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Kanye West took the stage yesterday (May 21) at the 10th edition of the "Festival Mawazine: Rhythms Of The World" in Morocco.

Yeezy played a 45 minute set in front of an estimated crowd of 100,000 people.

The 8-day festival held in the Moroccan capital of Rabat features a wide variety of exhibitions, performances, dance, workshops and concerts.

Other notable artists who will perform include "Earth, Wind & Fire", Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones and Shakira.

Prodigy drops a new heater over Frank Ocean's “Novacaine” beat.

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Roy Jones Jr. suffered his third consecutive, and most brutal loss today in Moscow, Russia at the hands of Denis Lebedev.

The once former great boxer was knocked out in the 10th round of a non title fight.

Jones was leaning against the ropes when Lebedev caught him with an overhand right, followed by two right uppercuts. At that point Jones was out on his feet, leaning forward, but the referee didn't step in as he should have and Lebedev then hit him with another hard punch that sent the former world champion crashing face first to the canvas.

After several tense minutes with Jones lying motionless on the ground he was able to make it to his feet.

Jones was gracious in defeat, giving the Russian credit for landing a great punch.

"It was a great shot, I can't take nothing away from him, he was a tough competitor," Jones said.

Most expect Jones to retire, but he said he wasn't sure if he would.

"I really don't know what I'm going to do now," he said. "I'm going to think about it."

At this point in his career there really is nothing left for the 43-year old Jones to fight for. He doesn't have the skills he used to and should get out of the game while he still has his health.

Jones career record now stands at 54-8.

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As we previously reported, Philadelphia rapper Cassidy was arrested last Saturday (May 14) for probation violation and suspicion of murder.

Cas has since been released from custody and during an interview with Cosmic Kev yesterday (May 20), Cas attempted to clear up the rumors surrounding the situation.

"I'm still on probation from the situation that I dealt with about 6-7 years ago. Yall all know when I was down for the murder and two attempted murders before," Cass said. "I beat the murder and the 2 attempts, but I got involuntary manslaughter and two aggravated assaults. So for the aggravated assaults I'm still on probation. It's like a real light probation -- I go see my p.o. every so often, but they changed my p.o.," he explained. "The contact wasn't the same when they switched my p.o. I'm running around the world like a regular person, so it slipped my mind, so they put out a warrant for me. I had a warrant in Philadelphia, I was staying in New Jersey. When you stay in New Jersey and got a warrant from another state they put out a fugitive charge on you." he said.

Cass explained that his probation officer wrote murder on the warrant because that was the charge his probation revolved around. By the time the media got wind of it, they blew everything out of proportion. At no time was he actually wanted for murder.

"I just murder beats, murder tracks... I aint murdered nobody." Cassidy said.

Peep the rest of the interview and freestyle below.

Cassidy Interview with Cosmic Kev

Cassidy freestyles over Clipse 'Grindin' instrumental

Warner Bros just released the first official picture of actor Tom Hardy in his role of Bane from the upcoming Batman movie 'The Dark Knight Rises.'

The picture shows a menacing looking Bane wearing his trademark mask.

No official plot has leaked for the third installment of the 'Dark Knight' series, but we have a clearer picture of what actors will star alongside Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the movie.

Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman already had confirmed roles. Now Ace Showbiz is reporting that Mathew Modine, Tom Conti and Joey King have been added to the cast as well.

The Christopher Nolan directed flick is already in production and is expected in theaters July 20, 2012.

Today marks what would been the 39th birthday for a man who is arguably the best rapper of all time.

Christoper Wallace was known by many stage names: The Notorious B.I.G., Big Poppa, Biggie Smalls and The Black Frank White. Only 24 at the time of his untimely death, he recorded two classic albums, "Ready To Die" and "Life After Death", and outshined anyone he ever collaborated with.

Without Biggie there would be no Lil Kim or Lil Cease. Both of whom were introduced to the world via Biggie's group Junior M.A.F.I.A.

His unique delivery, voice and wordplay are still unmatched to this day.

So let's drink a toast today to Biggie and celebrate his legacy.

Notorious B.I.G. "Hypnotize"

Notorious B.I.G. "Juicy"

Notorious B.I.G. "One More Chance" Remix

Is Romeo Miller trading in younger women for a cougar? And at what age does a woman stop being a cougar and just become old?

Fellow Dancing With The Stars contestants Kirstie Alley and Master P's 21-year old son were snapped swapping spit on the set of the show yesterday.

Kirstie later tweeted it was all a big joke for the paparazzi, and that it was Romeo's idea. But given her love for black men (she's been chasing Jamie Foxx around forever), you can see how the pics might have been looked at as something different initially.

Kirstie has surprised a lot of people with her impressive showing this season on DWTS. She and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy have made it into the top three and will dance in Monday night's final episode.

Romeo and partner Chelsie Hightower were eliminated a couple of weeks ago.

