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Miguel and Kendrick Lamar landed on the cover of Vibe's "Big List" issue. After releasing pics and the cover story on Tuesday, April 9th, Vibe unveils some behind the scenes footage from the photo shoot, captured by Steven Geomillion and Dennis Leupold.

Check that out below.

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Tonight Celebrate Life with DJ MOESKIENO and Friends at Aventura Lounge!
570 Main Ave Passaic, NJ 07055. Music by @DjCut and hosted by @Popsnyc

Ciroc, Henny, Goose, $95 Before 11pm! Patron $120 Remy $150 Moet $150

BBQ Wings Will Be Available & Much More.

Men Casual, Fresh Collard Shirt or Button Up, Fresh Kicks (No White T's, No Hoodies)

Woman: Good Shoe Game! & COME READY TO DANCE!!!!!

Tell a friend to tell a friend a few surprise guest will be in the building, bottle specials, food and much more.

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Whenever Prodigy of Mobb Deep and super producer The Alchemist link up expect to hear some great hip hop music. The duo are back together again putting the finishing touches on their joint album, Albert Einstein.

The project contains 16 tracks. The only features are from Raekwon, Domo Genesis Havoc, Action Bronson and Roc Marciano.

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. LMDKV
3. Give Em Hell
4. Stay Dope
5. Curb Ya Dog
6. Death Sentence (Feat. Roc Marciano)
7. Bear Meat
8. Y.N.T. (Feat Domo Genesis)
9. R.I.P. (Feat Havoc & Raekwon)
10. Dough Pildin
11. Confessions
12. Bible Paper (Feat Alchemist)
13. The One (Feat Action Bronson)
14. Breeze
15. Raw Forever
16. Say My Name

The album is scheduled to be released on June 11th. You can pre-order it now on Amazon

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There was a Ruff Ryders reunion last night at Madison Square Garden as Alicia Keys invited her husband Swizz Beatz and DMX to the stage during her Set the World on Fire tour stop.

Dark Man and Swizzy performed "Ruff Ryders Anthem" and "Party Up (Up In Here)." You could tell the crowd really missed X. The entire arena went nuts.

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Legendary rapper/actor LL Cool J and country singer Brad Paisley stirred up controversy recently with their song "Accidental Racist." While they both seemed to have good intentions in making the track, the final product probably wasn't what either of them had hoped for.

LL visited The Tonight Show with Jay Leno yesterday to explain what he meant by his lyrics in the song.

"I can't defend the song, but I can clarify my intentions," LL said. "There's a lyric in the song where I say 'if you don't judge my du-rag I won't judge your red flag.' I in no way would ever compare the history of the confederate flag [with a du-rag]. Which when you think about the rapes, tortures, the murders, the lynchings. All of the things associated with the confederate flag with a du-rag. However, when you think about a kid like Trayvon Martin, and you think about some oft he things that happen in society based on clothing. When you put it in it's proper context it makes sense. I would never, ever suggest to anyone that we should just forget slavery and act like that didn't happen."

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Will.I.Am is set to release his fourth solo album titled #WillPower on April 23rd. The Black Eyed Peas rapper has a lot of star power on the disc. Features include Lil Wayne, Britney Spears, Juicy J, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Nicole Scherzinger, Skylar Grey and fellow BEP member apl.de.ap.

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In the wake of Reebok's decision to sever ties with Rick Ross on Thursday over date rape lyrics in the song U.O.E.N.O., the group primarily responsible for forcing the company's hand has issued a statement via their website.

“We are thrilled to hear that Reebok is joining the fight against rape culture and dropping Rick Ross. This is a huge victory for women, for the 526 survivors of rape who were brave enough to publicly confront rape culture, and for the nearly 100,000 UltraViolet members who have poured their hearts and time into this campaign. This sends a strong message that rapping about drugging and raping an unconscious woman is not only morally wrong, but has real consequences. After Steubenville, Americans expect and demand better. Thank you Reebok for taking a stand," said UltraViolet co-founder Nita Chaudhary.

The group's petition and protest in front of Reebok's flagship store in New York City last week were major factors in the company's final decision.

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Kola Mac X French Montana

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The West and East Coast collide as Kola Mac links up with French Montana. This collaborative effort is featured on Kola Mac's Choppin Change II: AWS available here.

http://www.datpiff.com/Kola-Mac-Choppin-Change-2-A-Westside-Story-mixtape.443642.html

EG Young - Popping Bottles

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After relentless pressure from rape survivors and women's rights groups, Reebok has dropped Rick Ross over his date rape lyrics.

As we previously reported, the anti-sexism group UltraViolet started a petition and protested in front of Reebok's flagship store in New York City. A group of 150 rape survivors also called on the company to sever ties with the MMG boss.

