Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock stopped by Sway's new Shade 45 gig and blessed the show with it's 1st freestyle.

Kendrick's 'Section.80' in stores now. Jay Rock's 'Follow Me Home' drops July 26.

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The Heavy Hitter's crew of DJ's Camilo, Enuff and Kast One have put together a calender featuring some of New York's hottest ladies.

Tahiry, Ashley Logan, Jhonni Blaze, Nikki Legz and J La Colombiana all step in front of photographer Felix Natal Jr.'s lens.

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Music leaks have longed plagued the music industry, now music videos are finding their way to the net long before they're officially set to premier.

The latest artist to suffer such a leak is Roc Nation artist J. Cole. The video for "Work Out," the first single from his upcoming album 'Cole World: The Sideline Story' is making the rounds.

Similar to the Kanye West video that leaked for "Monster", this clip is obviously a rough copy, but it should satisfy Cole fans until the official drops.

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An unprecedented and illuminating look at the life and career of one of the most controversial and successful music star sensations of the digital era. Directed by Academy Award™ winner director Peter Spirer (Notorious B.I.G. Bigger than Life, Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel), the film focuses on the many fascinating and fractious facets of DeAndre Cortez Way, otherwise known worldwide as Soulja Boy Tell Em. Love him or hate him, no one can deny that he represents the new face of Hip Hop. Young, bold, and completely in control of the game...Discover how a young man from Batesville Mississippi became a house hold name.

Featuring exclusive live performances from The DeAndre Way Tour including Crank That, Pretty Boy Swag, Turn My Swag On, Kiss Me Thru The Phone, Donk, Speakers Going Hammer, and more!

Plus over 45 minutes of Special Features, including exclusive interviews with Soulja Boy's father as well as current and former members of S.O.D.M.G. - Miami Mike, Arab, Q, 350 and others!

Available October 18, 2011.

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Here's some nice behind the scenes footage of Nore's latest joint "Finito," which features Lil Tune and Pharrell Williams.

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Just when you thought you had seen it all along comes Mark Anthony Richardson Jr.

Richardson, 21, of Oklahomo City fooled two women into babysitting him by pretending to be autistic according to the The Oklahoman.

He wore a diaper, sucked a pacifier, drank baby formula and threw tantrums. He also had the women change his diaper seven times.

“You've got some issues. I understand that. But, at the same time, it's time for you to grow up,” District Judge Jerry Bass told him.

Richardson pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency for the seven times his diapers were changed.

In addition he was also found guilty of felony sexual battery for grabbing the breast of an 18-year old daughter of one of his babysitters.

He was sentenced to three years in prison, must register as a sex offender and fork over $195 to his last babysitter for not fully paying her.

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While in Philadelphia recently promoting her hit song "Gucci Gucci" Kreayshawn got called out by Power99's Tazz Daddy for using the n-word.

It's obvious somebody over at Columbia Records has been trying to coach the Oakland native about how to handle this controversial situation, because she denies using the word despite there being evidence that proves otherwise.

Instead of owning up to it, Kreayshawn throws fellow White Girls Mob member V-Nasty under the bus as the one who uses the word.

"I don't say that... that's V-Nasty," she tells Tazz. "When we were in Oakland before everyone was staring at us, I was like 'I don't care if she says it.' But now that everyone is freaking out thinking I'm saying it I'm like 'come on Vanessa [V-Nasty] just stop."

That's a complete contradiction to what the rapper told Voice-Online last month.

"If I'm freestyling and I said it, that's just for that point in time. Any songs I'm writing I don't use it," she said at the time. "In Oakland, Asian people will call Mexicans that. A Mexican will call a black dude that. A white person will call an Asian that. Everyone calls each other that. I feel like that word is used in the low-income community more than anything. I can see if I was some rich crazy trick and I was just saying this because it's hip-hop. I was raised around this. Me and my sisters were all raised around this. People call me that. But personally I'm not flaunting it around.''

Kreayshawn also wrote this on twitter at around the same time: “People are actin so funny omg lol… I got 200k views… not 200k dollars…WTF YOU WANT FROM A N*GGA?! DMX VOICE.”

Check out the interview below with Taz to see him confront her about the subject.

Taz Confronts Kreayshawn Over Use Of The N-Word

Kreayshawn Using N-Word At 1:51 Mark

V-Nasty In Hotel Room Talking About Pimping Hoes & Using The N-Word

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BFF's Lala Anthony and Kelly Rowland show how hard they work to maintain their perfect bodies in the latest issue of Shape Magazine.

“Anytime you can do a photo shoot with your bestfriend, its going to be fun!” Lala said on her website, IAmLaLa.com. “It’s cool to know you can do so many different exercises with a friend. Working out together makes it easier.”

Kanye West is in position to win big at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. West leads all male performers with seven nominations including Best Hip Hop Video, Best Male Video and Best Collaboration for his work with Katy Perry on "E.T."

