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  Bling Bling Ring: Paris Hilton Signs to Cash Money Records

  May 22, 2013 – Paris Hilton — the hotel heiress turned reality TV star turned tabloid superstar turned pop hopeful turned club relic turned Bling Ring subject — will officially release a new album through Cash Money records, label honcho Birdman confirmed on Twitter today. …
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  Watch T.I. and Lil Wayne Speed Around Miami in 'Wit Me' Video

  May 21, 2013 – Last year, T.I. and Lil Wayne both hit late-career peaks with "Ball," the Weezy featuring single off Tip's Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head. Six months later, the two rap legends have reunited for "Wit Me," presumably the first single from T.I.'s new album Trouble Man II. The new track is not nearly as inspired as "Ball," but it's an enjoyable rap radio single — Wayne's recycled punchlines not withstanding. …
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  No Trivia's Rap Release of the Week: Mykki Blanco's 'Betty Rubble: The Initiation'

  May 21, 2013 – Not that you need to be reminded, but thanks to the Internet, music trends move faster and faster. For better and worse, the result is that artists seem to go through a career-length number of transitions in a matter of months. And they can fizzle out if they don't keep moving forward. Consistency is no longer a virtue. …
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  Jeremih Remixes 'Karate Chop,' Forgets Lil Wayne's Emmett Till Gaffe

  May 17, 2013 – Chicago singer/producer Jeremih knows an impactful song when he hears one, but he may not know the entire reason for its impact. …
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  Three or More People Worried Birdman Will Release Mannie Fresh-Less Big Tymers Album

  May 8, 2013 – Today on MTV's RapFix Live, Cash Money boss Birdman told host Sway that he is preparing to put out new music by himself, Lil Wayne, and Drake under the Big Tymers moniker. When asked if Mannie Fresh — Cash Money's longtime but now exiled in-house producer and the driving creative force behind the Big Tymers, if not a large swath of Cash Money's output — would be involved in the project, Birdman replied in the negative. …
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  Mountain Don't: Lil Wayne Officially Dropped by Pepsi

  May 3, 2013 – Mountain Dew has had better weeks. Days after deciding to pull a Tyler, the Creator ad from its YouTube channels, Pepsi Co. has announced that it has dropped Lil Wayne (via the AP).The New Orleans rapper has been embroiled in what is now a months-long controversy over a lyric in Future's "Karate Chop (remix)" that makes an unwise simile out of the lynching of Emmett Till. …
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  Emmett Till's Family Agrees Lil Wayne Didn't Actually Apologize for Anything

  May 1, 2013 – The family of civil rights icon Emmett Till has responded to Lil Wayne's non-apology for sullying the 14-year-old lynching victim's name in song. As SPIN previously noted, Weezy's statement regarding the offending lyric fell short of actually apologizing for the since-pulled remix of Future's "Karate Chop," in which, as Dr. …
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  Lil Wayne Reportedly In and Out of Hospital for Another Seizure

  May 1, 2013 – Lil Wayne has been hospitalized for another seizure, according to TMZ. Sources told the gossip website that Wayne's bodyguards took him to L.A. hospital Cedars-Sinai late last night. The sources reportedly said Wayne only had one seizure and was cleared to leave the hospital this morning.Wayne was hospitalized earlier this year for a series of seizures he said almost killed him. …
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  Lil Wayne's Unwise Emmett Till Lyric Spawns Rap's Latest Pseudo-Apology

  May 1, 2013 – Lil Wayne has publicly backed away from a lyric that turned a key moment in the Civil Rights Movement into a cheap sexual punchline. Epic Records already apologized for the offending line, which appeared on a remix of Future's F.B.G.: The Movie track "Karate Chop," and took down online versions of the song. …
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  The 20 Coolest Tributes to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2013

  April 18, 2013 – Call us cynics, but in our world, there are cooler honors than having John Mayer guitar-face one of your songs in front of a bunch of industry vets in suits. While, yes, we will be watching as (we assume) Jerry Cantrell chugs out his best "Barracuda" and Dave Grohl totally doesn't slam out "Tom Sawyer" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony tonight in L.A. …
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