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Lil Boosie Is Shooting A Video With Webbie
Just two days after #BooiseSpeaks, Lil Boosie went right back to work. He's already been in the studio with Jeezy and shot a video today. Boosie along with Webbie are spotted shooting the video to "Show Tha World." Could this be the single for Gangsta Muzik II? Take a b...
Kanye West’s Lawsuit Names Anonymous Founders Of Coinye
Just when you thought the Coinye incident was done, Hollywood Reporter gets there hands on the lawsuit from Kanye West to the the formerly anonymous founders. Coinye was a Cryptocurrency, which is a decentralized peer-to-peer utilized medium used for digital exchanges on global-friendly internet platforms, named after Yeezy...
Vince Staples Is Releasing A Mixtape Tomorrow
Vince Staples is releasing Shyne Coldchain Vol 2 tomorrow. His sophomore project boats an impressive lineup of contributors including No I.D., Jhené Aiko, Evidence, DJ Babu, and Childish Major. He took to Twitter to ask his fans if they're ready.
Shyne Col...
Have You Noticed How Hot Keke Palmer Looks?
Have you noticed how hot Keke Palmer looks? No longer is she the awkward girl from Akeelah and the Bee. No sir, she is a fine young women and is a budding star. Let's look at how great she looks above.
Let’s Look At How Hot Kim Kardashian Has Been
It's Hump Day! It's the middle of the week. The weekend s in sight. So to get you over the hump, let's look at how hot Kim Kardashian has been. Enjoy.
A VH1 Special On Nicki Minaj Is Airing Tonight
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"The Fabulous Life Of Nicki Minaj" will air tonight at 10 p.m. EST on VH1. Fans get to see an up close look of Nicki in this one hour special. If you remember MTV's special on Nicki, My Time Now, you know that tonight's show will be very interesting...
Russell Simmons And Steve Rifkind Have A New Tool For Unsigned Artists
Russell Simmons and Steve Rifkind announce the launch of ADD52 at SXSW. ADD52 will be a platform for emerging artists and will debut one original song and video each week by unsigned acts for fifty-two consecutive weeks. New artists will be found through ADD52 monitoring of social media activity and compiling data.
If selecte...
Here’s A Teaser For Hot 97’s New Reality Show
Hot 97 will be have a reality show on VH1. This Is HOT 97 will premiere March 31 at 10:30 ET on VH1. The clip above features the Hot 97 staff members and appearances from French Montana, Rick Ross, Macklemore, Mike Tyson, and more. Watch it above...
Rick Ross’ ‘Mastermind’ Debuts At No. 1 In This Week’s Album Sales (3-9-2014)
In this week’s sales, Rick Ross’ Mastermind is No. 1 on the charts. Ross' sixth studio album has sold 179,000 copies, according to Billboard. This makes Ross' fifth album to debut at No. 1. Elsewhere, Pharrell's G I R L came in No. 2 moving 112,000 units.
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Rick Ross, A$AP Rocky, Mary J. Blige And More Featured In Concert Series For BET
Mary J. Blige, Rick Ross and many more will be featured in a concert series for The 2014 BET Experience. The festival will be held in downtown Los Angeles this June and will run from June 27 thru 29.
Maxwell, Jill Scott and Marsha Ambrosius will take over Staples Center on June 27...
Kid Cudi Featuring Skylar Grey “Hero”
Kid Cudi lets loose a track from the soundtrack of Need For Speed, which Cudi will also star in. On this spacey record Cudder shows off his powers and teams with Sklyar Grey for “Hero,” listen to it below.
Stream Young Money’s New Album
Young Money made their new compilation album, Rise of an Empire, available for stream via. Spotify. It features hits like Drake’s “Trophies,” Nicki Minaj’s “Lookin’ Ass,” along with new YMCMB songs like “We Alright” and "Senile." The album features YMCMB plus Yo Gotti, YG, and mor...