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Tyga's "Rack City" is really a strip club anthem, but mix in a grandmother with a weird sense of humor and her grandson rapping the lyrics, then you have the ingredients for a viral video.

This is either pure comedy or madness.... you decide.

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G.O.O.D Music artist Big Sean stopped by the Hard Knock TV studios to bless them with a freestyle. The track was produced by The aUtOMatiKs.

What do you think of Sean's freestyle skills?

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Ludacris is shutting the doors on one restaurant and will immediately open another.

The rapper/actor is closing Straits Atlanta, which has been operating for four years in Midtown Atlanta, but has succeeded in winning a concession contract paving the way for him to open Chicken N Beer at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport with Atlanta Restaurant Partners according to the Atlanta Constitution Journal.

The new restaurant is inspired by his double platinum 2003 album of the same name. The eatery will serve "comfort food and craft beers using locally grown ingredients."

"As I continue to learn and evolve as a businessman, I am extremely excited to put my restaurateur footprint into a new venture inside the busiest international airport in the United States, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport," Ludacris said in a press release. "Straits was a great segue into the industry and with Chicken N Beer I can create my own concept. I look forward to expanding my creativity and driving to a much higher plane."

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Talib Kweli and Mos Def Yasiin Bey, together known as Black Star invaded the television airwaves yesterday as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The duo teamed with The Roots to perform "You Already Knew" from their upcoming Aretha Franklin inspired mixtape, Black Star Aretha, as well as the J Dilla produced track "Little Brother."

Black Star performs "You Already Knew"

Black Star performs "Little Brother"

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Amber Rose and Kanye West famously split up in 2010, now Amber is spilling the beans on the real reason why.

Amber is putting 100% of the blame on Kim Kardashian.

"Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together," she told Star Magazine. "She's a homewrecker! She was sending pictures, and I was like, 'Kim, just stop. Don't be that person.' I thought at least she'd be woman enough to respond to me. She never responded. It's very important that us women stick together and we don't f*ck each other over like that."

Amber also claims that during that time Kim was still dating NFL star running back Reggie Bush.

Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush

"They were both cheating," Amber says of Kanye and Kim. "They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other."

In the end things worked out well for Amber who seems to have found real love with Wiz Khalifa.

"I want to thank her," Rose continued. "Because if she was never a homewrecker, then I never would have met Wiz, and I wouldn't be as happy as I am now."

Well damn!

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An American concert promoter is lucky to be alive after being kidnapped at gunpoint by goons in the Republic of Angola because Nas failed to show for a concert there.

According to TMZ, Nas and opening act Jemiah Jai were paid $315,000 to perform two shows on New Year's Eve, but both failed to board their flights in time to perform at the scheduled events.

In an attempt to regain his money, local "concert impresario" Henrique 'Riquhino' Miguel sent armed men to kidnap AllGood Entertainment CEO Patrick Allocco and his son to prevent them from leaving the country. The pair were then handed over to local authorities who interrogated for seven hours before the U.S. Embassy there stepped in to get them released.

A rep for the U.S. Embassy confirmed to TMZ that Alloco and his son were "in residence" at a local hotel until the dispute could be worked out.

Alloco's rep released the following statement:

"The hope is that Nas and Jemiah Jai will return all of the monies that were wired to them immediately so that our ransom may be paid and our safe return to the United States may be facilitated."

So far neither Nas or Jemiah have responded.

**UPDATE**

Nas' reps have reached out to TMZ to explain their side of the story and to let everyone know they will cut the check to get American promoter Patrick Allocco back home safely.

The rapper's team said he did plan on performing in Angola on New Year's Eve, but a miscommunication about the travel plans derailed the performance.  According to Nas' reps he never intended to keep the money, but isn't sure where to send the check back to. A solution is reportedly being worked on.

"The key is getting Patrick Allocco home safely," said a source.

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Nick Cannon is in the hospital this morning recovering from mild kidney failure.

