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Kanye West and Jay-Z have released the name of their new group, revealed tour plans, and confirmed release dates for their highly anticipated 'Watch The Throne' album.

The duo have settled on the name "The Throne" for their group. They will be touring North America starting September 22, in Detroit in support of "Watch The Throne," which will be released exclusively on iTunes on August 9th. All other retail outlets and digital retailers will release the album on August 12.

Tickets for the 21-city tour are sure to go very fast. You can pre-order them on Live Nation's website starting on July 28, at 10 am local time.

Fans that grab tickets early will also receive a digital copy of the new album.

Check out the tour dates below.

Sept. 22 – Detroit, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
Sept. 24 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Sept. 25 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Sept. 27 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
Sept. 28 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
Sept. 28 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
Oct. 4 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Oct. 6 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 7 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Oct. 8 – Minneapolis, MN – Target Center
Oct. 10 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Oct. 13 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
Oct. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
Oct. 16 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
Oct. 17 – Sacramento, CA – Power Balance Pavilion
Oct. 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Oct. 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Staples Center
Oct. 21 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
Oct. 25 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Oct. 26 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Oct. 29 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
Oct. 30 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
Nov. 1 – Baltimore, MD – 1st Mariner Arena
Nov. 3 – Boston, MA – TD Garden

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Comedian Spoken Reasons pokes fun at Soulja Boy Tell Em's recent videos, in particular "Texas" in this spoof.

Waka Flocka & Gucci Mane - Hoodyhoods by EVOLUTION MSBack once again with a new special DIRTY style mixtape project... 'Hoodyhoods' contains 27 pure bangers in the tracklist, selected &/or remixed by belgian DJ & music producer EVOLUTION MS... A lot of quality artists are in this tape, check the list :Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka Flame, Slim Dunkin,YG Hootie, OJ Da Juiceman, Three 6 Mafia, DJ ROB DMV, Corey Guns,Papa Duck, Ultimate League, Juicy-J, Tity Boy aka 2 Chains,Lil Wayne, Alley Boy, Pill, Slim Gutta, Soulja Boy, Mannie Fresh,French Montana, Roscoe Dash, Gorilla Zoe, Soundchild Crew,Stunna Mane, Murda Baby, Dolla Boy, Yung Joc, Project Pat, Brisco,PBZ, ImYaBoyBig-D, Keyshawn, K.Butler, Kid Ink, ...Nothing more to say except maybe ENJOY TA MUSIC friends & if you like my work, comment, re-share or re-listen the tape... See ya soon for a other hot tape !Cheers - respect !Arn-O / Evolution MSevolutionstyle@hotmail.frListen it here:

Waka Flocka Flame ran into some trouble this weekend while in New York.

MTV is reporting that the rapper was arrested for Criminal Possession of Marijuana yesterday (July 24) while at Coliseum Mall, in his birthplace of Queens, New York.

The 1017 Brick Squad member tweeted about the incident just hours ago.

“I’m finna jump on my flight 2 Kc ....... sorry 2 da whole m town 4 not coming I had spend a nite n jail with no charge #onlybecauseirap," he wrote. "Can’t no 1 stop with GOD got planned 4me no that.”

The hip hop cops are notoriously bad in NYC. Prodigy of Mobb Deep just got back home in March after a 3-year prison sentence for gun charges. He mentioned recently that the HHP follow certain individuals around throughout the city looking for a reason to arrest them. Lil Wayne has said he's never coming back to the city after getting jailed there for a gun charge.

Despite the temporary setback, Waka is keeping it moving. He has a show in Kansas City, MO tonight. And he and Gucci Mane are set to drop their album 'Ferrari Boyz' on August 9.

50 Cent and author, Robert Greene have reportedly agreed to have their book, The 50th Law adapted into a comic book.

According to the Long Island Press, Fif and Greene struck the deal with SmartComics.

Founded by Franco Arda, SmartComics provides people who might get easily bored with reading text an alternative with his educational comic books.

“In under an hour, these books will help you become more successful in both your professional and personal lives,” says Arda. “We aim to entertain and empower at the same time. Processing pictures are natural to humans; we started learning through pictures at a young age. We tend to absorb visual information better then text. Why not embrace that for business purposes?”

Arda believes to 50th Law is a must read, one that will readers will enjoy.

“This powerful book is both entertaining and educational, a perfect fit the growing young adult book market, graphic novels in general and last but not least eBook reading,” he said.

