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Kanye West Booted From VMAs After Swift, Pink Tirade

Kanye West was asked to leave Sunday’s presentation of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
According to MTV, the “808s & Heartbreak” star was booted shortly after a controversial on stage rant that disrupted the first-ever acceptance speech from country star Taylor Swift — but not before another altercation.
MTV sources say West and longtime [...]

Auto-Tune Creators Use Jay-Z For New Product

Instead of scrambling to dismiss Jay-Z’s claims on “Death of AutoTune,” the technology’s creator Antares Audio is using the superstar’s stance for product advertisement. Dubbed the “next generation” of professional pitch correction, Antares Audio has created Auto-Tune Evo.
The new technology immediately deciphers the pitch of any inputted information, and finds the closest match in the [...]

Rapper Drake Talks Ghostwriting For Lil Wayne

In just the last few years, Canadian rapper/actor, Drake has supplanted himself as a Hip Hop artist to watch in 2009. With his latest mixtape, So Far Gone,  dropping last week, the Toronto transplant spoke to Complex.com about the new project, comparisons to Kanye West, and his work with Lil Wayne.
Describing So Far Gone as [...]

Kanye West Says His New Album Is `great Art’

Kanye West says he’s not concerned about whether his new album is a blockbuster, because he’s made “great art” — and he feels really good about it.
West’s new CD, “808s & Heartbreak,” was released Monday. It’s a departure for the 31-year-old rapper because it mostly features him singing.
West says he was ready to take a [...]

50 Cent: ‘I Can’t Wait to Hear Kanye West’s New Album’

50 Cent has declared he is looking forward to Kanye West’s new album, despite a previous rivalry between the pair.
Accepting that they are “opposites,” the G-Unit man played down any feud after 50 Cent and West released albums on the same day last year.
“It was almost taboo in hip-hop for you to make a love [...]

Rapper Kingston’s Summer Off To “Beautiful” Start

The person who makes you the happiest can hurt you the most — just ask 17-year-old rapper/songwriter Sean Kingston.

“I was going out with this girl for two years — the most beautiful girl in school — but she cheated on me with my best friend,” the Miami-born, Jamaica-bred Kingston says about his first heartbreak.
The experience, [...]