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2010-12-25T10:40:00.000-05:00

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50 Cent's Connecticut Mansion Invaded

2010-12-23T12:13:00.001-05:00

On Tuesday, December 21, Farmington Police received a call at 6 P.M., after a security guard at 50 Cent's multi-million dollar mansion noticed an unoccupied vehicle in the driveway not belonging to 50.

The fifty-two room Connecticut mansion, once belonging to boxer Mike Tyson and featured on MTV Cribs, is now an active crime-scene. According, to the latest reports, two men were found on 50's property and are being prosecuted on charges of burglary.

The two men, Alexander Hernandez and Santos Padilla were found in possession of marijuana. Hernandez, who was found in a closet drinking a bottle of stolen wine, was released on $50,000 bail and turned over to New Britain police for outstanding warrants.

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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.13422/title.50-cents-connecticut-mansion-invaded

Big Boi Gives His Take On George W. Bush Calling out Of Kanye West

2010-12-23T12:08:00.000-05:00

Big Boi joins Jay-Z against George W. Bush for calling out Kanye West for his 2005 comments. According to Outkast's Big Boi, Kanye has nothing to apologize for and former President George W. Bush should never have called West out for his comments.

In 2005, there were bigger things going on, says Big Boi. Bigger more important things like catching Sadam Hussein's family and finding Osama Bin Ladin and other national security issues.

Big Boi concluded his take by stating that calling out Kanye was the lowest point of George Bush's entire presidency.

Wiz Khalifa Talks About Releasing His Next Single

2010-12-23T09:07:00.000-05:00

Although he still has no title for his debut album, Wiz has announced that "Roll Up" will be the title of his next single, which he plans to release in March of 2011.

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Nas Fans Create Online Petition For Def Jam Records To Release Lost Tapes 2

2010-12-22T11:29:00.001-05:00

In an interview earlier this year, Queens, NY, emcee, Nas revealed his plan to release a sequal to his Septermber 2002 album The Lost Tapes, which was released by his then-label Columbia Records. According to reports, Nas says it's Def Jam's responsibility to release The Lost Tapes 2; however, since Nas made this clear in June of 2010, Def Jam has continued to delay the project.

Apparently, Nas' fans are siding with him and have created WeNeedLostTapes2.com, an online petition attempting to push the New York label into releasing Lost Tapes 2.

The site states, "We the fans of Nasir Jones, have been waiting for the follow-up to the 2002 classic Lost Tapes. This was a record of compiled tracks that did not make Nas albums, but put together for the sake of the fans. Since its release almost a decade ago, it has received critical acclaim and quickly became a fan favorite.

It has come to our attention that Nas has in fact completed the follow-up, titled Lost Tapes 2, and is waiting for you (Def Jam) to green-light the project and give it a release date. We do not like to go into speculation and rumors, but it seems as though you do not want to release Lost Tapes 2 because you don't want it to count as an official album since Nas only has 2 more albums left to fulfill his contractual obligation to Def Jam."

The site has recorded 2282 signatures so far.

Kanye West And Lil Wayne Top Entertainment Weekly's Best & Worst Albums

2010-12-20T11:34:00.001-05:00

On the heels of earning the top spot on Time Magazine's list, Entertainment Weekly has just released the Best & Worst Album List of 2010 with artist Kanye West's name in the number one slot for his album My Beautifal Dark Twisted Fantasy, which has critics dubbing it not only 2010's best Hip-Hop album, but also the best album of any genre seen this year.