Both Eminem and Nicki Minaj got three nominations each. Minaj got nods for Best Hip-Hop Video and Best Female Video, while Em was nominated for Best Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Male Video.

Newcomer Tyler, The Creator of Odd Future has made a big impact in a short period of time and is being rewarded for it with two nominations. Tyler has a shot at two Moonman trophies in the categories of Best New Artist and Video Of The Year for "Yonkers."

On the female pop front Katy Perry and British singer Adele are at the top. Perry has a VMA leading nine nominations while Adele has seven.

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Kanye West and Jay-Z have hooked up for one of the most anticipated albums of 2011.

Check out the first official leak off of 'Watch The Throne.'

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Lil B switches his style up and does some singing in his latest video.

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Here we get some in studio footage of the Ferrari Boyz aka Gucci Mane and Waka Flocka Flame laying down verses for "Suicide Homicide."

The song is track # 9 on their upcoming album 'Ferrari Boyz' due out on August 9.

R. Kelly is currently laid up in a Chicago hospital after undergoing emergency throat surgery this week.

The 44-year old singer had been complaining about a severe sore throat. After an examination by doctors Kelly was rushed into surgery to have an abscess removed from his tonsils.

Kelly's publicist Allan Mayer said Wednesday that the singer will be "laid up indefinitely" at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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While riding around with XXL yesterday following his release from prison DMX was asked if he would have a prayer on his upcoming album like he normally does. X confirmed that he would and recited it right there on the spot.

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Big Bad 40 Glocc recruits some of the West Coast's finest for his latest video.

The Chris "Broadway" Romero and Kevin Johnson directed clip features Snoop Dogg, E-40, Xzibit, Too $hort and Sevin along with a host of guest stars.

MC Eiht, The Alchemist, Zoo Life, Tha Dogg Pound, Ice-T, Tiny Lister, Ice Cube and Mistah Fab all make appearances.

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Kidd Kidd has quite a story to tell and now thanks to 50 Cent the world will get a chance to hear it.

The 27-year old New Orleans native spoke to Vibe recently about getting shot six times and the controversy regarding Lil Wayne referring to him as a b*tch on his 'Sorry 4 The Wait' mixtape.

On the tape Wayne said this: “Kidd Kidd you better watch yourself out there b*tch, you know a n*gga love ya b*tch. Don’t have a n*gga come in that water for ya b*tch. Pay attention out there n*gga. I told you you’re supposed to be out there doing ya thing anyway n*gga. F*ck wrong with you?”

Kidd also explains how he linked up with 50 Cent and what it's like being down with G-Unit.

New Orleans can be a rough environment to get past, how'd you steer yourself into the rap game?

Yeah man, coming up in the rap game in New Orleans is hard. We don’t have a lot of big businesses down there as far as Universal and Def Jam and Interscope---none of that is down there in New Orleans. So in order to make it out of New Orleans, you gotta get out of New Orleans. I was blessed and fortunate enough to make those moves. I got put in the right spot at the right time.

In June crazy news broke that you were shot six times. How are you doing in recovery mode now?
Yeah man. I’m good right now. I’m recovering good. I can’t move as fast as I want to right now, but I’m recovering real good. Everything still working [laughs].

How did that incident impact your music and overall perspective on the industry?
Well if you really listen to my music, that’s my life. That’s all I rap about. I rap about street music; gangsta music. This happening to me is just—for me, it’s not really a big deal. But to the music world, the music industry, they gonna be like ‘Oh you got shot. Another rapper got shot’ and this and that, but in New Orleans, anybody can get it. Especially if you living in that life. If you living that life, you gotta expect things to happen to you. But with that happening to me, and me still being here, it really lets me know that I’m here for a reason. I’m not out here doing it for nothing. I got a calling to do this.

Did you beef up security or change anything for increased safety?
Oh nah man, nothing changed! I’m still the same n*gga chilin with the same wild n*ggas I been with. Only thing that changed is more guns and bigger clips. We making smaller moves, but still tryna do bigger things. Because the city’s so small, you can get caught up in that little shit. But I’m out of the city right now. I’m coming from Morocco man—Casabalanca. I thought Casablanca was just a movie! [Laughs] That’s a hell of a feeling. I’m far from the hood right now.

