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March 12, 2012

Jay-Z & Kanye West Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over ‘The Joy’

Jay Z is being hit again with a lawsuit, this time with Kanye West over a copyright infringement on their bonus track on the Watch The Throne album The Joy.

The duo have now settled with veteran soul singer Syl Johnson, who sued them in October for using a sample of his song Different Strokes without authorisation.

Pete Rock who produced the track was also not happy as the sample was added on after he had finished producing it, and was not told about it. He took to Twitter afterwards to clear his name…

“just to clear the air about WTT,i never sampled that syl johnson record,if u sample syl u gotta show him sum respect and clear the sample.”

Jay Z is still facing a lawsuit for his track Big Pimpin by the nephew of Egyptian composer Baligh Hamdy over the rights to the hook which they claim he sampled.

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March 11, 2012

Azealia Banks Responds To T.I. For Defending Iggy Azalea

T.I went on DJ Drama’s show on Atlanta’s Hot 107.9 to introduce his new Grand Hustle team Iggy Azalea, Chip (Chipmunk), and D.O.P.E. Iggy spoke on her Australian roots, the rap scene in her home country and her being placed on the XXL Freshman cover. She then mentioned Azealia Banks comments towards her on Twitter, such as questioning why she was placed on the XXL cover and Iggy’s use of the term ‘slave master’ in her lyrics. Iggy tried to keep the peace and did not say anything bad about Azealia just preaching support.

T.I though did not hold back, he said,

“Strategically if she really cares about a freshmen cover maybe she could hope that, you know, she’ll suck enough to get shelved and then next year when the freshmen cover comes back around, maybe she’ll still be a freshman. Which brings me to my next philosophy, if you spend half of your day getting money and the other half of your day counting money, you ain’t got no time in your day to worry about nobody else.”

Azealia heard about the interview shortly afterwards and took to Twitter again this time showing her anger toward T.I. defending his new signee saying…

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March 9, 2012

Tyler, the Creator Grabbed By The Neck & Thrown Off The Stage At A Gucci Mane Performance

Tyler, the Creator was forcibly removed by Gucci Mane’s security team when he tried to come on the stage during Gucci Mane’s performance.

Tyler, the Creator gatecrashed Gucci Mane’s performance at the  G-Shock release party for The Hundreds and Casio’s collaborative watch. The Atlanta rapper’s security team acted quickly grabbing Tyler by the throat and removing him from the stage.

This didn’t seem to phase Tyler, as he later returned to the stage, diving off it into the crowd. It seems Gucci Mane didn’t mind Tyler’s antics as they had a picture together afterwards seen above.

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March 6, 2012

Michael Jackson’s Entire Back Catalogue Stolen By Hackers

Sony music have confirmed that hackers have stolen more than 50,000 music files from them including Michael Jackson’s entire back catalogue and unreleased material from the late King of Pop. After just over a year of Sony paying £250million for the seven-year rights to the songs following Jacko’s death.

It is the biggest cyber attack on a music company with the stolen songs worth £160million. The theft happened in April last year when hackers attacked Sony’s PlayStation Network and stole the personal data of 77 million registered users. The exact illegally downloaded songs are not known yet, but contain Michael’s entire back catalogue including unheard duets with Black Eyed Peas Will.i.am and the late Queen singer Freddie Mercury.

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March 2, 2012

Chip Joins T.I’s Grand Hustle Label

Chip left for America to pursue a music career Stateside, and now it has been announced that he has joined T.I.’s Grand Hustle label. His label mates will be B.o.B, Iggy Azalea, and Trae Tha Truth.

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March 1, 2012

Jammer Shows Bone Thugs N Harmony Round London

Jammer shows Bone Thugs N Harmony what the London nightlight has to offer, and takes them to his set at Nottinghill Arts Club.

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February 29, 2012

Obie Trice New Album Bottoms Up

Obie Trice sets the year off with the release of his brand new album Bottoms Up set for release in the UK on May 14th. The album represents a fresh start for Obie and will be his first since leaving Shady records in 2008. It’s also the first project to be released on his own independent Fontana distributed label, Black Market Entertainment. 

