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[NEWS] CHRIS KELLY TRAGIC LAST VIDEO Drugged Out Rap Session
Hours before his death, a drugged out Chris Kelly attempted to rap … and spit out lyrics about a room full of dead bodies … and TMZ has the sad footage. The video — shot in Kelly’s Atlanta home around 7:00 AM on May 1 — is a window int...
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Jay-Z’s “Open Letter”
Art by Borbay Hov let Hot 97 premiere some new ish this morning. Jay-Z goes in on “Open Letter” with production from Swizz Beatz & Timbaland. Courtesy of Hot New Hip-Hop
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Please Welcome…”The Bash”
Someone get Wiz a cigar, the “Black and Yellow” rapper is now a father! Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa welcomed a baby boy named Sebastian Taylor Thomaz into the world. The new parents kept the name of the baby a secret during the pregnancy, Rose insisting tha...
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Jay-Z, Roc Nation & Beyonce Sign Publishing Deals With Warner/Chappell Music
Jay-Z and Beyonce continue to make major moves in the music industry with recent deals poised to directly affect the future of their respective music catalogues. Earlier in the week, Hov became first to sign an exclusive publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music. As...
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[NEWS] CHRIS KELLY TRAGIC LAST VIDEO Drugged Out Rap Session
Hours before his death, a drugged out Chris Kelly attempted to rap … and spit out lyrics about a room full of dead bodies … and TMZ has the sad footage. The video — shot in Kelly’s Atlanta home around ... -
LAURYN HILL THANKS ALICIA KEYS, STEVIE WONDER FOR WRITING LETTERS TO JUDGE
Earlier this week, Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months behind bars for tax evasion. In the aftermath of her trial, the Grammy-winning icon took to her blog to thank her supporters including Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder, ... -
Rock & Rap: Lesson 22
Early Country Music comes into its own the 1930′s, defined by the Great Depression Era. It’s the polished fiddle playing, singing and songwriting of Roy Acuff who helps to give Country its sound, separating its earl...
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Jay-Z, Roc Nation & Beyonce Sign Publishing Deals With Warner/Chappell Music
Jay-Z and Beyonce continue to make major moves in the music industry with recent deals poised to directly affect the future of their respective music catalogues. Earlier in the week, Hov became first to sign an exclusive publis...
Time Served: Ja Rule Readies Release from Jail and Return to Rap
Queens raised rapper Ja Rule, born Jeffrey Atkins, is on the verge of being released from prison, after serving time for the illegal possession of a firearm in Manhattan, New York in 2010. According to the Associated Pre...
Lil Wayne Addresses Recent Anti-Heat Rant; Refuses To Apologize For Chris Bosh Comments
After his recent on stage rant against the NBA and Miami Heat players, Lil Wayne appears to have had a change of heart (kind of). The Young Money leader called into Miami radio station 99 Jamz and confessed that he was sober du...
[Video] The Racks Hogan Experience pt.1
This came in the mail today: Welcome to The Racks Hogan Experience! Up and coming emcee RACKS held it down at SOBs a few weeks back opening for Houston based rapper, ArappernameDame. He gives the World a taste of what it’...
