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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 [...]

Who’s Lips Are These?

What would possess Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets to get this pair of lips tattooed on his neck? Or maybe I should ask who?
Hip-hop artist Trina Martin of course.  They’ve been dating for some quite time and now that Kenyon is divorced he’s doesn’t mind showing that the Diamond Princess is rocking his world.
Essence [...]

Brown Snags 3 American Music Awards; West Wins 2

Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West’s night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum — a trend West started four years ago when he lost the favorite new artist prize — the rapper claimed two trophies Sunday and called on his colleagues to up their game.
“It’s our [...]

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 [...]

Snoop Dogg Tour Bus Pulled Over; 2 Arrested

A tour bus carrying hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg was pulled over and two people were arrested on marijuana possession charges Thursday a few hours before a concert in Dallas, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said.
DPS spokesman Charlie Morgan said members of a commercial vehicle inspection team pulled the bus over on [...]

Hip-hop Artist Nas Protests Fox Coverage of Obama

NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop artist Nas is protesting Fox News’s coverage of Barack Obama.
The rapper joined members of the activist groups MoveOn.org and ColorofChange.org to deliver more than 600,000 petitions Wednesday to the network’s New York City headquarters.
Nas, whose new album Untitled was released last week, said in a statement that “Fox poisons the [...]

T-Pain, Keys Rock BET Awards; West Among Winners

T-Pain transformed the BET Awards into a circus Tuesday with a multi-artist medley that showed the rapper and singer’s wide-ranging influence on urban music, while best-selling rapper Lil Wayne and songstress Alicia Keys gave rousing performances of their own.
Wearing a spangled top hat, T-Pain — nominated for a leading five BET Awards — shared [...]

T.I. Tops BET Hip-Hop Nominees With 9

 
T.I. has wrapped up another slew of BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. The Atlanta-based rapper received nine nominations for the second annual awards show, which will air on Oct. 17. Last year, the self-proclaimed “King of the South” garnered eight nominations, and won three awarads.

Lil’ Wayne is second in total nominations this year, with seven. Kanye [...]

New York Judge Sends Pregnant Foxy Brown to Jail

 
A New York judge sent pregnant rapper Foxy Brown to jail on Wednesday, ruling that she violated the terms of her probation by hitting a woman with her BlackBerry.Judge Melissa Jackson ordered Brown held in jail until her next hearing on September 7, at which time the judge could sentence her to up to a [...]