The entertainer's wife, Mariah Carey tweeted the news along with with a photo of her and Cannon in a hospital bed.

"Please pray for Nick as he's fighting to recover from a mild kidney failure. #mybraveman," she wrote.

The couple were vacationing with their twins, Monroe and Moroccan in Aspen, Colorado when Cannon fell ill. Carey also took to her website to go into more detail and ask for prayers for her husband..

This is us in the hospital - role reversal; Last year it was me attached to the machines (after having dembabies) and Nick was there with me through it, and now here we are.

 

We're trying to be as festive as possible under the circumstances but please keep Nick in your thoughts because this is very painful. They tried to kick me out of the hospital but here I am pon de bed with Mr. C.

 

We're doing OK but we're "straaaaaanded in Aspen". #DramaticDivaPlace (I know, we could be in a lot worse places) but the truth is as long as we're together, we're OK. I'm not trying to make light out of the situation because it's a serious moment that's very tough on all of us so please keep us and our family in your prayers. LYM.

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The-Dream can take his time between recording his own projects because he's filthy rich from writing hit records for other artists.

He's penned hits for Beyonce, J. Holiday, Usher and Mariah Carey. One of his biggest hits to date is Rihanna's "Umbrella" and he was paid quite well for it. He told Radio 1Xtra host Tim Westwood he banked $15 million dollars for the record. A very hefty sum that helps him pay large amounts of child support to Nivea, with whom he has three kids and Christina Milian, the mother of one of his kids.

Check out his interview below where he talks about getting along with former wives Nivea and Christina as well as writing Justin Bieber's big hit "Baby."

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Waka Flocka's Brick Squad Monopoly movement is in full effect. With the recent signing of Yung Joey and the emergence of Frenchie 1017, Waka is sitting in a nice position.

Frenchie is looking to continue the momentum he has built for himself over the last year by releasing a brand new mixtape, French-Elo Anthony.

The project is being hosted by Trap-A-Holics and DJ Love Dinero and will be dropping soon!

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Its 2012 and Demo & Uncut of iRep D-League are feeling like "Music Is Amazing"! The production is crazy on here and has alot of soul courtesy of Urban Noize, which sets the mood for this feel good record. 3rd verse also has a great concept that brings you more into the lives of the duo.

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Troy Ave celebrates being named to In Flex We Trust's top 20 artist to watch for in 2012 by dropping a couple of freestyles over classic beats.

More powder to the people!

Download "Aint No Half Steppin" Here

Download "Keep It Thoro" freestyle Here

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There have been previous reports that Eazy E's son, Lil Eazy was being considered for the role of his father in an upcoming NWA biopic "Straight Outta Compton." Eazy's daughter Erin Bria Wright, also threw her hat in the ring for the role, saying it shouldn't automatically go to her brother.

"I feel the role of my dad in a biopic should “Not” just be a “given” to my brother Lil Eazy solely on the strength that he is my father’s junior! To be honest my father has four sons total who all resemble him in their own way, just as I have an uncanny resemblance to my father and I am a girl," Bria wrote back in October 2011. "I think my brother should have to audition and earn the role by delivering a great read instead of just being handed the role—and I’d like to add that I feel I should have that same opportunity to audition for the role as well, and be given equal consideration based on my acting ability and not just my relation. I have dreamed of getting this role for many years now, as I have always been inspired by how Hilary Swank played a boy in “Boys Don’t Cry,” which I’ve referenced in a past AllHipHop.com interview in 2007."

Erin Bria Wright

While it's highly doubtful that Erin will get the part, it has been confirmed by Dr. Dre himself that the children of the legendary rap group will get a shot at portraying their fathers in the upcoming film.

"We're talking about it ... we'll see what happens," Dre told TMZ when they caught up with him recently.

Do you think it's a good idea for the kids of Eazy, Dre and Ice Cube to play their famous fathers in the movie or should they consider professional actors instead?

