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The long awaited follow up to Freeway‘s The Stimulus Package is finally on it’s way. The Philadelphia based artist has officially come to a deal with Babygrande Records to release his new album Diamond In The Ruff on November 13th. The project will feature Wale, Styles P, Marsha Ambrosius, Musiq Soulchild and more. Freeway also plans to release a new mixtape titled Freedom…

When the developer Bruce Ratner set out to buy the New Jersey Nets and build an arena for them in Brooklyn, he recruited Jay-Z, the hip-hop superstar who grew up in public housing a couple of miles from the site, to join his group of investors.

Mr. Ratner may have thought he was getting little more than a limited partner with a boldface name and a youthful following…

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To those who think Nicki Minaj has fully immersed herself in pop, think again. Not to discredit the dabbling she's doing in the genre -- take a listen to the second half of "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" -- but yesterday's free Nicki Minaj concert, sponsored by Pepsi and live streamed by Fuse, was undeniably a rap show, and a well-rounded rap show at…

LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson’s father has dropped a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the former doctor who was convicted of causing the singer’s death.

Court records show Joe Jackson’s request for a dismissal was granted Monday. The filings do not elaborate on a reason for dropping pursuit of the case. Joe Jackson initially filed the lawsuit against Conrad Murray…

Cover Girl is singing Janelle Monáe’s praises.

The 26 year-old Grammy-winning R&B star, known for her sky-high coif and tuxedo, as its newest spokesperson.

Monáe isn’t just looking at new her role as a chance to pose for some pretty pictures -- she’s taking it seriously.

"I believe it's time that women truly owned their…

Brooklyn Nets baller Kris Humphries tried to pull a fake-out move on Kanye West, sending a deposition subpoena inside a Nordstrom box to Kim Kardashian’s house, a lawyer revealed Wednesday.

A “strange individual” showed up to Kardashian’s southern California crib July 16 and proceeded to loiter for “two to three hours” asking for her famous rapper boyfriend,…

Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., which has a financial stake in the NYC venue where the brawl went down, claims in the suit that both stars "shared a grudge against the other arising out of their romantic relationships with the same woman." In case you were vacationing under a rock ... it's Rihanna.

EEL claims in the suit -- obtained by the New York Post -- when Drake…

Wiz doesn't usually bust out the big guns for guest features, but he decided to use his "Rap powers" for the remix to his single "Work Hard, Play Hard." During an interview with Cosmic Kev, the Taylor Gang leader confirmed Drake & Lil Wayne for the new version of the cut, stating he had them send verses over e-mail.

"I also got a remix, man. A remix that I'm…

Chris Rock Talks Directing A New CB4 With Sway In The Morning On Shade 45. After talking about his new movie, 2 Days in New York, he casually mentioned directing a new CB4 — focused on the rappers that grew old.

Tell me A$AP dont look like CB4…

Mack Maine takes to twitter to announce Weezy’s highly anticipated mixtape Dedication 4 will not be dropping today, but we will be getting some “special”.

Mack Maine just tweeted it & says the "new date" will be announced soon...there's also gonna be an announcement...…

He's the William Howard Taft of the rap game, the guy T-Pain once called "Boss" 20 times in 11 seconds, the only man alive with a diamond-encrusted medallion of his own face: Rick Ross, whose latest album, God Forgives, I Don't, debuted atop the the charts to cement his star status. For the cover story of the new issue of Rolling Stone, which hits newsstands on Friday,…

Actor/comedian Chris Tucker owes over $11 million to the IRS, but that hasn’t k!lled his sense of humor. The “Rush Hour” star has even been cracking jokes about his debts at a recent stand up show in Miami: “That’s the last time I let Wesley Snipes help me out with my taxes.” In case you don’t recall, Wesley Snipes is serving a three-year prison term for tax…

Bobby Brown is currently undergoing rehab for alcohol addiction.

Sources extremely close to Brown tell TMZ, the former "New Edition" singer admitted himself to the treatment facility very recently -- because “he realized he couldn’t do it on his own.”

We're told he's being treated for alcohol abuse issues -- a problem Brown has openly suffered from for many…

He's telling the truth tho!

Kanye wasn't with him writing in the studio , smoking kush in the crib with his shirt off with his homies ...…

A rep for Missy Elliott and Timbaland says they will not appear on Aaliyah's upcoming posthumous release.

Even though Drake and Noah "40" Shebib have signed on as executive producers, it looks like things have gotten off to a rocky start with Aaliyah's upcoming posthumous album. Now, two of the late singer's most frequent collaborators - Missy Elliott and Timbaland -…

Frank Ocean abruptly dropped out of his European tour Saturday - including a potentially career-making stint opening for Coldplay.

"Let me start by saying I feel like an a------ right now," Ocean said in a statement sent out by Way Out West organizers. "But a tough decision had to be made in regard to my schedule over the next months, and the casualties of that…

DJ Khaled teams up with Kanye West and Rick Ross for the official music video to their track ‘I Wish You Would’ along with a verse from Kanye West’s hit single ‘Way Too Cold.’

We have seen all the different behind the scenes shoots, and even some preview snippets, but now we have the official music video for DJ Khaled’s smash hit single ‘I Wish You…

A 20-year-old man attempted to rape his grandmother after complaining to her he could not get a girlfriend.

Samuel Dye is alleged to have beaten his grandmother with a hammer before launching the sex attack.

He had complained about not being able to find a girlfriend and told her he was going to 'get some'.

Police said Dye's assault was stopped by his father…

Slim the Mobster goes in on 50 Cent on Twitter, stating that he tried to stop his promotion over at Interscope Records.

Slim the Mobster went in on 50 Cent on Twitter earlier today, stating that the G-Unit general called Interscope to cease the promotion of his music and accused him of being gay.

During his tirade, Slim said that Fif put in a call to stop…