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Drake unveils the cover art for his sophomore album Take Care.

The disc is due out on Drizzy's 25th birthday, October 24 and according to Young Money President Mack Maine, it's shaping up to be a classic.

“As an artist, he’s polished up,” Mack told XXL. “The singing has definitely gotten better. He took lessons and kept working on his craft. He’s gotten better. He traveled the world. When you travel the world, you have that much more to talk about. His song making ability is crazy. Before, it might have been a hit, now it’s a super hit. Like ‘Marvin’s Room,’ that’s a song that people are gonna relate to when we’re dead and gone. [That type of situation has] happened before we came, it happens while we’re here. It’s gonna happen while we’re gone. He’s actually making timeless music.”

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Quinton "Rampage" Jackson has been telling anyone who will listen that it's his destiny to get his light heavyweight title back. In order to do that he will have to defeat current champion Jon "Bones" Jones tonight at UFC 135.

"The belt that I lost to Forrest Griffin, even though I should have got the decision after knocking his ass down in that fight? The belt Forrest lost to Rashad Evans? The one Rashad lost to Lyoto Machida? The one Machida lost when Maurico “Shogun” Rua beat him? The one Jon Jones took from the injured “Shogun” who couldn’t even train? That one? That belt? That belt is the unified PRIDE and UFC world title, and that belt exists because of me beating Chuck Liddell and Dan Henderson in two straight fights to win the UFC and then PRIDE titles," Rampage told mixedmartialarts.com. "Nothing felt better than becoming the first unified champ in MMA history. I plan on getting my belt back at UFC 135. That’s why I want my belt back so bad. It’s my belt."


The 24-year old Jones comes into the fight as the favorite to win. He's basically destroyed everyone in his path on the way to to a 13-1 record. The lone loss the result of being disqualified for using illegal elbows.

Rampage is looking to reclaim the belt he lost to Forrest Griffin at UFC 86. At 32-8, the 33-year old is coming off of two victories over Lyota Machida and Matt Hamill. He's been through wars in Pride and the UFC. So the question is does he still have enough gas left in the tank to beat a young, hungry fighter like Jones? He believe that he does.

"Jon Jones can think whatever he wants to think. He can talk all he wants. He hasn't fought anybody," Rampage said at a press conference this week. "Shogun is the toughest guy he fought and he was rusty. Let Jon do all his talking, I'll do my talking in the Octagon. We'll see how the old man goes down. He's never been in the championship rounds and I have."

Jones told ESPN that he will he will "vacate" his belt and "walk into the Octagon at UFC 135 not as a champion, but as a warrior attempting to fulfil his destiny."

"There is no champion in this fight," he said. "It's two guys fighting for a belt that nobody has won before. I'm destined to bring that belt home."

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West Coast rapper Jayo Felony had a run in with an L.A. camera crew earlier this week after being accused of squatting in a Hollywood Hills, California home.

Jayo didn't take the accusation of being called a bum lightly and goes off on the reporter with more than a few obscenities.

Deputy City Attorney Maureen Rodriguez says squatting has become a huge problem.

"They look on the foreclosure list, with the internet that's very simple to do. They find out which homes are being foreclosed on, and usually right before the sale they will move in," she said.

Jayo's girlfriend insisted that they paid $5000 down to rent the home. After some fact checking by MYFoxLA.com, it looks like the person they are renting from could be pulling some kind of scam

Watch the crazy confrontation below.

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Following From Pieces to Weight and The 50th Law, Curtis Jackson III is set to release another book titled Playground on November 1st. Playground is a semi-autobiographical novel on bullying with the story centering around a 13-year-old boy who finds redemption.

“This book would have been very helpful for me growing up and now that I have a teenage son, it is my goal that this will have a positive influence on all teenagers.”

- 50 Cent

Check out the official cover above. Pre-order on Amazon now.

Source: Hip Hop N More

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DJ Drama is set to drop his third studio album, Third Power on Octber 11. He recently talked to DJ Clue on Power 105.1 FM about that, upcoming mixtapes and more.

Drama also revealed that his good friend T.I. has been in the studio and will be dropping new music next week.

"Tip just came home. I was in the studio with him," Drama said. "He's actually about to drop a new song next week. He's in a halfway house but when you're in a halfway house you can still get to work. So he's been in the studio during work time and he's banging out. Actually [his time in the halfway house] ends next week. So he'll be in the streets by the [B.E.T.] Hip Hop Awards."

Check out the audio from the interview, as well as the cover art and tracklist for DJ Drama's album Third Power  below.

Tracklist:

01 Oh My Ft. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash

02 Rough Ft. Freddie Gibbs & Young Jeezy

03 Hand Of God Ft. Maino

04 Oh Baby Ft. Cam’Ron, Vado & Jaz

05 Never See You Again Ft. Wale & Talia Coles

06 Lay Low Ft. Meek Mill, Young Chris & Freeway

07 Ain’t No Way Around It Ft. Future

08 Undercover Ft. J. Cole & Chris Brown

09 Everything That Glitters Ft. Pusha T & French Montana

10 Me And My Money Ft. Gucci Mane

11 So Paid Ft. Red Cafe & 2 Chainz

12 Take My City Ft. B.o.B. & Crooked I

13 Lockdown Ft. Ya Boy & Akon

14 Oh My (Remix) Ft. Trey Songz, 2 Chainz & Big Sean

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Shady Records co-founder Paul Rosenberg narrates as Brisk takes a look at Shady Records' history via the Brisk Bodega.

