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The nominees for the 2015 Grammy Awards were announced Friday, December 5. Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith and Beyonce received six nods each.

Iggy Azalea and Taylor Swift were nominated in four categories. Check out the full list of nominees for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards below.

Album of the Year

Morning Phase, Beck
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
x, Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith
G I R L, Pharrell Williams

Record of the Year

Fancy, Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX
Chandelier, Sia
Stay With Me, Sam Smith
Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
All About That Bass, Meghan Trainor

Song of the Year

All About That Bass
Chandelier
Shake It Off
Stay With Me
Take Me to Church

Best New Artist:

Iggy Azalea
Bastille
Brandy Clark
Haim
Sam Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance

All Of Me (Live), John Legend
Chandelier, Sia
Stay With Me (Darkchild Version), Sam Smith
Shake It Off, Taylor Swift
Happy, Pharrell Williams

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Fancy, Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli XCX
A Skyfull of Stars, Coldplay
Say Something, A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera
Bang, Bang, Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
Dark Horse, Katy Perry Featuring Juicy J

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

Cheek to Cheek, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga
Nostalgia, Annie Lennox
Night Songs, Barry Manilow
Sending You A Little Christmas, Johnny Mathis
Partners, Barbra Streisand With Various Artists

Best Pop Vocal Album

Ghost Stories, Coldplay
Bangerz, Miley Cyrus
My Everything, Ariana Grande
Prism, Katy Perry
X, Ed Sheeran
In The Lonely Hour, Sam Smith

Best Dance Recording

Never Say Never, Basement Jaxx
Rather Be, Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
F For You, Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
I Got U, Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones
Faded, Zhu

Dance/Electronic Music

Syro, Aphex Twin
While (1<2), Deadmaus
Nabuma Rubberband, Little Dragon
Do It Again, Röyksopp & Robyn
Damage Control, Mat Zo

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

Wild Heart, Mindi Abair
Slam Dunk, Gerald Albright
Nathan East, Nathan East
Jazz Funk Soul, Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, Everette Harp
Bass & Mandolin, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer

Best Rock Performance

Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams
Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys
Blue Moon, Beck
Fever, The Black Keys
Lazaretto, Jack White

Best Metal Performance

Neon Knights, Anthrax
High Road, Mastodon
Heartbreaker, Motörhead
The Negative One, Slipknot
The Last In Line, Tenacious D

Best Rock Song

Ain't It Fun, Hayley Williams & Taylor York, songwriters (Paramore)
Blue Moon, Beck Hansen, songwriter (Beck)
Fever, D. Auerbach, B. Burton & P. Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys)
Gimme Something Good, Ryan Adams, songwriter (Ryan Adams)
Lazaretto, Jack White III, songwriter (Jack White)

Best Rock Album

Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams
Morning Phase, Beck
Turn Blue, The Black Keys
Hypnotic Eye, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Songs Of Innocence, U2

Best Alternative Music Album

This Is All Yours, Alt-J
Reflektor, Arcade Fire
Melophobia, Cage The Elephant
St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Lazaretto, Jack White

Best R&B Performance

Drunk In Love, Beyoncé Featuring Jay Z
New Flame, Chris Brown Featuring Usher & Rick Ross
It's Your World, Jennifer Hudson Featuring R. Kelly
Like This, Ledisi
Good Kisser, Usher

Best Traditional R&B Performance

As, Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
I.R.S., Angie Fisher
Jesus Children, Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Lalah Hathaway & Malcolm Jamal Warner
Nobody, Kem
Hold Up Wait A Minute (Woo Woo), Antonique Smith

Best R&B Song

Drunk In Love
Good Kisser
New Flame
Options (Wolfjames Version)
The Worst

Best Urban Contemporary Album

Sail Out, Jhené Aiko
Beyoncé, Beyoncé
X, Chris Brown
Mali Is... Mali Music
Girl, Pharrell Williams

