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Fox is in a legal battle with record company Empire Distribution over the use of the name Empire for it's hit television series.

ED contacted Fox and demanded they stop using the name because it diminishes their brand. Especially because a "homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friends" is a lead character.

But here's the catch. ED would back off if Fox pays them $8 million outright or $5 million if some of their artists become regular cast members on Empire.

Fox is not giving in to the demands. TMZ reports that the network has filed a lawsuit against Empire Distribution, asking a judge to rule that ED's demands have no merit because the company is obscure.

Executives at Fox don't want this this to linger on into the second season of their show.

One thing Empire Distribution has going in it's favor is that the company was founded in 2010, five years before Empire debuted.

How do you think this battle will be settled?

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Here's another song off of Ludacris' forthcoming Ludaversal album which drops on March 31st. This !LLMIND-produced track is called "Charge It to the Rap Game."

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There was never anything wrong with Iggy Azalea's body if you asked most men, but one's own perception is what counts the most.

In a new interview with Vogue, the Australian rapper admits to undergoing breast augmentation.

It is slightly stunning, then, when I ask the rather routine question “What would you change about your body?” and she replies, popping a French fry in her mouth and not blinking an eye, “I did change something: Four months ago, I got bigger boobs! I’d thought about it my entire life.” She says she was sick of having to sew padding into her stage costumes and wanted to be able to wear lingerie without wiring. At first she resolved never to discuss this publicly; she didn’t want girls—so many of her fans are barely high school age—to feel bad about their own bodies. “But then,” she says, “I decided I wasn’t into secret-keeping.”

To read the entire interview head over to Vogue. Also check out Iggy's 73 question Q&A below.

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The Rapfest is back with the 8th installment of their exclusive cipher series, bringing it harder than ever before. This serves as the finale to The Rapfest’s 4-part collaborative sub-series with HipHopDX. In this cipher series, Jae Millz, Nems, and Murda Mook, fires up the Chicago produced beat.

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Patti Labelle can still get her groove on. The 70-year old "Lady Marmalade" hit maker and her partner Artem Chigvintsev did their thing on Dancing with the Star's "My Jam Monday."

Patti know exactly what song she wanted to dance to.

"This week is My Jam Monday, so I've chosen In Da Club by 50 Cent," she said. "It was my 70th birthday. My friends figured they would play some quiet, decent 70-years young music. After three songs I said, 'Cut it, put on In Da Club.' When they put that on everybody moves."

Check it out above.

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Peter Jackson teams up with YG and Mazze for his new single entitled "Hold Up." The track was produced by Pam Singh Ramagarhia. Peter's new album, Since I Was 16, drops on March 31. Pre-order it now https://peterjackson1.bandcamp.com/releases.

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New single by Popoff "Talk About It" produced by DJ Rybe

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Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Riz Selfmade for an exclusive interview!

Riz Selfmade speaks on the process of making music, support from 50 Cent, "Dat Made Life" project, spits a freestyle & much more!

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Miami Beach, Florida police are on a manhunt to find Rich Homie Quan after he allegedly assaulted a security guard at club Liv.

TMZ reports that Quan, real name Dequantes Lamar, brought his crew to Liv, but was turned away by security because the club was full.

The rapper became irate and told the guard, "I'm Rich Homie Quan and I'm a rich millionaire, bitch. I'm coming through these doors. I'm with Flo Rida!"

The security guard wasn't swayed and held his ground. At that point Quan allegedly punched him in the face twice, breaking his nose and bloodying his lip.

Another member of Quan's entourage reportedly punched the guard in the back of the head. Quan took off, hopped in a speedboat and fled the scene.

**UPDATE** April 8

Rich Homie Quan has turned himself into police, although he denies being involved in the assault.

TMZ reports that Quan walked into a Miami Beach police precinct on Wednesday, April 8. He was booked for misdemeanor battery.

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Beautiful actress Angelina Jolie lost her mother, grandmother and aunt to cancer, so it's easy to understand her reasons for wanting to prevent herself from contracting the disease.

Jolie first had a double mastectomy a couple of years ago. Recently she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed after a small benign tumor was discovered on one of her ovaries.

In an op-ed piece with The New York Times, Angelina described her motivation to take preemptive measures.

