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1017 Brick Squad boss Gucci Mane and his artist Young Scooter drop off official visuals to their song "Free Bricks." The duo are teaming up for their Free Bricks 2 project, dropping soon.

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Check out 2 Chainz's new music video for "Extremely Blessed" featuring The-Dream. The Sharod Marcus Simpson-directed clip stars Kearia Diggs.

The song can be found on Tity Boi's album Based On a T.R.U. Story.

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When he's not killing the competition on the court Kobe Bryant is bringing in the endorsements off of it. The Los Angeles Lakers baller stars alongside FC Barcelona soccer star Leo Messi in a pretty funny new commercial for Turkish Airlines.

Check it out below.

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A$AP Rocky's highly anticipated debut album LongLiveA$AP will be released on January 15th. The Harlem emcee unveiled the cover art a few days ago. Today we get a look at the tracklist.

The project has features from Schoolboy Q, Santigold, Drake, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Joey Bada$$, Action Bronson, Big K.R.I.T.,Gucci Mane, Waka Flocka, Pharrell and more.

**UPDATE** December 12 - Production credits added

A$AP has lined up a nice list of producers for his debut album. Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, V Don, T-Minus, Noah “40″ Shebib, Skrillex, Hit-Boy and more have provided beats for the project.

Tracklist

1. Long Live A$AP (prod. by Jim Jonsin & Rico Love, co-prod. by Finatik & Zac & Frank Romano)
2. Goldie (prod. by Hit-Boy)
3. PMW (All I Really Need) feat. Schoolboy Q (prod. by T-Minus, co-prod. by Nikhil Seetharam)
4. LVL (prod. by Clams Casino)
5. Hell feat. Santigold (prod. by Clams Casino)
6. Pain feat. OverDoz (prod. by Soufien 3000)
7. Fuckin’ Problems feat. Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar (prod. by Noah “40″ Shebib & C. Papi)
8. Wild For The Night (prod. by Birdy Nam Nam & Skrillex; remixed by Skrillex & LORD FLACKO)
9. 1Train feat. Kendrick Lamar, Joey Bada$$, Yelawolf, Danny Brown, Action Bronson & Big K.R.I.T. (prod. by Hit-Boy)
10. Fashion Killa (prod. by Hector Delgado, Friendzone & LORD FLACKO)
11. Phoenix (prod. by Danger Mouse)
12. Suddenly (prod. by LORD FLACKO, Hector Delgado & A$AP Ty Beats)

DELUXE

13. Jodye (prod. by Joey Fatts & LORD FLACKO)
14. Ghetto Symphony feat Gunplay & A$AP Ferg (prod. by V Don & LORD FLACKO, co-prod. by Jonathan “MP” Williams)
15. Angels (prod. by Amsterdam)
16. I Come Apart feat. Florence Welch (prod. by Emile Haynie & Amanda Ghost)

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Wicked returns to the Big screen with his 3rd Solo Music Video Directed By Prestige Madison,(Madson Records/Films) Releasing Super Villian Music. Off Of his Freshman Mixtape "Freestyle Hour" Produced By Theme Music Productions
Special Shoutouts to everyone involved on this project. Filmed in Rochester New York.
Wicked Will be releasing Freestyle Hour Part 2 Early 2013. With only a few years in the game & with only one complete solo mixtape put out , Wicked has shown his passion and progession without out a doubt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0l6sjgI-M&feature=youtu.be
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Wicked returns to the Big screen with his 3rd Solo Music Video Directed By Prestige Madison,(Madson Records/Films) Releasing Super Villian Music. Off Of his Freshman Mixtape "Freestyle Hour" Produced By Theme Music Productions
Special Shoutouts to everyone involved on this project. Filmed in Rochester New York.
Wicked Will be releasing Freestyle Hour Part 2 Early 2013. With only a few years in the game & with only one complete solo mixtape put out , Wicked has shown his passion and progession without out a doubt.

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It's been fifteen years since The Notorious B.I.G. was murdered in Los Angeles. The case remains unsolved, but today his autopsy report was obtained by TMZ and made public for the first time.

Biggie, real name Christopher Wallace, was shot four times.  He was hit in the chest, shoulder, leg, forearm and scrotum.

According to the report only one of the shots proved fatal.

-- Gunshot #1 struck Wallace in the left forearm and traveled down to his wrist. 
-- Gunshot #2 struck Wallace in the back, missed all vital organs, and exited through his left shoulder. 
-- Gunshot #3 struck Wallace on his outer left thigh and exited through his inner left thigh. 

