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Lil Kim mixed a little bit of the old with the new while in concert at the Winterbeatz Festival, in Australia earlier this week.

Kim, who just inked a new recording contract with Universal Music Group, thrilled the crowd with her verse from the classic posse cut "All About The Benjamins."

The song took on a new school feel when the dj switched the beat to "Otis" by Kanye West and Jay-Z, as the Queen Bee continued to flow.

Jay-Z is hip hop's cash king. Forbes estimated the rapper took home $37 million last year. He is married to one of the most dynamic entertainers of our time in Beyonce. And is worth upwards of $450 million, so who's complaining? Certainly not Hov, but former close friends like Dame Dash, Jaz-O, and Kareem "Biggs" Burke, who some would argue helped make him the success he is today are no longer a part of the rapper's inner circle.

Kareem "Biggs" Burke and Dame Dash

Britain's The Sun wrote an article on Jay-Z's rise to the top of both the business and rap world. It pointed out the obvious; Hov is a beast when it comes to getting his cheddar. It also illustrated that he has no problem cutting ties with allies if it means advancing himself further.

When Jay-Z did the unthinkable in 2004 by accepting a position as President of Def Jam, taking Roc-A-Fella Records with him, he cut out his partners Burke and Dash.

"We were two different people. He was not the same person I had met. I would never expect him to wear a trench coat and shoes," Dash says in an excerpt from the book “Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from the Street Corner to the Corner Office,” by Zack O’Malley Greenburg.

Since the Roc-A-Fella split things haven't gone well for either Burke or Dash. Burke was arrested on federal drug charges in October 2010. Meanwhile Dash, is currently deep in debt, owing the IRS $3 million.

Former Jay-Z protege Jaz-O says the rapper's drive to be the richest stems from his insecurites with women.

"He felt he needed money because he didn't feel like he was the most attractive guy to girls. I think he had a serious complex about his features," Jaz-O said. "His loyalty is to his money. I think in his case, to an extent, he became maniacal."

Jaz-O and Jay-Z

Friend Chenise Wilson says Jay was never really a ladies man coming up.

"There were girls around, but that wasn't his thing, being in girls' faces," she said. "He had his share but he wasn't the kind of guy with a whole lot of girls. Jay is a very particular guy."

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Affion Crockett takes part in Roc-A-Wear's latest viral campaign by impersonating Jay-Z, while spitting over “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).”

The funny man also spoofs french hip-hop dancing duo Les Twins, to the tune of Hov's "Venus Vs. Mars."

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Young Jeezy is on the road warming fans up for his upcoming album 'Thug Motivation 103.'

Peep footage from the first of his webisode on "The Road to 103."

Album in stores September 20

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UNDERWORLD AWAKENING brings a stunning new dimension to the epic battle between Vampires and Lycans, as the first film in the franchise to shoot in 3D.

Kate Beckinsale, star of the first two films, returns in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans, and are conducting an all-out war to eradicate both immortal

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Talib Kweli and Jean Grae fit together perfectly on this track off of Talib's latest cd 'Gutter Rainbows.'

The album is in stores now.

Teairra Mari is in trouble with California police today after being accused of suspected DUI and attacking a cop during a traffic stop.

TMZ is reporting that the 23-year old singer/actress was pulled over in Beverly Hills at 3 am this morning, when she rear ended the car in front of her.

A witness said Mari "could barely stand" and at some point she got into a confrontation with one of the cops, injuring his hand.

Mari has been charged with multiple offenses -- including DUI and assault on a police.

She is currently being held on 50K bail.

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The music business can be very unforgiving at times. Newcomer Keayshawn is starting to find that out.

After completely bombing during her freestyle on the Cosmic Kev show last week, the East Oakland rapper hit up New York City's Highline Ballroom for a show last night.

The Village Voice was in attendance and gave the show a pretty rough review.

Last night, the most exciting rapper to watch was the DJ, and he didn't even have a microphone. Kreayshawn wandered as if in the halls of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, left-foot, right-foot walking. She rapped as if on training wheels: "We'll put you in the trunk, the white girl trunk," over an invisible snap beat—a shitty trapeze artist without a net. Her shoulders were sunken, her chin hid her neck, blasé glazed over her eyes. Kreayshawn rapped like Silkk the Shocker, talking over her doubles at a different speed than they'd been recorded. She was most comfortable while lost in the scrum that was her finale, a dance party to "Saturday Love," joined by all of the other acts from the night as if it were a curtain call on Broadway. (When a girl threw her bra onstage, the sisters and their token Brother dove for it like it were a bouquet. V-Nasty curdled: "It's sweaty!" Kreayshawn wore it on her head.) Did I mention that she performed "Gucci Gucci" twice in a row? No? Oh. Well, that happened.