Best R&B Album

Islander, Bernhoft
Lift Your Spirit, Aloe Blacc
Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton & Babyface
Black Radio 2, Robert Glasper Experiment
Give The People What They Want, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

Best Rap Performance

3005, Childish Gambino
0 To 100 / The Catch Up, Drake
Rap God, Eminem
I, Kendrick Lamar
All I Need Is You, Lecrae

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

Blak Majik, Common Featuring Jhené Aiko
The Monster, Eminem Featuring Rihanna
Tuesday, I Love Makonnen Featuring Drake
Studio, Schoolboy Q Featuring BJ The Chicago Kid
Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson

Best Rap Song

Anaconda, Nicki Minaj
Bound 2, Kanye West & Charlie Wilson
i, Kendrick Lamar

We Dem Boyz, Wiz Khalifa
0 to 100/The Catch Up, Drake

Best Rap Album

The New Classic, Iggy Azalea
Because The Internet, Childish Gambino
Nobody's Smiling, Common
The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem
Oxymoron, Schoolboy Q
Blacc Hollywood, Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Solo Performance

Give Me Back My Hometown, Eric Church
Invisible, Hunter Hayes
Automatic, Miranda Lambert
Something In The Water, Carrie Underwood
Cop Car, Keith Urban

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

Gentle On My Mind, The Band Perry
Somethin' Bad, Miranda Lambert With Carrie Underwood
Day Drinking, Little Big Town
Meanwhile Back At Mama's, Tim McGraw Featuring Faith Hill
Raise 'Em Up, Keith Urban Featuring Eric Church

Best Country Song

American Kids
Automatic
Give Me Back My Hometown
I'm Not Gonna Miss You
Meanwhile Back At Mama's

Best Country Album

Riser, Dierks Bentley
The Outsiders, Eric Church
12 Stories, Brandy Clark
Platinum, Miranda Lambert
The Way I'm Livin', Lee Ann Womack

Best New Age Album

Bhakti, Paul Avgerinos
Ritual, Peter Kater & R. Carlos Nakai
Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman
Symphony Live In Istanbul, Kitaro
In Love And Longing, Silvia Nakkach & David Darling

Best Improvised Jazz Solo

The Eye Of The Hurricane, Kenny Barron
Fingerprints, Chick Corea
You & The Night & The Music, Fred Hersch
Recorda Me, Joe Lovano
Sleeping Giant, Brad Mehldau

Best Jazz Vocal Album

Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro, (Billy Childs &) Various Artists
I Wanna Be Evil, René Marie
Live In NYC, Gretchen Parlato
Beautiful Life, Dianne Reeves
Paris Sessions, Tierney Sutton

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

Landmarks, Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band
Trilogy, Chick Corea Trio
Floating, Fred Hersch Trio
Enjoy The View, Bobby Hutcherson, David Sanborn, Joey DeFrancesco Featuring Billy Hart
All Rise: A Joyful Elegy For Fats Waller, Jason Moran

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

The L.A. Treasures Project, The Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra
Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project, Rufus Reid
Live: I Hear The Sound, Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra
OverTime: Music Of Bob Brookmeyer, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

Best Latin Jazz Album

The Latin Side Of Joe Henderson, Conrad Herwig Featuring Joe Lovano
The Pedrito Martinez Group, The Pedrito Martinez Group
The Offense Of The Drum, Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Second Half, Emilio Solla Y La Inestable De Brooklyn
New Throned King, Yosvany Terry

Best Gospel Performance/Song

Help, Erica Campbell Featuring Lecrae
Sunday A.M. [Live], Karen Clark Sheard
I Believe, Mali Music
No Greater Love, Smokie Norful
Love On The Radio, The Walls Group

Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song

Write Your Story, Francesca Battistelli
Come As You Are, Crowder
Messengers, Lecrae Featuring For King & Country
Shake, MercyMe
Multiplied, Needtobreathe

