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G-Unit artist Genasis drops a brand new video off of his latest mixtape, Black Belt. "Confessions" is the project's third visual release following "My Car Pay" and "Miami."
Make sure you download Black Belt HERE
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Fred The Godson returns with the first leak off of his upcoming mixtape, Gordo Frederico, which drops August 15th. "Put in Work" produced by @Trakdealaz!!! Also included Artwork for "Gordo Frederico"
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Pitbull proved he could take a joke recently when an internet prankster figured out a way to get him to appear at a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska.
Walmart held a contest where the location with the most Facebook "likes" would win a visit from the Miami rapper. When David Thorpe, writer for Something Awful and the Boston Phoenix found out about the contest he hatched a plot to get Pitbull to visit a Walmart in Kodiak, Alaska -- population 6100.
According to Buzzfeed, Thorpe started spreading the word on Twitter using the hashtag #ExilePitbull. Soon the location had over 60,000 new likes making it the winner of the contest.
Not only did Pitbull show he was a good sport by showing up at the event, but he made a video talking about it and paid Thorpe's way so he could also attend.
“I heard that Kodiak, Alaska, has the most likes due to someone who thinks he was playing a prank,” Pitbull said in the video. “I said, ‘Okay, great, this sounds really good.’ You have to understand I will go anywhere in the world for my fans. So I wanna thank Walmart for the opportunity. And with that said I wanna invite that someone who thinks that it's a joke to Kodiak, Alaska with me."
During his Kodiak visit on Monday, Pitbull received a key to the city from Kodiak Mayor Pat Branson, who donned a pair of the sunglasses similar to the rapper's trademark shades, according to the New York Daily News.
He also performed and took pictures with fans.
Pitbull posing with David Thorpe.
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It's always good to see Lupe Fiasco step up to the mic. The Chicago MC hit up the Shade 45 studios for a visit with Tony Touch recently. While there Lupe let loose a freestyle for Toca Tuesday.
He's currently in the studio working on Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, due out later this year.
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Bad Boy's Los and Taylor Gang's Lola Monroe link up for "Bonnie and Clyde."
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The mood is fun and festive as Nicki Minaj travels back to her homeland of Trinidad for the latest video off of her album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. The clip was directed by Benny Boom.
You can pick up a copy of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded now on iTunes.
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DJ Whoo Kid recently caught up with Nelly and chopped it up about everything the St. Louisrapper has been up to lately.
The two talked about Nelly's friendship with T.I., Paris Hilton being turned down as a model for Apple Bottom jeans, the song "Merry Go Round" with Chris Brown, the presidential election, being a 50 Centfan, his upcoming album and more.
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Snoop Dogg has teamed up with producer Diplo to record a reggae album.
VICE Films, in partnership with Snoopadelic Films, presents REINCARNATED. The documentary follows Snoop Dogg as he journeys to Jamaica to record an album with Diplo. While there, Snoop finds himself embraced by the Jamaican people, is positively impacted by Rastafarian culture, and becomes reincarnated as Snoop Lion.
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2 Chainz is gearing up for the release of his new album, Based On A T.R.U. Story. Yesterday the Atlanta rapper was joined by Kanye West in Yonkers, New York to shoot the music video for Tity Boi's single "Birthday Song."
Peep the pics and footage below.
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Miguel releases a video for "Adorn," the first video off of his Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview EP, which he just dropped on iTunes. The singer will be releasing a second EP titled Kaleidoscope Dream: The Air Preview on September 11th.
Miguel will combine the two EPs and add five songs for the final installment Kaleidoscope Dreams. That will be released on October 2nd.
"I believe dreams represent the purest form of fantasy we unleash through our subconscious," Miguel said in a statement issued by his label, RCA. "They represent the truest freedom we can experience. Totally unrepressed and totally creative."
On August 1 Spin will premiere a stream of a Miguel performance from a "secret live show."
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The nominations are in for the 2012 VMA Awards. Rihanna and Drake lead the pack with 5 nods each. Riri has a shot to take home awards in several big categories including Video of the Year for her solo record "We Found Love" and her duet with Drake on his "Take Care."
She is also nominated for Best Female Video and Best Pop Video.
In addition to his Video of the Year nod, Drizzy has a shot to win Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Male Video, as well as Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.
Katy Perry follows close behind with four nominations, while Frank Ocean, The Throne, M.I.A., Beyonce and Coldplay all have a shot in three categories.
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Newcomers A$AP Rocky and Childish Gambino are each nominated in one category.
