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MTV caught up with Drake to discuss his collaboration with Jay-Z on Dreezy’s upcoming debut LP.

Big Boi just let the world know on his Twitter that he has signed a solo deal for his album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty with Def Jam.

So much for being “Forever Young,” Young Jeezy is now officially called Jeezy according to Def Jam.

Max B was granted an appeal yesterday for his guilty conviction of a robbery gone bad which resulted in fatality. Max has new legal representation according to his manager Jolie O’Shay. The 2006 robbery, which occurred at a Fort Lee, New Jersey hotel, also involved his then girlfriend, Gina Conway, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role. His stepbrother Kelvin Leerdamn received life in prison with an additional 35 years.

Max is serving a 75 year sentence for his role in the robbery gone bad. Before being sentenced, he was signed to a three year deal with Amalgam Digital in 2008 and was also affiliated with the Diplomats and co-wrote several songs which included “We Fly High” by Jim Jones. If you missed our previous story on this, click here.

This eleven minute video portrays how the media literally destroyed DMX and his career. Don’t get it twisted; X played a part in that. But the media went too far and exposed too much. X goes off in a prayer-like way  fixated on the industry. The video starts off with a snippet from “Lord Give Me a Sign”. Fire back with your thoughts. Some of the shit in this is righteously fucked. I feel for you Mr. Simmonds.

Ironically referring to himself as a gangster or gangster rapper, Game has asked a judge to stop calling him a gangster. According to TMZ, he requested that the judge behind his trial remove the 86 references to Game being a gangster during the hearing and not use the rapper’s lyrics as evidence during the trial.

The trial stems from a 2008 incident during a pick-up basketball game where he allegedly punched a guy and later pulled a gun.

It appears that Nas has decided to go back to school to get his high school diploma. Apparently this past week he told a group of high school students during a conference for the Boys & Girls Club of America that getting his diploma was one of his main goals right now. He spoke on leadership and his personal life. The conference took place in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.

Here’s an excerpt from Nas:

“The reality of it is, you need to keep educating yourself, and I wish I had stayed in school.”

This is the type of news I like to hear. Mad respect to him for wanting to get his education.

First Dr. Dre [click here] and now while in Norway 50 Cent says he just recorded a dance song for his upcoming album Black Magic.

Earl Simmonds or better known as DMX was arrested yet again in Arizona. X was arrested on violations of probation. He was in Arizona on a fundraiser for a Gospel Rap Church. TMZ caught the explosion in court after the judge left.

Now that Lil Wayne is in jail, his lawyer has requested that the rapper serve his one year sentance in General Population as opposed to 23 hour lock down with 1 hour solitary; basically allowing the rapper to socialize with the 17 other inmates in his cell block.

Correction Department spokesman Stephen Morello has said that if granted Weezy will have a “general population escort,” meaning he will have a bodygaurd to protect him when he is out of his cell.

Former member of T.I.’s Grand Hustle, Alfamega, has dissed the proclaimed King of the South in a new track called “Green Light”. Alpha fires off shot after shot saying he was the one who protected Tip and when he crossed him; it wasn’t the smartest move. Mega also refers to T.I. as the “Queen” and a “broad”. Will King respond? Who knows. Peep the track below.

DOWNLOAD: Alphamega – Green Light (T.I. diss)

After all the delays, the day is now here. Lil Wayne just pushed his way through the crazy crowd to get into court where he will be sentenced and taken into custody.

On September 11, 2009, Jay-Z took over Madison Square Garden in New York City. The show sold out it’s 20,000 capacity in a matter of minutes and was called the “Answer The Call” concert, a commemoration of the 9/11 attacks and a tribute to the city itself where all proceeds went to the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

Photographer and filmmaker Danny Clinch followed Jay-Z around and shot this documentary called NY-Z about the rapper, the concert and the city, in complete black and white.

The whole thing was funded by Absolut Vodka and it will be released (and posted here) for free on March 22nd.

For now, here is the trailer.

Limp Bizkit are trying to make a comeback with their new album Gold Cobra and have enlisted the help of Raekwon and Paul Wall. Above is a picture of Rae and Fred Durst taken at the studio.

Guru’s nephew has gone the YouTube route to publicly voice his concerns regarding Solar who apparently is forbidding the family from seeing Guru and is in total control of the man’s affairs. Sounds like some shady shit.