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I guess the second coming of the rap show down between 50 Cent and Kanye West won’t be going down after all. Kanye is pushing up the release of his new album from December to November. The rapper recently released a statement on his blog saying “I CHANGED MY ALBUM (release) TO NOVEMBER SOMETHING CAUSE [...]

When you have a massive tour going on, when do you find the time to write new tracks for a new album? Ask Kanye West how he did it because that’s his case. Billboard is reporting that the rapper’s management has confirmed that he’s seriously considering dropping his fourth album by the end of the [...]

You know that you have the hottest tour of this year when you’ve got some of the hottest artists OPENING your show for you. Rihanna beams in a hot pink number during Kanye West’s ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour at HP Pavilion on Saturday in San Jose, California. The Queen of 2007 and still reigning [...]

What do Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, and Feist have in common? Besides having an incredibly successful 2007, each artist has been nominated for a Grammy and has secured a spot on the 2008 Grammy Nominees CD. The 15th edition of the best-selling compilation includes 21 tracks nominated across the spectrum of categories this year. [...]

Kanye West makes his first public statement since the unfortunate passing of his mother. He recently posted a new blog on his official website. It was about his way of coping, I guess: Connect Four.
“When I was in Europe I would play this game for hours and hours… it helped me zone out. Everybody would [...]

BET’s Hip Hop Awards went down in Atlanta over the weekend and Kanye West won ‘Best Hip Hop Video’. Now, for the guy who’s been whining about not getting any awards from MTV, why would he even think of trying to give his BET award away?!
Kanye suddenly gets a piece of humble pie because [...]

Kanye West may be beating 50 Cent in the music polls when it comes to pre-orders but that doesn’t mean Kanye can be declared the winner in their rivalry. Proof of that would be the list that Forbes just came out with – the list of the Hip Hop Cash Kings.
Jay-Z, who took in [...]

Kanye West’s rival 50 Cent recently lost his cool this week. He was reportedly furious at the fact that a new video of his was leaked to the web. What’s worse? He thinks that the leak was an inside job at Interscope.
The video ‘Follow My Lead’ was intended to drop in October and it features [...]

Kanye is pulling a publicity stunt using the word bling, as if he invented it, to say he won’t use it any more. His album is coming out the same day as 50 cent, the guys using situations or each other to pick fights with to get attention. It’s call ‘beef” what beef he has [...]

Rap rivals Kanye West and 50 Cent will go head to head on September 11th when their albums are released simultaneously. Last month, West decided to release his third album Graduation early, on August 21st, to avoid a sales war with 50 Cent’s new disc Curtis. After originally planning to release Curtis in June, [...]

Jay-Z’s got more than 99 problems. The 40/40 Club, which is co-owned by the rapper and 2 other partners, was sued yesterday by Broadcast Music Inc., who filed in Manhattan District Court. The suit was on behalf of Michael Jackson and Kanye West, 2 of the 12 artists who are claiming that their songs are [...]

Kanye West says he’s not taking any chances when it comes to the title of his next headlining adventure.
“My new tour is called the Glow in the Dark Tour — and I wanted to say it on MTV so no one would be able to take it, and it’s documented I said it”, West said. [...]