Kev show and spit a freestyle
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It's not often we see a rapper leave a label only to return a couple of years later, but that is exactly what happened in the case of Baltimore's Los.
Los was signed to Bad Boy Records from 2005-2008, but lost his deal after the imprint he was signed through, Bloc Incorporated, disbanded.
Fast forward four year's later and Los rejoins a Bad Boy roster that includes French Montana, Cassie, Red Cafe and Machine Gun Kelly.
"It's time for a whole new movement. So we got [Machine Gun Kelly], French Montana, Red Café; we got Cassie," Diddy told MTV recently. "We also have a new artist named Los that we signed. It's official. We're trying to put that young, youthful energy out in the air and do it the only way that Bad Boy can do it."
Check out Diddy officially welcoming Los back to the Bad Boy team in the video below.
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Suge Knight is in trouble with the law once again.
TMZ is reporting that the former Death Row Records boss was arrested in Las Vegas yesterday (February 8).
According to the report, Knight was stopped for making an unsafe lane change in his black Bentley. When cops ran his plates they found several warrants out for his arrest for traffic violations. A subsequent search turned up a small amount of weed.
Suge was arrested, booked, then released, but he could face further trouble because he is on 3 years unsupervised probation for driving with a suspended license.
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Shade 45's Sway in the Morning show is turning into a really good spot to catch interviews and musical performances. The show is filmed, then uploaded to Sway's youtube channel where fans can watch Devi Dev and Sway chop it with everyone from new school rappers like Astro to legends like Erick Sermon.
E. Sermon was the latest guest on the show, and he had some very interesting takes on hip hop. With so many different types of rap acts, Sermon feels like it should be broken down into more than one category.
"The whole thing is...look at rock and roll. Rock and roll respects their craft like hip hop respects our craft. You got some artists who don't know how to express like I can because I recognize what's in and what was before. This is not my era. I don't write songs to compete in this era," Sermon said. "Sade came out and sold 546,000 pieces. Her fans bought that. The young people don't know who she is and she still managed to sell all them records because of what...she was Sade and the fans are still there. But when you have these other genres like Britney Spears or [Christina] Aguilera. A rock and roll person don't wanna see them in that category. They wanna see them in their own lane, which is pop. Or Blink 182 will be alternative rock or punk rock. Or when wanna put soft rock in there with Maroon 5, but they won't put them in rock and roll. But they put everything hip hop in that one umbrella. They'll throw TLC in there, they'll throw Mary J. Blige in there. They'll throw whatever in hip hop because that's the one genre without having categories. Why is that?"
Sermon then broke down how he would categorize hip hop.
"I feel like the underground should have underground, the opposite of hip hop which is kick, snare, samples, beat and the conversation of a hip hop artist is either lyricism or either message," he explained. "Then you have the party [rappers] which Lil Jon would have called crunk at the time. But then you got the south. They running [things] for 14 years. That's them...you gotta give them their own music lane. So it won't conflict with Kendrick Lamar who's a spitter. They call him because he's new, but he really don't belong on records with certain people, he's a rhymer. You have to put Machine Gun Kelly--him and Waka they're stage divers. They're kinda like heavy hip hop so put them in a heavy rap category like heavy metal. Again rock's got all types of stuff going on. Just the fact that we can have a balance."
Erick Sermon says rap needs more categories + performs "Gold Diggers"
Erick Sermon speaks on the making of "Music" & performs it
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After reaching double platinum status for the runaway smash hit single "N*ggas In Paris," The Throne finally release official visuals for it.
The clip features footage from their December 2011 Vancouver concert where they played the song an incredible eleven times in a row,
Peep the video below.
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Mama Jones gets in on the family music business by releasing a video for "Pyschotic." The song is the perfect tie-in to her "Psychotic " t-shirts and condoms with the tag line “Mama says never leave home without it.”
According to VH1 her face will not be featured on the condom packaging.
“No, I don’t know who wants to get off with my face on the condom," she said in December.
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DJ Holiday recruits Shawty Lo, Gucci Mane and Alley Boy for "Right Now." Tnhe track is featured on Holiday's mixtape, Holiday Season 4.