The reports says .. after Gunshot #3 exited the thigh, "the projectile strikes the left side of the scrotum, causing a very shallow, 3/8 inch linear laceration."

The fatal bullet was Gunshot #4 ... which entered Wallace's body through his right hip and ripped its way through several vital organs ... before coming to rest in his left shoulder area. 

According to the report, the bullet perforated Wallace's colon, liver, heart and the upper lobe of his left lung.

Click here to see the document

Damion "D-Roc" Butler, Lil' Cease and driver, Gregory "G-Money" Young were also in the vehicle, but none sustained any injuries. Diddy was riding in a Suburban ahead of Biggie and Bad Boy Records' director of security rode in a Chevy Blazer behind the two vehicles. Despite there being so many witnesses on the scene and numerous theories as to who killed the rap star the best the LAPD could come up with was a composite sketch of the killer.

The FBI got involved in the case in December 2002 because of "multiple source information" that Biggie was killed "in retaliation for the murder of Tupac Shakur" and that a rogue LAPD officer was involved according to an FBI report.

The FBI's case was closed in January 2005 when the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles decided there wasn't enough evidence for indictments in the case. No arrests were made.

Biggie was 24-years old at the time of his death.

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50 Cent has shown over the years that he has a strong business acumen. His latest venture is into the world of boxing with his newly formed SMS Promotions company.

The initial idea behind forming a boxing promotions company came when 50 tried to help Floyd Mayweather Jr. with Mayweather Promotions. As the business mogul looked into Floyd's company he quickly realized it didn't exist.

“It doesn’t exist. He’s a Golden Boy [Promotions] fighter,” 50 told the New York Daily News. “It would irritate him if you said it, but in reality he’s a Golden Boy fighter. He’ll sit there and say for Mayweather Promotions, ‘Here’s what we have going, but there are no fighters signed to the promotional company.’ When he said that, I said let me build it for him while he’s gone (to jail). Floyd is my brother, and I even excused him saying there’s a company when there’s not.”

The G-Unit mogul formed TMT Promotions, which was intended to be a joint venture with Mayweather. 50 invested $2 million signing fighters like Billy Dib, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Andre Dirrell. When it came time for Mayweather to reimburse 50 for half of the money spent he balked.

Yuri Gamboa and 50 Cent

50 adjusted by shutting down TMT Promotions and moving all of the fighter he had signed over to SMS Promotions. 50 believes that Floyd's advisers were the ones who ultimately persuaded him not to invest.

“His decision to not participate by not financially offering his half of the finances came by way of his advisers that are afraid (of me),” Jackson said. “If you start burying bodies, you start to learn your way around the cemetery. They don’t want him to be informed. They don’t want him to have information. They make me a complete enemy on what’s going on there.’’

Bob Arum of Top Rank sees a bright future for 50 in boxing.

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“He is the one person that has the ability to reach out and attract the urban audience that we’re lacking from our fan base,” Arum said. “If he can energize the urban market where only Mayweather has been able to do that he could add hundreds of thousands of customers to the fights.”

Tune in tomorrow night (December 8th) on HBO PPV to watch Gamboa fight Michael Farenas for the interim WBA super featherweight title on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao/Juan Manuel Marquez bout.

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Fresh off of dropping his Crime Fetish mixtape, Lil B bounces back another new music video. He seems to release a couple every week. This latest one is for "F*ck the World."

You can pick up B's Crime Fetish mixtape for free from Datpiff.

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The next time Snoop Dogg decides to change his name we suggest "Iron Lungs." The 41-year old rapper recently held a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session, which gave fans the chance to interact with him by submitting questions.

Snoop revealed some interesting facts and gave his opinion on a few subjects.

The California legend believes weed should be legalized and taxed, says Willie Nelson, B-Real and Wiz Khalifa are the only people who have out smoked him, the longest he's gone without smoking is 164 days, he would love to smoke with Bob Marley, his favorite soundtrack to smoke to is Curtis Mayfield's "Superfly," he misses 2Pac and he smokes 81 blunts a day, 7 days a week.

Asked about his time working on the Starsky & Hutch movie with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, Snoop replied: "Those cats can smoke uhearme."

It's amazing he can even remember his lyrics after smoking 567 blunts a week for who knows how long. If you wanna check out the full Q&A head over to Reddit.

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Swizz Beatz recently stopped by Los Angeles radio station Power 106 to visit Justin Credible and J. Cruz. While there Swizzy decided to record an intro for the Liftoff team using Meek Mill's "I'm A Boss" instrumental.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One of the most popular hip hop artists in the country has canceled concert stops in Charlotte and Greensboro for this weekend.  The cancellation comes on the heels of death threats but no specific reason was given for the cancellations.

