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• Nicki Minaj “Ganja Burn,” Kooda B “Walking Through The Ville” & More | Daily Visuals 8.14.18

  15-08-2018 01:30 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: WENN.com / WENN
  The summer of Nicki Minaj continues to sizzle on social media thanks to “Barbie Dreams” which became the topic of discussion last week. Now, in a day that’s seen Nicki Minaj put Safaree’s wig piece on blast, she’s back on her hot ish with a new visual to “Ganja Burn” where she reminds everyone that her physical degree is off the charts and why it’s the subject of many fans’ fantasies.Back on the block up and comer Kood
  
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• American Airlines Kicked YG Off Plane For Being Pissy Drunk, Allegedly [Watch]

  15-08-2018 01:15 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Michael Wright/WENN.com / WENN
  YG’s newest beef is not with a rapper but with American Airlines. Apparently, he was asked to leave a plane for being too intoxicated.
  On Monday (Aug. 13), the West Coast native boarded a flight at Los Angeles International Airport that was headed to John F. Kennedy Airport. His time on the aircraft was limited though as the crew demanded that he deboard because he was drunk. As expected their request didn’t go over well with the “Who Do Y
  
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• Tyrese Says He Is Too Broke To Pay Ex-Wife’s Lawyer Fees

  15-08-2018 01:05 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: ‘Black Girls Rock!’ hosted By Taraji P. Henson
  Featuring: Tyrese Gibson
  Where: New York, New York, United States
  When: 05 Aug 2017
  Credit: Derrick Salters/WENN.com
  Tyrese’s legacy continues to be besmirched in struggle. Apparently, his living expenses are putting him in a financial crisis.TMZ is reporting that the singer turned actor’s spending habits have caught up to him. Earlier this month his estranged ex-wife Norma Gibson requested he cover her legal fee
  
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• Supreme Linked Up With The New York Post For A Front Page Exclusive

  15-08-2018 00:55 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty
  Supreme sure knows how to keep their hypebeasts on their toes.
  Last year, the popular clothing brand had subway riders waiting on line for their exclusive Supreme-branded MetroCards and yesterday (Aug. 13) they helped the New York Post sell like hotcakes thanks to the company logo on the front page cover.
  On newsstands now… #Supreme #ad pic.twitter.com/oGMbEva16v
  — New York Post (@nypost) August 13, 2018That logo was all it took for hypebeasts t
  
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• A$AP Bari Is Suing His Sexual Assault Accuser

  15-08-2018 00:33 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty
  Last year A$AP Bari found himself in heap of legal trouble when he was accused of sexual assault after a video surfaced of him accosting a naked woman during a trip to the UK. The allegations not only cost him his reputation but also his business ties with Nike.Now TMZ is reporting that Bari is going on the offensive and suing his accuser claiming that she made up the story in an effort to extract a payoff in order to make the case go away:
  According to legal doc
  
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• Nicki Minaj & Safaree Flame Each Other On Twitter, Stabbings & Hairlines Exposed

  14-08-2018 21:32 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: WENN.com / WENN
  It got super ugly on the timeline today after Nicki Minaj‘s interview with Funk Flex spilled a bit more tea than we’re used to getting from the Queens rapper about her ex-boyfriend, Safaree Samuels. That resulted in Safaree going on a tweetstorm with Minaj firing back, making for a good old messy time on Twitter.
  Minaj got open with Flex and spoke about her come up in music as Safaree allegedly struggled to hold his end of the bargain down. After clarifying th
  
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• No Ball Control: Tristan Thompson Allegedly Cheating Again On Khloe Kardashian

  14-08-2018 20:43 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: WENN.com / WENN
  Tristan Thompson has once again found himself playing outside his position and may have been caught dipping out on his baby moms. If rumors are true, it appears the Cleveland Cavaliers big man was up in his native Toronto with a young woman that was not Khloe Kardashian.
  Radar Online exclusively reports:
  Tristan Thompson Opens a New Window. was in Toronto teaching a basketball camp on Aug. 9 and an employee at the training facility where the camp was being held told Radar
  
