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Yelawolf releases a very nice video teaser for "Hard White." A track that will featured on his Shady Records debut 'Radioactive,' out October 25.

Look for the full "Hard White" video to drop soon.

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Hard work and dedication to his craft is paying off for 50 Cent.

It was just announced that Image Entertainment was so impressed with 50's film "All Things Fall Apart," that they have acquired the rights to it from Hannibal Pictures and will release it to theaters in early 2012.

Image obtained the rights just before the start of Toronto International Film Festival according to the L.A. Times.

The plot of the film centers around a college athlete who is on his way to winning a Heisman Trophy when he's diagnosed with a tumor near his heart.

Fifty lost 80 pounds to accurately portray the role he has described as a "passion" project for him.

"I had to discipline myself not to actually have myself be in the physical state to convey the energy I felt,” told the Associated Press back in February.

The story is based on a real life friend of the rapper/actor.

Tameka "Tiny" Cottle is doing what every man hopes his woman would do for them in a similar situation, and that is sticking up for her husband.

Tiny is speaking out about the unfair treatment she feels her husband T.I. is getting from Georgia prison officials.

"It's important that the world know how unfair he's being treated on such minor charges ... all because he's T.I," the former Xscape singer told TMZ. "There are way more dangerous and carefree [celebrities] that get slapped on the wrist and sent on their way. Our family needs [him] ... and because of someone's personal vendetta against him, we have to watch our kids' sad faces everyday when he still doesn't show up at home."

T.I. was rearrested last week shortly after being freed from an Arkansas federal prison. He is accused by prison officials of violating rules by not letting them know his manager and a producer would take the bus ride with him to a Georgia halfway house.

Tip is now set to be released at the end of September.

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Producer extraordinaire 9th Wonder knows a thing or two about good music. He also doesn't do a lot of interviews, so when he speaks it's good to pay attention.

9th recently wrote a column for Vibe comparing two of the best rap records ever made -- Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' and 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z.

Both albums are masterpieces that transcended any coast affliliation.

Peep 9th's breakdown of the two albums as told to John Kennedy of Vibe.

The Blueprint changed the scope of how the mainstream thought about music. That really changed the game as far as what records sound like on the radio and how listeners perceived what a hit record was. You had to sample this way, or take a record and speed it up. That was a direct influence from Just Blaze and Kanye West.

The way Jay-Z works, he has a sound for a project and goes with it. The Blueprint was put together in a similar way as The Chronic because The Chronic was based around Parliament-Funkadelic, sounds like that. A lot of people feel the same way about The Blueprint: It's all about one sound. Just Blaze and Kanye found a lane and ran down it.

The best chopped sample is “U Don't Know.”* If you could turn back the hands of time and give everybody that same original record (Bobby Byrd's “I'm Not to Blame”), nobody would’ve chopped it up like Just Blaze. But every record ain't sped up, “All I Need” and “Renegade” were on there, too. It needed that really. It wasn't too left or out of the way. Those records kind of rounded it out.

There weren't a lot of rappers making concept albums. They would just put a bunch of songs out and get two hot singles. The Blueprint brought back the concept album. It wasn't really driven towards singles. It had singles on it, but the way it was packaged, the way it looked, everything—it feels like a whole entire idea. People became more creative about how they released an album. The Blueprint changed all of that. It just changed it all

Are the albums comparable in your opinion. Are both classics?

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WASHINGTON – Vice President Biden said Friday that "every asset" in the U.S. counterterrorism arsenal was being tapped to evaluate a specific but unconfirmed threat to strike New York or Washington around the solemn 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

The vice president, who along with President Obama received updated briefings early Friday, said that the threat to use vehicle bombs against possible infrastructure targets is the first "credible" threat received by U.S. authorities since al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in May.

The threat involves information about three men who may have been sent to the U.S. to carry out attacks using vehicle bombs with the assistance of associates already in the country, two law enforcements officials said.

The officials are not authorized to comment publicly and declined to be identified.

In an interview on NBC's Today show, Biden acknowledged the elements of the threat but cautioned that it remained uncorroborated, beyond the original source in Pakistan.

He encouarged Americans to go about their routines, while urging that they remain "vigilant."

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the president and vice president were briefed by chief counterterrorsim adviser John Brennan, national security adviser Tom Donilon and deputy national security adviser Dennis McDonough.

"John Brennan has been … anticipating the need to be extra vigilant, to take extra precautions around the anniversary, because al-Qaeda — while it has lost its leader — remains a threat to Americans."

Since Thursday night when federal officials publicly acknowledged the threat, additional police have been assigned to the streets in both Washington and New York.