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B.o.B just announced that his sophomore album Strange Clouds will be dropping on March 13. With a Lil Wayne collaboration already in the vault, the Atlanta rapper looks to work with an artist a little closer to home as he hits the studio with Waka Flocka.

Check out their UStream session from last night

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It's been a minute but D'Angelo resurfaces courtesy of a 2010 demo cover of Seattle grunge band Soundgarden's hit "Black Hole Sun."  The reclusive singer has reportedly been hard at work in the studio with Questlove of The Roots and producer Mark Ronson on James River, his first new album since 2000's Voodoo.

D'Angelo will be playing several European dates in the upcoming weeks. Check out the itinerary below courtesy of OkayPlayer.

Thurs 26th Jan – Filadelphia Church, Stockhom (sold out)
Fri 27th Jan – Store VEGA, Copenhagen
Sun 29th Jan – Le Zenith, Paris
Mon 30th Jan – Paradiso, Amsterdam (sold out)
Tues 31st Jan – Paradiso, Amsterdam (sold out)
Fri 3rd Feb – O2 Brixton Academy, London

Shouts to ConsequenceOfSound for the audio

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For the last year 50 Cent has attempted to get on the same page with the powers that be over at Interscope Records. Yesterday (January 2) his frustration with the label reached a boiling point.

In a series of tweets sent out to his 5.4 million followers, Fif expressed extreme disappointment with the whole situation.

"I have lost all the faith in the team I'm on. I having nothing left to say I will not be promoting my music," 50 wrote. "I'm going to deliver this album then. I have a film I wrote to focus on I'm not upset I'm just convinced this is not how I want to remembered. Ill be honest I don't think I'm gonna live much longer. That's why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other peoples lives."

Some people mistakenly took his comments about death as an indication that he was in a dark space mentally, but he quickly clarified the statement.

"To be conscious that life is short is not suicidal. I'm good if I die tonight I've taken care of the people who took care of me when I couldn't take care myself," he continued.

50 proved to any naysayers with his street album, The Big 10, that he can still deliver hit records with the best of them. Every video released from the project has soared to more than a million youtube hits. The clip for "Put Your Hands Up" is nearing 4 million views in less than one week.

All of this was done without the help of a label. 50 says that at this point in his career he wants to protect his legacy and inspire others.

Let's hope Interscope gets their act together and works with 50 to properly deliver his fifth studio album because the rap game really needs the G-Unit boss.

50 Cent "Put Your Hands Up"

50 Cent Ft Tony Yayo "Nah Nah Nah"

50 Cent "Off and On"

50 Cent "Queens, NY" Ft Paris

50 Cent "Wait Until Tonight"

50 Cent "I Just Wanna" Ft Tony Yayo

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Trae Tha Truth is one of the hardest working rappers in the game. After dropping the mixtapes Undisputed and 48 Hours as well as his album Street King in 2011, the ABN member releases visuals for "All That I Know" to get 2012 kicked off correctly.

The Philly Fly Boy directed clip features Tech N9ne, Brain Angel of Day 26 and Cash Money's newest signee Mystikal.

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Jim Jones is about to be a married man.

The Dipset Capo proposed to longtime girlfriend Chrissy Lampkin on last night's episode of 'Love and Hip Hop.'

Jim surprised Chrissy when he showed up in Miami while she was having dinner with other cast members and asked her if she could step away and talk to him. Chrissy initially thought he was upset with her about something until he stood and pulled a box containing a diamond ring out of his pocket.

"I got that information for you," Jimmy said before asking her to marry him. Chrissy immediately said yes.

“The fact that my Jimmy knew that it was the right time to do things, its priceless,” Chrissy told viewers while fighting back tears.

Congrats to Capo and Chrissy!

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Meek Mill is gearing up to release Dreamchasers 2. Here's the first Cardiak produced leak from the project.

Expect Mill's debut album, A Hustlers Dream, A Haters Nightmare later this year.