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• Virgil Abloh Gets Serena Williams Ready for The US Open With The Queen Collection

  14-08-2018 18:56 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Nike / NIke
  For the past year and change Virgil Abloh‘s been driving hypebeasts and sneakerheads alike crazy with his re-imagining of classic sneaker silhouettes and innovative designs. Unfortunately heads have a better chance at getting struck by lightning than landing a coveted pair of his Off-White anythings (hence, driving us mad).Now the artistic fashion designer is making sure that Serena Williams makes a statement at this year’s US Open when she takes to the tennis cou
  
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• President Trump Calls Ex-Lackey Omarosa A “Dog” & Rep. Frederica Wilson Had Words

  14-08-2018 18:34 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN
  As expected, President Donald Trump went his usual route and flexed his Twitter fingers to insult his former top-level aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman in the wake of her telling all the business via tapes and her new book. After Trump referred to his former mentee as a “lowlife” and a “dog,” Congresswoman Frederica Wilson had some fresh bars for the Orange Lord of Chaos.
  “When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her
  
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• Hieroglyphics, Black Thought & Freddie Gibbs To Perform At Hiero Day 2018

  14-08-2018 17:59 via HipHopDX News
  Catch the festivities in Oakland on September 3.
  
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• Travis Scott Is Giving Away $100K To His Fans

  14-08-2018 17:28 via HipHopDX News
  Feelin' good, feelin' great.
  
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• Bird Behavior: Azealia Banks Claims She Was In Elon Musk’s House All Weekend

  14-08-2018 17:21 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: American rapper Azealia Banks performs at O2 Academy, Brixton Featuring: Azealia Banks Where: London, United Kingdom When: 19 Sep 2014 Credit: Carsten Windhorst/WENN.com Uploaded By Godspeed
  Azealia Banks has once more found herself in the business class of the struggle shuttle, this time adding drama to the lives of Tesla boss Elon Musk and his romantic partner, Grimes. Banks claims she was a guest in one of Musk’s homes in a bid to work on music with Grimes,, but said it was akin
  
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• Tyler The Creator Announces 7th Annual Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival Lineup

  14-08-2018 17:12 via HipHopDX News
  Kids See Ghosts, Lauryn Hill, Post Malone, SZA and The Internet are all on the bill.
  
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• Drake Pulls Up On JAY-Z During OTR II In Detroit

  14-08-2018 16:40 via HipHopDX News
  A Motown meeting.
  
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• You Care: Nicki Minaj and Funkmaster Flex End Feud

  14-08-2018 16:19 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Hot 97 / Hot 97
  The promo run for Queen is stil in full effect. Apparently, Nicki Minaj and Funkmaster Flex have ended their beef and sat down for an extensive interview on Hot 97. 
  Seems like Flex was being “opinionated” about her music, while Nicki felt that he was being personal.
  Surprise, she got open to a reconciliation when Flex said he liked “Chun-Li.”
  If you care, you can peep their sit down below.
  
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• Tyga's Hairline Gets Pulled Into Nicki Minaj & Safaree's Twitter Slander

  14-08-2018 16:02 via HipHopDX News
  This is ugly.
  
