Amber Rose is about to make her debut as a singer with the help of her boyfriend Wiz Khalifa. Whether or not she can actually sing is anybody's guess, but we'll find out Tuesday, January 10th at 9AM EST when her first single "Fame" premieres on PerezHilton.com.

"I'm so excited to release my first song… It's CRAZY! Working with Wiz is a dream come true; I am fortunate to have his support.

This is a very personal song to me that I wanted to record for my fans. I want people to see the world from my eyes, you know, from BEHIND MY SHADES! It's my interpretation of what it means to be "FAMOUS," which is not something superficial but instead being self-confident and happy with who you are.

You can feel famous everyday if you believe in yourself!

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DJ Whoo Kid leaked this heater from Bow Wow featuring Lloyd Banks Saturday, now here's the dirty version. The track is off of Bow Wow's upcoming album Underrated.

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DMX and Machine Gun Kelly teamed up in Long Beach, California Thursday (January 5) to perform X's new song "I Don't Dance."

The song is expected to appear on Dark Man X's seventh studio album Undisputed, which drops in March.

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Mike Knox recently released his Boston George mixtape and he's already working on it's follow up. Boston George 2 will be hosted by 50 Cent and DJ Kay Slay. The new mixtape is Knox's way of saying thanks to his fans for waiting while his album See Me Later is being completed.

In addition to the projects mentioned above, Knox and Tony Yayo have teamed up for "Shame On A N*gga," a song that will appear on Yayo's upcoming mixtape El Chapo 2. Knox will also follow up Boston George 2 with two more mixtapes, We Run the Streets and another one aimed at the ladies.

Last but not least, Knox will be featured on the Money Team/G-Unit mixtape that is on it's way. As you can see it's going to be a busy 2012 for the Philly emcee.

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Get familiar with Clinton Sparks as he performs "Watch You" and "The Way You Look Tonight" live at Throwed at the Middle East.

Both songs are off of Sparks' upcoming debut album. "Watch You" will serve as the first single and features Miami rapper Pitbull. It will be available February 2012.

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Looks like Drake has fired back at Common for dissing him on his record "Sweet."

In a song entitled "Stay Scheming" that also features Officer Ricky and French Montana, Drizzy fires off a line that seems to get at Common.

“I just ask that when you see me, you speak up n*gga that’s all/Don’t be ducking like you never wanted nothing,” Drake raps. “It’s feeling like rap changed, it was a time it was rugged/Back when if a n*gga reached it was for the weapon, nowadays n*ggas reach just to sell their record.”

In an interview yesterday (January 6) French told Justin Credible of the L.A. Leakers that he spoke with Drizzy, who wouldn't reveal who he was dissing.

"I just got off the phone with Drake and he didn't even want to tell me," French said. "They can read between the lines."

At this point there really shouldn't be a need to be subliminal on Drake's part. Common clearly called him out for singing on most of his records on "Sweet." And he did it right before his album, The Dreamer/The Believer dropped which ties into Drake's line, "nowadays n*ggas reach just to sell their record."

Check out both songs below and weigh in with your opinion.

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The saga of American concert promoter Patrick Allocco has taken a turn for the worse as the price for his release from the Republic of Angola has gone up.

As we previously reported, Nas was paid $300,000 to perform at a New Year's Eve concert in Angola, but failed to show up. Nas claims he didn't make it because of a "miscommunication" about his travel plans.

As a result of Nas' no-show local promoter Henrique 'Riquhino' Miguel sent armed men to kidnap Allocco and his son to prevent them from leaving the country without paying the money back first. After the two were turned over to local authorities the U.S. Embassy stepped in and put them in a hotel until an agreement could be reached.

After Allocco's rep released a statement asking Nas to give the money back so his ransom could be paid, Nas said he would do so once he found out where to send the check to.

Three days later the ransom has yet to be paid.

According to TMZ, Miguel is now demanding an additional $50,000 in expenses on top of the original $300,000 in order for Allocco to be released.

Nas has agreed to pay 300K, but not the additional 50K. On top of that he wants a letter from Allocco and Miguel freeing him from any liability.

The two sides are now deadlocked and Allocco is no closer to getting home than he was three days ago.

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At 15-years old New York rapper Astro aka the Astronomical Kid has gotten a lot of valuable experience in dealing with the media and performing in pressure packed situations on the X-Factor.

The Brooklyn kid born Brian Bradley, made it into the top seven of the competition before being eliminated. A couple of weeks prior he was nearly eliminated when he finished in the bottom two. Visibly upset, the teenager didn't want to perform that night to stave off elimination, but was convinced by his mentor L.A. Reid to keep going.

Now that the competition is over he is speaking freely about why he felt he wasn't treated fairly.

