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Nicki Minaj has opened up about her recent, short-lived marriage to breakout star Drake and why she intentionally wanted to stir up the Internet rumor mill.

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G-Unit leader 50 Cent has explained his recent tirade of Twitter statements and why he is utilizing the social networking tool for more entertainment value.

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New York rapper Foxy Brown has reportedly escaped a jail sentence after prosecutors dropped charges against her in relation to a restraining order violation charge earlier this summer.

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"Lark on My Go-Kart" rapper Asher Roth has opened up about his forthcoming sophomore album, Spaghetti Tree, and which producers are expected to contribute to the project.

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(AllHipHop News) A building that is recognized as a Hip-Hop landmark in the South Bronx has been rescued by a federal loan that will halt the building's sale, allowing the rents to stay affordable to its hundreds of tenants. DJ Kool Herc and Senator Charles Schumer led a campaign to stop the sale of 1520 Sedgwick Avenue from being to private investors, who planned on raising the rents and selling the property, which would have displaced many of the building's current occupants. Additionally, the ...(read more)

Lloyd Banks is placing associate DJ Whoo Kid on a suspension in light of the financial benefits the producer has reaped from the profit of their mixtape projects.

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(AllHipHop News) Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown is due in court today (September 7th), where she will be formally arraigned on charges that she violated a protection order against her Brooklyn neighbor. The rapper is expected to appear in Brooklyn Criminal Court, where she will be charged with criminal contempt, for allegedly violating a protection order filed by Arlene Raymond.  Foxy Brown was serving probation, after pleading guilty in 2008 to assaulting Raymond with a Blackberry during a dispute...(read more)

 Academy-award winning actor/activist Sean Penn has responded to remarks made last weekend when Wyclef Jean accused him of using cocaine during a live concert.

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G-Unit leader 50 Cent decided to step away from music and comment on his group members Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo's love dilemmas via Twitter last night.

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(AllHipHop News) Singer/Songwriter/MC Estelle is currently in the studio putting the final touches on her new album All of Me, which is slated to hit stores later this fall.  “I’m nearly done, I wanted to put it out in September, but then I had another idea,” said Estelle. “So I went back and said let me start recording some more things. I think I have another two weeks of recording, then we’ll go ahead start mixing it, and then get it out, she said.”Estelle first began buzzing in the U.K. before...(read more)

For Caption Diss, the good ol' folks at SOHH are back at it giving y'all, the loyal doggies, a chance to capture the final word(s). The "Best We've Ever Read" headline gets to rock that Cap Diss crown for seven days. Who's got next?

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Shady Records' Cashis recently opened up about surviving budget cuts from Eminem's label months after the departures of ex-labelmates Stat Quo, Bobby Creekwater and Obie Trice.

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Every day, SOHH is checking in on your favorite artists, athletes and entertainment personalities! Today, Styles P, Free, Tha Bizness, Killer Mike, 9th Wonder, Charlamagne Tha God, Mya and Angela Yee tell "SOHH, What's Up."

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Youngstown, Ohio – September 7, 2010 – Several members of the Youngstown Hip-Hop scene have received Regional recognition, being nominated for an Ohio Hip Hop Award. The Ohio Hip Hop Awards founded in 2005 is an annual event that brings together the "Who's Who" of Ohio Hip Hop for a weekend of networking, celebrating and appreciation culminating...

(AllHipHop News) Busta Rhymes and members of his former group Leaders of the New School have been hit with a lawsuit stemming from a sample used on the song "Case of the P.T.A."The song, which taken from the L.O.N.S' debut album Future Without A Past, was a hit for the group in 1991. In a lawsuit filed on September 2nd in U.S. District Court for Central California, plaintiffs Drive-In Music Company accused Busta, Charlie Brown, Dinco D., Milo and Elektra Records of copyright infringement. The lawsuit...(read more)

Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris has confirmed recent reports that his upcoming Ludaversal solo album is in the works and revealed where the album stood production-wise.

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The Band Eclypse – Eight-Member Hip-Hop Rock Group – Self-Releases a Surprise Hit (New York, New York, September 7, 2010) "Ten Past - EP," the debut, six-song release from New York-based The Band Eclypse, has climbed to #9 on the iTunes Hip Hop/Rap Albums Chart (#119 in overall albums) within 24 hours of its release. Put out by the band on their...

Studio 9000 Session Report Singer-songwriter, actor, and voice actor Jesse McCartney has had several songs mixed by Leslie Brathwaite assisted by Muzzy Solis at PatchWerk Studios this past August.Jesse McCartney's fourth album will be released sometime in October of 2010. The album title has not yet been released but McCartney has declared it will...