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• Demi Lovato’s Overdose Caused By Freebased Oxy Laced with Fentanyl, Allegedly

  14-08-2018 16:02 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: photo: C.M. Wiggins/WENN.com
  The cause of Demi Lovato‘s overdose has been revealed, reportedly. The singer’s rush to the hospital was likely cause by Oxy laced with the powerful drug fentanyl. 
  The lead up to Lovato’s OD is straight out of a movie.
  Reports TMZ:
  Sources with direct knowledge tell us, Demi had been at a party in WeHo following a birthday celebration at Saddle Ranch on the Sunset Strip. After the drug dealer got the text, he came to her house and we&r
  
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• Will Smith Is Bungee Jumping Out Of A Helicopter For His 50th Birthday & Charity

  14-08-2018 15:42 via HipHopDX News
  Fans can win an opportunity to hang out with The Fresh Prince at the event.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Joins Made In America Festival Lineup

  14-08-2018 15:15 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Kendrick Lemar seen performing at Coachella Weekend 1 Day 2. Featuring: Kendrick Lamar Where: Indio, California, United States When: 17 Apr 2017 Credit: WENN.com Uploaded By Godspeed
  Kendrick Lamar has been added to an already stacked lineup for this year’s Made In America festival in Philadelphia. While details remain scant at the moment, the TDE superstar promises a “very special set” for the performance.
  Variety reports:
  Kendrick Lamar has been added to the already s
  
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• Chika Calls Segregating Male & Female Rappers "An Insult"

  14-08-2018 15:10 via HipHopDX News
  #DXCLUSIVE: The 21-year-old viral sensation also reveals she has an EP coming this fall and an album in the works.
  
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• 50 Cent Answers HipHopDX Lawsuit, Says Freedom Of Speech Threatened

  14-08-2018 14:45 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: STARZ’s ‘Power’ Premiere – Arrivals Featuring: Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Where: Washington DC, District Of Columbia, United States When: 08 Jun 2017 Credit: WENN.com
  If anyone thought 50 Cent was going to go away quietly regarding his legal tussle with HipHopDX, they’ve got another thing coming. The rapper and business mogul born Curtis Jackson has answered HHDX’s $3 million lawsuit, saying they’re violating his freedom of speech right
  
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• Take A Knee For Pops: Dak Prescott’s Dad Popped For Weed

  14-08-2018 14:15 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Orange County Sheriff’s Office / Orange County Sheriff’s Office
  While Dak Prescott prepares for the upcoming NFL football season and concurrently caping for “owner” Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback has other issues to contend with. Over the weekend, Prescott’s father was arrested for marijuana possession but don’t worry, the old man wasn’t pushing heavy weight or anything.
  Dallas News‘ Sports Day blog reports:
  The father of Cowbo
  
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• Nicki Minaj Regrets Paying $10K For Safaree's Hairline In Tense Twitter War

  14-08-2018 14:03 via HipHopDX News
  Dirty laundry everywhere.
  
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• Ski Beatz Threw Away An Unreleased JAY-Z Album & Big L Collabs

  14-08-2018 13:56 via HipHopDX News
  "I wasn’t even thinking.”
  
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• Nick Cannon Preps Bay Area Crime Drama ‘The Yay Area’

  14-08-2018 13:45 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Brian To/WENN.com / WENN
  As if Nick Cannon already doesn’t have enough to juggle by way of his massive media and entertainment empire, he’s now putting his sights on highlighting California’s Bay Area in a new light. Cannon revealed that he’s working on a crime drama titled The Yay Area, tapping Bay Area legends Too $hort and E-40 as producers for the series.
  TMZ exclusively reports:
  Nick tells TMZ he’s psyched about his drama crime series, “The Yay Ar
  
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• Trick Daddy Loses It On His “Fookie Bookie Ass” Haters

  14-08-2018 12:55 via HipHopDX News
  "Fuck dat shit."
  
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• Nicki Minaj & DJ Self War On Twitter Over Alleged Cardi B Comments

  14-08-2018 12:05 via HipHopDX News
  Cold shoulder: It all apparently started with a jilted hug.
  
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• Queen Latifah To Host 2018 Black Girls Rock

  14-08-2018 11:51 via HipHopDX News
  It's going down in her New Jersey hometown on August 26.
  
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• YG Calls American Airlines "Racist Fucks" After Being Kicked Off Flight

  14-08-2018 11:31 via HipHopDX News
  Stayin' dangerous.
  
