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Fred The Godson continues to put in work repping his borough The Bronx, New York. Fred is the latest emcee to step into the booth at BET for a Backroom freestyle.

Check that out below.

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Check out 2 Pistols' "Arrogant" mixtape. The tape has features from Stuey Rock, 2 Chainz, Verse Simmonds, Jeremy Greene, Fatman Scoop, K Major, Trae Tha Truth and more.

50 Cent is getting fed up with the direction the hip hop industry is headed in. Fif took to Twitter to take shots at Rick Ross and new rappers who are unoriginal.

"Hip hop has been damaged by fake fraudulent artist who just say anything.now it seems like authenticity means nothing," 50 wrote on the social networking site. "The culture is so confused a gangsta is bobbing to a cop LMAO think about it. It's just the facts. I'm not impressed by some of the new artist it feels like nothings new stop following trends be your self. Rappers write cars, money, big house, big shot talk. The truth is they ain't got it man for real."

The G-Unit boss said that because of Chris Lighty's passing he is now managing himself and won't rush the release of Street King Immortal. He also issued a warning to any rapper that wants to step up and test him because the music on the album is just that good.

"Every artist that puts them selves in direct competition with me will suffer due to how well Street King Immortal is put together. Watch the fools who decide to question my talent. Find them selves over whelmed by this album"

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RZA has managed to pull together quite a list of talented artists for the soundtrack to his directorial debut, The Man with the Iron Fists.

Feautured on the soundtrack are Kanye West, Method Man, Freddie Gibbs, Flatbush Zombies, Pusha T, Raekwon, Joell Ortiz, Pharoahe Monch, M.O.P., Talib Kweli, Corrine Bailey Rae, The Black Keys and more.

Tracklist:

1. The Black Keys / RZA : The Baddest Man Alive [produced by The Black Keys and The RZA]

2. Ghostface Killah / M.O.P. / Pharoahe Monch : Black Out [produced by Fizzy Womack]
3. Kanye West : White Dress [produced by Kanye West and The RZA]
4. The Revelations feat. Tre Williams : I Forgot To Be Your Lover [produced by Bob Perry]
5. Idol Warship [Talib Kweli / RES] : Get Your Way [produced by Frank Dukes and BadBadNotGood]
6. The Wu-Tang Clan / Kool G Rap : Rivers of Blood [produced by Frank Dukes and BadBadNotGood]
7. Method Man / Freddie Gibbs / Street Life : Built For This [produced by Frank Dukes]
8. Killa Sin : The Archer [produced by Frank Dukes]
9. RZA / Flatbush Zombies : Just Blowin' In The Wind [produced by The RZA]
10. Pusha T / Raekwon / Joell Ortiz : Tick, Tock [produced by Frank Dukes and S-1]
11. Corrine Bailey Rae : Chains [produced by Steven James Brown and Corrine Bailey Rae]
12. Francis Yip : Green Is The Mountain
13. The Wu-Tang Clan : Six Directions of Boxing [produced by Frank Dukes]
14. Mable John : Your Good Thing (Is About To Come To An End) [produced by Isaac Hayes and David Porter]
15. Wiz Khalifa / Ghostface Killah / Boy Jones : I Go Hard [produced by The RZA]

Soul Temple Records has released a stream for the project which you can check out up top.

The album will be released October 22nd on iTunes and Amazon. As a special bonus, 500 2LP vinyl copies of the soundtrack will be released via Get On Down.

A color jacket and movie poster will be included inside, as well as a bonus picture sleeve 7” single: “Bust Shots” b/w “Bust Shots (Instrumental),” featuring Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and Sheek Louch.

Order your copy of the special edition HERE.

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Based on what we've heard so far the soundtrack to RZA's upcoming directorial debut The Man with the Iron Fistssounds like it's going to be very dope.

Here is the music video for "Built For This" featuring Method Man, Freddie Gibbs and StreetLife.

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Here is the official music video for "The Boys," Nicki Minaj's collaboration with Bad Boy singer Cassie. The song is the lead single off of Nicki's upcoming new album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up.

Mike Epps will portray late comedic genius Richard Pryor in an upcoming film about jazz legend Nina Simone. Epps got the blessing of Pryor's widow, Jennifer Pryor, when he personally reached out to her to ask for permission.

"That was very sweet and respectful that he called me first. I am happy that they picked him. He is a real good guy," Jennifer told TMZ.

Because of Mike's gesture, Jennifer is also considering him to portray her husband in an upcoming biopic.

Jennifer is producing the movie and says she believes Epps is one of the few actors capable of an "authentic portrayal" of Pryor.

One actor/comedian who Jennifer will never allow to portray her late husband is Eddie Murphy. Jennifer adds that Pryor would want "someone authentic like himself" in that role.

"Having Eddie Murphy play Richard Pryor would be like having Al Jolson play Malcolm X," she said. (Jolson is an early 20th century white actor known for his blackface performances.)

Ouch...

Do you think Mike Epps will be a good fit in the role of Richard Pryor?