The 1st of this 2 part series takes a look at some of Eminem's rare pictures, his Robin outfit for the "Without Me" video, a plaque for The Chronic 2001, the Artist Of The Decade plaque Slim received for selling 32 million records in the 2000's and much more.

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AraabMuzik is one of the fastest rising producers in the game.

The young beatmaker has done extensive work with the Dipset camp. He also produced Lloyd Banks' most recent banger "Love Me In The Hood."

He sat down recently with Flud Watches’ for their Beats Per Minute producer series.

He talks about how long he's been working at his craft, his incredible live shows and then gets on the MPC to demonstrate his skills.

Araab also revealed that he's working with 50 Cent, Jadakiss, Slaughterhouse, Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss and Cam'ron on their upcoming projects.

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Check out this brand new track from 50 Cent, "50 Cent - "Street King Energy Track #7" Register for Street King at http://www.streetking.com

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J. Cole got the shock of his young career during a recent concert in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The rapper was thanking fans for coming out his show Wednesday (September 21) when one of them handed him a retail copy of his album Cole World: The Sideline Story. The only problem is, the album doesn't get officially released until September 27.

“I don’t know how the f*ck they got this sh*t, but this sh*t is real my n*gga,” he said. “This sh*t is incredible for me to see right now. This a n*gga album. I don’t even have this, n*gga. I don’t know how you got this.”

There were reports that some Target stores had put the album on shelves prematurely, but that hasn't been substantiated.

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One of the best gangster movies of all time is about to get another remake.

Deadline is reporting that Universal is preparing to film a third version of Scarface.

The film is not intended to be a remake or a sequel. It will take the common elements of the first two films: An outsider, an immigrant, barges his way into the criminal establishment in pursuit of a twisted version of the American dream, becoming a kingpin through a campaign of ruthlessness and violent ambition. The studio is keeping the specifics of where the new Tony character comes from under wraps at the moment, but ethnicity and geography were important in the first two versions. In the 1932 Scarface, an Italian (Paul Muni) took over Chicago, and in the Brian De Palma-directed remake, a Cuban cornered the cocaine trade in 1980s Miami, only to be consumed by it. Ann Dvorak, George Raft and Boris Karloff starred in the original, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer and Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio starred in the remake.

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Common sat down for an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" today to discuss his new memoir One Day It’ll All Make Sense.

The Chicago rapper/actor talked about what inspired him to write the book, his mom being his best friend, being labeled a "socially conscious" rapper, and Nas being the best rapper alive.

“Nas is so poetic with it and I feel like his lyrics, you can write ‘em down on paper and they will last for time," Common said. "It would be like literature that we read."

The two recently linked up for the song "Ghetto Dreams," which is the first single for Common's upcoming 9th studio album The Dreamer, The Believer, due out later this year.

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A Missouri mom is in all kinds of trouble after her child brought drugs to his kindergarten class

Police in Sweet Springs, MO say 32-year old Michelle Marie Cheatham's son pulled out a crack pipe, and several bags of methamphetamine worth $3700 when he came to school for show-and-tell on September 6.

Authorities later obtained a search warrant, and found the crack pipe and a butane lighter at Cheatham's home.

Cheatham was charged six days later with two class C felonies. One for endangering the welfare of a child and the other for possession of a controlled substance. She could receive 7 years in jail and a $5000 fine for each charge if convicted.

Police Chief Richard Downing said this is the first time something like this has happened in his career.

"When I called the prosecutor about it, they said, 'You're kidding me, aren't you?" he told KCTV5.

Cheatham posted a bail of $7500 and was released.

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Steven Jo is back acting a fool again, harassing homeless people and stealing their bikes.

Peep his latest insane webisode which features an appearance by Travie McCoy of the Gym Class Heroes.

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Modeling newcomer Elizabeth Ruiz strips down to the bare minimum for her photo shoot for IMF Magazine.

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Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana's much talked about joint album is finally going to see the light of day five years after talk of the collaboration first surfaced.

Mack Maine, who serves as both an artist and Young Money's President, revealed the news to XXL.

“The next project he's working on is I Can’t Feel My Face with [Juelz Santana],” Maine said. “Elz is talented man. He’s a young legend. [Wayne’s] back working in the studio. He has that and the Young Money album.”

The Young Money album is expected before the end of the year. There is no firm release date yet for I Can't Feel My Face.

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50 Cent was a guest photographer for Smooth Magazine's 52nd edition.

The G-Unit boss came up with the "warrior princess" theme for the edition, and photographed all 14 models over the course of four days in 10-12 hour shifts.

"[The opportunity] actually came up when they were shooting the 50th edition. My young boy Banks was in that one," 50 said. "I stopped by the photo shoot and said 'you know what would be interesting is if we did something that's a little more artistic, that showed the women in a stronger position.'"

Look for more photography work from 50 in the future. He compares it to his acting career, and plans to continue taking pictures of beautiful women for the foreseeable future.