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  Usher on His New LP, Mentoring Justin Bieber, and Monsters of Folk

  June 4, 2012 – Usher Raymond IV makes it pretty easy to forget just how long he's been in the game. His first record dropped in 1994 when he was just 15 (that's younger than his protegé Justin Bieber was when he released his debut) and since then, he's become one of the top-selling artists in the world. …
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  Drake Gets 'Punk'd,' Doesn't Get to Meet the Vice President

  June 4, 2012 – The trappings of fame. Wrenchingly sincere displays of vulnerability. A guy tasering his pregnant wife. Drake's appearance on MTV's Punk'd, hosted in a return performance by co-creator Ashton Kutcher ahead of the cable network's movie awards last night, had all of the makings of a song worthy of the rapper-singer's albums Thank Me Later and Take Care. …
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  How Drake Got Twitter Shamed by Billionaire T. Boone Pickens

  June 1, 2012 – No, T. Boone Pickens probably wasn't blasting "Crew Love" as he handed out bonuses last holiday season. The Daily got the story on the billionaire's hilarious Twitter dust-up with Drake from earlier this week. …
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  What's Beef: Lil Wayne, Pusha-T, and a Hip-Hop Feud of Biblical Proportions

  May 29, 2012 – "Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness." That's the Bible verse that serves as the title of former Clipse half Pusha T's snarling, Notorious B.I.G.-sampling track released last week, "Exodus 23:1." Though most media reports so far have cited modern, Americanized translations, there's a certain poetry in the classic King James version. …
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  Pearl Jam Will Headline Jay-Z's Made in America Festival

  May 21, 2012 – Jay-Z wasn't kidding when he said his two-day, self-curated festival, Philadelphia's Budweiser-sponsored Made in America fest, would feature an eclectic mashup of artists. Today, co-headliners Pearl Jam (Jay is the other) spilled the beans on their Labor Day weekend plans — as well as those of other left-field acts like Passion Pit and Dirty Projectors — on their website (via Brooklyn Vegan). …
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  Watch the Weeknd's Weekend Shows in Boston and New York

  April 30, 2012 – Anyone with a Twitter feed and a passing interest in music has realized a good chunk of the population has been going ballistic over Canada's newest R&B export the Weeknd's first tour dates, which were announced earlier this month. Following two Coachella performances, Abel Tesfaye has kicked it off with dates in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia and sharing live footage on his website. …
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  Drake Becomes a Man Thanks to Lil Wayne and Rihanna

  April 9, 2012 – The vinyl edition of Drake's Take Care actually consists of two records, and the last of their four sides is arguably the best despite not containing any of the album's official singles. That is, until earlier this month, when exuberantly foul-mouthed Lil Wayne collaboration "HYFR" went to radio. …
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  Watch Drake Acknowledge 'Degrassi' Past By Doing the 'Wheelchair Jimmy' Dance

  March 23, 2012 – When Drake burst onto the scene with his 2010 LP Thank Me Later, a lot of people mused, "Wait … I know that guy. …
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  Drake Extends Summer Tour, Adds Waka, J. Cole to the Bill

  March 22, 2012 – Drake may be dealing with a drunk-dial girl lawsuit (hey, who isn't?), but he hasn't stopped going about his business. The Canadian MC just announced additional stateside dates for his summer "Club Paradise Tour," and the lineup is stacked. The new dates, starting May 7 in Concordia, California, feature support from J. …
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  Drake Isn't About to Pay Off Drunk-Dial Girl Suing Over 'Marvin's Room'

  March 19, 2012 – Drake wants the world to know that he never promised a single penny to the girl who famously asked him, "Are you drunk right now?" TMZ reported over the weekend that the MC had filed his official legal response to a lawsuit brought by Ericka Lee, the woman whose voice recording is used in a dramatized drunk-dial phone call on Take Care single "Marvin's Room." That statement: "[Lee] consented to the use of her voice in the song 'Marvin's …
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