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said officers' shifts were being extended to maintain the increased presence. He also warned residents to expect increased bag checks at subway stations and vehicle checkpoints at strategic locations around the city.

The heavy security presence was a sharp counterweight to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's method of travel Friday: public transportation.

Like Biden, Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to go about their business as usual.

"There is no reason to change any of your routines," Bloomberg said.

The threat information, passed to U.S. officials by a source in Pakistan, has so far not triggered an elevation of the national threat level.

Even before the threat was received, federal and local authorities had dispatched thousands of additional personnel to landmarks and other sensitive sites in New York and Washington.

In New York alone, Kelly said "thousands" of additional officers, including snipers, bomb technicians, scuba divers and helicopter pilots, were being called to work for the anniversary.

Kelly said the increased staffing and other precautions were part of a plan to treat the anniversary date as if "an actual plot was underway."

With the possible threat still unresolved Friday, investigators were chasing leads beyond Washington and New York.

A report about a rash of stolen trucks in the Kansas City area prompted brief concerns until federal officials determined that all of the rental vehicles had been recovered.

Sources: USA Today and CNN

New York Mayor Bloomberg Speaks On Threat

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The music industry is a very competitive place for anyone to start a career but when you have the talent, the
skills, the passion, and the drive to succeed it’s a playground. When it comes
to Sam Haye this is the obvious truth. Sam Haye can easily be compared to
Kanye West, and Jay-Z. Kanye being a producer
has a very good ear for instrumentals perfect to execute a track well. Jay-Z is
arguably the best to do it. With comparisons like these, solid videos like
“Go” and a drive to succeed, we can confidently say Sam
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Here's the cover art for Styles-P's fourth studio album 'Master Of Ceremonies.'

Last month Styles told MTV that the album will be out in September. Prior to that the Ghost plans on dropping a mixtape 'The World's Most Hardest MC.'

P said the mixtape will consist of all original beats.

"I'm gonna do original beats," he said. "The mixtape game kinda switched now, because I don't want the Feds knockin' at my door for using Weezy and Jay-Z and Kanye and everybody's beats, so you kinda gotta go original."

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Young Jeezy continues to promote his upcoming album 'Thug Motivation 103' with a series of webisodes showing him out on tour.

In this episode The Snowman hits up Philadelphia.

Dame Dash is dealing with a new set of problems this morning.

Just last month the former co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records admitted to owing the IRS more than $2 million in unpaid taxes. Now comes news that the city of New York has hit Dash with six counts of storing and selling alcoholic beverages without a license.

According to the Village Voice, Dame's art gallery DD172 served as a "front for a suspected unlicensed club, a nuisance, a disturbance."

The gallery shut down in June of 2011, but some of Dash's former neighbors are still mad at him.

"Damon Dash was a terrible neighbor. It was always super loud, super noisy, tons of garbage in the street. All these 18-year-old kids smoking and drinking—real thugs. They were disrespectful to the neighborhood," said one neighbor, who claims that "the owner rented to Damon Dash to f*ck with the neighbors,"

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A huge crowd turned out at Dash NYC to get a glimpse of the Kardashian sisters as they partied on Fashion's Night Out.

Pauly D held down the turntables for the event. The DJ waived his normal $40,000 appearance fee as a wedding gift to Kim.

The party didn't last long though. According to TMZ, NYPD shut things down after fans tried jumping the barricade to get to Pauly D.

Peep pics from the event below

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DJ Drama gears up for the release of his latest album 'Third Power' in a couple by dropping the visuals for the remix to his hit song "Oh My."

Big Sean, Tity Boi aka Two Chainz and Trey Songz all do their thing.

'Third Power' will be available October 4.

Rap collective Odd Future will soon be invading your television a lot more often.

The group has landed a deal with Adult Swim for a new show titled Loiter Squad.

According to the L.A. Times, the 15-minute live action series is being produced by D*ckhoue Entertainment, the guys that brought you Jackass.

Viewers can expect so see pranks, music and man on the street segments from the group.

The show is expected to premiere early 2012.

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Birdman recruits his top two cash cows. Lil Wayne and Nicki Minaj, for the first single off of his upcoming album.

"Bigga Than Life' in stores November 21.

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Pusha T hit up the Bowery Hotel in NYC on Wednesday for a 'Fear Of God 2: Let Us Pray' concert that turned into a mini hip-hop convention.

Miss Info served as the master of ceremonies on a night that saw Pusha share the stage with Lloyd Banks, Tyler, The Creator, Kevin Cossom, AB-Liva and more.

