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  Gunplay's Arrest, And What It Feels Like When a Favorite Rapper Goes To Jail

  October 16, 2012 – Rap music, even when it is behaving badly, can teach its fans a great deal. Last week, Maybach Music Group's Gunplay turned himself into a Miami jail for an armed robbery that allegedly took place earlier this year. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Danny Brown Peps Up Purity Ring

  October 11, 2012 – Jacked up on too much coffee and a great new Kanye song, there's no way you're getting complete thoughts, here. Give Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire credit for working with Gucci Mane, who he's a lot like, really. Give him even more credit for recording a song called "Telephuck," with a soundwave that if you check it out in Soundcloud, looks LIKE A GIANT BONER. …
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  Gunplay Arrested for Gunplay, Turns Self In To Miami Police

  October 10, 2012 – Floridian rapper Gunplay has turned himself in to the Miami-Dade Police Department for a May warrant that alledges his involvement in an armed robbery. …
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  Watch 50 Cent's Security Jump Gunplay at BET Hip Hop Awards

  October 3, 2012 – Sunday's BET Hip Hop Awards were a mess for members of Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group crew. Two separate altercations led to a series of conflicting reports involving thrown punches, pepper spray and alleged arrests. Once the dust settled, it became (mostly clear) that the initial incident backstage at the Atlanta Civic Center was between Rick Ross and Young Jeezy. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Gunplay Gets Kinda Existential

  September 7, 2012 – A few weeks ago, when I was talking about 2 Chainz and Kanye West's "Birthday Song," I compared Kanye's recent production style to Christopher Nolan's. These days, Kanye's pretty much making "the portentous Christopher Nolan version of trap music," I said. The prime directive seems to be to make everything grand and elaborate, often to the detriment of the song or concept. …
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  Labor Day Brings New Music From Lil Wayne and Gunplay (But Not Missy Elliott)

  September 4, 2012 – "You lazy bitches is fucking up the economy," Nicki Minaj raps over Kanye West's menacing "Mercy" keyboard plinks on a track from Lil Wayne's new Dedication 4. The mixtape, the latest in a cult-adored series that includes 2006's essential Dedication 2, was only one in a flurry of new hip-hop releases over Labor Day weekend. …
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  No Trivia's Friday Five: Has Gunplay Gone Pitbull?

  July 6, 2012 – Heads up to anybody who was entertained by my interview a few months back with underground comics dude and Lil B cover artist Benjamin Marra. His latest comic book, Lincoln Washington: Free Man, is now available to purchase, via Traditional Comics. Like Marra's Gangsta Rap Posse, it's a pulpy, often absurd satire in the guise of a revenge tale that's not for the squeamish or easily offended. …
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• Maybach Music Group, 'Self Made Vol. 2' (MMG/Warner Bros.)

  July 2, 2012 – Pseudo-supergroup of convenience snarls, stunts, and simps luxuriously....Needs more Gunplay. …
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  Gunplay: Miami's Wild Child MC Is Guided by Voices

  June 13, 2012 – WHO: A Miami rapper with a full back tattoo of Jesus holding a pistol to the Devil's head, Gunplay is the standout member of Rick Ross' Triple C's crew. "That's the boss!" Gunplay says of his working relationship with Ross. "Everything gotta pass him first. I don't give a fuck what anybody else say. If he say, 'I like it,' boy, fuck you! That's my gauge to see if it works or not. …
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  Rick Ross' Underboss Gunplay: Rappin', Snortin', and (Apparently) Pimpin'

  May 7, 2012 – Twice during our interview with Gunplay, the Maybach Music Group maniac grabbed an iPhone sitting on the table and took photos of himself, demonically grinning (see above). He also frequently sipped from a water bottle filled with vodka ("This is Ciroc by the way; shout out to Ciroc!"). Gunplay in the flesh is the same as Gunplay on record. …
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