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The Super Bowl Sunday of Rap is goin’ down.

Starts at 6 EST. Peep the line-up and grab some popcorn.

Lil Wayne
Drake
Birdman
Young Money
Chris Brown
Dipset
Rick Ross
Fabolous
Lloyd Banks
Wiz Khalifa
Waka Flocka

Jay-Z and actress Gwyneth Paltrow traded interviews on their respective websites. For Life And Times.

SC: Personally I was very surprised at your extensive knowledge of hip-hop songs. Particularly how you can sing ’90s hip-hip songs word for word. I can’t even do that! How does a girl from Spence discover hip-hop?
GP: I first was exposed to hip-hop when I was about 16 (1988) by some boys who went to collegiate. The Beastie Boys were sort of the way in for us preppie kids. We were into Public Enemy, Run-DMC and LL Cool J. But then I went to LA the summer between my junior and senior year of high school and I discovered N.W.A which became my obsession. I was fascinated by lyrics as rythym and how Dre had a such different cadence and perspective from say, Eazy-E, who I thought was one of the most ironic and brilliant voices hip-hop has ever had. It was an accident that I learned every word of Straight Outta Compton and to love something that a.) I had no real understanding of in terms of the culture that it was emanating from and b.) to love something that my parents literally could not grasp. But I was hooked. I can’t remember what I ate for dinner last night but I could sing to you every single word of N.W.A’s “Fuck Tha Police” or [Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock's] “It Takes Two.” Go figure.

As for her site, Goop , she asks Hov five questions including his musical inspirations.

As someone who has walked through museums with you, eaten with you, heard music with you, I know firsthand how creativity in all areas lifts your consciousness. Do you feel that as a cultural figure of importance it is part of your responsibility to share what inspires you?
I think it’s every human’s job to inspire others, to feed one another’s senses. Inspiration begets inspiration times infinity. Imagine if the person that was inspired to create the phonograph didn’t share it with the world.

Tyga is back with the follow up to his last mixtape, Black Thoughts.Tracklist and download link .

1.Storm feat Stefano Moses
2.Hypnotized
3.We Up
4.Don’t Wake Me Up
5.Real Or Fake
6.Bad Bitches feat Gudda Gudda (Prod by Lex Luger)
7.Drink the Night Away feat Game & Mario
8.Lap Dance (Prod by Lex Luger)
9.Reminded ft Adele
10.Involved
11.Real Tonight feat Lloyd
12.First Time feat Pharrell (Prod by The Neptunes)
13.Moving Backwards
14.Never Be The Same

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X17 Online was able to bring us a first look at Beyonc’e upcoming video, “Girl”. Directed by Francis Lawerence, the clip was shot in the California desert and will be the first offering off her next album. According to Sister 2 Sister, she aslo flew-in 200 dancers from Africa.

Simply Jess of Miami’s held her birthday bash this past Sunday at The 400 Club.As always, the dress code was less than enforced. With special Guests Cool & Dre and Drake.

J-Zone over at egotripland unleashes a 20-year-old never-seen before clip of The Genius, Prince Rakeem and Ason Unique on Public Access TV.

The Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Committee Part Two coming on May 3, here is track 11.

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Wiz Khalifa has announced his Rolling Papers World Tour and his Special Guests Big Sean and Chevy Woods.Tickets go on sale on, 4/20/11, but if you register on Wiz’ fansite, you can get them tomorrow.

05/17 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
05/18 London Forum, London
05/19 Melkweg Old Room, Amsterdam
05/20 La Maroquinerie, Paris
05/21 bataclan, Paris
05/22 Academy 1, Manchester
05/23 SO36, Berlin
06/12 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
06/13 – Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
06/15 – West Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
06/18 – Broomfield, CO @ 1st Bank Center
06/21 – Stateline, NV @ Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa
06/22 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
06/23 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
06/25 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
06/27 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
06/28 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre
06/29 – Tucson, AZ – Anselmo Valencia Tori Amphitheatre
06/30 – Albuquerque, NM @ Albuquerque Convention Center
07/02 – Gran Prairie, TX @ Verizon Theatre at Grand Place
07/03 – Cedar Park, TX @ Cedar Park Center
07/06 – Houston, TX @ Reliant Arena
07/07 – New Orleans, LA @ Lakefront Arena
07/10 – Cleveland, OH @ The Warner Cable Amphitheatre @ Tower City
07/15 – Boca Raton, FL @ Sunset Cove Amphitheatre
07/18 – North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
07/20 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheatre
07/21 – Greensboro, NC @ White Oak Amphitheatre
07/22 – Portsmouth, VA @ Ntelos Wireless Pavilion
07/23 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ntelos Wireles Pavilion
07/24 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
07/27 – Gilford, NH @ Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
07/30 – Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
08/03 – Canandaigua, NY @ Marvin Sands PAC
08/12 Jurrasic Rock Festival, Mikkeli
08/13 Way Out West Festival, Gothenburg
08/14 The Vega, Copenhagen
08/19 The Vega, Copenhagen
08/20 V Festival, Chelmsford
08/21 V Festival, Stafford

Maybach Music’s DJ Sam Sneaker returns with the second installment of Sneaker Warz.

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