Best Gospel Album

Help, Erica Campbell
Amazing [Live], Ricky Dillard & New G
Withholding Nothing [Live], William McDowell
Forever Yours, Smokie Norful
Vintage Worship, Anita Wilson

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album

If We're Honest, Francesca Battistelli
Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong, For King & Country
Hurricane, Natalie Grant
Welcome To The New, MercyMe
Royal Tailor, Royal Tailor

Best Roots Gospel Album

Forever Changed, T. Graham Brown
Shine For All The People, Mike Farris
Hymns, Gaither Vocal Band
A Cappella, The Martins
His Way Of Loving Me, Tim Menzies

Best Latin Pop Album

Tangos, Rubén Blades
Elypse, Camila
Raíz, Lila Downs, Niña Pastori And Soledad
Loco De Amor, Juanes
Gracias Por Estar Aquí, Marco Antonio Solís

Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album

Multiviral, Calle 13
Behind The Machine (Detrás De La Máquina), Chocquibtown
Bailar En La Cueva, Jorge Drexler
Agua Maldita, Molotov
Vengo, Ana Tijoux

Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano)

Lastima Que Sean Ajenas, Pepe Aguilar
Mano A Mano - Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernández, Vicente Fernández
Voz Y Guitarra, Ixya Herrera
15 Aniversario, Mariachi Divas De Cindy Shea
Alegría Del Mariachi, Mariachi Los Arrieros Del Valle

Best Tropical Latin Album

50 Aniversario, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
First Class To Havana, Aymee Nuviola
Live, Palo!
El Asunto, Totó La Momposina
Más + Corazón Profundo, Carlos Vives

Best American Roots Performance

Statesboro Blues, Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal
A Feather's Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash
And When I Die, Billy Childs Featuring Alison Krauss & Jerry Douglas
The Old Me Better, Keb' Mo' Featuring The California Feet Warmers

Destination, Nickel Creek

Best American Roots Song

A Feather's Not A Bird, Rosanne Cash
Just So Much, Jesse Winchester
The New York Trains, The Del McCoury Band
Pretty Little One, Steve Martin And The Steep Canyon Rangers Featuring Edie Brickell
Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt

Best Americana Album

The River & The Thread, Rosanne Cash
Terms Of My Surrender, John Hiatt
Bluesamericana, Keb' Mo'
A Dotted Line, Nickel Creek
Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, Sturgill Simpson

Best Bluegrass Album

The Earls Of Leicester, The Earls Of Leicester
Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, Noam Pikelny
Cold Spell, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
Into My Own, Bryan Sutton
Only Me, Rhonda Vincent

Best Blues Album

Common Ground - Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play And Sing The Songs Of Big Bill Broonzy, Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
Promise Of A Brand New Day, Ruthie Foster
Juke Joint Chapel, Charlie Musselwhite
Decisions, Bobby Rush With Blinddog Smokin'
Step Back, Johnny Winter

Best Folk Album

Three Bells, Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas & Rob Ickes
Follow The Music, Alice Gerrard
The Nocturne Diaries, Eliza Gilkyson
Remedy, Old Crow Medicine Show
A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble, Jesse Winchester

Best Regional Roots Music Album

Light The Stars, Bonsoir, Catin
Hanu 'A'ala, Kamaka Kukona
Love's Lies, Magnolia Sisters
The Legacy, Jo-El Sonnier
Ceremony, Joe Tohonnie Jr.