The 50th Law landed on the New York Times' Best Seller's List when it debuted in 2009.

No word on a release date for the SmartComics version, but we will keep you up to date.

In the meantime you can purchase The 50th Law from Barnes & Noble, here, Amazon here and Amazon UK here.

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Mya turned up the heat at Reggae Sumfest 2011 in Montego Bay, Jamaica this weekend.

The beautiful singer/actress was brought out on stage by dancehall artist Spice to perform Mya's song "Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)," plus a new collaboration between the two. Beenie Man then joined Mya to sing their hit song "Girls Dem Sugar."

Check out the pics and video below.

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This is a scene that probably plays out thousands of times daily between couples. Just when is the right time to get married?

In this hilarious clip we see a little girl who is convinced she's found her partner for life, and a boy who really isn't trying to hear it.

Amy hugging her mom Janis after winning 2008 Grammy

As new details surrounding the death of Amy Winehouse emerge, her mom is speaking out about the last conversation she had with her daughter.

Janis Winehouse told The Daily Mirror that Amy's death "seemed only a matter of time."

“She seemed out of it," Janis said of her visit with Amy just a day before she passed. "But her passing so suddenly still hasn’t hit me."

Although police are saying her death is so far "unexplained," friends say the five time Grammy winner had been on an ecstacy and alcohol binge for a week leading up to her death.

Winehouse joins the very sad "27 Club" of entertainers who partied hard and died at the age of 27 (see list below).

BRIAN JONES
The guitarist and founder member of the Rolling Stones was found dead at the bottom of a Sussex swimming pool on July 2, 1969. Alcohol and drugs were found in his system. The coroner reported death by misadventure.

JIMI HENDRIX
The legendary electric guitarist collapsed at a party in London on September 18, 1970, and later died of suffocation brought on by a barbiturate overdose.

JANIS JOPLIN
The American folk singer died of a heroin overdose, possibly combined with the effects of alcohol. She was found in her Hollywood apartment on October 4, 1970.

JIM MORRISON
A prolific drug-taker, The Doors’ frontman died of heart failure while taking a bath in his Paris apartment on July 3, 1971. The previous day, he had complained of regurgitating blood. His death certificate states he died of “natural causes”.

KURT COBAIN
The troubled lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nirvana shot himself in the room above his garage in his Seattle home on April 8, 1994. The previous month, he had survived a drug and alcohol-induced coma.

RICHEY EDWARDS
The lead guitarist of Welsh band Manic Street Preachers disappeared in December 1995, prior to the band’s tour of America. His body was never found, but he was officially presumed dead in 2008.

AMY WINEHOUSE
The five time Grammy winner struggled for years with drug and alcohol abuse. She was found dead July 23, 2011. Police have not yet determined how she died.

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Andy Milonakis has thrown himself into the middle of the White Girls Mob discussion by posting a video defending V-Nasty's use of the n-word.

"Even if you have known someone for ten years you never really truly know what it's like to be in their f*cking brain," he says in a video posted on youtube. "You hear them say something and you spin it into your own little brain and you come up with your own conclusion of who they are. You can't tell someone who they are -- so quit with the f*cking judgements. And for the record I'm not from the f*cking hood, maybe that's obvious to you. Have you ever been to a hood? Every f*cking race drops the n-bomb there. And I don't co-sign it, but that's a fact of f*cking life."

One of V-Nasty's freestyles was recorded at Andy's crib. It's obvious the two have become friends, but how far is too far when it comes to defending someone or something that is offensive to so many people?

Nevertheless, the former star of MTV's The Andy Milonakis Show had more to say on the subject.

"You're dissing someone who's on your f*cking team," he continued. "You think if some racist motherf*cker came into the hood and started saying some real racist sh*t, with real intent to be racist and hurtful. You think V-Nasty wouldn't stand up for you and beat someone down for you? She is on your f*cking team and you're f*cking talking sh*t to the wrong person."

What do you think of Andy's comments?

Andy Milonakis defends V-Nasty

V-Nasty freestyle at Andy Milonakis' crib

As the world and music industry try to come to grips with the tragic loss of the Amy Winehouse, the singer is being mourned on twitter by many of her peers.

Many stars took took the social networking site withing hours of hearing of Amy's passing and paid tribute to an immensely talented woman gone far too soon.