1. Intro
2. Hold You Down (feat. Emanny)
3. Lil Bruh
4. How I Feel
5. Rock Wit Me (feat. Teyana Taylor)
6. In The Streets
7. Lay Em Down (feat. Styles P & Chynk Show)
8. Toast (Intro)
9. Toast To That (feat. Fred The Godson)
10. Inkredible Remix (feat. Trae Tha Truth & Rick Ross)
11. Gone Too Long

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In an upcoming special issue XXL will take on the tough task of ranking the top 250 rap songs of the 90's.

Dr Dre's "Nothin' But A G Thang" which featured Snoop Dogg takes the # 1 spot. Diddy's "All About The Benjamins" remix with it's all star line up of Notorious B.I.G., The Lox and Lil Kim come in at # 2.

Other songs that made the list according to MTV include 2Pac's "California Love" (# 7), Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s “They Reminisce Over You” (# 10), Ice Cube’s “No Vaseline” (# 58), and Scarface's "I Never Seen A Man Die" (# 99).

The criteria used to rank the songs is not known, but it will be interesting to see where songs like Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Part II" (which should have made the cut), rank up against more radio friendly songs like MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" (which did make the list at # 115).

The one thing we can all agree on is that there are bound to be a lot of disagreements among fans regarding the rankings.

We'll find out May 24 when the issue hits newsstands.

2Pac "California Love" Ft Dr Dre

Puffy "All About The Benjamins" remix ft Notorious B.I.G., The Lox & Lil Kim

Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg "Nothin But A G Thang"

Scarface "I Seen A Man Die"

Ice Cube "No Vaseline"

Pete Rock & Cl Smooth "The Reminisce Over You"

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Former Cash Money artist B.G. faces the possibility of spending the next 10 years in prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury yesterday (May 19th).

According to a press release by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, B.G., real name Christopher Dorsey, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and conspiracy to obstruct justice

The charges stem from a November 2009 traffic stop in New Orleans where B.G. and two associates were found to be in possession of three guns, loaded magazines and extended clips. Two of the guns turned out to be stolen.

B.G. allegedly tried to get one of the men in the car, Demounde Pollard, to claim ownership of the guns. Pollard signed a false affidavit that said the guns didn't belong to B.G. leading to the conspiracy charge.

The 30-year old rapper enjoyed huge success in the 90's as a member of the Hot Boys along with Juvenile, Lil Wayne and Turk. A dispute with Cash Money CEO Birdman over money led to B.G. leaving the label in 2001 and forming his own imprint, Chopper City Records. His last album "Too Hood To Be Hollywood" was released in 2009.

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Kanye West was spotted cruising around Cannes, France in a limited edition $1.7 million dollar Mercedes McLaren SLR Stirling Moss yesterday (May 19). Reportedly only 75 of the sports cars exist.

The rapper, decked out in a black tuxedo, turned heads as he made his way to the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala. He was joined there by Naomi Campbell, Sean Penn, Janet Jackson and many more A-list celebrities.

After shutting ish down in France, Yeezy will head over to Morocco next, where he will headline the “Festival Mawazine: Rhythms Of The World." The 8 day event kicks off today.

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Mitchy Slick, Krondon and Phil Da Agony collectively known as Strong Arm Steady drop new visuals for this sick track off their latest album 'Arms & Hammers.'

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Ms. Keri baby is back with a new single from her latest album "No Boys Allowed" which is in stores now.

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Sean Combs just announced a new name change.

The Bad Boy CEO had been under the weather recently and was forced to cancel a couple of concert dates. So to celebrate his return to good health Combs has decided to call himself "Swag."

You feeling it or no?

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A Cleveland, Ohio man picked a fight with the wrong police officer and he's got the knots on his head to prove it.

29-year old Anthony Thomas was arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse. While being booked into custody, Thomas jumps over a counter and attacks officer Bill Witt.

The two scrap for a couple of minutes before Witt, who is much bigger, grabs Thomas by the throat and starts choking him out.

Other officers then hear Witt calling for help and come in to help subdue Thomas.

Before the fight started Thomas told Witt he "could smell fear" on him. He should have smelled that ass whooping coming.

Thomas was charged with assaulting a police officer. His bail is set at $150,000.

Raw footage of fight

News coverage of fight

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While friends, family and fans continue to mourn the death of rapper M-Bone, the Inglewood,California City Council is being very proactive in attempting to bring his killer to justice.

The council is offering a "substantial" reward for information that could help police solve the crime.

Meanwhile, a makeshift memorial has been set up to honor the 22-year old Cali Swag District member's memory.

Neighborhood friend Taylor Blackburn echoed the feelings of everyone in the community, saying she was devastated upon hearing the news.

"My whole world just, like, dropped. I couldn't even imagine -- just even looking at this," she told MTV, pointing toward the memorial. "It's set in, but it hasn't set in."