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Jr. Pinchers battles Kanye West for sales on the same day!

“Jr. Pinchers vs. Twinz Beatz” vs. Kanye West
What do you get when Kanye West, one of the biggest stars on the planet takes a detour into dance music? You get a mega star, Kanye, stuck on the moon. Kanye has had successful projects in [...]

Rappers seem to be taking offense to what the New Jersey Devil is saying, but maybe he IS just crazy?
You check out the video and share your thoughts below in the comments section.

Rick Ross may have learned the trick to beating Hannah Montana: start a fight with 50 Cent.
The Miami rapper ruled the charts with Deeper Than Rap, but Ross didn’t topple the Hannah Montana soundtrack alone. The self-proclaimed boss reached No. 1, selling 158,000 copies to Hannah’s 104,000, per Nielsen SoundScan, with help from his red-hot [...]

I’m the king of rock, there is none higher
Sucker MC’s should call me sire
To burn my kingdom, you must use fire
I won’t stop rockin’ till I retire
Now we rock the party and come correct
All cuts are on time and rhymes connect
Got the right to vote and will elect
And other rappers can’t stand us, but give [...]

A judge Tuesday ordered 50 Cent to hold on to the property where a $2.4 million house at the center of a bitter dispute with his ex-girlfriend burned to the ground last month.
State Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead also ordered the rapper (real name: Curtis Jackson) to put any insurance proceeds he might receive [...]

Coolio was arrested Tuesday on an outstanding misdemeanor warrant for driving with a suspended license, Los Angeles police said.
The 44-year-old rapper was released roughly five hours after officers pulled over his gray Hummer around 1:45 a.m. in Hollywood. He posted $10,000 bail.
Officers stopped him because the vehicle’s registration was expired, but a check revealed [...]

Rapper Nas’ new album has shifted on the release schedule yet again, this time moving from July 1 to July 15.
In May, the rapper dropped the Def Jam disc’s original title, “N*gger,” and reclassified the album as an untitled project.
On the first official track from the album, “Hero,” Nas explains that he dropped the [...]

Warren G has been arrested on a drug charge after police pulled over the car he was riding in.

Police say the 35-year-old rapper was arrested early Sunday after being pulled over for a red light violation. Officer Karen Smith says marijuana was found in the vehicle.
The rapper’s real name is Warren Griffin III. [...]

Rapper Offers No Apologies for Success and Calls Out His Critics and the Press

Since the days of Tupac versus the Notorious B.I.G., or Jay-Z versus Nas, disputes between rappers have been a sure fire way to generate lots of headlines.
The media attention didn’t cease when industry bad boy 50 Cent challenged the middle-class rap superstar [...]

Kanye West sold almost a million copies of his latest album during its first week in U.S. stores, winning a much-hyped sales race with rival rapper 50 Cent and providing the ailing record industry with a rare piece of good news.
 
 
According to sales data issued on Tuesday by tracking firm Nielsen SoundScan, West’s “Graduation” sold [...]

 
Like candidates trying to sway voters on Election Day, Kanye West and 50 Cent will appear on BET’s “106 & Park” on Tuesday, when both their heavily anticipated albums hit the stores.

West and 50 Cent have hyped the albums as an epic battle of rap titans — 50 Cent has said he’d retire if West’s [...]

 
Top-selling rappers Ja Rule and Lil Wayne were arraigned on felony gun charges Monday following their separate arrests after a hip-hop concert at which both had performed.
A judge set high bails and bonds for the rappers and two other men, but the defendants were expected to be freed immediately, their bonds secured by Ja Rule’s [...]