Peep the footage of Pusha and Tyler performing a hyped version of "Trouble On My Mind" below.

Lloyd Banks and Pusha T perform "Start it Up" (Sorry no video)

Pusha T & Tyler The Creator "Trouble On My Mind"

The news keeps getting better and better for Lil Wayne. Not only does he grab the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart, eight songs from 'Tha Carter IV' debut on the Hot 100 chart.

Those eight songs combined with three previous titles already on the chart give Weezy a record tying eleven songs on Billboard's Hot 100 at the same time.

Wayne tied David Cook and Taylor Swift for "the most simultaneously-charting songs by a soloist in the list's 53-year history" according to Billboard.

The Beatles hold the overall record with 14 songs charting at the same time.

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Superstar rapper Lil Dynamic’s fanbase continues to grow, as well as his
talent. New singles include “It’s Official” A song done with R&B
Hotshot Young Myst, featuring superstar Chris Brown.  Chris Brown is hot off his
performance at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, any records with him can always
add to an artist. Check out the official video below:

New solo singles include “Talking Flow” as seen below:

Wiz Kalifah caught in big break when marijuana related charges were dropped against him in North Carolina.

The rapper and his crew were arrested last November after a concert at East Carolina University, when their tour bus was raided.

Kalifah, real name Cameron Thomaz, was charged with with trafficking marijuana, maintaining a place for sale of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The District Attorney later determined that a clerical error had been made, and the amount of weed seized on the bus did not exceed the 10-pound threshold for a trafficking charge.

“The magistrate or someone at that office must have misread the statute. We discovered the error maybe two hours after Thomaz paid the bondsman's premium and left. Because of that, it was a high price he paid for bringing the drug onto the campus. Had he remained to discover the error, he would not have been bonded so high, probably $1,000," D.A. Clark Everett told Reflector.com.

Mark Owens III, the attorney representing Kalifah said the university never should have booked his client knowing his love for weed in advance.

"Kahlifa's preferences and musical expression existed before his appearance in Greenville. Marijuana is a large part of his persona," Owens said. "I find it ironic that East Carolina knowingly asked him to come and then chose to take their actions, justified or not under the law,” Owens said. “If you have a problem with cholesterol and high blood pressure, you don't ask (a barbecue restaurant) to cater your lunch. That's just a country boy's observation."

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While there may be a debate over who is the original "rager" of Cleveland, Kid Cudi definitely wins for most creative video to date over Machine Gun Kelly.

The rapper/singer takes us to a dark place in his mind that we're glad to escape from at the video's end, in this creatively directed Jeremie Rozan clip.

This song appears on Cudi's album 'Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager.'

The real reason for T.I.'s quick incarceration after he had just been released from prison has been revealed.

It was initially thought that the rapper was locked up again for using a luxury tour bus to transport him from an Arkansas federal prison to a halfway house in Georgia. It turns out that was not the case.

Prison documents show the rapper violated rules by having his manager and one or more VH1 producers on the bus discussing his new reality show and book, when he was only allowed to have his wife on board. He was also not supposed to talk about business related matters.

"Such people were not authorized to travel with him in the conditions of his furlough," a Bureau of Prisons report obtained by CNN said. "He further indicated he was discussing a new reality series and a book with those individuals."

T.I. is now set for release September 29.

Check out the pics below of Tip on his way to the bus after being released.

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Slaughterhouse is getting to know Eminem and vice versa. Royce Da 5'9's relationship with Slim goes way back, but there's always an adjustment period when you start a new job. Which is essentially what Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I and Royce did when they signed a recording contract with Shady Records earlier this year.

SH sat down with MTV recently and explained why Eminem has turned to be the ideal boss.

"He's kinda walking eggshells around us creatively. He's telling us basically, 'Do exactly what y'all did last time. We're just gonna do it on a bigger level. Y'all don't need me to make records; y'all can do that,'" Royce said "It's more of a bonding thing. They all play basketball at the studio, and it's just them getting to know him better and making his comfort level high with them, because he met them when we signed the deal."

Budden paid Eminem maybe the biggest compliment when he said that Em still loves the hip-hop culture as much as ever.

"Being with him, you just totally forget that he's one of the dopest rappers and he's so successful. He's a great person, and he's still a humungous fan of the culture and very much in tune with what's happening," Budden said.

As far as their Shady Records debut album Royce said earlier in the week that the album was about 70% complete. It's possible we may see a single by December.

One thing is for certain, Eminem has made a very positive impression on the group.

"He really is a fan too, though. He's a fan of Slaughterhouse. When he comes in and listens to songs, it's not to critique them; it's to listen," Joell said.

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