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  Prison Interview: Lil' Wayne on New Album, Eminem

  August 4, 2010 – Lindsay Lohan and Snooki may be roaming free once again, but another celebrity, rapper Lil' Wayne, is still behind bars. …
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  Drake Visits Studio with Chris Brown

  June 30, 2010 – In the wake of R&B star Chris Brown's moving BET Awards show tribute to Michael Jackson on Sunday night, he and chart-topping rapper Drake may have found common ground over their shared history with Rihanna. "I've been working all night," Drake told TV's Extra on Tuesday (via Rap-Up). "I've just been in the studio. …
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  WATCH: Kanye, Chris Brown Perform at BET Awards

  June 28, 2010 – Sunday night in Los Angeles, BET held its 10th annual awards ceremony, and while the three-hour-plus show featured performances from Alicia Keys, Eminem, Drake, and more, Chris Brown and Kanye West stole the show. Watch video below. West opened with the live debut of his new single, "Power," making his first public appearance since his now-famous "Imma-Let-You-Finish" display at the 2009 VMA Awards. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 26, 2010 – This week, Eminem popped up at a downtown NYC club to help launch his new album; Radiohead leaked details about their next effort; and Drake topped the charts with Thank Me Later, the biggest hip-hop debut of the year. Meanwhile, M.I.A. …
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  WATCH: Drake Performs on 'Tonight Show'

  June 24, 2010 – Drake Fever just keeps heating up. The Toronto-based rapper delivered a passionate performance of his latest single, "Find Your Love," on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday night. The track is from his new album Thank Me Later. Check it out below! Drake's performance showed why Thank Me debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. …
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  Drake Debuts at No.1 on Album Chart

  June 23, 2010 – Move over Justin Bieber, Drake Fever has taken over: According to HitsDailyDouble, the Toronto MC has rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Top 200 chart, selling 462,989 copies of Thank Me Later to log the third-highest debut of the year -- and the biggest hip-hop release. The chart news comes just one week after the rapper's free New York concert celebrating the album's release was canceled due to a riot. …
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  Drake, 'Thank Me Later' (Aspire/Cash Money/Young Money)

  June 17, 2010 – Due to his unorthodox pedigree-half-Jewish Canadian kid from a comfortable neighborhood who played a wheelchair-bound hoops star on Degrassi: The Next Generation-Drake has enjoyed a level of rap stardom (engineered by Lil Wayne) that often feels like an elaborate hoax. …
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  Riot Forces NYPD to Cancel Drake Concert

  June 16, 2010 – Tuesday night, a riot broke out at free Drake concert in New York City, where the Toronto rapper was set to celebrate the release of his debut album, Thank Me Later. The NYPD shut down the show and used Mace to stop fights between patrons, who threw bottles and chairs. Thousands of people began congregating for the gig -- sponsored by Paper magazine and also featuring Hanson and Ninjasonik -- at 3 P.M. …
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  Rapper of the Year: Drake

  June 15, 2010 – [Editor's Note: Drake's debut full-length, Thank Me Later, was released today, June 15, 2010. This article originally appeared in SPIN's January 2010 issue.] Though hip-hop has always defined itself by its aspirations -- fiscal, political, sartorial -- Drake did his damnedest in 2009 to move the genre out of a thirtysomething malaise and into an age of feeling. …
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  Drake Album Features Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne

  May 21, 2010 – Thank Me Later, the debut full-length from Toronto rapper Drake (due June 15), will be a star-studded affair, featuring appearances by hip-hop heavyweights Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, and more. The MC, who rose to prominence with cameos on big-time hip-hop tracks, also invited T.I., Nicki Minaj, Young Jeezy, and the Dream to appear on the album. …
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