“Put molly all in her champagne / She ain’t even know it / I took her home and I enjoyed that / She ain’t even know it," Ross raps in the song “U.O.E.N.O.”

Today Reebok finally made the decision to distance themselves from Ross.

"Reebok holds our partners to a high standard, and we expect them to live up to the values of our brand.  Unfortunately, Rick Ross has failed to do so. While we do not believe that Rick Ross condones sexual assault, we are very disappointed he has yet to display an understanding of the seriousness of this issue or an appropriate level of remorse," a company spokesperson told TMZ.

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Lil Wayne doesn't seem to be welcome in Miami after comments he made about the Miami Heat during All-Star weekend in Houston back in February.

At the time Wayne said he smashed Miami Heat player Chris Bosh's wife. He then in some more jabs at the team.

"F*ck LeBron. F*ck She Wade. F*ck Chris Bosh. F**k all y'all," Wayne ranted.

Veteran Miami rapper Trick Daddy was not happy with the comments and found himself inside of King of Diamonds at the same time as the YMCMB CEO recently.

According to TMZ, Wayne started to get a bad vibe from Trick Daddy and decided to leave the club with Young Money President Mack Maine. As Wayne was exiting someone from Trick's crew allegedly threw a lit cigarette into Wayne's dreads.

Before any drama could pop off, KOD security separated the parties and Wayne left.

A member of Trick Daddy's crew told the Miami New Times that Da Mayor "sent Lil Wayne packing like a little b*tch."

However, King of Diamonds' Disco Rick denied that was the case. 

"Lil Wayne is KOD. Trick never made him leave," Rick said.

A spokesperson for the club told TMZ, "It's sad they had to revisit a situation that was Internet beef ... while surrounded by naked girls."

Check out pics of Lil Wayne at KOD's on the night of the incident below.

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Cuban-American activists and Republican politicians have been up in arms since pictures surfaced of Jay-Z and Beyonce in Cuba celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary on April 4th.

Americans are prohibited from traveling to Cuba “unless authorized by a general or specific license.” The Treasury Department said B and Hov were licensed to travel to the country for an educational exchange.

Just as things were starting to quiet down, Jigga released a song this morning that raised some eyebrows.

“I turned Havana into Atlanta... Boy from the hood/ I got White House clearance... Obama said, 'Chill you gonna get me impeached/ You don’t need this sh*t anyway, chill with me on the beach', Jay raps in "Open Letter."

During a press conference today, Politico reporter Donovan Slack asked White House Press Secretary Jay Carney whether President Obama gave Jay-Z and Beyonce special clearance, based on the song's lyrics.

Donovan Slack

"I guess nothing rhymes with Treasury. Because Treasury offers and gives licenses for travel, as you know, and the White House has nothing to do with it," Carney said. "I am absolutely saying that the White house from the President on down had nothing to do with anybody's travel to Cuba that is something that Treasury handles. It's a song, Donovan. The President did not communicate with Jay-Z over this trip."

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The Moment of Truth Producer Battle is going down on April 18th at the True Sound Lounge in the Bronx, New York. 10 producers will battle it out for the grand prize of $500.

Producer Self Service, Big Kap the Klub King and DJ Jazzy Joyce will serve as judges.

The event will be hosted by Jack Thriller. For more information call 917-664-4091

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Black Hippy rapper and 2013 XXL Freshman class member Ab-Soul gets his turn to spit some a capella bars in the latest freestyle from a member of the class offered up by XXL.

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STAR clears up the rumors about DJ Aliaz and Buc Wild being dead, Trick Daddy running Lil Wayne out of a Miami club, cursing out the cable company, failing as a parent and today's generation of Twitter snitches.

Radio legend Troi Torain (STAR) always delivers hard-hitting objective truth. As a culture critic he is vicious, as a businessman he is relentless, as a luminary he is un-matched.

Considered radio pioneers by many, Star & Buc Wild have set precedents on the urban landscape and were recently inducted into News One's "Top 20 Black Radio Jockeys Of All Time."

Star & Buc Wild made the national stage on MTV (1999) but it was their radio show on New York's Hot 97 (2000 - 2003) that secured their place in Hip-Hop history.

Star & Buc Wild's resume includes The Source magazine, MTV Networks, Hot 97, Power 104.1, Power 105.1, Pulse 87, Hip-Hop Weekly magazine, Vladtv, Thisis50, 100.3 The Beat and shot97.com and VH1 (Reality Television).

This clip is from their LIVE show (12noon -- 2pm) on http://shot97.com.

Media relations contact Sarah O'Neil — thehater1964@yahoo.com

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Cassie is officially back on the music scene as she releases her new mixtape, Rockabyebaby. The Bad Boy Records singer secured features from Meek Mill, Ester Dean, Too Short, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, Jeremih, Pusha T and more.

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