Rapper Lil Wayne, on the other hand, didn't fair so well, his rock-rap album, The Rebirth ranked first on Entertainment Weekly's list of 2010's Worst Albums. The full lists are below:

Best Albums of 2010

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
3. Robyn - Body Talk
4. The Black Keys - Brothers
5. Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
6. Sleigh Bells - Treats
7. Cee Lo Green - The Lady Killer
8. Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
9. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor
10. Laura Marling - I Speak Because I Can

Worst Albums of 2010

1. Lil Wayne - Rebirth
2. Santana - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time
3. Liz Phair - Funstyle
4. Bret Michaels - Custom Built
5. Christina Aguilera - Bionic

Eminem To Become First Artist To Release Two Top Selling Albums

2010-12-19T11:41:00.001-05:00

Everyone who has ever heard the word music is familiar with the name Eminem. The rapper born and raised in the south side of Warren, MI in a trailer park to coming out of the slums of Detroit a multi-platinum emcee who's music tops the charts of the Hip-Hop Industry, is now on the verge of reaching a new height by breaking yet another sales record.

Eminem is about to be the first artist to receive the award of album-of-the-year twice, since Nielsen Sound began tracking sales for Billboard in 1991.

Slim Shady first received this award in 2002 with his controversial album, The Eminem Show. Now his 2010 album, Recovery, which has sold over three million copies since its release in June, is to be named album of the year followed by Lady Antebellum's, Need You Now, and Taylor Swift's, Speak Now.

Lil Wayne Gives Wheelchair To A Disabled Mother

2010-12-18T12:35:00.000-05:00

Apparently New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne has the Christmas Spirit.

While inprisoned, one of Wayne's fans by the name of Ronda Austin gave him some encouraging words in a series of letters and he has not forgotten. Yesterday, Weezy answered her prayers by providing her disabled mother, Evelyn Austin, a resident of Williamstown, who has been confined her New Jersey home since suffering long-term knee complications that prevented her from standing, with a mobilized wheelchair to aid her means of transportation.

“The first time I wrote Lil Wayne I just let him know I support him,” Ronda recounted. “I let him know that God is with him and telling him to keep his head up and stay encouraged.”
Inspired by her words, Mr. Carter sent Evelyn a mobilized wheelchair to thank the Austin’s for their support. “I didn’t know Wayne before now, but I do know him now and I thank him, I really thank him, explained Evelyn. “He didn’t even know me and he got me a chair. I pray and ask God to bless him."

Gucci Mane Arrested After Police Raid Waka Flacka Flame's Georgia Home

2010-12-17T08:36:00.000-05:00

According to TMZ's latest news reports, after a raid at Waka Flacka Flame's home, rapper Gucci Mane was seen escorted out of the Georgia Residence in hand cuffs. Although it remains unknown at this point as to the circumstances for Gucci's arrest it is suspected that the rapper's arrest is most likely due to possesion of marijuana and weapons. We will keep you posted with updates as the story progresses.

50 Cent Slapped With Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

2010-12-16T16:42:00.001-05:00

According to the latest reports, Queens rapper and entreprenuer, 50 Cent, has had a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against him by Tyrone Simmons, a 28-year old rapper from Atlanta, who charges Curtis with stealing the instrumental for the song "I Get Money" which debuted on the Massacre.

In the words of AllHipHop.com, "Simmons purchased the liscense to the instrumetal version of "I Get Money" which cannon be used without his permission due to a copyright." Unfortunately, says Simmons lawyer, Louis D. Tambaro, "the misappropriation of copyright-protected material is an endemic problem in the music business, and particularly in the genres of hip-hop and rap.

At this point, it remains unclear how much Simmons aims to claim in his lawsuit, which for the time being is aimed at 50 Cent, Aftermath Entertainment, G-Unit, and Shady Records. We will keep you posted with updates as the story progresses.

Lil Wayne ft Cory Gunz-6'7"

2010-12-16T09:15:00.001-05:00

Cash Money Records Gypped Wendy Day

2010-12-15T09:03:00.002-05:00

According to recent reports, Cash Money Records allegedly never paid the very person responsible for getting them their deal.
Cash Money Records' shady finances are well-documented, with artists like Mannie Fresh, Bangladesh, Jim Jonson and many others outraged over how the label handles its accounting.

