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Friday, September 05, 2008

Kanye West To Confirm Album During VMAs
After word hit the net that Kanye West will drop an album this year, it has now been reported that details will surface during the VMAs.
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Beanie Sigel And Young Chris In Celeb Grand Prix
Young Chris, The Roots and Beans link up for a celeb grand prix in Philly to promote auto racing to urban youth.
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"Hip Hop Mayor" Pleads Guilty, Will Resign
Kwame Kilpatrick, dubbed the "Hip Hop Mayor," has pleaded guilty guilty to obstruction of justice and will resign.
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Hip Hop Live: Week Ending 9/12/2008
Hip Hop Live is back, with shows from Nas, Ice Cube, and…Vanilla Ice?!
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Jermaine Dupri Calls Out Cornel West & Tavis Smiley In Blog
Jermaine Dupri hits HuffingtonPost.com to defend Barack Obama's DNC acceptance speech.
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Timbaland, Chris Cornell Ready Album
The rocker hooks up with one of Hip Hop's premier beat makers for his next album.
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Mistah FAB Reveals Beef With Bay Area Radio Station
Bay Area radio station 106 KMEL won't play anything by Mistah FAB. Fab speaks to DX about the situation.
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Ciara Poses Nude For Vibe Magazine
The "goodies" might be out, but Ciara says the reasons are deeper, waves off relationship talk.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Tech N9ne Reacts To Selling Millionth Independent Album
The Kansas City rap veteran tells DX what it means for his career to hit this historic milestone.
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Kanye West To Release 4th Album In December
Kanye West surprises everyone with news that his next album will be dropping before the end of the year.
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Vibe Responds To Robin Thicke's Race Comments
After Robin Thicke proclaimed that he was denied the Vibe cover because of his race, Vibe's EIC releases a statement in response.
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Paperboy Returns With King Tee-Produced Album
Paperboy makes a comeback with new version of "Ditty," and help from E-40, Slim Thug and King Tipsy.
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Akon Seeks Jury Trial For Harrassment Case
Akon requests a trial date for alleged fan throwing incident.
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Blender Calls Tupac The Most "Overrated" Artist Ever
Music magazine Blender names Tupac in the top of a sure-to-be controversial list.
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Large Professor Reacts To Illmatic Being Turned To Book
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is penning a book on Nas' Illmatic, one of the album's creators weighs in.
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Consequence And G.O.O.D. Music Host NYC Concert
A big piece of the "Grammy Family" comes together next Tuesday for a takeover concert in New York.
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Ne-Yo Awarded Over $700,000 In R. Kelly Tour Suit
Bumped off of a 25-date tour, Ne-Yo's camp stepped to R. Kelly's promoter for nearly a mill, and won.
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Daddy Yankee Helps Hurricane Gustav Victims
After coming under fire for supporting John McCain, Daddy Yankee has put on a fundraiser for Hurricane Gustav.
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Usher Tour Has A "No Guys Allowed" Policy
Usher's "One Night Stand" tour is strictly for the women. That means absolutely no men whatsoever.
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Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 8/31/08
This week Lil Wayne gets challenged by The Game. Could Game take the #1 spot? Will Lil Wayne continue to crush the competition?
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