Best Reggae Album

Fly Rasta, Ziggy Marley
Full Frequency,Sean Paul
Back On The Controls, Lee 'Scratch' Perry
Out Of Many, One Music, Shaggy
The Reggae Power, Sly & Robbie & Spicy Chocolate
Amid The Noise And Haste, Soja

Best World Music Album

Toumani & Sidiki, Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Eve, Angelique Kidjo
Our World In Song, Wu Man, Luis Conte & Daniel Ho
Magic, Sérgio Mendes
Traces Of You, Anoushka Shankar

Best Children's Album

Appetite For Construction, The Pop Ups
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai), Neela Vaswani
Just Say Hi!, Brady Rymer And The Little Band That Could
The Perfect Quirk, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo
Through The Woods, The Okee Dokee Brothers

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)

Actors Anonymous, James Franco
A Call To Action, Jimmy Carter
Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America, John Waters
Diary Of A Mad Diva, Joan Rivers
A Fighting Chance, Elizabeth Warren
We Will Survive: True Stories Of Encouragement, Inspiration, And The Power Of Song,Gloria Gaynor

Best Comedy Album

Mandatory Fun, "Weird Al" Yankovic
Obsessed, Jim Gaffigan
Oh My God, Louis C.K.
Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time, Patton Oswalt
We Are Miracles, Sarah Silverman

Best Musical Theater Album

Aladdin
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
A Gentleman's Guide To Love & Murder
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
West Side Story

Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media

American Hustle
Frozen
Get On Up: The James Brown Story
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
The Wolf Of Wall Street

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media

Frozen, Christophe Beck
Gone Girl, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
The Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat
Gravity, Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks, Thomas Newman

Best Song Written For Visual Media

Everything Is Awesome!!!, The Lego Movie
I See Fire, Track from: The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
I'm Not Gonna Miss You, Track from: Glen Campbell, I'll Be Me
Let It Go, Frozen
The Moon Song, Her

Best Instrumental Composition

The Book Thief, John Williams, composer (John Williams)
Last Train To Sanity, Stanley Clarke, composer (The Stanley Clarke Band)
Life In The Bubble, Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Recognition, Rufus Reid, composer (Rufus Reid)
Tarnation, Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, composers (Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer)

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella

Beautiful Dreamer, Pete McGuinness, arranger (The Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra)
Daft Punk, Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstie Maldonado & Kevin Olusola, arrangers (Pentatonix)
Get Smart, Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band)
Guantanamera, Alfredo Rodríguez, arranger (Alfredo Rodríguez)
Moon River, Chris Walden, arranger (Amy Dickson)

Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

All My Tomorrows, Jeremy Fox
Goodnight America, Vince Mendoza
New York Tendaberry, Billy Childs
Party Rockers, Gordon Goodwin
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?, Pete McGuinness

Best Recording Package

Formosa Medicine Show, David Chen & Andrew Wong, art directors (The Muddy Basin Ramblers)
Indie Cindy, Vaughan Oliver, art director (Pixies)
Lightning Bolt, Jeff Ament, Don Pendleton, Joe Spix & Jerome Turner, art directors (Pearl Jam)
LP1, FKA Twigs & Phil Lee, art directors (FKA Twigs)
Whispers, Sarah Larnach, art director (Passenger)

Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package

Cities Of Darkscorch
A Letter Home (Vinyl Box Set)
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)
Sparks (Deluxe Album Box Set)
Spring 1990 (The Other One)

Best Album Notes

Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70
Offering: Live At Temple University
The Other Side Of Bakersfield: 1950s & 60s Boppers And Rockers From 'Nashville West'
Purple Snow: Forecasting The Minneapolis Sound
The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27)

Best Historical Album

Black Europe: The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides
Longing For The Past: The 78 RPM Era In Southeast Asia
There's A Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 - 1971 (Deluxe Edition)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical

Bass & Mandolin
Bluesamericana
Morning Phase
The Way I'm Livin'
What's Left Is Forever

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

Paul Epworth
John Hill
Jay Joyce
Greg Kurstin
Max Martin

Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix)
Falling Out (Ming Remix)
Pompeii (Audien Remix)
The Rising (Eddie Amador Remix)
Smile (Kaskade Edit)
Waves (Robin Schulz Remix)

Best Surround Sound Album

Beppe: Remote Galaxy
Beyoncé
Chamberland: The Berlin Remixes
The Division Bell (20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set)
Epics Of Love
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 'Resurrection'

