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Watts, California emcee Jay Rock teams with Compton's Kendrick Lamar for a new J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League produced track off of Jay's upcoming album 'Follow Me Home' which will be available July 26.
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A North Carolina man desperate for health insurance robbed a bank of $1 so he could get locked up for medical reasons.
59-year old James Verone is down on his luck. He has a growth of some kind on his chest, an injured foot, two ruptured discs, carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. Without a job or health insurance the only idea he could come up with was to rob RBC Bank in Gaston, NC hoping to get a three year sentence so his ailments could get treated.
Verone entered the bank unarmed on Thursday (June 9) and handed a teller a note with his demand.
"The note said 'this is a bank robbery, please only give me one dollar,'" Verone explained while sitting in Gaston County jail charged with felony larceny. "This is the first time I've ever been in trouble with the law. I'm sort of a logical person and that was my logic. (That was) what I came up with."
Before leaving his house by cab to commit the robbery, Verone sent a letter to the Gaston Gazette listing the county jail as the return address.
“When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. This robbery is being committed by me for one dollar,” he wrote. “I am of sound mind but not so much sound body."
Verone is currently in jail on $2000 bond.
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Last night Lupe Fiasco went on the O'Reilly Factor to talk about his recent comments that President Obama is a terrorist.
The 29-year old rapper didn't back down from his previous statements, but did try to clarify them.
"To put it into context I was asked about a song I did called 'Words I Never Said' which addresses terrorism," Lupe said. "So the statement that I made which was the biggest terrorist -- Obama and the United States of America and it's foreign policy. It's really just an expression of me trying to understand critically the society."
Host Bill O'Reilly defended Obama, which is something new for Fox News.
"President Obama is not a terrorist," O'Reilly said. "He's trying to do what he believes is the right thing to do. The United States is not a bad nation, it's a noble nation. We're trying to defend ourselves against people who killed us on 9/11. And you go out there and talk to a lot of younger people, and this is what gets me. Your constituency are not exactly political science Ph.D's, they're impressionable young kids."
Watch the full interview below and let us know who you think made more valid points.
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While in the UK recently Fabolous chopped it up with BBC Radio 1Xtra's Tim Westwood.
Funeral Fab quickly dismissed rumors that he had a fling with Amber Rose before she hooked up with Wiz Khalifa.
Other topics of conversation included Nicki Minaj, Nate Dogg, 'Loso's Way 2' and Fab becoming a dad.
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While Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim continue to duke it out for the title of best female emcee don't expect Sean Price to cheer either of them on.
"I like no female rappers... not one," The veteran Brooklyn rapper told VladTV. "They don't hold my interest except MC Lyte. I haven't bought a female album since MC Lyte 'Lyte As A Rock.' Rah Digga gets busy too. But other than that, none of 'em."
Sean said he's been tricked by one hit female wonders like Boss in the past and doesn't plan on letting it happen again.
"I've been fooled -- you know how they will have a nice single. I was one of those dudes [that] if the single was good I'd buy the album. I got fooled a few times," Sean said.
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New visuals from SP The Ghost.
Troubled rapper DMX plans to get things going in the right direction when he is released from prison next month.
His release date from Arizona State Prison where he has been locked up the last six months, was pushed back one week from July 6 to July 13. But that is a minor setback for Dark Man X who promises "things will be different this time" when he is set free.
The 40-year old plans on putting out new music this summer and a reality show with fiance Yadira Borrego titled “X-tended Family.”
Borrega released a statement saying: "He is an amazing father and man. The media has never shown who he really is."
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Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones have been in NY over the last several weeks working on the third installment of their film, Men In Black. Yesterday, Big Willie got a visit from business partner Jay-Z on the set in Battery Park. Another pic after the jump.
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New video for a track off of Trae's mixtape 'Undisputed.'
Sean Kingston appears well on his way to recovery following a jet ski accident over Memorial Day weekend.
The 21-year old tweeted a pic of himself yesterday [June 19) and let his followers know that he is getting better.
"Feeling alot better! GOD IS GREAT! Thanks for all the prayers and support! Love you ALL!" he wrote.
It's the 1st time Kingston has tweeted since being badly injured on May 29, after his jet ski hit a bridge in Miami.
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As if Americans didn't eat enough junk as it is.
Charlie Boghosian, the owner of Chicken Charlie's fried-food cart is the creator of a new heart attack inducing snack, fried Kool-Aid.
The sweet treats made up of cherry-flavored drink powder, flour and water sold between 400-600 orders a day at the San Diego Fair's opening weekend according to SignOnSanDiego.
"That's because it tastes so darn good," Boghosian said.
"It starts off tart and tangy, and then finishes really sweet... I love this stuff," customer Seth Baldwin said.
If you're looking for more deep fried oddities, Boghosian also sells fried Klondike Bars and Pop Tarts.
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After what can only be described as a train wreck of a concert in Belgrade, Serbia, Amy Winehouse has cancelled several festival dates so she can get her act together.