"Honestly man I felt like I was being treated unfairly because of something that happened behind the scenes the day before that I can't really talk about," he told Vlad TV. "I could have been wrong, but I felt like I was being treated unfairly and that was X-Factor's way of punishing me [by putting him in the bottom two]. But to be honestly I feel like everything happens for a reason. It had a cause, because after the night my [Twitter] followers went up by like 30,000. But that's the past. It is what it is. Right now I'm focused on the future."

That future is sure to include a record deal soon. There have been rumors linking Astro to Roc Nation, L.A. Reid and G-Unit after he performed with 50 Cent on the season's finale. At this point all of that is still up in the air. Regardless of who he ends up signing with Astro said he will always see Reid as his mentor.

"He's a great man. He let's me be me and that's what I respect," Astro says of Reid. "I feel like if I didn't have L.A. as a mentor I probably would have went insane."

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In episode three of Mobb Deep's web series "Start of Ur Ending" Havoc and Prodigy talk about where their career has been and where it's headed. P discusses what made the group decide to go independent and what separates their sound from everyone else's.

"The Mobb Deep sound...Prodigy sound is classic New York period, the hood," P says. "Mobb Deep is a completely different animal. If you can't tell that by now something is f*cking wrong with you. Basically if you can't tell Mobb Deep is something special, we're not like this other sh*t out here, something is wrong with you don't put us in that box. Put us over there on the special shelf. Don't put us with that other bullsh*t, we're not a part of that. Mobb Deep is a little more risky than anything in hip-hop."

Within the episode there is footage of the Mobb performing their 1995 classic "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" with a live band and frequent collaborator Big Noyd. The group also talks about what's up next for them including a Mobb Deep album, a collaboration project with producer The Alchemist and Prodigy's solo album H.N.I.C. 3.

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Sheek Louch and Styles P go in on Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg's "Young Wild & Free" instrumental.

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Young Jeezy remixes French Montana's hit record "Shot Caller."

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Young Jeezy's video for "OJ" is set to premiere soon. In the meantime enjoy this teaser of the clip that will feature Fabolous and Jadakiss.

Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition is in stores now.

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Anything is bound to happen when Tracy Morgan makes a television appearance. The "30 Rock" star visited Jimmy Kimmel Live yesterday (January 5) to promote the upcoming season of the show. Of course he had more than a few jokes up his sleeve.

Check out his interview below

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Warner Bros must have provided Common with a nice promotional budget for his new album The Dreamer/The Believer. The Chicago rapper drops his fifth quality video in support of the project with "Raw (How You Like It)."

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Now this would have been an a good reason to knock a fan out.

DMX was performing in Long Beach, California last night when a deranged fan hopped onstage and grabbed him by the throat. Security quickly rushed the fan and dragged him away.

Dark Man didn't let the distraction stop him, telling the DJ to turn the music back on.

"We don't stop the music for sh*t!" X said before continuing his performance.

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Check out the official visuals for "Trill Livin 2.0" by Chase N. Cashe.

Shot by Jerome D.

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Charles Barkley is one entertaining dude.

The former NBA great currently works for TNT as an analyst. He also endorses Weight Watchers. You've probably seen the commercial where he talks about getting healthy and tells viewers to lose weight "like a man."

The "round mound of rebound" must have forgotten that slogan when he was captured on camera saying that Weight Watchers is a "scam."

During a recent game between the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks, cameras continued to roll during a commercial break as Barkley talked with fellow analysts Reggie Miller and Kevin Harlan about the Weight Watchers program.

"I'm not giving away no free money Kev," Barkley told Harlan. "I thought this was the greatest scam going--getting paid for watching sports. This Weight Watchers thing is a bigger scam."

Barkley and Harlan then went on to trash the Hawks.

"I can't stand watching this Atlanta Hawks team play," Barkley said. 

"This game is terrible," added Harlan. "Look at this team--31% [shooting], God almighty!"

Miller was the only one of the three that didn't have anything bad to say about the Hawks, but Barkley kept going.

"The Hawks aint got nothing but a bunch of nice guys," Barkley continued. "If I were the Hawks, they're the team to me I'd try to anything to get Dwight Howard. Say 'you can have anybody on our team.'"

Check out the hilarious clip below.

Charles Barkley and Kevin Harlan clowning Weight Watchers and the Atlanta Hawks

Charles Barkley Weight Watchers commercial "Lose like a man"

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Pusha T serves up a black and white video for "What Dreams Are Made Of" off of his latest EP Fear of God II: Let Us Pray.

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DJ Whoo Kid came up to Thisis50 and spoke with Young Jack Thriller on a few stories that went down in his life. In this video Whoo Kid shares his experience on meeting the legendary Michael Jackson