That’s real man. So how’d you link with 50 and G-Unit?
It’s just the work that I put in. I know a lot of people get a lot of s*it twisted like ‘Oh, 50 messing with the n*gga only cause he got shot’---nah! 50 been f*cking with me since before this even happened. That was just me being on my grind. That dude is a real n*gga, and he can relate to what I been through. He reached out to me, and when he reached out to me he called me personally. And for me, coming from where I’m from, that’s real respect. Most of these niggas will send somebody to call you. That man called me—

Personally.
Exactly. Our first phone conversation, he asked me where was I when we he called me. When he called, I was in his hood---134th and Guy Brewer, in the projects in Queens like 2:30 in the morning. That kinda f*cked him up cause he was like ‘Damn, you in my hood!’ But we clicked ever since. Ever since, we just clicked and we always talking and keeping in touch. He was coming down to New Orleans to film movies and we got a chance to really meet each other. We sat down with one another and was just running it back and forth. I was giving him the rundown and he was giving me a little rundown. I really learned a lot from him. A lot of people wouldn’t keep it all the way 100 with you in this business.

How soon will we be hearing some G-Unit material?
Oh, yall will be hearing that real soon. You can download and go to wherever site you want to go to and check out the new Tony Yayo single Haters featuring me, 50, and Shawty Lo. We just shot the video for it 2 weeks ago in Atlanta, so that’ll be hitting the airwaves real soon. But you can check the song out now.

Dope. As you know Weezy released his Sorry 4 The Wait mixtape and on one of his freestyles he kinda came at you. How’d you feel about the b*tch references and him referencing your shooting?
[Laughs] See, that’s the thing. A lot of people out of town don’t really get how New Orleans people talk. When New Orleans people talk, they talk emotionally. He wasn’t---that’s just his way of saying ‘Damn n*gga! You still in the hood. Look what’s happening to you. You need to get from out of that’, you know what I’m saying? If you listen to what he’s saying, he’s like ‘Kidd Kidd! Betta watch yourself out there. You know a n*gga got love for ya, b*tch! Don’t make a n*gga come in that water for ya.’ A lot of people will hear the b*tch and all that and see that as him coming at me. But it’s not a diss at all. If it was, it would’ve been a whole different situation. It’s too real with me. A person like Wayne, he knows that. I don’t think he was tryna come at me like that at all. But I know how a lot of people outside of New Orleans might take that. But shoutout to him for shouting me out!

Got you. Here in New York, it didn't come off like that. The word ‘bitch’ could be an insult! I’m glad you cleared that up for us.
Yeah, in New Orleans we use that all the time. That’s how we talk to each other---‘B*tch what you doing? B*tch where you going? What’s up b*tch?’

[Laughs] Ok cool. Now there’s one last question I wanted to ask you regarding YM. It’s been speculated as to whether or not you were even signed there or if you were dropped or not. What was the initial relationship with Young Money?
Well, there never was any paperwork involved. I been around Wayne since like 2003, 2002. It never was no paperwork where I was signed to Young Money. As far as being dropped from the label, nah that’s not really true. When doing big things and you not seeing eye to eye, eventually you just want to go out and experience things for yourself. That’s kind of how it was for me. I felt like there’s a lot more I could be doing than just sitting around. When you sitting around, at the end of the day you gotta think about your family you gotta feed, yourself that you wanna take care of—it’s one thing having someone giving you money than making your own money. If someone gotta keep giving you money, how can they even respect you? That’s like being someone’s child or something. At the end of the day, we all men.

Ok cool. So no beef or bad blood between Young Money and you?
Nah it’s no beef. Yeah I still speak to them. I holla at Gudda all the time. Them my dogs. I don’t really talk to everybody else too much, but I holla at Gudda all the time. It’s all good. It’s all love. There’s no beef at all. I got love for them n*ggas. They come in the city and I hold them down. Cause I know for a fact that ain’t none of them tryna catch no murder charges. We can’t afford to be in jail right now. We can’t afford to be in a coffin right now. It’s just too deep right now. And quote this too, for the Wayne comments, because I ain’t really get a chance to really holla at him. Tell him I said. ‘That’s wassup, b*tch!’

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Katt Williams just released a video going at a lot of big names.

Williams is seen in clip doing push-ups while spitting a rhyme dissing Tyler Perry, Rickey Smiley, Martin Lawrence and Jamie Foxx.

Sample lyrics:

Tell Rickey Smiley get out that dress/ and tell Martin Lawrence sorry you did your best. You wore a dress 1,2,3/ you're just like Tyler Perry. Two f*cking drag queens what you gonna do?/ Beat me in dress, achoo bless you, f*ck you.

This could get really interesting.

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A Vancouver, Washington woman is behind bars today after police say she tried to sell her 3-day old son to a stranger at a fast food restaurant.

Heidi Lynn Gasaway, 35, who also goes by her maiden name, Heidi Lynn Knowles, approached a woman at a Taco Bell trying to sell her the baby for between $500 and $5000. The woman called 911 instead.

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Police later tracked down an inebriated Gasaway at a motel where she had been staying. She was arrested and the baby was placed in protective custody according to WTSP.

Gasaway is currently in Clark County jail with bail set at $50,000. She is scheduled to appear back in court next month. Authorities say she is also facing outstanding charges for theft and drug possession out of Benton County, Oregon.

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