Full List of 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Nominees:
Video of the Year
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Best New Artist
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
The Wanted, "Glad You Came"
Best Hip-Hop Video
Childish Gambino, "Heartbeat"
Drake feat. Lil Wayne, "HYFR"
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean & 2 Chainz, "Mercy"
Watch the Throne, "Paris"
Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz, "Beez in the Trap"
Best Male Video
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"
Usher, "Climax"
Best Female Video
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Katy Perry, "Part of Me"
Beyoncé, "Love on Top"
Nicki Minaj, "Starships"
Selena Gomez & The Scene, "Love You Like a Love Song"
Best Pop Video
One Direction, "What Makes You Beautiful"
Fun. feat. Janelle Monae, "We Are Young"
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
Justin Bieber, "Boyfriend"
Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa, "Payphone"
Best Rock Video
Coldplay, "Paradise"
The Black Keys, "Lonely Boy"
Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"
Jack White, "Sixteen Saltines"
Imagine Dragons, "It's Time"
Best Electronic Dance Music Video
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
Calvin Harris, "Feel So Close"
Skrillex, "First of the Year (Equinox)"
Martin Solveig, "The Night Out"
Avicii, "Le7els"
Best Video With a Message
Demi Lovato, "Skyscraper"
Rise Against, "Ballad of Hollis Brown"
Kelly Clarkson, "Dark Side"
Gym Class Heroes, "The Fighter"
K'Naan feat. Nelly Furtado, "Is Anybody Out There?"
Lil Wayne, "How to Love"
Best Art Direction
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"
Regina Spektor, "All the Rowboats"
Of Monsters & Men, "Little Talks"
Best Choreography
Chris Brown, "Turn Up the Music"
Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"
Beyoncé, "Countdown"
Avicii, "Le7els"
Jennifer Lopez f/Pitbull, "Dance Again"
Best Cinematography
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Adele, "Someone Like You"
Drake feat. Rihanna, "Take Care"
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"
Lana Del Rey, "Born to Die"
Best Direction
M.I.A., "Bad Girls"
Duck Sauce, "Big Bad Wolf"
Coldplay feat. Rihanna, "Princess of China"
Frank Ocean, "Swim Good"
Watch the Throne, "Otis"
Best Editing
Beyoncé, "Countdown"
A$AP Rocky, "Goldie"
Gotye, "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Watch the Throne, "Paris"
Kanye West feat. Pusha T, Big Sean and 2 Chainz, "Mercy"
Best Visual Effects
Katy Perry, "Wide Awake"
Rihanna, "Where Have You Been"
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj, "Turn Me On"
Linkin Park, "BURN IT DOWN"
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Future's debut album, Pluto continues to crank out hits. The latest single/video off of the project is the Mike Will Made It-produced "Turn On the Lights." The album is available now on iTunes.
Be on the lookout for Future's next project, Super Future coming soon.
Grand Hustle artist Iggy Azalea releases her long awaited Glory EP. The 6-track project features T.I., Mike Posner, Pusha T and B.o.B.
G-Unit's Tony Yayo delivers his brand new mixtape featuring Too $hort, Bun, B, Slim Thug, Cory Gunz, Danny Brown and Ron Bowz.
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Keyshia Cole recruits Young Money boss Lil Wayne for her new single "Enough Of No Love." The song is the lead single off of Keyshia's upcoming album Woman to Woman.
“Conceptually I wanted to do something that was strictly fashion and beauty and just a little of narrative,” explained director Benny Boom. “I just wanted people to see her come back, just performing crazy. So I came up with this idea of her sort of being in this padded room as if she had lost hermind over love.”
Directed by Benny Boom
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The family of Flesh-N-Bone's teenage daughter have reported her missing.
According to TMZ, San Bernadino police say 15-year old Monica Howse of Big Bear City was last seen on July 23rd at around 4 PM after being dropped off for work at the Taco Bell in Big Bear Lake. When she did not return home after her work shift ended, Monica was reported as a missing person to the Big Bear Station.
Police believe Monica is in the company of 23-year old Alberto Silva Sanchez (pictured with Monica above).
"We hope and pray for the safe return of our daughter. We ask anyone with information on her whereabouts to please contact the authorities," Flesh told TMZ.
Sanchez, a resident of Big Bear City is reported to be driving a 1997 black Ford F150 single cab truck with Kansas license plates.
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The man who discovered Drake is suing his management company, claiming that he is being cheated out of his share of royalties. In addition the lawsuit claims that Drake is also being screwed out of money he has earned.