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• Nicki Minaj Says “Barbie Dreams” Only Rubbed 1 Person Wrong

  14-08-2018 11:11 via HipHopDX News
  She also remixed the song to include Stephen Colbert!
  
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• Stefflon Don Drops Explosive "Lil Bitch" Video

  14-08-2018 10:53 via HipHopDX News
  Nothing but madness — in under two minutes flat!
  
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• Robert Glasper Claims Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" Consists Of Stolen Music

  14-08-2018 10:45 via HipHopDX News
  And no one is allowed to look L-Boogie in the eye? Wait. what?
  
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• M-Eighty Reveals Ghostface Killah's "The Lost Tapes" Stacked Tracklist & Release Date

  14-08-2018 10:00 via HipHopDX News
  #DXCLUSIVE: Listen to the first single "Saigon Velour" featuring E-40 and Snoop Dogg.
  
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• #DXCLUSIVE: Lando Chill Enlists Quelle Chris & Rey For "Peso" Single

  14-08-2018 08:00 via HipHopDX News
  Off his upcoming album "Black Ego."
  
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• Wiz Khalifa ft. Swae Lee “Hopeless Romantic,” DJ Muggs & MF Doom “Assassination Day” & More | Daily Visuals 8.13.18

  14-08-2018 01:00 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Wiz Khalifa might’ve gotten brolic practicing how to kick ass MMA style but ultimately he’s more a lover than a fighter.
  He states as much in his Swae Lee assisted visuals to “Hopeless Romantic” in which the mixed martial artist emcee finds himself lamping in a land comprised of naked women. Talk about the land of milk and honey.You can now count MF Doom amongst Kanye West’s rap peers who ain’t too pleased about his “MAGA” manner of thinking. For
  
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• Childish Gambino To Headline Rihanna’s Diamond Ball, Issa Rae To Host

  14-08-2018 00:04 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Valerian and the City of A Thousand Planets European Premiere – Arrivals Featuring: Rihanna Where: London, United Kingdom When: 24 Jul 2017 Credit: Lia Toby/WENN.com
  It looks like Rihanna’s upcoming Diamond Ball will be one of the hottest tickets of the year. She has confirmed two heavy hitters for talent.The Bajan songstress announced that Childish Gambino AKA Donald Glover will be hitting the stage. To add more firepower to the festivities, she is enlisting the talents of&n
  
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• Travis Scott Goes #1 On Billboard 200 With ‘Astroworld’

  13-08-2018 22:16 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Wireless Festival 2017 – Day 2 – Performances Featuring: Travis Scott Where: London, United Kingdom When: 08 Jul 2017 Credit: WENN.com Uploaded By Godspeed
  Travis Scott made fans wait a bit for this third solo set Astroworld, and it appears the length of time between albums paid off handsomely. The Houston rapper earned his second #1 album debut on the Billboard 200, making for the second-largest debut of the year.
  Billboard reports:
  The set — which was released Aug. 3
  
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• Swae Lee Calls Fan "Ugly" On Twitter Following Backstage Interaction

  13-08-2018 22:04 via HipHopDX
  
  
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• The Off Daze Release "Couple's Skate" LP

  13-08-2018 20:15 via HipHopDX News
  CunninLynguists members Deacon The Villain and Natti team up with Sheisty Khrist.
  
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• White Man Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Markeis McGlockton Charged With Manslaughter

  13-08-2018 20:08 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: pinellas county florida sheriff’s office / pinellas county florida sheriff’s office
  A white man who shot and killed an unarmed Black man in Florida is now charged with manslaughter after attempting to fight the case via the state’s “Stand Your Ground” laws. Michael Drejka, who shot Markeis McGlockton in a parking lot, was booked today on the charges and his bond is set at $100,000.
  NBC News reports:
  Florida prosecutors on Monday filed manslaughter charges ag
  
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• Tyrese Says Divorce & Child Abuse Allegations Have Caused Deep Debt

  13-08-2018 19:48 via HipHopDX News
  Baby Boy's pockets are hurting.
  