Produced by Southside
Directed By Blind Folks Vision Films
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Nicki Minaj and LL Cool J team up for their second promotional video for the 54th annual Grammy Awards. The two looked like they actually had fun filming the clip as LL beat boxes while Nicki dances.
LL will serve as the show's first host in seven years. Nicki is nominated for four awards, including Best New Artist and will also perform on the show which airs Sunday Feb. 12, 2012 at 8 pm ET on CBS.
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The Throne's "N*ggas In Paris" has gone double platinum. The song is the most popular track off of the duo's Watch the Throne album and today we finally get an official video for it.
MTV will premiere the video at 12:05 EST. The clip will feature footage from their December show in Vancouver where they played the song 11 times in a row.
It's the second official video off of Watch the Throne following "Otis."
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With his new album Radioactive in stores Yelawolf reaches back to his previous effort, Trunk Muzik 0-60, to release an official video for "Marijuana."
Directed by Figz and Catfish Billy.
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With Jay-Z and Kanye West's "N*ggas In Paris" as their inspiration a groups of graffiti artists light up the subway system in Paris, France.
A crew of masked graf heads show Jay-Z and Kanye West what's really hood in Paris, with their take on the popular "Watch the Throne" song.
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By now most of you have heard about the dispute going on between Big Fendi of the Come Up DVD and Nicki Minaj.
As we previously reported, Fendi says without him and his DVD series there would be no Nicki Minaj, but when the Harajuku Barbie blew up with Young Money she didn't compensate him financially for his hard work.
Jadakiss of The Lox was there from the beginning and witnessed Nicki's rise to fame.
"There's always three sides to the story-Fen's Nicki's and the truth," Jada says in an interview with Doggie Diamonds of Forbez DVD. "Everybody need that machine. Nobody can do it on their own. You need that machine and you need somebody behind you pushing you. Fen was doing that with her from the beginning. He called me with her on the 3-way and asked me if the name Nicki Minaj a good name for her. I told her 'yeah.' I guess they agreed on it, then that became her name. It's a dirty world. It's a dirty game. And if you aint on top of your sh*t they'll double cross you quick."
Shouts to Doggie Diamonds and M. Reck of Forbez DVD and Big Fendi.
@forbezdvd @bigfendi @mreckgm, @doggiediamonds @comeupdvd
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We've seen the commercials with Floyd Mayweather Jr., Mike Tyson, Deepak Chopra and college kids getting that boost of energy Street King provides. Now check out Hot 97's Cipha Sounds as he gives us a demonstration in real time of the powerful affect drinking SK will have on you in this hilarious spoof.
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Denzel Washington stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman while on a promotional tour for his latest movie "Safe House." The two time Oscar Award winner and lifelong New York Giants fan talked about how great it felt seeing them win the Super Bowl.
"Safe House" was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. Denzel explained that when he was supposed to film "Cry Freedom" there in 1986, but was told if he stepped inside South Africa they would cut his head off and put it on a stick.
He also talked about when it was appealing working the film's director Daniel Espinosa and Ryan Reynolds giving him a black eye during filming and a lot more.
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We hear a lot about celebrities getting taking to the cleaners during divorce proceedings. Tiger Woods, Michael Strahan, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, Michael Jordan, Steven Spielberg all lost huge amounts of money in their divorces.
Apparently Russell Brand is cut from a different cloth because he's refusing to take the $20 million he's entitled to in his pending divorce from Katy Perry according to TMZ.
Katy made $44 million between May, 2010 and May, 2011. The couple didn't have a prenup so everything they made during that time period is community property, but Russell doesn't want his 50%.
"This divorce is as amicable as it gets, and Russell was a mensch (Yiddish for a good person)," says a source.
Is he nuts for not taking the money?
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Timbaland and Missy Elliot have collaborated on many hit records so it's only right that they make their return to the music scene at the same time.
Missy's last album was 2005's The Cookbook. Timbaland last dropped a full length disc in 2009 with Shock Value II. Both artists will be making a return to the music scene in June 2012.
