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John Legend Gives T.I., Swizz Beatz The 'Green Light' For Remix'It's kind of a different record, but it still has an element of the original,' singer says of Tip's take on the single. By Shaheem Reid T.I. and John Legend decided to swap it out — Legend appears on Tip's "Slide Show" from Paper Trail, and the King of the South recently completed a remix of the crooner's current big ...

Chris Cornell Debuts Timbaland-Produced Track 'Ground Zero' During 'Life On Mars''When I listen to this album, it sounds nothing at all to me like other Timbaland productions,' singer says. By Chris Harris NEW YORK — You may not have realized it, but you got a sneak peek of Chris Cornell's upcoming solo LP Scream on Thursday night — so long as you caught the series premiere of "Life on...

50 Cent Drops 'Before I Self Destruct' Trailer Movie is set to drop alongside album of the same name December 9. By Shaheem Reid Biggie might have kicked in the door with a .44, but 50 Cent makes his entrance with a shotgun in the just-released trailer for his new movie, "Before I Self Destruct," which will accompany his album of the same name. 50's Scott Storch-produced track "...

Beyonce Finally Opens Up About Marriage To Jay-Z 'What Jay and I have is real. It's not about interviews or getting the right photo op,' the singer says. By Jennifer Vineyard Beyoncé usually spends a lot of time not talking about Jay-Z. Even magazines that tout some exclusive interview in which she's finally opened up only have a snippet or two, and usually they are about her ...

Philly Jock Kendra G. Encourages Girls 'Not To Do It' Published Thursday, October 09, 2008 4:22 PM By Tai Saint Louis Philadelphia radio personality Kendra G has launched a new campaign in conjunction with her home station 100.3 the Beat encouraging young women to make a special promise to themselves. The "Abstinence is Kool… I Am Not Doing It" program, launched by ...

Album From Supergroup The Weathermen Coming, Says Aesop Rock Published: Thursday - October 9, 2008 Words by Miles Bennett The underground hip-hop supergroup, known as The Weathermen, is finally at work on their long-awaited full-length album, after nearly 10 years since they were originally formed. Aesop Rock -- who alongside El-P, Cage, Tame One, Yak Ballz and Breeze Brewin make ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill — and Daddy Yankee? The 31-year-old reggaeton star is taking a turn as moderator of a debate Thursday among candidates for governor of Puerto Rico in an effort to lure young voters to the polls on Nov. 4. The artist, whose real name is Ramon Ayala, will be one of three moderators at the debate under the slogan "Vota o ...

“God forbid you’re not in a box,” says 31-year old Michael “Evidence” Perretta. “The earth would fall off its axis.” The Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer-who has worked with the Beastie Boys, Linkin Park, Swollen Members and Kanye West-has spent over a decade as one third of Dilated Peoples, a group that regularly transcends, excels within, and ignores labels. Over the course of five ...

T.I Breaks Own Record With Hot 100 Burst October 09, 2008 , 10:40 AM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. As tipped here yesterday, T.I. breaks his own recently set record for the largest leap to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, as "Live Your Life" featuring Rihanna explodes 80-1. The track sold 335,000 downloads this week in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan, besting Mariah...

The latest issue of Don Diva has an exclusive interview with Rick Ross in which they point blank ask Ross if the correction officer pictures which surfaced a few weeks ago were really him. Ross’ response, “It’s me”. He doesn’t really go into any more detail (other than to go into length about how much of a gangster he is) but the magazine tries to make a case that because he worked as a ...

Johnny Jackson, better-known in the music industry and in hip hop circles as Johnny "J", a multi-platinum songwriter, music producer & former rapper, committed suicide in the LA County jail Oct. 3rd. The hip hop producer who is perhaps best known for his production on Tupac Shakur's (2Pac) albums All Eyez on Me and Me Against the World was born in Juárez, Mexico, in 1969 and raised in ...

Eminem Is The Best Rapper Alive, According To Vibe Poll MC, who has been very quiet in recent years, still beat out Jay-Z, Kanye West, Game, Ludacris in mag's readers' poll. By Shaheem Reid According to Vibe magazine's fans, Lil Wayne isn't "The Best Rapper Alive." He isn't even in the top two. After weeks of online voting, Eminem was crowned the globe's top MC in a tournament-style ...

“No one on the corner got swag like you we don’t Rocawear that’s for fags like you.” - Jim Jones Everyone seems to have an opinion on “Swagger Like Us,” T.I.’s recent all-star collabo with Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. Folks like Jermaine Dupri and Diddy have even recorded their own verses over the song in an attempt to assert their own “swag” status. Now Jim Jones is ...

Ice Cube Says Yes to Nas/Scarface Album; Talks Raw Footage Published Monday, October 06, 2008 4:04 PM By Ismael AbduSalaam Over 20 years into his career, Hip-Hop legend, actor, and director Ice Cube is showing no signs of slowing down artistically. On pace to have his second consecutive best-selling, independent Hip-Hop album of the year, Cube explained in an exclusive ...

Maino Allegedly Smacks Yung Berg In New York Club October 3rd, 2008 | Author: Danielle Harling Lately, it seems like rapper Yung Berg has been taking a number of losses. He recently received harsh criticism for referring to dark-skinned women as "dark butts" and he also had his chain stolen at a Detroit nightclub and had to deal with the shame of watching the chain-snatcher flaunt ...

Rise and shine! The G-Unit General says there's no lying down on the job. 50 Cent just released "Get Up," the first record from his upcoming Before I Self Destruct LP. "Trust me, homie, I'm not playing/ I'll have the dance floor off the chain," 50 promises on the record. He also gives his word to make "every other week feel like Mardi Gras." "You dudes better follow instructions/ ...

News has it that 50 Cent is gonna star in another Movie called "Dead Man Running". Actor Danny Dyer told BBC: "I'm about to go off and do a film called Dead Man Running with 50 Cent." About the storyline he added: "It's about one guy (Tamer Hassan) who basically gets in a serious bit of trouble with a real gangster and he's got one day to live or he's going to get ironed out if he ...

Lil Wayne Already Recording 'Tha Carter IV' October 03, 2008 , 10:20 AM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. His latest album, "Tha Carter III," has only been out since May, but Lil Wayne is already recording its follow-up. According to his blog on ESPN.com, the rapper is in the studio working on "Tha Carter IV" as well as a new mixtape. The latter, "Dedication 3," will fall under DJ Drama's...

Cam’ron Comeback Delayed ‘Til 2009 NEW Monday Oct 6 4:11 PM CDT posted by xxl staff Cam’ron’s long-delayed comeback is gonna take a little longer now. The Harlem rapper’s upcoming album, Crime Pays, was tentatively set to drop this year. Cam’s kept a low-profile since publicly jarring with 50 Cent and his Diplomat brothers Jim Jones and Juelz Santana. He released a double mixtape ...