James "Jas" Prince, the son of Rap-A-Lot Records CEO J. Prince, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court against Cortez Bryant, Gerald Roberson, Derrick Lawrence and their firms, including Aspire Music Group LLC, Laurant Management and Three Kings. Prince says they have refused to provide an accounting of what he is owed.
The lawsuit states that in or around 2007/2008 Prince discovered Drake on Myspace and introduced him to Lil Wayne, Bryant, Young Money Entertainment and Cash Money Records, Inc. Prince claims that despite an agreement to split the profits associated with Drake's success, he hasn't been paid a dime.
The suit also alleges that Drake hasn't been paid either.
“He hasn’t been paid, and we haven’t been paid,” Prince’s lawyer, James McMillan told the New York Post.
McMillan told the New York Daily News that the companies are hiding behind one man, Ronald Sweeney, who represents both Drake's managers and the record company that pays the royalties.
McMillan says the companies are controlled by Lil Wayne and have sold over 5 million copies of Drake's albums.
"It's one big shell game," McMillan said.
Julia Beverly of Ozone Magazine points out that on page 2 of exhibit F of the lawsuit, Drake's lawyers appear to be attempting to get Drake out of his YMCMB contract.
The PDF file of the lawsuit is attached here.
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Here's the official recap of the Coast 2 Coast Music Industry Mixer that went down in New Orleanson Thursday, July 26th.
Young Jack Thriller @JackThriller
(ThisIs50.com/G-Unit Comedian)
DJ Pain 1 @DJPain1
(Certified Gold Producer for Young Jeezy, Yo Gotti, 2 Chainz, Soulja Boy & More)
DJ E.F. Cuttin @EFCuttin
(Core DJ / Jet Life Tour DJ / 91.5FM WTUL)
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Waka Flocka Flame gets wild and rowdy in his new video for "Fist Pump" featuring B.o.B. Bobby Ray doesn't appear in the video but we get plenty of concert footage of Waka out on the road performing and partying with fans.
Directed by Blind Folks Vision and FTS Creative
The song is featured on Waka's new album, Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family available now on iTunes.
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Via CBS News
(CBS/AP) CENTENNIAL, Colo. - Colorado prosecutors filed 24 counts of murder charges Monday against James Eagan Holmes, the former neuroscience student accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 others at an Aurora movie theater.
For each victim who died in the rampage, Holmes, 24, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one for allegedly intending to cause harm and another for allegedly acting with extreme indifference to human life, according to court documents.
Prosecutors also filed 116 counts of attempted murder against Holmes, who Aurora police said booby trapped his apartment with the intent to kill any officers responding there the night of the theater attack. Among the charges Monday was one count of possession of explosives and one count of committing a crime of violence.
Holmes appeared just as dazed as he did in his first court appearance last week, but at one point exchanged a few words with one of his attorneys in the packed courtroom. He was not expected to enter pleas on Monday. He ultimately could verbally enter a plea, or his attorneys could enter it for him.
Unlike Holmes' first court appearance July 23, Monday's hearing was not televised. At the request of the defense, District Chief Judge William Sylvester barred video and still cameras from the hearing, saying expanded coverage could interfere with Holmes' right to a fair trial.
Last week, Sylvester allowed a live video feed that permitted the world its first glimpse of the shooting suspect. With an unruly mop of orange hair, Holmes appeared bleary-eyed and distracted. He did not speak.
Investigators said Holmes began stockpiling gear for his assault four months ago and bought his weapons in May and June, well before the shooting spree just after midnight during a showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises."
The four guns retrieved from the shooting were purchased legally at three Colorado gun stores between May 22 and July 6, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports. A federal law enforcement source told CBS News that Holmes spent $15,000 fortifying his arsenal online. Authorities found a shipping label from BulkAmmo.com in a dumpster near Holmes' apartment, the source said. EBay was the vendor Holmes used to purchase some body armor, the source said.
Holmes was arrested by police outside the theater. Analysts said that means it's likely there's only one main point of legal dispute between prosecutors and the defense.
"I don't think it's too hard to predict the path of this proceeding," said Craig Silverman, a former chief deputy district attorney in Denver. "This is not a whodunit. ... The only possible defense is insanity."
One development over the weekend brought more grief. A woman who was critically wounded and whose 6-year-old daughter was killed suffered a miscarriage because of the trauma, her family said Saturday. Ashley Moser's daughter, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, was the youngest person killed in the attack.
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