Best Engineered Album, Classical

Adams, John: City Noir
Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
Riccardo Muti Conducts Mason Bates & Anna Clyne
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending

Producer of the Year, Classical

Morten Lindberg
Dmitriy Lipay
Elaine Martone
Judith Sherman
David Starobin

Best Orchestral Performance

Adams, John: City Noir
Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout Un Monde Lointain; The Shadows Of Time
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8; Janáček: Symphonic Suite From Jenůfa
Schumann: Symphonien 1-4
Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7; Tapiola

Best Opera Recording

Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers
Milhaud: L'Orestie D'Eschyle
Rameau: Hippolyte Et Aricie
Schönberg: Moses Und Aron
Strauss: Elektra

Best Choral Performance

Bach: Matthäus-Passion
Dyrud: Out Of Darkness
Holst: First Choral Symphony; The Mystic Trumpeter
Mozart: Requiem
The Sacred Spirit Of Russia

Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance

Dreams & Prayers
In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores
Martinů: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Partch: Castor & Pollux
Sing Thee Nowell

Best Classical Instrumental Solo

All The Things You Are
The Carnegie Recital
Dutilleux: Tout Un Monde Lointain
Play
Toccatas

Best Classical Solo Vocal Album

Douce France
Porpora: Arias
Schubert: Die Schöne Müllerin
Stella Di Napoli
Virtuoso Rossini Arias

Best Classical Compendium

Britten To America
Mieczysław Weinberg
Mike Marshall & The Turtle Island Quartet
Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
The Solent - Fifty Years Of Music By Ralph Vaughan Williams

Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean
Clyne, Anna: Prince Of Clouds
Crumb, George: Voices From The Heartland
Paulus, Stephen: Concerto For Two Trumpets & Band
Sierra, Roberto: Sinfonía No. 4

Best Music Video

We Exist, Arcade Fire
Turn Down For What, DJ Snake & Lil Jon
Chandelier, Sia
Happy, Pharrell Williams
The Golden Age, Woodkid Featuring Max Richter

Best Music Film

Beyoncé & Jay Z: On The Run Tour
Ghost Stories (Coldplay)
20 Feet From Stardom
Metallica Through The Never
The Truth About Love Tour: Live From Melbourne (Pink)

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Philadelphia rapper Louie V Gutta becomes the latest artist to remix O.T. Genasis' hit record, "CoCo." Be on the lookout for the re-issue of Louie's New Legend mixtape. That will be followed by an EP and his debut album in 2015.

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2Eleven a.k.a. Deuce updates Mack 10's 1995 hit record "Foe Life" for his latest release. This will appear on 2Eleven's forthcoming EP entitled Who I Am. Produced by Hitman Beats.

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Yung Joey continues to pump out new music at a rapid pace. He again taps Spread of Infection (S.O.I.) super producer Doe Pesci for a trunk rattling beat on this latest track entitled "Dat Pack."

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J. Cole will be releasing his new album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive, on December 9th. Here is the official music video for the project's "Intro." Pre-order it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/2014-forest-hills-drive/id940845223.

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As promised Fabolous drops off the street banger "Lituation" as the lead single from his forthcoming album entitled The Young OG Project. It's set to be released on December 25, Christmas Day.

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Beanie Sigel is currently undergoing surgery at AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center after being shot Friday morning, December 5, in Pleasantville, New Jersey. His condition is said to be serious.

"All I can confirm at this time is that Mr. Dwight Grant was shot this morning after an altercation on Spruce Avenue," Pleasntville police Chief Jose Ruiz said, according to NJ.com.

The 40-year old suffered a gunshot wound to the stomach. The bullet exited out of his back.

The Philadelphia rapper is best known as a former artist on Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella Records and being the front man of the group State Property, along with Young Chris, Neef Buck, Omilio Sparks, Oschino Vasquez, Freeway and Peedi Crakk.