I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn’t live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren.

I called my husband in France, who was on a plane within hours. The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters. It is polarizing, and it is peaceful.

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When it comes to her fans Nicki Minaj is down to get freaky. Ms. Minaj's The Pinkprint Tour hit Frankfurt, Germany over the weekend and the rapper had a great time with a female fan she brought onstage.

The fan grabbed two handfuls of Nicki's ass. Nicki returned the favor by fondling the fan's breasts.

"She wanted to get it poppin so I got it poppin right back. I'm not kidding. Tittieez on fleek," Nicki wrote on Twitter.

Check it out above.

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PARIS (Associated Press) — A passenger jet carrying 148 people crashed Tuesday in the French Alps as it flew from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, authorities said. As search-and-rescue teams raced to the remote region, France's president warned that no survivors were expected.

Eric Ciotti, the head of the regional council in southeast France, said the crash site was at Meolans-Revels, near the popular ski resort of Pra Loup.

The Germanwings Airbus A320 plane sent out a distress signal at 10:45 am local time then crashed in a mountainous zone at an altitude of about 2,000 meters (6,550 feet), said Pierre-Henry Brandet, the French Interior Ministry spokesman.

Brandet told BFM television that he expected "an extremely long and extremely difficult" search and rescue operation because of the area's remoteness.

Capt. Benoit Zeisser of the Digne-le-Bains police, said there were some clouds but the cloud ceiling was not low and there did not appear to be turbulence. He told the French network iTele he could not comment yet on the state of the debris site.

In a live briefing Tuesday, Hollande said it was probable that a number of the victims were German. He said the area of the crash was remote and it was not clear whether anyone on the ground had been injured by the crash.

"It's a tragedy on our soil," he said, adding he would be speaking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Germanwings is a lower-cost unit of Lufthansa, Germany's biggest airline. It has been operating since 2002 — part of traditional national carriers' response from rising European budget carriers. It serves mainly European destinations.

The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation said it was sending three people to France to join the investigation. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, the country's top security official, was among those headed to the crash site.

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Grammy-nominated singer Elle Varner is putting the finishing touches on her sophomore album, 4 Letter Word.

During the SXSW music festival she sat down with Complex to talk about her collaboration with 50 Cent entitled "Birthday" and gave a sneak preview of the tune.

"His flow is so hooky that I can't get it out of my head." She's got nothing but respect for the veteran rapper: "I'm just so excited and so honored. Like, that's an f'in co-sign."

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Actor Luis Antonio Ramos who plays Ruiz on the 50 Cent executive produced STARZ crime/drama Power recently sat down with DJ Vlad of Vlad TV for an in-depth conversation.

Ramos spoke about the great opportunities shows like Power and Empire offer to Latino and African American actors, working with 50 Cent being mutually beneficial for everyone on the set, Courtney Kemp Agboh's great scripts, season two and more.

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New music video for "One Time" by Migos presented by the 2015 YouTube Music Awards #YTMA

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YRN Tha Album coming June 16th
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Director: Ninian Doff
Production Company: Pulse Films
Executive Producer: Laura Tunstall, Sarah Park Video Commissioner: Laura Tunstall
Producer: Taylor Vandegrift
Production Manager: Alex Sanchez
Director of Photography: Sing Howe Yam 1st Assistant Director: Brandeaux Tourville Stylist: Marko the Curator & Sarah Kinsumba Production Designer: Kathrin Eder
Editor: Leo King at Stitch
VFX: Finish

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Long before he linked up with Bodega Bamz's Tanboys crew, Lil Eto was a fixture on the underground scene. Fans who were asleep are now awake as Eto prepares to release his debut album entitled The Gold.

Check out this D.R.U.G.S.-produced single "Pull Up, Pull Out, Pull Off."

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Lil Wayne's Sorry 4 The Wait 2 tour pulled into Fort. Lauderdale, Florida on Saturday, March 21. Things were going great until a fan threw beer at Weezy.

The rapper stopped the show to let the audience know he knew it was a "white boy" who threw it because "a nigga don't drink no motherfucking beer."

Moments later a hulking member of Wayne's security team found the culprit and punched him in the face. Check out what happens above.

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Download J. Cole's new album '2014 Forest Hills Drive' on iTunes: 
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