A Maybach Music Group concert tour headlining Rick Ross was scheduled to appear Friday in Greensboro and Saturday at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte.  Rappers Wale and Meek Mill were scheduled to appear as well.

The threats stem from the Gangster Disciples, who have a beef with Ross. The North Carolina Chapter recently put out a YouTube video warning him to stay out of Charlotte.

Tickets can be refunded starting Friday, Live Nation Entertainment group said in a statement.

In the rap video the Disciples are upset because Ross mentions the name of the founder of the street gang and uses the Star of David to promote himself.  That symbol is used by the gang.

"I think fans should be concerned.  I think the parents should be concerned because you never know," said Paul Scott on Wednesday.  Scott is a minister from Durham who is also a hip hop journalist.

Scott has been highly critical of the violence sparked by rap artists.

“Hip hop does not represent the real street.  The commercial Hip Hop that Rick Ross promotes represents Wall Street and Wall Street cares nothing about the loss of human life if they can make a dollar."

Rick Ross cancels North Carolina concerts

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Harry Powder drops a new freestyle over Wu Tang Clan's classic "C.R.E.A.M." instrumental. Be on the lookout for Troy Ave's next mixtape Holiday Season dropping on December 25th.

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Snoop Lion's Snoopadelic Films has teamed up with Vice Films to release the Reincarnated documentary. The film takes us on Snoop's journey of recording his Reincarnated album in Jamaica.

Today Vice has released an extended trailer from the documentary.

"That's what makes me who I am is my struggle and my testimony. The things that I went through," Snoop says. "I could never become Snoop Lion if I was never Snoop Dogg. But Snoop Lion is the elevation of Snoop Dogg."

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After releasing his very solid mixtape A Loose Quarter, Joe Budden is now focused on his upcoming No Love Lost album.

Joe released the cover for the album today. A couple of days ago he sat down with Hard Knock TV and revealed the project will have features from Wiz Khalifa, Lloyd Banks, Juicy J, Kirko Bangz and Omarion.

He also addresses the backlash he got for recording "She Don't Put It Down" with Lil Wayne. 

No Love Lost will be released on January 22nd.

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As 50 Cent gears up for the February 26 release of Street King Immortal, he's been making the rounds giving some very interesting interviews about the project, fans expectations of him and his new single "My Life."

He recently chopped it up with Ryan Lyons of Respect Magazine about those topics and more, including Kidd Kidd, Precious Paris, SKI being his last album obligation to Interscope, the current climate for record sales, fans doubting him and more.

Check out that interview below

First, congrats on having the #1 single on Itunes right now, “My Life,”a collaboration with Eminem and Adam Levine. This single feels like a resurgence of the 50 we all know and love.

Thanks for saying that. I just launched the first joint. Well, the second joint but it was intended to be the first. It felt good. It felt like I’m back in pocket. I been writing since ‘97. It wasn’t a long process writing it. What I did was I just wrote what I felt . There was only one other time in my music career when I was vulnerable like that and that was on “Hate It Or Love It” because I didn’t know whether or not people wanted that from me, so I put it on Game’s album.

We seem to love records that make you look vulnerable because as the listener, we can relate.

It kind of makes you human. On this project  I dealt with the pressure of people thinking I couldn’t actually write a hit song after I sold 40 million records.

What do you feel about the template of hip-hop success stories right now? You’ve already had major hit records, but do you need to change your process? 

Hip-hop music particularly is about out with the old and in with the new. It’s not about what have you done. It’s about what have you done lately. This album took three years for me to actually release and this caution hasn’t been taken on my last few albums. My last album was actually on the street four weeks prior to my release. I lost records on both and it still sold 160,000 records [in the first week.] So when people look at the sales they say ‘Oh, he fell off,’ but it was all because it was out for four weeks.

Well, this record “My Life” definitely hit the nail in the coffin.

This is what I’m saying to you. It happens when you put out music in the right time period. Like, right now “My Life” is the perfect song.

How do you guys go about choosing a single? 

They don’t tell me what to release. I put out that “Amusement Record,” they actually asked me for that record because it reminded them of the metaphor I used when I released “Candy Shop.” The audience resisted it because it was like no, it reminds me of “Candy Shop.” So, I took it as ‘It’s not a hit, because it reminds you of a hit.’

That just proves that you should be making your own decisions.