Police say a second man was injured in this morning's shooting, but refused medical attention. A suspect was taken into custody following a police chase, according to The Press of Atlantic City.

Sigel, real name Dwight Grant, was released to a Philadelphia area halfway house Aug. 14, after serving a two-year sentence in federal prison for tax evasion. He has been on home confinement since Sept. 25.

Pic Source: Michael Erin of Press of Atlantic City

**UPDATE**

Beanie Sigel's family has asked the hospital where he's being treated not to release any information about his condition, but NBC Philadelphia has provided an update to the original story.

Beans was coming home after dropping his kids off at school when he witnessed a fight taking place near his home. It's unclear whether he attempted to break it up, however his attorney says it doesn't appear that the rapper was the intended target of the shooter.

The other man injured during the altercation has been identified as 22-year-old Umar Salahuddi. He was not shot and has not been uncooperative with detectives investigating the crime.

Police have not yet been able to speak with Beanie. He's now listed in critical condition.

"The whole thing is a tragedy," a cousin of Sigel's wife said. She refused to give her name. "It's just very sad and I just ask that everybody keep our family in prayer and that he pulls through."

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RIZSELFMADE continues to drop freestyles as he preps for His forthcoming tape #DATMADELIFE.

Peep his remix of Nicki Minaj's single, "Only."

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Grand Hustle recording artist Spodee drops off his new mixtape entitled The B.I.D.

Features include Shad Da God, Peewee Roscoe, Neechie, Bankroll Fresh, Gunna and more. Production credits go to Uncle Charles, The Democratz, Dun Deal, 30 Roc, GT, Drumma Boy, Mars and more.

1.The Blessing In Disguise (Prod. Uncle Charles)
2.What's Going On (Prod. The Democratz) 
3.Bitch Nigga (Prod. The Democratz)
4.Believe Dat (Prod.Honerable C Note)
5.Shoot Em Ft. Shad Da God x Bankroll Fresh x Neechie x Peewee Roscoe (Prod. D Ritch)
6.Foreigner (Prod. FKi)
7.Anyway Ft. Zuse x BG Marco (Prod.Dun Deal)
8.Never Be The Same Ft. Gunna x Neechie (Prod. 30 Roc x GT)
9.Rollin (Prod. Ensayne Wayne)
10.Top (Prod. Drumma Boy)
11.Priorities Ft. T.I. (Prod. Mars)
12.Chevrolet (Prod. The Democratz)
13.Bankroll Fresh (feat. Strap & Spodee) - She On It [Prod. by Two7Teen]
14.Karma Ft Doe B (Prod. Dun Deal)
15.Um Hmm Ft. T.I. x Yo Gotti (Prod. By The Democratz)
16.Nothing to Lose Ft. Doe B x Yung Booke x Shad Da God (Prod. Mars)
17.The Other Day (Prod By.Mars)
18.Nobody But Me (Prod. Honorable C Note)

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Lil Wayne's manager Cortez Bryant did his best last night to put a positive spin on the disgruntled status of two of Cash Money Records' biggest cash cows, Lil Wayne and Tyga.

TMZ caught up with Bryant manager Thursday night, December 4, and asked about Weezy and T-Raww's recent comments expressing a desire to leave the house that Birdman and Slim built.

"We're good, I'm smiling. What are you talking about? I wouldn't be in the club right now [if there was a problem]." Cortez said outside of the Penthouse club.

I guess that offers some clarification, although Weezy's Twitter page hasn't changed since he announced his displeasure with the label on Thursday.

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NEW YORK (Associated Press) — Thousands and thousands of diverse people united by anger took to the streets from New York City to San Francisco for a second straight night to protest a grand jury clearing a white police officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.

Grandparents marched with their grandchildren. Experienced activists stood alongside newcomers, and protesters of all colors chanted slogans.