Looks like Kreayshawn still has a ways to go. To read the full Village Voice review go here.

Check out footage from the show below. The crowd seems to be really into it.

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50 Cent has more than a few big plans for his career over the next several years, and one huge philanthropic effort.

50 previously announced plans to feed over a billion Africans over the next five years the sale of his new Street King shot.

"It’s our mission with Street King to really change children’s lives around the world," 50 said at the time.

Today the G-Unit boss talked more in depth about his plans with XXL. And explained that money isn't everything.

I’ve been occupied with my newest idea,” he explains. “Initially I thought money was gonna make me happy, because a lot of the issues that were right in front of me were financial issues growing up. I earned finances [when I got older] to the point where I’m pretty comfortable. I don’t see things I can’t buy. Some things I would have to work for. You look at huge boats, you can go ahead and buy them, I can buy them if I wanted to. … It feels good now because I’m shifting into a different pocket because … My new goal is to feed a billion people in Africa over the next five years.”

Fif also has huge plans to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the best album of the last decade. According to XXL, 50 is considering performing 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin,' live in it's entirety on February 6, 2013.

If it goes down it will be a huge event. Keep it locked her for more information.

They say you're not supposed to kiss and tell. But it seems like talk show host Chelsea Handler has no problems spilling the beans about her sex life. Especially when it comes to 50 Cent.

Chandler got very chatty with Esquire in a recent interview when discussing her past relationship with 50.

"We were friends. We're not friends really anymore," Chelsea said. "I haven't spoken to him in a while... We had sex. It was fun."

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Mac Miller drops visuals for the lead single from his debut album 'Blue Slide Park,' which is due out later this year.

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Wicklow Entertainment is back clowning their favorite rapper Officer Ricky. They add T-Pain to the mix in this one as well.

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Another would-be rap battle turned into a physical altercation recently.

Boston rapper Slaine of La Coka Nostra, got offended at the words being spit at him by an unidentified black newcomer, and out of nowhere slapped the guy in the face... twice!

"I told you I don't battle, I fight," Slaine said after the first slap. "I'm white, you wanna diss me 'cause I'm white?

After the second slap it was obvious the newcomer didn't come to fight and the whole thing was broken up.

Guess that old saying still holds true: guard your grill.

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Donald Trump just dropped a video clip heaping praise on Mac Miller. The 19-year old Miller's video for "Donald Trump," the song has 21 million views on youtube since it was posted in March.

Those kind of numbers get a lot of attention, especially from someone like Trump, who loves the attention.

"A lot of people are calling me about the Mac Miller rap song," Trump says. "It's named Donald Trump, maybe he should pay me a lot of money. But it just hit over 20 million [views]. I haven't actually seen the language. It's a little bit hard to understand. Probably it's not the cleanest language we've ever heard, but this kid is the new Eminem. Everybody says he's fantastic, so let's see what it is."

We all know Donald Trump couldn't tell Gucci Mane from Nas, so his opinion doesn't matter much, but it does bring up an interesting question.  Are people really starting to believe Miller is the next Eminem?

Don't get me wrong, Miller is a 2011 XXL Freshman for a reason. The kid has real talent, but anybody comparing him to Eminem at this stage of his career is really reaching.

What do you think of the Eminem/Mac Miller comparisons?

Donald Trump Says Mac Miller Is The New Eminem

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It didn't take very long for Shady Records 2.0 to shift into high gear. Since the January announcement that Eminem had signed Slaughterhouse and Yelawolf, we've gotten 'Hell The Sequel,' from Eminem and Royce Da 5'9. Now phase two starts to kicks in as Catfish Billy has announced a release date for his Shady Records debut.

'Radioactive' will hit stores on October 26 via Ghet-O-Vision/Shady Records/DGC/Interscope.

"Radioactive is the fallout of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story," Yela told AllHipHop.com "Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry. I'm human and this album is as honest as it gets."

Eminem has heard the project and hit the green light for it's release, saying it's an album the world needs to hear.

"We are very eager for the world to hear Radioactive and proud to be presenting the album on Shady Records," Eminem told AllHipHop.com. "Yelawolf is a true original and he has crafted an incredible record."

Expect more new music from the Shady camp. Royce said recently that a new single, and possible album from slaughterhouse could be available by the end of the year.

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Brooklyn and Queens link up as Troy Ave recruits Illuminati P for this new heater.

Troy's 'Bricks In My Backpack 2" mixtape dropping soon.