"Despite feeling sure that she wanted to fulfill these commitments, she has agreed with management that she cannot perform to the best of her ability and will return home," her spokesperson said in a statement. "She would like to apologize to fans expecting to see her at the shows but feels that this is the right thing to do."
The news of the cancellations comes on the heels of Amy's appearance at Belgrade's Forest Festival. The singer was obviously wasted as she stumbled around the stage, half-singing, half-mumbling her songs in front of 20,000 fans.
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After revealing some problems with the label, and letting loose a leak from the album, Curtis told someone on Twitterthat November is the targeted month for the release of both his headphones and his album. Only time will tell if they get pushed back again.
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The Chris Brown vs Odd Future war of words that started Friday on twitter continued into yesterday [June 18].
During a show at the House of Blues in Los Angeles last night Odd Future's Tyler The Creator and Frank Ocean took shots at the singer as the crowd egged them on.
"That n*gga's a loser," Frank told the crowd of fans who were already chanting, "F*ck Chris Brown!"
Tyler added, "He beats up women, he's a bitch."
Check out the footage below.
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“I brought the queen, Lil’ Kim,” said Shawty Lo while introducing the notorious raptress as his surprise guest at Hot 107.9’s Birthday Bash 16 in Atlanta on Saturday (June 18). But the bigger surprise was what the Queen Bee said when she took the stage at Philips Arena after performing “It’s All About the Benjamins.”
“If ya’ll don’t know, this my boy right here. G-Unit South, that’s where it’s at,” proclaimed Kim, revealing that the “Dey Know” rapper is now part of the G-Unit roster and she may be following suit. “And I’m family too, down with the G-Unit camp. We got surprises for ya’ll.”
The Brooklyn diva, who was reportedly in talks to join Jay-Z’s Roc Nation at one point, has expressed her fondness for 50 Cent and has been in the studio working on music with him in the past.
After her announcement, she performed “Get Money,” leaving fans scratching their heads. Could Kim be the next G-Unit soldier? Watch below and draw your own conclusion.
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Tone Loc was arrested Saturday for felony domestic violence after allegedly physically assaulting the mother of his baby.
TMZ is reporting that the 45-year old rapper/actor was picked up at an apartment complex in Burbank, California around 2:45 in the afternoon yesterday.
He's currently being held on a $50,000 bond.
Loc, real name Anthony Smith, became famous in 1988 with the hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina" off of the album 'Loc'Ed After Dark.'
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There can never ever truly be another Wu Tang Clan album without the late great Ol Dirty Bastard, but the remaining crew members Method Man, RZA, GZA, Masta Killa, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspecktah Deck and U-God are still an incredible crew. And fans want to another album from the group
In a recent interview with Soul Culture, Masta Killa said that even though you're not getting a group Wu Tang album right now, you will be getting a lot of Wu material in the upcoming months.
"When you see us individually it's Wu-Tang regardless," Masta Killa said. His new cd 'Loyalty Is Royalty' will be released around September/October 2011.
Meth revealed that his upcoming fifth solo album 'The Crystal Meth,' will feature production from Erick Sermon, Rockwilder and RZA, He also has a very busy schedule for 2012. Mr Mef plans to release 'Blackout 2' with Redman and the movie 'How High 2.'
“I just sent some money over for a script to be written, we already got the gist of the idea so… that should be interesting to see how that’s gonna turn out. We’re trying to get that done by next year too," Meth said of the film.
Meth also mentioned that Redman will be releasing the follow up to his 1996 classic 'Muddy Waters' in 2012 as well.
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Entertainers are finding out that you really have to watch what you say in a public forum these days.
Just a couple of weeks after comedian Tracy Morgan found himself in hot water because of a homophobic rant during a stand-up comedy performance, singer Cee Lo Green is facing a similar situation for something he tweeted on Friday (June 17).
According to US Magazine Cee Lo got into a disagreement on twitter with music editor Andrea Swensson, who was being critical of his recent performance during a concert in Minneapolis with Rihanna.
"I respect your criticism, but be fair! People enjoyed last night!" he wrote. "I'm guessing you're gay? And my masculinity offended you? Well f*ck you!"
Today the Goodie Mob member and judge on NBC's The Voice issued a statement via US Magazine.
She was very critical of me. At the time I didn't even know what gender the person was. I was being a little outspoken that night, a little outrageous. I always expect people to assume that everything I do is part of my character and sense of humor. I assumed that whoever it was would assume it was all in good fun. It wasn't taken so well, apparently.
I most certainly am not harboring any sort of negative feeling toward the gay community. I don't have an opinion on people with different religious, sexual or political preferences. I'm one of the most liberal artists that I think you will ever meet, and I pride myself on that. Two of the remaining members that I have on my team on The Voice are proud and outspokenly gay. We just did a team performance of 'Everyday People,' and I picked that song for us to do specifically to highlight how we can get along even though we’re so different.
If I could take it all back, I would. I was not being serious. I just wanted to defend our performance. It was only our third show with a whole new crew and we were all really proud about the progress that we had made.
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