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VladTV caught up with Illuminati P and French Montana as they laid down some new music.

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Jasmine Villegas was lucky enough to get her hands on a pair of 50 Cent's new SMS Audio headphones.

The 17-year old singer/actress posted a couple of pics of herself sporting the headphones and announced that she will be wearing them in her upcoming video for "Just A Friend."

The new headphones will be available very soon. We'll keep you posted.

This morning news broke that Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith were breaking up their 13-year marriage.

In Touch Weekly reported the story first and other news organizations picked up on it from there.

The story prompted Will's 18-year-old son, Trey, to take to his Twitter account to deny his dad was splitting from his step mom.

"Will and Jada getting a DIVORCE ..NOT TRUE AT ALL !!," Trey wrote. "No they did NOT split ! False information."

Shortly afterwards Jada and Will issued a joint statement.

"Although we are reluctant to respond to these types of press reports, the rumors circulating about our relationship are completely false," Smith's publicist said in a statement. "We are still together, and our marriage is intact."

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An earthquake centered 340 miles south of New York sent thousands of people running out of swaying office buildings across the city and briefly grounded flights at Kennedy and Newark airports.

It was the first major quake to hit New York in decades.

The initial government estimate was that the quake's magnitude was 5.9 on the Richter Scale with an epicenter located in Mineral, Va., near Richmond.

The quake, which hit at 1:51 p.m. and lasted only a few seconds, was felt up and down the Eastern Seaboard - as far north as Toronto.

"Wow, that was scary," said Nathan Buck, 41, a filmmaker who was editing an internet video on the 7th floor of a pre-war building in Harlem.

"I saw my globe start to wobble. At first I thought - is it me? Then a pile of CDs came crashing down."

In New York, City Hall and police headquarters were evacuated.

No problems were reported with the MTA's bridges and tunnels or the subway, but flights at Newark and Kennedy Airports were briefly delayed as a precaution.

Gov Cuomo said there was no damage to the power grid or the Indian Point nuclear power plant.

Thousands of frightened workers congregated on city sidewalks, afraid to return to their jobs for fear of aftershocks.

Frightened New Yorkers flood the downtown streets

Mayor Bloomberg said he thought his desk in City Hall began shaking because of major construction in the historic building.

He and staffers hurried from the building, pouring down the iconic front steps and urging each other to run faster from what some feared was a building about to explode.

As it became clear that the shaking was not just limited to City Hall, the mayor and his aides relaxed and began joking.

"It could have been an exploding story in a tabloid for all I know," the mayor quipped.

"We so far have no reports of any damage any place and let's just hope that nobody got injured or killed in this."

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly was in the NYPD's 14th floor executive command center planning a 9-11 memorial service.

"We felt a rumbling and the floor shaking underneath," said his spokesman, Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne.

Mary Lupoli, 64, a supervisor in the NYPD's public inquiry office at 1 Police Plaza, said she thought the worst when the evacuation order came

"I kind of thought it could be a terrorist attack. It's THAT time," she said.

The 26-story federal courthouse in lower Manhattan began swaying and hundreds of people fled into the street.

There were no initial reports of serious damage.

The FDNY was investigating a report of a partial collapse of a water tower on a rooftop in Red Hook.

In downtown Brooklyn, office workers streamed out of buildings and big crowds formed on the sidewalks as people milled around, confused or scared to go back inside.

Cell networks were overwhelmed, so people lined up to use payphones.

"Everything was shaking - your desk, the doors, the windows. We just ran out," said Denise Bluger, 40, an administrative worker from Queens Village.

"It was the first time I ever felt anything like that. It was like, 'Oh my God, is this building about to fall down?'"

Marc Lieberman, 50, a paralegal who lives on the upper East Side, felt everything sway in his 23rd floor office.

"The room moved. I moved. It was just weird," he said. "So we just got the hell out."