"We're under siege and it has to stop," Harlem resident Judy Edwards said at a rally Thursday night in lower Manhattan's Foley Square.

The 61-year-old black woman was accompanied by her daughter and twin 10-year-old grandchildren, a boy and a girl. She said it was important to her that the children saw a crowd that was racially mixed and diverse in many other ways all insisting upon the same thing — that something must be done.

That was the message, too, in cities across America: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis Oakland, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., among them. Sign-carrying, chanting demonstrators marched down heavily-traveled streets and shut down highways and bridges. Politicians talked about the need for better police training, body cameras and changes in the grand jury process to restore faith in the legal system.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a "long string of events" involving the deaths of black men at the hands of police, not just the Eric Garner case in New York City, threaten to erode the belief many Americans have in the nation's criminal justice system.

Cuomo, speaking on NBC's "Today" on Friday, said the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and similar previous cases in New York City show that it's necessary to "pull back the lens to understand it's not just about Eric Garner."

The governor said if people don't feel they're fairly represented by the justice system, "you have a fundamental problem."

In New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio — blasted by police union leaders who accused him of not supporting his officers — outlined previously announced plans to teach officers how to communicate better with people on the street.

President Barack Obama also weighed in, saying one of the chief issues at stake is "making sure that people have confidence that police and law enforcement and prosecutors are serving everybody equally."

But U.S. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told The Associated Press: "The black community is not right to be upset about the ruling. If this were a white person it would have been the same thing."

Tensions already were high after a grand jury last week cleared an officer in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Then on Wednesday came the decision that Officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be indicted in the chokehold death of Garner. In both cases the officers were white and the victims were black.

New York demonstrators targeted the city's major traffic arteries again on Thursday. They gathered near the Holland Tunnel, the Manhattan Bridge and on the Westside Highway, temporarily shutting them down. One group converged on the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

Police say they arrested more than 200 demonstrators in New York City on Thursday night.

New Orleans residents held a die-in at a holiday light show and police moved in to separate them from spectators, some of whom yelled at the demonstrators.

In Chicago, hundreds of protesters blocked Lake Shore Drive. The protesters were thwarted in their efforts to march to Soldier Field, where the Chicago Bears and the Dallas Cowboys were playing.

In San Francisco, protesters blocked Market Street, at one point lying down en masse, causing gridlock until police spurred them to move to Union Square. In Oakland, several dozen protesters walked the streets shouting "No justice! No peace! Jail the racist police!"

In Arizona, about 150 people took part in the march through the streets of downtown Phoenix protesting the deadly shooting of a black, unarmed drug suspect by a white Phoenix police officer who mistook a pill bottle for a gun. The crowd called for an end to what they say is a nationwide epidemic of police brutality.

In Washington, protesters gathered in front of the Justice Department and marched close to the Ellipse where holiday revelers — including the president and his family — celebrated the lighting of the national Christmas tree. A second march went from the district's police headquarters to city hall, where former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry's remains are lying in repose.

At a news conference in New York on Thursday after a night of protests led to 83 arrests, the Rev. Al Sharpton called the state-level grand jury system "broken" when it comes to police brutality cases and urged federal authorities to fix it.

"The federal government must do in the 21st century what it did in the mid-20th century," he said. "Federal intervention must come now and protect people from state grand juries."

But Stuart London, Pantaleo's attorney, expressed confidence Thursday that his client won't face federal prosecution. "There's very specific guidelines that are not met in this case," London said. "This is a regular street encounter. It doesn't fall into the parameters."

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Associated Press writers Tom Hays, Colleen Long, Karen Matthews and Jonathan Lemire in New York, Chris Carola in Albany, New York, and Eric Tucker in Washington contributed to this report.

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Nipsey Hussle is preparing to drop his new album entitled Mailbox Money later this month. To get fans warmed up he releases a new song, "50 Niggaz," produced by 1500 or Nothin and Mike & Keys.

