We recently received news that Tyga has officially been banned from the World Beat Center after the Young Money rapper pulled a no-show.
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Lil Wayne recently released his new brand at his launch party in New York City, New York.

Weezy and Karmaloop got together to distribute his new clothing line Trukfit, which launched last week in New York City, New York.

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In a recent interview Chuck D told Billboard that Public Enemy will release an album titled “Most Of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear On No Stamp” in June and then “The Evil Empire Of Everything” in September.
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Yesterday marked the passing of one of Hip hop’s most sampled and beloved forefathers. Jimmy Castor, saxophonist and leader of the seminal funk/disco group Jimmy Castor Bunch, passed away today at 64.

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Pharrell has decided to team up with some raw upcoming talent as he recently recorded with the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra.

Footage was released (January 15) on Neptunes fan site TheNeptunes.org of Grammy Award-winning producer Pharrell Williams recording with the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music’s H.M.I. Orchestra, on a new theme titled “I Am Other.”

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Lil Wayne has signed a deal to release a memoir of his eight month prison stint in Riker’s Island.

Associated Press reports that Lil Wayne officially inked a deal to write Gone Till November, a memoir of his time in the spent in Riker’s Island.
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Hip-Hop icon Snoop Dogg, will be headlining at the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with Dr. Dre in California this April.

He will also unveil a new “premium tobacco cigar brand” called Executive Branch at the festival.

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Tyga who is singed to Young Money was locked up in Las Vegas this weekend. Not for drugs or speeding, but rather for having active traffic warrants.

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It seems like Cash Money is back in the hunt for new blood to sign. Baby recently inked a deal with the singer-songwriter, who appeared on the sixth season of the reality show competition.

Birdman has announced the signing of American Idol alum Chris Richardson to Young Money/Cash Money Records.

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RZA recently appeared on the Chelsea Lately and revealed that he is now sober and clean, “I have no vices besides pretty women.”

He discussed his sobriety and how it has affected his work in movies and television.  The Wu-Tang producer/emcee, also said he has to keep his “focus” and that he does not smoke weed while working on film and television roles but that it was prominent in his days in the studio.

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