Apparently Wendy Day, the founder of the Company and the woman responsible for getting Birdman and his brother Slim their deal with Universal Music Group has not been reimbursed for her instrumental role in the founding of Cash Money Records.

"Wendy Day ended up being very instrumental in huge huge deals that changed that balance of power in the music industry between the artist and the record company," Dan Charnas, author of the upcoming book The Big Payback, explains.

Man Sued For Posing As Jeezy's Agent

2010-12-15T09:01:00.002-05:00

Once again, Carlos Godspeed of "Top Agent Booking" is being sued for allegedly collecting money for a concert that never was scheduled. In September Godspeed took fifty-thousand dollars pretending to be a booking agent for Drake and Ciara.

The same lawsuit is being filed against Godspeed. The only difference is that this time Young Jeezy not Drake and Ciara is the victim. Three promoters, Chris Moreno and Sonny and Roger Manila, filed the lawsuit in December. The suit claims that Godspeed represented himself as the official booking agent for Jeezy and took $50,000 for the show. Godspeed reimbursed Jeezy $23,000 of the $50,000 as of the moment, but has not given back the remaining $27,000.

The 33 year old rapper is scheduled to release his fourth solo album TM103 in 2011. The Def Jam release was pushed back several times in 2010.

Rev Run Performs Wedding For Nicole Richie and Joel Madden

2010-12-15T08:58:00.002-05:00

Last Saturday, December 11, Rev. Run married Nicole Richie, actress and daughter of Motown Records legend Lionel Richie, to Joel Madden of Good Charlotte in Los Angeles, California, who apparently have looked up to Run D.M.C. for years.

Did Wale Sign With Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group?

2010-12-14T09:11:00.005-05:00

Has District of Columbia's Wale disclosed on twitter that he's gonna sign a new deal with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group.

No official statement has confirmed this, but it looks as though Wale may have linked a contract with a new label. The Washington, DC native made a list of Tweets on Friday hinting that he had a new deal with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group.

Ross' label is under Def Jam and includes rappers Triple C's, Young Breed and Gunplay among many others. Wale released his 2009 debut Attention Deficit on Interscope Records, we'll keep you posted on this as it develops.

View Wale's Tweets on the link below:

Click Here To Read Wale's Tweets

Conflict Between 50-Cent And Ja Rule Continues

2010-12-14T09:00:00.001-05:00

An old feud has been renewed after 50 Cent mocked Ja Rule on Twitter.

For almost ten years, Queens rappers 50 Cent and Ja Rule have been at odds with each other to say the least. Including shootings, stabbings and dozens of disses in songs even recently, when 50 Cent convinced prisoners to keep his rival protected during a court-ordered two-year sentence that made news yesterday morning.

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Lil Wayne & Short Dawg-Lean (New) December 2010

2010-12-10T09:17:00.002-05:00

Jay-Z Interview With Charlie Rose

2010-12-10T09:14:00.002-05:00

Ray-J For Mayor?

2010-12-10T09:04:00.000-05:00

Actor and singer, Willie Norwood Jr. (Ray-J), plans on running for mayor of Carson, California, his hometown, where the unemployment percentage is 30% higher than the national average.

In an interview with AllHipHop.com, Ray-J said he just wants to inspire those from the city he grew up in, and show them that they don't have to get caught up in the music industry and become a rapper to be successful. He wants to show that anyone can become a doctor, a lawyer, or hold a political office.

However, Carson's population of 100,000 will have to wait as Ray-J focuses on his entertainment career.

Will.i.am Reveals In An Interview That He Suffers From Tinnitus

2010-12-10T08:52:00.001-05:00

In an interview with The Sun Times, Black Eyed Peas leader and hip hop artist, Will.i.am, revealed that his entire life he has suffered from tinnitus, which leaves his ears ringing twenty-four hours seven days a week.

Will.i.am told The Sun Times that the symptoms have been getting progressively worse and music is the only way he can ease the pain.