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There is bad singing and then there is this. Tone deaf, out of tune singer Gnesa makes me wish we could bring back American Idol's William Hung.

Listening to Gnesa sing is like slowing down to watch the results of a car wreck. You really don't want to. but can't pry your eyes/ears away, which would explain the almost 258,000 views the video has racked up since it was uploaded on October 7th.

Is Gnesa the worst singer ever? Check out her video for "Wilder" below and judge for yourself.

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BET's Music Matters Tour made it's way to Los Angeles yesterday and Kendrick Lamar made it a night to remember.

The Compton emcee brought out Dr. Dre to perform "Compton" and "The Recipe" off of his upcoming album, good kid, m.A.A.d city.

"I got to let y’all know something, I’m so proud of this man right here," Dre told the crowd. "He’s been handling his business even before y’all knew he was signed and sh*t. He was like let’s keep that sh*t on the low, I don’t want nobody to know and he kept doing his f*cking thing. He’s a true muthaf*ckin’ lyricist, a real muthaf*ckin’ MC and that’s what we need in muth*fuckin’ hip-hop.”

Kendrick later brought out T.I. who performed "Go Get It" and "What You Know."

Kendrick Lamar brings out Dr. Dre in L.A.

Kendrick Lamar brings out T.I. in L.A.

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Gucci Mane drops off his Trap God mixtape. The Brick Squad boss recruited Young Scooter, Waka Flocka, T-Pain, Birdman, Meek Mill, Kevin McCall and more for the project.

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Kurupt releases "Money (Do It For Me)" featuring RBX produced by J.Wells, off his upcoming Money, B*tches, Power mixtape with DJ Nik Bean, which will be available on November 7th.

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A Bishop The Greek Freestyle shot by Kwan Lee for Kwan Lee TV/Forbez DVD.com in the likeness of the Prince Fielder "On Deck" Chevrolet commercial. The song playing after is called "Shut It Down" (ft. Dubbs)(Prod. by Alcatrackz) off Bishop's tape "Revolutionary Suicide: Rap's Renaissance Vol. 2"

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Public Enemy hype man Flavor Flav was arrested this morning in Las Vegas for assault with a deadly weapon. According to TMZ, Flav got into a heated argument with his fiance and her teenage son.

The argument escalated and Flav, real name William Drayton Jr., reportedly got into a physical altercation with his fiance and pulled a knife on her son. The fiance then called 911.

When the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department responded to the call they arrested the rapper. He was taken into custody and booked on charges of felony assault with a deadly weapon and misdemeanor domestic violence.

He was released several hours later after posting $23,000 bail.

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Bay Area legends E-40 and Too $hort have teamed to release two collaborative albums on the same date. History: Mob Music & Function Music will be released as a double album on November 6th.

Check out their new music video for "Dump Truck" featuring Travis Porter.

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Gucci Mane's Trap God mixtape drops in just a few hours. To get fans ready he hits fans off with the music video for "F*ck Da World" featuring Future.

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Lil Wayne is now an author. The Young Money rapper has penned a new book titled Gone Till November. In it he provides intimate details about the eight months he spent in New York City's Rikers Island jail on a gun charge in 2010.

Selling out stadiums, topping album sales charts, and selling millions of albums have brought Lil Wayne, one of hip-hop's biggest acts, incredible highs. But these huge successes were accompanied by dark lows, resulting in a gun charge that landed him in Rikers Island Penitentiary for a year (of which he served 8 months). While there, he kept remarkably detailed journals of his thoughts, his feelings, the strange and colorful people he met, his plans, his family, his children, his past, present and future. GONE TILL NOVEMBER is a highly compelling internal monologue that is as relatable as it is unique to Wayne. It's an amazing narrative that will be a must-have for his legions of fans.

The book will be released on May 14, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon.

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50 Cent was recently in Paris, France promoting his SMS Audio headphone line. While there he took time out sit down for an interview to speak on his Street King Immortal album, a song titled "My Life" that impressed Interscope, features on the project and the concept of the album.

"There's points on it where I'm more vulnerable than I was on my other projects," 50 said. "It's worked in the past with 'Hate It or Love It.' That type of lyrical content. I wrote the record that I felt like was more me."

The "I Get Money" hit maker explained that although the album is finished there is a possibility he may add a song or two as he continues to write new material.

"What is the album today may change. A song or two may change between now and the actual release. Because I always do that. I'll keep working and I'll come up with something like right before it's wrapped up and say I wanna put this."

50 confirmed that the album has been pushed back, but did not reveal a new release date. He also said there is a possibility that Dr. Dre will release Detox as an EP instead of a full album and that he's looking to add new artists to the G-Unit roster.

"The roster is definitely... I'll change things around a little bit. It'll be cool because we'll be able to go out on the road and tour. It'll be artist boot camp preparing them for what they will have to do when they go off on a tour following that."

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Slaughterhouse emcee Jump Off Joe Budden sits down for a chat with MTV's RapFix Live to talk about his upcoming mixtape, A Loose Quarter. 

He will be joined by the Rej3zts from L.A.