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Estelle drops the music video to “Break My Heart” featuring Rick Ross. This is the first single off her upcoming “All Of Me” album. This is a pretty nice single but I personally prefer when Estelle does songs like “Freak.” Check out the video below! Recent Post: Lupe Fiasco, Estelle, B.o.B & Janelle Monae Are […]

Three weeks after the jet-ski accident that almost claimed his life, Jamaican singer Sean Kingston has been released from the hosiptal! Earlier this week he tweeted a picture from the hospital explaining that he felt better. Kingston reportedly suffered a broken jaw and fractured wrist. Sean Kingston Tweets First Photo Since Accident UPDATE: Sean Kingston […]

Chris Brown and Bow Wow have collaborated once again to bring us “I’m Da Man;” a freestyle released via Twitter. The “prince of R&B” flexes his rapping muscles showing that he can hang with Bow who raps about his haters. “Rappers twice my age ain’t done what I’ve done,” says Bow Wow who is under […]

DMX is almost a free man! The raspy-voice rapper is to be released from jail within the next few weeks but not before he drops a few controversial lines to Vibe.com about Young Money artist Drake. In the second part to the exclusive interview from jail, X says“I don’t like Drake,it’s nothing that he did […]

Reggae Artist Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. In February he was convicted of conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute it, along with a fdrug trafficking offence and a gun charge. He will also have to serve 5 years probation once released from prison.

Beyonce may be trying to take the heat off her leaked album online by releasing new tracks that aren’t on the upcoming project 4. “Dance For You” my favorite of the the three, is a slow ballad about showing her appreciation for her man by dancing sensually for him! “Schoolin’ Life” and “Up Under Me” […]

Hot 107.9’s Beestroh and Jazzy McBee caught up with 2 Chainz aka Tity Boi backstage at Birthday Bash 16, where Chainz ripped the stage with hits like “Boo” and “Duffle Bag Boy.” The Southside native talked about his Codeine Cowboy mixtape and even talked about doing A&R work on Ludacris’ next album Ludaversal. Check it […]

OJ Simpson allegedly confessed to the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (1994) after being tried in 1995 and acquitted! It is reported that OJ confessed…

Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot changed the rap game when she debuted on the scene with Timberland. Since then she is still the only female rapper to have had six platinum albums. Missy Elliot has been off the radar though, the last bit of music we heard from the respected superstar was a feature with Keyshia Cole […]

In a People’s Magazine interview Missy Elliot announced that she has Graves’ disease which is a thyroid condition. She said it affected her driving and writing because her nervous system was so bad. Radiation has helped her condition and she plans pn releasing a new CD this year. To read more click here…

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Polaris High School10701 Kilpatrick Avenue Oak Lawn, IL When: Summer, 1995 What: The pop icon, rapper, super-producer and controversy-starter grabs his high school diploma, and embarks on the journey that will define his life and career. Not long after graduation, he links up with mentor No I.D., […]

Beyonce’s New CD “4” hit stores on Tuesday 6/28. Check out The Commercial..