Although he’s stepped out of the Shade, Obie has managed to bring some of his old friends with him. Dr Dre blessed Obie with his production genius on this new project and Eminem also features on on track and produces another. The album delivers exactly as it should, packed full of West Coast bump, with Obie releaseing an equal amount of intensity and wit over each sixteen tracks. His first single Battle Cry, is an anthem to perseverance, featuring the smooth vocals of Adrian Reeza along with the tracks steady driving beat, it personifies the resiliance Trice has shown throughout his life. The second single, Spend The Day, features Drey Skonie. On this track Trice gives the ladies a glimpse into a day spent with the rapper.

Trice has long been a favourite of rapper connoissers. Many remember him from his cameo on Eminem’s single, Without Me, with the opening line, “Obie Trice real name, no gimmicks.’ Trice went on to release two albums via Eminem’s record label, Shady Records. These releases include Cheers, which is certified gold and debuted at number 5 on the Billboard 200 list, and Second Round’s On Me which featured Eminem, 50 Cent, Akon, Trey Songz, Brick & Lace, Trick Trick, Big Herk & Nate Dogg and debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200 list.

Tracklist

01. Bottoms Up (produced by Dr Dre)

02. Going No Where (produced by Eminem)

03. Dear Lord (produced by K&Square)

04. I Pretend (produced by Coree Benton)

05. Richard (produced by Statik Selektah) feat Eminem

06. BME Up (produced by Darius Phonix Barnes)

07. Battle Cry (produced by Lucas Reeza)

08. Secrets (produced by K&Square)

09. Spill My Drink (produced by NoSpeakerz Production for NoSpeakerz Production)

10. Spend The Day (produced by NoSpeakerz Production for NoSpeakerz Production)

11. Petty (produced by NoSpeakerz Production for NoSpeakerz Production)

12. My Time (produced by Geno XO)

13. Ups and Down (produced by K&Square)

14. Hell Yeah (produced by NoSpeakerz)

15. Crazy (produced by Witt for De Notes/Pep Sick Note music)

16. Lebron (produced by NoSpeakerz Production for NoSpeakerz Production)

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February 28, 2012

Birdman Explains Signing Limp Bizkit To Cash Money

Birdman explains the reason behind signing rap-rock band Limp Bizkit.

“Fred [Durst] reached out, bruh,” Birdman said in an interview with XXLmag.com. “It was weird how it happened. He was like, ‘Stunna, what’s good?’ I was like, ‘What’s poppin, 5?’ [Fred said] ‘I wanna join the team.’ Whoa! For real? He didn’t have to say it twice. I was already a fan of him. When the opportunity came, we really was supposed to announce it at the Grammys. Wayne was going to announce it at the Grammys, but he did it when he felt like it.”

Birdman also added that the groups first single will be out next week and will feature Lil Wayne.

“He’s a visionary, he a great artist,” Birdman said of Durst. “Also, I want him to be a part of our staff and take over the rock department and bring us over more talent because that’s what he does. I think with having Limp he brings a lot.”

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February 27, 2012

NBA All-Star Game

It was the  61st annual NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night and the US music stars were out in full force. Nicki Minaj opened up the evening and was also spotted kissing Weezy.

It also seems that Common and Drake kissed and made up as there were snapped talking.

Pitbull performed during half time and partied with Chris Brown, Ne-Yo and Nayer.

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February 11, 2012

Blue Ivy Carter’s First Baby Photo’s

Jay Z and Beyonce showed off their baby girl Blue Ivy Carter to the world for the first time.

The first photos went up on proud father Jay Z’s website Life + Times and on a new Tumblr called “Hello Blue Ivy Carter.” This could be the blog dedicated to Blue Ivy’s fans who will be able to see her grow.

There were five pictures in total, one with Jay Z holding her, one with Beyonce two of Blue on her own and 0ne with an adults fingertips touching the babys hand. The baby was dressed in a cream onesie and is wrapped in blankets.

Jay Z added a message to the photos, “We welcome you to share in our joy. Thank you for respecting our privacy during this beautiful time in our lives!! The Carter Family.”

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