Splendour In The Grass - Day 3

By Carolyn Amurao

Azealia Banks has gotten herself all worked up again, and this time it’s because A$AP Rocky said that dark skinned girls shouldn’t wear red lipstick (and no one should wear purple in general). Banks, whose signature look involves a purple lip, took to Twitter (in her usual style) to voice how she was personally offended by A$AP’s beauty advice. Read More...

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dash

By Georgette Pierre

Since the 2012 Presidential election, actress Stacey Dash has been very vocal about her support for the Republican party. But her love runs deeper than we expected. Earlier this week, some were up in arms about Jay-Z and Beyonce’s trip to Cuba to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary including the actress herself. But Dash didn’t shy away from expressing her thoughts via Twitter on the power couple’s excursion to the communist country. Read More...

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thedream

By Sowmya Krishnamurthy

The-Dream has worked with everyone from Rihanna to Drake but as he prepares to release his new album IV Play, the producer/singer has his sights on creating an R&B super group. The-Dream spoke to The Grio and said that he'd want Trey Songz, Miguel, Chris Brown and The Weeknd in his fantasy collective. Read More...

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2chainz

You wanna know one of the reasons why 2 Chainz was our #2 "Hottest MC" of the year? Because his charisma has made him the people's champ, giving him the chance to explore new opportunities that some of his fellow rappers might never tap into. He landed his first acting gig with a cameo on CBS's comedy "2 Broke Girls" in February, and his latest guest appearance will be on an upcoming episode of "Law & Order: SVU." Read More...

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CUBA-US-BEYONCE

By Maurice Bobb

Y’all gon’ learn today. That’s the empathic reprimand from Swizz Beatz on Jay-Z’s new incendiary track, “Open Letter,” in which Jay fires back at critics of his anniversary trip to Cuba with wife Beyonce. Politicians want the God MC to serve time for celebrating wedded bliss in the communist country, but Hov, never repentant, declares that if he must do time for a U.S. Treasury Department-approved trip, he’d rather go down for committing a “real crime.” And even Chief Keef gets a shout out on the track for his delinquent activities. Read More...

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Premiere Of Warner Bros. Pictures' And Legendary Pictures' "42" - Arrivals

By Sidney Madden

Forget Facebook official. Big Sean and Naya Rivera are red carpet official. The twosome attended the premiere of the Jackie Robinson biopic, 42 in Los Angeles on Tuesday night arm-in-arm, generating just as much buzz as the film they were watching. Read More...

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There will be stiff competition in the "Best Shirtless Performance" category at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night (April 14) but Nicki Minaj has no doubt about who should win. Read More...

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2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors - Show

Gucci Mane was back in court on Tuesday in Atlanta, where a judge indicted him on one count of aggravated assault in connection with an incident in March. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gucci (born Radric Davis), was indicted after a soldier accused the rapper of hitting him in the head. Read the full story at MTV News.

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Fabolous and Chris Brown hit the Dominican Republic for the new video "Ready," which finds the Brooklyn rapper falling hard for the hotel housekeeper. Loso's Way 2 is coming soon.

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bigkrit

Big K.R.I.T. is a top notch lyricist and producer and most of his fans will probably tell you that his mixtapes are works of art, even overshadowing his official debut Live From The Underground last year. Good news though, cause the Mississippi rapper is back with his latest tape King Remembered In Time, which dropped on Wednesday (April 10) via LiveMixtapes. Read More...

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