I remember I had went to this award show and they had me coming out of the sky and I almost fell off like 30 feet up in the air. So when I got down I was like f*ck that, I snapped out of it. I’m in 50 cent mode now. I know if I fall off I’m on my own. We here together on this actual platform, but as soon as I fall off I’m on my own, ain’t I? I thought man, if I f*ck up I’m on my own.

True.

Yea, so right after that. Jimmy [Iovine]  came to the hotel and I played him the record, “I Get Money” and he says to me, “Are you sure this is what you want to say right now?” And I looked at him and I was like what the f*ck is he. I didn’t know what to say except for just let me think. Let me try and get it together and get it out and as soon as I left, I shot the video for “I Get Money” and put it out. Interscope reimbursed me for that. They never wrote the budget or agreed to the actual treatment. If you look at “I Get Money” it’s directed by me and J Jiffy.

That’s something that you decided on your own.

I did it myself. The song is a 50 cent record. A lot of times, they need to understand why or when that record needs to be put out. I’m talking to my core. I had just finished my deal with Vitamin Water and I’ll tell you how to get money and it feels good.

I feel like people want that confident record from you, similar to a lot of records on Get Rich Or Die Tryin’.

Rich people don’t really want to have a conversation about money. They got it, it’s boring. So, thats why [Jimmy Iovine] said, “ Is this really what you wanna say right now.” And I’m like yea this is what I want to say.

You speak about Game  and Young Buck on “My Life.”  Do you feel like you’re done nurturing new talent? Do you feel let down as a listener?

Nah, I’ll get back into that at the top of this year, but I won’t bring them as close to me as before. You’ve seen me with Kidd Kidd and Precious Paris. In the past, I’ll take a new guy and put him on the stage in front of 30,000 people and 60,000 people in different countries and they want that right away. And I can’t actually give it to them. What I can do, is give them the opportunity to impress those fans and you can get back around and make some of those people fans themselves, but I can’t give that to them.

Beef is something that’s always fueled your music career in addition to the music. Do you feel like it does the same thing in 2012?

It creates the excitement but the hit is what matters. You’ll have guys consistently saying things about a high profile rapper just to get their name out there. To establish themselves

What is it about rappers that push your buttons? I see you and French Montana are feuding now.

Well, French Montana doesn’t push my buttons. Creatively he’s not somebody we can even have a conversation about. He doesn’t yet have one hot record by himself. It’s interesting because he’s a snake. He was a camera guy at first. He ran around and shot DVD footage.

Yeah, I heard he gave you the Khaled footage for your beef with them? What do you think that statement will do for him?

Yeah, he gave me the footage of DJ Khaled’s mother and her house and he went and got the footage for me and I put it out. It doesn’t matter what it does, but it explains why I look at him like he’s a clown. He’s saying that he can hurt my career. He doesn’t even have a song. You know how many people have had one hit wonders? The boy ain’t talented enough. He reminds me of a Rich Boy or a Young Joc or all these people that are apart of the culture that had big records, and are talented people. If you haven’t paid attention, I’m on the Forbes list every year regardless if the record goes out or not. That should tell you that I’m not sleepwalking.

What do you think about diminishing album sales?  Do you think It will ever get back to emcees selling like your first record did?

Well, it will be different. We’ll have it to where it will feel like it’s selling 13 million records, like when a song goes number one in 12 hours. Let me ask you this:  does the iTunes chart feel like it’s the number one song on the radio? It being number one on the radio could be because they’re paying a lot of money to get the spins up. You got a lot of records becoming number one because they’re paying.

You have more than a decade now of recording under your belt. Does it affect the music, and why are you so keen on getting money outside of the music industry?

Okay, the actual market has shifted. If you noticed, CD’s  going on sale now for $7.99 and the single that used to be $5.99 is now being sold for .99 cents. So they can’t allocate the same expenses in marketing as they did before. If you have the opportunity to be you have the ability to be cross-promoted with other major corporations. If you look in  the “My Life” video there’s a Chrysler in the video that isn’t actually out on the street yet. They actually paid a quarter of a million dollars to put that in the video.

Damn.

Hello.

50, This is your last album requirement with Interscope. Is this the last album we’ll see from 50 Cent or does it mean a new contract?

Yea, I’ll probably go back in with business. It depends. While I’ve been away for the last three years preparing this actual record, there’s been a lot of changes with staff there. If I get in touch with the staff and we have a successful launch of Street King Immortal we’ll continue or explore another option.

So this isn’t the last time we’ll get a 50 Cent record?

Right!

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