Last week, The Black Eyed Peas released The Beginning, which has already made Top 10 on the charts.

Wiz Khalifa Official Black And Yellow Official Video

2010-12-09T09:21:00.003-05:00

Bow Wow Clarifies Allegedly Suicidal Twitter Posts

2010-12-09T09:07:00.002-05:00

In November, recent Cash Money signee Bow Wow posted a series of messages to his Twitter feed that had fans and casual observers concerned that he was considering suicide. During a recent interview with Angie Ange of WKYS 93.9 FM, Bow Wow addressed his tweats and explained what was meant by them.

"I swear i be wishing i was dead sometimes. Because i feel like that's the only way ill get peace." {Sat Nov 06 20:34:09}

People don't know me man. Yall don't ... start looking at Shad. Not Bow wow. Fuck Bow. I go through shit daily. I'm Just like yall Sat Nov 06 20:40:22

"I sacrificed my life for this Hip Hop shit. I put my "REAL" life on hold. If i could do it over.... I wudda went to school. Got me a reg job." {Sat Nov 06 20:45:29}

“All I know is the business,” says Bow Wow. “I ain’t had time to play football and do the regular stuff. At times it haunts you. Of course you’re going to be unbalanced. How can you have balance in life if you haven’t seen the other side of life? I’m unbalanced because I’ve only seen one side of life. It’s not by choice, but that’s the way it is.”

Rapper Too Short Aims To Be The Oldest Rapper Still Releasing Albums

2010-12-09T08:59:00.003-05:00

Back in the 80's, emcee Too Short released his debut album "Don't Stop Rappin", and besides a few brief pauses he's still going strong to his word.

The young rapper from Oakland, California has gone a long way since his career first started, and has since released 18 albums. In a recent interview with Dub-CNN.com Short confirmed that his ultimate goal is to claim the title of the oldest rapper still releasing albums. "I think I just kind of set a goal for myself to play it as long as it can go. I just wanna do it longer than anybody else say they did it." "I wanna make more songs than anybody, I wanna be the oldest rapper who is active. I didn't set out to do this, but now that I'm doing it, I might as well do it to the fullest, like Brett Favre?"

While Brett Favre has 18 years under center in the National Football League, Too Short boasts a catalog of music that dates back to 1985's Don't Stop Rappin' on the 75 Girls label. Other twenty-five year Rap alumni having recently released music include Ice-T, Run D.M.C., Just-Ice, Dr. Dre, and The Beastie Boys, among others.

Royce Da 5'9" Plans Next Album "Success Is Certain"

2010-12-09T08:47:00.002-05:00

Detroit, Michigan emcee Royce Da 5'9" released the 2004 solo debut album, Death Is Certain. Led by the DJ Premier-produced single, "Hip Hop," the sophomore album - and first with E1 Entertainment,formerly known as Koch Records, was crucial in respect to the success of Tha Bad Meets Evil album.

Seven years later, Royce Da 5'9" now reunited with Eminem, announced that his next solo album will be called Success Is Certain. Having released two studio albums since Death Is Certain, the next effort will celebrate Royce's consistent rise from the underground to the mainstream. There is no word yet which label will release the album, although the Slaughterhouse member confirmed the title today.

Jim Jones Sentenced To Anger Management

2010-12-08T09:24:00.003-05:00

Diplomats capo, Rapper Jim Jones, has been court ordered to attend a ten week anger management program resulting in an assault charge earlier this year.

AllHipHop.com has confirmed Jones was sentenced to anger management after he pleaded guilty to third degree assault.

According to reports, Jones crashed his Bentley into another person's car on the Henry Hudson Parkway this past January. He then punched the other driver, kicked his car twice, pushed him onto the highway and threw the driver's keys onto the parkway.

News of Jones's sentencing comes on the tail of the kick-off performance of the Dipset Reunion Tour this past weekend at the Hammerstein Ballroom.