Belinda Bryant, 48, of the Bronx, who works on the fourth floor of 16 Court St. in Brooklyn, said she wasn't going back inside.

"You know there is an aftershock, so I know I'm not staying around here," she said. "Now I'm glad we practice fire drills."

In Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, Ted Lewin, a 76-year-old children's book illustrator, said he still queasy 20 minutes after the sickly swaying stopped.

"I still can feel it in my stomach a little bit. It's really funny what it does to you," he said.

In Washington, DC, the Pentagon and Capitol - along with most of the downtown buildings - were evacuated.

People stand in the street in downtown Washington after office buildings where evacuated following an earthquake in the Washington area


The quake was also felt on Martha's Vineyard where President Obama was playing golf when it hit.

The last big earthquake felt in New York was in 1992, when a 4.7 magnitude quake shook buildings.

The biggest earthquake to ever hit New York was a 5.2 temblor on Aug. 10, 1884. It knocked down some chimneys.

Sources: New York Daily News, CNN and USA Today

CNN Coverage

Associated Press Coverage

A bride in her wedding dress runs from the courthouse in Lower Manhattan in New York

Office workers gather on a sidewalk after their building was evacuated following an earthquake in New York.

People who came out on the street after an earthquake look up at a window that cracked during the quake on Market Street in Philadelphia

People gather outside of their buildings after being evacuated following an earthquakein New York City.

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The Codeine Cowboy aka Tity Boi 2 Chainz, recruits one of the south's best young rappers in Big K.R.I.T. and one of it's all time greats in Bun B for this latest video.

The trio give a lesson in pimping 101.

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Families attending a championship soccer match at Santos Laguna stadium in Torreon, Mexico on Saturday (August 20) had to duck for cover as a violent gun battle took place just outside the stadium.

The game between Monarcas of Morelia and Santos Laguna was halted at the 40-minute mark as players and coaches ran for the dressing rooms.

"This doesn't sound good," the announcer says in Spanish according to the L.A. Times. "Let's hope this doesn't get out of control."

People in the stands can be heard whimpering as the gunshots continued. Luckily nobody was injured, but the incident further illustrates Mexico's continued battle against gun violence.

The Mexican Soccer Federation issued a statement Monday trying to assure fans that going to games is still safe.

"It is clear that the incident that occurred on Saturday at the stadium had nothing to do with internal matters or soccer," Decio de Maria said. "Although it can be improved,[the security] was very effective in controlling a situation that could have turned out much more disastrously,"

Over 40,000 people have been murdered in Mexico over the last five years. Almost all of the killings have been drug related.

Univision coverage

Amateur footage

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T.I. still has several weeks to go before he is released from prison, but according to DJ Drama, the Atlanta rapper has been keeping busy while behind bars.

"TIP's good, I talked to him via e-mail about 2 weeks ago, told him I have a record for him," Drama told Montreality. "He should be home in a couple weeks, he's ready to get back to work. I know he has a book in the works, and definately the music, expect some good records."

Tip's plans to write a book were first revealed last July by Sandra Rose. Those plans were temporarily derailed by his latest trip to prison, but it looks like everything is still a go.

In a letter to his fans last week, the Grand Hustle CEO promised to start from scratch once he's released.

"Next time you hear from me I’ll be back out there with you. Doing for those who can’t do for themselves and speaking for those whose voices are never heard," he wrote. "When I touch down, I’m going all the way back to square one, like I’m fresh in the game and never sold a record. Back on some I’M SERIOUS, TRAP MUZIK sh*t… But until then RESPECT to all who deserve it. I’ll be back at you in a minute."

No word on the type of book T.I. is writing, or a release date. We'll keep you posted.

The family of singer Amy Winehouse has released a statement today regarding toxicology tests taken after the singer's death reports ABC.

Toxicology results returned to the Winehouse family by authorities have confirmed that there were no illegal substances in Amy's system at the time of her death. Results indicate that alcohol was present but it cannot be determined as yet if it played a role in her death. The family would like to thank the police and coroner for their continuing thorough investigations and for keeping them informed throughout the process. They await the outcome of the inquest in October.