"The only thing I'll reveal is me and Missy are both coming with our albums at the same time, and it will be in June," Timbaland told MTV. "Right now, we're preparing to get both our videos, our first singles, shot kinda at the same time," Tim said. "We want to do it as a movement and spontaneously. I just don't wanna move too far ahead of her and she don't wanna move too far ahead of me. So we're both doing it at the same time."
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The West Coast's most outrageous group, Odd Future, just released the cover to their upcoming album, The OF Tape Vol. 2.
If it were any other band I'd think this was a joke, but Tyler, The Creator said the cover is the real deal.
"Thats The Cover. And Sweatshirt Will Not Be On The Tape. Not Trolling Either," he wrote on Twitter.
The face featured is Odd Future affilliate Lucas Vercetti. The album is due out March 20th.
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In October 2007, T.I. was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) after buying three machine guns and two silencers from undercover officers. A subsequent search of his home turned up six more firearms.
He was charged with felony offenses of possession of unregistered machine guns [and silencers] and possession of firearms by a convicted felon.
In March 2008, Tip was sentenced to a year and a day in prison after a Georgia judge accepted a plea deal negotiated between his lawyer and U.S. Attorney David Nahmias.
T.I. was released from prison in March 2009. Ever since then there has been speculation by some that he snitched in order to get such a light sentence. A charge the rapper has denied.
A new supporter is speaking out on the Grand Hustle CEO's behalf. Big Meech of the Black Mafia Family (B.M.F.), who is himself currently incarcerated wrote a letter to StraightFromTheA defending Tip, proclaimg the rapper is not a snitch.
What’s “Craccin”
I must get straight to the point because I personally have a problem with people assassinating a real stand up dude character, namely T.I., talking about he a “SNITCH” when we are living in the information era and there is absolutely no public record of this man being a “SNITCH.”
There is no person in the Federal or State system that can say or saying that “T.I. Clifford Harris” snitched on them.
I’m tired of people spraying his name when his plea deal and sentencing transcripts is “ONLINE.” You pay $40 to get on “Pacer” and you have access to all court documents on any person in the “UNITED STATES.”
They also show you any motions or appeals that’s filed within a 48 hour period. The government would never hide the fact that T.I. is a snitch because they would want the world to know that they broke him like they broke Sammy the Bull, Nicky Barnes, Rayful Edmunds, Alpo, and Frank Lucas, who snitched on his own family members.
As far as the Ohio incident in which his friend Philant got killed, Tip was subpoenaed to court and only said a van pulled alongside and started shooting. He DID NOT see the shooter or who was shooting. From my understanding, the shooters own brother snitched on HIM.
To sum it up, I put me… “THE REAL BIG MEECH” and the whole “B.M.F.” family life on the line that “T.I. Clifford Harris” is a “100% Solid Authentic Dude.”
“Loyalty is not just a word it’s a LIFESTYLE”
With respect n’ much love,
The REAL BIG Meech
“Last of a DEAD Breed”
B.M.F. 4 Life
DeathB4Dishonor
So there you have it. What do you believe?
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Schoolboy Q and A$AP Rocky are part of the two strongest new movements on their respective coasts. Schoolboy is part of the West Coast group Black Hippy, along with Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul. While the A$AP Mob is doing big things on the East Coast.
A$AP and Schoolboy have already collaborated on two songs, "Hands on the Wheel" and "Brand New Guy." Schoolboy told MTV the two have a lot in common.
"A$AP is the homie man, we kind of live the same lifestyle. Smoke weed, sip lean and we wanna f*ck b*tches and get fly," Schoolboy said. "I'm a little more gangsta than him and he's a little more swaggier than me. But we're kinda the same sh*t, just different places."
Schoolboy added that the two could possibly do a joint project.
"We're definitely talkin' right now. We may give y'all a project, but it all has to be right," Schoolboy said. "The timing has to be right. He's busy right now, I'm busy right now, so I can't give no promises when it'll come or if it will come, but we definitely talkin' about it."
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