Hip Hop pioneers Public Enemy will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famewith the class of 2013 according to …

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The Bud Light Lime End Of Summer Event took place Saturday at Beekman Beer Garden in New York City on Saturday. Jermaine Dupri kicked things off with a…

Kanye West and his G.O.O.D Music companions have done a great job of not letting their compilation album Cruel Summer leak as we're one week away from it's September 18th release date. But today we do at…

Kanye West and company have done a good job keeping things under wraps regarding the new G.O.O.D. Music compilation album. Not much information has leaked out regarding the project, but …

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Nicki Minaj was in London for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend several days ago and she got the chance to sit down with Tim Westwood.…

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Lil Wayne sparked a firestorm after he made the decision to pull his protégée Nicki Minaj from Hot 97 Summer Jam. Now the Young Money chief is speaking out on his controversial move.

“That’s a female; first and foremost Nicki Minaj is a female,” the “Lollipop” rapper told MTV News backstage at Birthday Bash 17 in Atlanta. “I don’t know what anyone else believes, but I believe…

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The Jay-Z and Nas beef has long been put to rest, but in the summer of 2002 it was in full swing. Nas planned to lynch Hov on the Summer Jam stage that year. Hot 97 wouldn't approve the act and ultimately Nas refused to perform.

MONTREALITY got their hands on…

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Questlove from The Roots shares his thoughts on the Nicki Minaj snub at Hot 97's Summer Jam and how hip hop is becoming your parents music—but that's OK.



Interview brought to you by Fuse from the Bonnaroo Festival

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Nas was going to appear as a surprise guest during Nicki Minaj's set at Summer Jam 2012. As we all know by now Nicki didn't perform, but Nas did and he brought special guest Lauryn Hill out with him. …

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Kendrick Lamar stopped by Power 105.1's The Breakfast Club this morning to chop it up with the crew of DJ Envy, Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God.

Topics of discussion included Black Hippy, his first meeting with Dr. Dre, Dre's work ethic, his…

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Nicki Minaj called into Power 105.1 this morning to talk to The Breakfast Club. Of course the topic of conversation was Nicki's cancellation of her appearance at Summer Jam 2012.

Nicki took the opportunity to dead the rumor that she was planning an onstage funeral to once and…

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As you have probably all heard by now, Hot 97 and YMCMB are feuding following Nicki Minaj's refusal to perform at Summer Jam 2012 Sunday [June 3rd] after the Harajuku Barbie was dissed by Peter Rosenberg.

It shouldn't be a major surprise that…

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Summer Jam 2012 featured a who's who of hip hop artists from coast to coast. Big Sean represented Detroit well during his set. He brought out 2 Chainz and Pusha T to perform the G.O.O.D Music hit "Mercy."

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The war between New York radio station Hot 97 and Nicki Minaj just got turned up a notch. As we previously reported, Nicki pulled out of last…

Update: According to TheYBF the reason for the whole situation happening is because Peter Rosenberg was saying live at the Summer Jam stage that Nicki better not perform that "wack ass Starships" track.





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In a press release it was revealed that Mr. West’s upcoming G.O.O.D. Music compilation will be calledCruel Summer, and a film inspired by it will debut May 23 in Cannes.

After the premiere, the flick will be open for public access for the next two days. Tickets will be available…

Hot 97 Announced It's List of Performers For This Year's SummerJam [Sunday June 3rd]!



Performers Include: Waka Flocka, French Montana, Maino, Tyga, 2 Chainz, Mavado, Young Jeezy, J. Cole, Trey Songz, Big Sean, Wale, Meek Mill, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled & Nicki…

Complex writes:

It’s about that time. The mercury's rising, and you're starting to notice how the ladies are shedding a few layers of clothing. You're probably making vacation plans and reaching for your shades instead of your remote controls. But the best part of summer is the…