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• Ruby Rose Deads Her Twitter Account After Batwoman Backlash

  13-08-2018 19:37 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Photo: Instagram
  Once again social media proves that some comic book fanboys are simply the worst.
  Months after racist fanboys caused Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran to quit social media and Titans actress Anna Diop to shut down the comments on her Instagram page, Ruby Rose has decided to quit Twitter due to the negativity that came with the news of her casting as Batwoman.
  While fans like us loved her casting as Kate Kane a.k.a. Batwoman, Deadline is reporting that trolls were s
  
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• Mother Of Nicki Minaj Gets Candid About Son’s Child Rape Case

  13-08-2018 19:32 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: The Hip Hop ‘Hood Report / screen cap
  Last Wednesday (Aug. 8), Carol Maraj, the mother of Hip-Hop star Nicki Minaj, sat down with Charles Fisher and The Hip Hop ‘Hood Report for an exclusive, tell-all interview. During the chat, Maraj spoke about an alternate juror who said last fall that he would have acquitted Jelani Maraj in the rape case involving his 11-year-old stepdaughter based on a lack of evidence.
  The interview was announced earlier in the month and has since aired
  
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• Juelz Santana’s Trial Postponed As He Tries To Negotiate Plea Deal

  13-08-2018 18:19 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: photo: WENN
  Juelz Santana is still fighting his way out some pretty serious weapons charges. His court date has been pushed back as he continues to plea bargain.The Harlem native was set to start trial in early September but the date has been rescheduled. According to a report by Billboard, the proceedings will commence on September 30 “to permit defense counsel the reasonable time necessary for effective preparation in this matter and to allow the parties to enter into plea n
  
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• Cardiovascular Disease Ruled Cause Of Death For Chicago Rapper Fredo Santana

  13-08-2018 18:13 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty
  The death of Chicago rapper Fredo Santana rocked fans of the Drill scene pioneer, and there were several instances of speculation surrounding his passing this past January. The Los Angeles County coroner has officially released Santana’s cause of death, which was the result of cardiovascular disease.
  The Chicago Tribune reports:
  Santana was one of the pioneers of Chicago’s drill rap movement alongside his cousin and fellow Chicago rapper Chief Keef. Santa
  
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• 11-Year-Old DJ Kool Flash Makes History At 2018 DMC US Finals

  13-08-2018 18:00 via HipHopDX News
  #DXCLUSIVE: This year marks the first time in DMC's history that two women have competed in the finals.
  
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• Nicki Minaj Drops Unreleased Nas Featured Track “Sorry” [LISTEN]

  13-08-2018 17:48 via The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired
  Source: Bennett Raglin / Getty
  The summer of Nicki continues.
  Last week Nicki Minaj had twitter on fire thanks to her eyebrow-raising bars on “Barbie Dreams,” and only a day after dropping her highly anticipated album Queen, the Queens rapper released a Nas-featured cut that didn’t make the album.Titled “Sorry,” the track samples Tracy Chapman’s “Baby Can I Hold You” with Nicki reciting Chapman’s classic lines for the chorus. Unfortunately, C
  
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• A$AP Bari Reportedly Sues Sexual Assault Accuser

  13-08-2018 17:45 via HipHopDX News
  The alleged victim is already suing him for $1 million.
  
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• Kendrick Lamar Added To JAY-Z's Made In America 2018

  13-08-2018 17:01 via HipHopDX News
  UPDATE: Joining a lineup that includes Meek Mill, Nicki Minaj and Tekashi 6ix9ine.
  
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• Nas & Dave East Rattle Off Their Top 5 Hip Hop Songs

  13-08-2018 16:36 via HipHopDX News
  Somebody REALLY loves Styles P.
  
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