Check out some of the tweets below.

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Comedian Dave Chappelle didn't get many laughs during his appearance at Friday's Zo’s Summer Groove charity event in Miami.

According to ENews he only told one joke during his 45 minutes on the stage. Instead he talked with audience members who were heckling him, answered four text messages, then left, telling the audience: "Alright ladies and gentleman it's been a growing experience, I'm really glad I came."

CNN reporter Roland S. Martin was at the event and tweeted details about Dave's strange routine.

"This Dave Chappelle set is bizarre. He's spent more time going back & forth with one audience member, & pretty much stopped telling jokes," Martin wrote on the social networking site. "One woman just yelled, 'Can you tell a joke so we can enjoy ourselves!' He got texted four times during his show and actually checked them. I'm just not understanding what threw him off. He's complained about folks videotaping his set, yelling out loud. I don't get it. Chappelle says this is a 'test of wills.' He keeps saying 'tick tock' & he has 'nothing but time.' He's just staring at the crowd & sighing. Then Dave started talking to me, asking if I was putting this on CNN. Yes, from the stage! He's been on stage 46 minutes & told one joke."

Martin later wrote that Dave's people told him the comedian hates to be heckled and when some audience members did that it threw him off completely.

Actress Gabrielle Union also took to twitter, but she was angry at the hecklers, not Dave.

I've seen Dave perform live and he is one of the funniest comedians you will ever see. It's hard to say exactly what happened in Miami Friday, but it's not the first time Dave has acted strangely.

In 2005 he abruptly walked away from his wildly popular Comedy Central show and the $50 million dollar check that came with it.

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Tyler, The Creator of the rap group Odd Future was just nominated for Video Of The Year at the 2011 VMA's for "Yonkers".

When Sway of MTV caught up with him to ask how it felt to get his first nomination, he got a typical Tyler response.

"I almost boo boo'ed on myself," Tyler joked. "I said 'oh sh*t, oh f*ck I'm about to pass out, I'm paid.'"

"Yonkers" is competing against Adele's "Rolling in the Deep," Beastie Boys' "Make Some Noise," Bruno Mars' "Grenade" and Katy Perry's "Firework."

Tyler said he would be heated if he lost to any of them besides Adele, because none of them are very good.

"I'm really excited, shout out to Ron Artest. If I lose to any of those wackass videos, I'm gonna be mad because they all suck — except for Adele's," he told MTV.

The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards air live from Los Angeles on August 28, at 9 p.m. Eastern.

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British singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead at age 27 according to various media reports.

Winehouse has battled drug and alcohol addiction for years.

Last month she was forced to cancel her European tour after she mumbled and stumbled her way through a concert in Belgrade.

The Metropolitan Police released a statement about her death, but it doesn't mention Winehouse by name.

"Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman found deceased.

On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death. At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."

R.I.P. Amy

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Trae Tha Truth continued his tradition of giving back to the community by holding his 4th Annual Trae Day yesterday [July 22] in Houston.

Trae Day is all about the youth. With free games, rides, giveaways and a concert for their enjoyment.

This year Lil Duval, Bun B, Twista. Tity Boi, Rich Boy, Lola Monroe, DJ Don Cannon, Trouble Trouble, Lil Bankhead and YC all lent their talents to the event.

Check out performances from the event below and pick up Trae's new album "Street King" which is in stores now.

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Bun B and Pimp C's mom

Tity Boi aka 2 Chainz poses with Trae and Pimp C's mom

Wiz Khalifa, Curren$y and Big Sean keep dropping new music from their upcoming mixtape.

"Proceed" is the 5th new joint we've heard from the trio in a week.

What do you think of their latest?

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Grind Music Radio presents Beats To The Rhyme. The event pairs producers with their favorite new rappers.

Slaughterhouse MC Joell Ortiz and legendary producer DJ Premier team up in this segment to perform their collaboration "Sing Like Bilal."

Premier also talks about how singer Bilal inspired the beat which originally appears as instrumental on his 'Beats That Collected Dust' album.

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Jay Rock is feeling good about his position in the game right now. His debut album 'Follow Me Home' drops next Tuesday (July 26), and he's been touring nonstop since leaving Warner Bros for Tech N9ne's Strange Music label.

The Breakfast Club caught up with the West Coast rapper the day after his album listening session in New York. They chopped it up about everything from his album features to staying hungry in the game.