After 13 years of marriage Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith have decided to go their separate ways.

In Touch Weekly broke the news this morning that Will and Jada will end their marriage.

The couple have 2 children together -- Jaden and Willow.

Jada's rep Karynne Tencer, told TMZ she didn't know anything about the pending divorce.

"What? In Touch said that? I know nothing about this ... Lord. I'm going back to bed," she said


More details to come in this developing story.

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Affion Crockett portrays Kanye West in this hilarious spoof from the show In The Flow With Affion Crockett.

Watch as Yeezy marries his ego.

Singer Nick Ashford died of throat cancer Monday at the age of 69.

As 1/2 of the singing/songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson, along with his wife of 37 years Valerie Simpson, Ashford helped pen some of r&b's biggest hit records.

"I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, and their own "Solid" are just several of the many soul classics written by the duo.

The group released 16 studio albums total

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Kendrick Lamar hit up the Bootleg Kev show recently and blessed the mic with a freestyle over 2Pac's "Hail Mary."

The Compton rapper also talks about his Gucci Mane collaboration and possibly working with Nas in the future.

After the success of 'Watch The Throne' one might think there will be more collaborative efforts between big artists. That may happen, but that's easier said than done.

Getting two or more huge egos to mesh together long enough to deliver a full album is a tall task. Singer Trey Songz has considered the possibility and thinks he could make it work with only one other artist.

"I mean, you got to look at (Kanye and Jay-Z) and see how long it took them to do it, you know? So it has to be organic in whatever way it happen," Trey told The Source. "It can’t be a business decision and you can’t look at it in a way of making it lucrative. I think it has to be something that you are definitely going into for music’s sake. It has to be something real, because if it’s not authentic you can hear it. They’ve been working together for so long and so many tracks together under their belt before this album even came that it’s been very much premeditated. When thinking along the lines of that, Drake is the first person that comes to mind that I am that musically comfortable with in that space. He is a friend of mine as well, and I think we can pull something off like that could sound very authentic."

Drake is currently working on his sophomore album 'Take Care.' Trey is busy putting the finishing touches on his fifth studio album 'Chapter 5.'

Would you like to hear a Drizzy and Trigga album?

Lil Wayne is going to release his highly anticipated new album 'Tha Carter IV' just hours after his performance on the MTV Music Awards Sunday.

In a move similar to what Jay-Z and Kanye West did with 'Watch The Throne,' Wayne will be releasing the album digitally at midnight. Physical copies will be made available Monday August 29.

"I am extremely excited to be the first artist to utilize such an amazing idea. I hope that I can open the door for others," Wayne said in a statement Monday.

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Affion Crockett and Chris Brown had some fun paying tribute to the King of Pop yesterday on 'In The Flow With Affion Crockett.'

The singer and comedian opened the show by challenging each other to a "Mike Off" to see which of the two was the better Michael Jackson.

Check out those results and the rest of episode 3 below.

Uncle Face is finally back home.

After spending nearly a year in jail for failure to pay child support in four separate cases, Houston rapper Scarface has been set free.

A representative for the rapper said he is back in the studio preparing for his next project according to HHW.

"Face is home and he’s already busy working on releasing new material. It’s not going to take him long to fall right back into the swing of things." read the statement.

This will be the first new album of all new material from Scarface since 2010's 'Dopeman Music.'

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Lil Wayne had to be treated at a hospital in St. Louis after suffering an accident while skateboarding Sunday (August 21).

The 28-year old rapper was in town for a performance at the Verizon Amphitheatre. Sometime after the show, Wayne stopped by a local skate park where he was injured.

The Young Money star was rushed to a local hospital by his entourage with a gash over his left eye that required 9 stitches to close. After being treated he left the hospital.

Wayne later tweeted about the accident.