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Not many people know that Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def) has moved from Brooklyn, New York and now calls New Orleans, Louisiana home.
Bey has struck up a friendship with former Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh. The two have been working on a project/song titled "OMFGOD." The process is being documented in a series of videos.
Check out the latest episode below and peep Yasiin and Mannie's website http://omfgodbknola.com/.
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50 Cent released his new single "My Life" from his upcoming Street King Immortal album on Monday November 26th, and already the positive feedback is overwhelming. The song features frequent collaborator Eminem and Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
50 and Adam gave a standout performance of the S1-produced song on NBC's The Voice last night. The music video for it premiered today on MTV.
Fif and Slim sat down with MTV to break down the meaning of the video and song.
"The [Street King Immortal} album is more personal than albums in the past," 50 said. "When I wrote Hate It Or Love It, I was talking about when I was growing up {I saw] my mom kissing a woman. So I put it on Game's record because I wasn't sure the public was ready to hear that from me. Because we only offered a certain style of content to them. That was me putting my toes in the tub to comfortably make that transition. This record is allowing us to do different things creatively. I've been able to come out a few times, more than usual to come to Detroit and work with Em for this record"
Eminem goes on to explain that "My Life" represents the feeling he and 50 get by being in the sometimes overwhelming media spotlight.
"[The video] is kind of like a glimpse into the way we were feeling when we made the record," Em said. "The video is kind of abstract. It's kind of metaphoric in a sense of like the paranoia of feeling like we're being chased. The helicopter in the video kind of represents the spotlight. Whether it's true or not, it's kind of how we feel. It's kind of a metaphor of us running from our lives. Personal lives and from fame and everything that goes with the game."
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Aerosmith singer and former American Idol judge Steven Tyler has angered Nicki Minaj with comments he made to MTV about her.
Tyler was asked if it was difficult to be a judge on the talent show. While giving his answer Tyler was critical of Minaj's judging skills.
"You just have to give your opinion. It wasn't hard for me, but I would imagine it's hard for some people, and they need a manager to say 'Shut the f*ck up, and just give them your opinion,' " Tyler said. "These kids, they just got out of a car from the Midwest somewhere and they're in New York City, they're scared to death; you're not going to get the best [out of them]. ... If it was Bob Dylan, Nicki Minaj would have had him sent to the cornfield! Whereas, if it was Bob Dylan with us, we would have brought the best of him out, as we did with Phillip Phillips. Just saying."
Minaj quickly responded to the criticism by heading to her Twitter account to vent to her 15 million followers.
"Steven Tyler said I would have sent Bob Dylan to a cornfield??? Steven, you haven't seen me judge one single solitary contestant yet," Minaj wrote, before accusing Tyler of being racist. "I understand you really wanted to keep your job but take that up with the producers. I haven't done anything to you. That's a racist comment. You assume that I wouldn't have liked Bob Dylan??? why? black? rapper? what? go f*ck yourself and worry about yourself babe."
Minaj was far from done. Egged on by her "barbz" she continued her diatribe. She also managed to throw in a dig at Mariah Carey.
"When Steven 1st went on Idol he was ridiculed by his peers & fans alike. Called a sell out. So what does he do? Ridicule the next judge," Nicki continued.
Do you think Tyler was being racist? Or was he simply giving his opinion?
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Wiz Khalifa is gearing up to release his new album O.N.I.F.C. (Only N*ggas In First Class) on December 4th. The Taylor Gang CEO teams up with Dipset's Killa Cam to drop an official music video for "The Bluff." A track that will be featured on the album.
You can pre-order O.N.I.F.C. now from iTunes.
T.I. finally release his much talked about song "Sorry," which features rapper Andre 3000 of Outkast. The track is off of Tip's upcoming Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head album, which drops on December 18th.
You can purchase "Sorry" now on iTunes.
Another day, another Twitter beef. White Girls Mob rapper V-Nasty has gone ape sh*t on Soulja Boy via the social networking site today. First she called him out for being weaker than his girlfriend Diamond. She then said she would put $500,000 on Chris Brown in a fight against Soulja. After that she continued to ramble on.
So far Soulja has ignored V-Nasty's rant.
Check out her Tweets below.
Do you think Soulja should respond?
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Daddy Fat Sacks teams up with T.I. and Ludacris for a straight up street banger titled "In The A." The song is off of Big Boi's upcoming Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors album.
The album will be released on December 11th via Def Jam Records. Pre-order it here
Houston's Kirko Bangz drops off something fresh and new. The young spitter knows his lady friend has a grip on him but he wants to "Keep It Trill."
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Rolls Royce Rizzy and Maryland Menace of Lil Scrappy's Grustle Gang team up to release a brand new music video for "Came For." The track might possibly end up on Menace's upcoming mixtape, Black Jesus Flexxx'n Season, which drops in January.
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Terius Nash A.K.A. The-Dream releases a smooth slow jam titled "Tender Tendencies." The song is off of his upcoming upcoming album 1977.