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Neighborhood Nipsey Hussle is back on his back on his grind and about his money once again. He's following up his critically acclaimed Crenshaw mixtape with a new album entitled Mailbox Money.

Similar to his strategy on Crenshaw, where 100 copies were sold for $100 that came with special perks for consumers he'll be offering 100 copies of Mailbox Money for $1000 apiece.

“There will only be 100 hard copies and they are $1000 each,” he told MTV News. “The 100 people that buy the P2P version will be granted access to a private advance listening session of [upcoming 2015 album] Victory Lap at the secret Marathon Store we are going to open the day of the listening!”

The project will also be offered for free via iTunes and Proud 2 Pay. Producers on the album include 1500 or Nothin, Mike & Keys, Hit-Boy, DJ Mustard and more.

Nip has recruited Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug and more for features.

The album will be released later this month.

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Wiz Khalifa had a recent sex romp with Playboy Playmate Carla Howe, that was filmed without his knowledge. The tape is now being shopped around to various porn companies for a possible release, but that's not going to happen if Wiz and his lawyers have anything to say about it.

The Taylor Gang boss met the British model several years back. She was cast as a masseuse in his 2012 movie Mac & Devin Go to High School.

They both shared intimate photos of their latest encounter on their Instagram accounts. Just imagine the internet blowing up if the photos would have also included Carla's twin sister, Melissa!

Where they were and who set up the cameras to film them is not known, TMZ reports that Wiz and his legal team are already geared up to block it's release. 

Wiz has already scraped his IG of any photos of Howe. She left hers up.

Howe also posted a message on Twitter along with one of the photos that reads: "Making a movie @WizKhalifa." She later added: "He filmed me not the other way around."

This will probably end up in court. In the meantime check out more photos of Ms. Howe below via her IG.

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Ludacris continues to roll out his Ludaverses freestyles. The Disturbing Tha Peace boss decides to drop some bars over the instrumental to O.T. Genasis' hit single entitled "CoCo."

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Singer John Legend links up with Common for a new song entitled "Glory." This is off of the forthcoming soundtrack for the movie Selma. Common also stars in the film.

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Red Cafe just released a new EP entitled In Us We Trust. Here is an official music video for track number one off of it featuring Memphis rapper Yo Gotti, "R.N.O."

Grab the EP now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-us-we-trust-compilation/id942131978

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Attorney Gloria Allred held a press conference on Wednesday, December 3, where three more alleged Bill Cosby sexual assault victim detailed their stories.

The women identified as Chelan, Beth Ferrier and Helen Hayes told stories similar to other women who have recently come forward with allegations that Cosby drugged, raped or sexually assaulted in some other way.

Read the new allegations here via USA Today.

Allred proposed that the 77-year old comedian put up $100 million and agree to an informal hearing before a panel of retired judges who would arbitrate the merits of each claim and dole out compensation if a claim has merit.

"It could be advantageous for Mr. Cosby to give up the statute of limitations because there is a huge cloud on his reputation and legacy," Allred said. "The public deserves to know if Mr Cosby is a saint or a sexual predator."

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Here's the first look at Terminator Genisys. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his return to the movie franchise. It also stars Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Aaron V. Williamson and Jason Clarke.

Directed by Alan Taylor

Plot: The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

The film opens nationwide on July 1, 2015.

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Cash Money Records appears to be crumbling right before our eyes. Busta Rhymes left, Mystikal and Tyga want to be let out of their contracts. T-Raww has openly dissed label mates Drake and Nicki Minaj, but none of that compares with what is going down today.

The label's biggest star, Lil Wayne, is now fed up. He's taken to his Twitter account to apologize for the delay in the release of Tha Carter V, and says he doesn't want anything to do with Birdman anymore.

Tha Carter V was scheduled to be released on December 9. That obviously isn't happening now.

What do you think is going on at Cash Money that has so many artists disgruntled?

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