The album is a re-release of The-Dream's 2011 mixtape with a couple of new tracks added. It will be available for purchase on December 18th.
Here's 50 Cent's new single "My Life" featuring Eminem and Adam Levine of Maroon 5. The song is off of 50's upcoming album, Street King Immortal.
Nate Dogg's fans are very happy today after it was announced that his fourth and final solo album will be released in 2013. According to AllHipHop the name of the album is It's A Wonderful Life. It will be released through a new deal between Seven Arts Music and United Media and Music Group,
The project will consist of previously unreleased material and will boast heavyweight features from Mary J. Blige, Dr. Dre, Eminem and Jay-Z.
In other Nate Dogg news, his children have won a legal battle involving his estate after his mother Ruth Holmes and ex-wife LaToya Calvin threw in the towel.
LaToya took over Nate's estate after his passing in 2011 from complications of multiple strokes. The singer did not leave a will. In August LaToya filed court documents seeking to have Holmes appointed as her co-administrator.
Nate's children were very upset by the move and asked that a professional administrator be appointed because they believed the two women were only out for themselves and would not spread the wealth equally.
Nate's daughter, Aundrane Hale, told TMZ back in September that Holmes was never a grandmother to the kids and had withheld money from them in the past. She also said that LaToya didn't even attend Nate's funeral.
LaToya withdrew her petition for control earlier this month, and her lawyer told TMZ, "Nate's children wanted a 'professional administration' and Ruth and LaToya decided to withdraw to avoid conflict with the children."
As far as who is in control of the estate now, that will be determined later.
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After releasing "Merlot pt. 2" earlier in the year, Brooklyn does it again as Fabolous @myfabolouslife and Troy Ave @TroyAve team up for another 1 off of Fab's critically acclaimed The Soul Tape 2mixtape.
Check out their certified street banger titled "Only Life I Know" produced by John Scino.
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T.I. unveils the cover art for his highly anticipated song "Sorry," which features Outkast rapper Andre 3000. The song will be released tomorrow as part of Tip's Trouble Man Tuesdays series.
Tip's next album titled Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head will be released on December 18th.
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Kendrick Lamar definitely brought awareness back to West Coast hip hop in 2012. His good kid, m.A.A.d city album lived up to the hype. Both critics and fans alike appreciated the Compton emcees Aftermath debut. The project sold 242,122 copies in its first week.
The Source magazine recognizes Kendrick's accomplishments by crowning him the king in its 3rd annual Rookie Of The Year issue.
Check out an excerpt from his interview plus the UnCovered video below.
Kendrick Lamar on his religious beliefs at a young age: "We couldn't believe something we dind't know about. As a kid, all we seeing is street sh*t... When you see one of your partners get smoked and that same day you have someone coming to you preaching to you asking you, 'Do you believe in God?,' it gives you a [different] outlook."
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GQ Magazine answers the call for more footage of Rihanna's sexy photo shoot from their Men of the Year issue by releasing a behind the scenes video.
Riri definitely knows how to make love to the camera.
The singer also released behind the scenes footage from from her photo shoot for her new fragrance, Nude by Rihanna.
Nude by Rihanna is available for purchase at Macy's nationwide today. The fragrance will be available at additional retailers beginning February 2013.
Rihanna behind the scenes GQ photo shoot.
Rihanna behind the scenes "Nude" fragrance photo shoot.
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Comedic writer Jenny Johnson is looking over her shoulders this morning after her argument with Chris Brown on Sunday led him to delete his Twitter account.
Johnson has been a constant thorn in Chris' side ever since he assaulted then girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. She and Chris also exchanged words back in September 2011.
Johnson wrote: "Taking relationship advice from single people is like taking not-beating-the-sh*t-out-of-women advice from Chris Brown.” That prompted a response from Chris.
This morning Brown's legion of fans are in full attack mode sending death threats Johnson's way. She seemed worried about it when she sent out her last Tweet.
Check out some of the threats below.
Damn, Team Breezy is nuts!
Source: Billboard
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G-Unit's Lloyd Banks might have a collaboration in the works with Glory Boyz Entertainment rapper Lil Reese. Slow Bucks TV Tweeted out a pic of the two rappers together in Chicago and wrote: "@LilReese300 & my n==a @LloydBanks #StudioFlow #ChiRaq x #SouthSide #300."
Lil Reese then retweeted.
Slow Bucks later retweeted a fan who was hoping to see a collaboration between the PLK and Reese.
GBE and G-Unit have a good relationship with 50 Cent taking on the role of mentor to GBE boss Chief Keef. 50 and Keef have already collaborated on the song "Hate Being Sober," which will appear on Keef's debut album, Finally Rich.
With Banks currently at work on his first Gangsta Grillz mixtape followed by Cold Corner 3, could there be another G-Unit/GBE collaboration coming soon?
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