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In hosting his first annual Ovo (October's Very Own) Festival, Drake pulled out all the stops with a guest list featuring many of Rap's VIPs.


Jay-Z, Eminem, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Bun B and Fabolous joined the Toronto rapper in his hometown for the show, which none of the concertgoers were likely to ever forget.

Former Roc-A-Fella artist Beanie Sigel has continued to taunt Jay-Z by blasting his former rap boss with a freestyle diss at a Maryland concert.

Reciting the same diss he performed at a Philadelphia concert last February, Beans and his entourage once again taunted Hov at Baltimore's Sonar nightclub this past weekend.

Tons of Soulja Boy Tell 'Em's fans and more than a few of his musical counterparts all came out to celebrate the youngster's birthday in Hollywood, Calif., on Wednesday (July 28). The Atlanta native turned the big 2-0, and came another year closer to the legal drinking age.

Foxy Brown allegedly became embroiled in a brawl in New York City on Thursday - after a fight erupted in the lobby of a luxury apartment building.


The hip-hop star, real name Inga Marchand, is said to have been visiting a building on 43rd Street in Manhattan when trouble flared on the ground floor.

According to TMZ.com, Marchand was one of "several people" pushing and shoving in the melee and another 10 people intervened in a bid to break up the fight.

Drake explained how Eminem and Jay-Z fans are very devoted to them and always stay loyal and feels Lil Wayne deserves the same.

He told MTV :

Lupe Fiasco talked to MTV about the recent online petition that was formed for Atlantic Records to release his new album entitled "Lasers"

He said:

Def Jam South President DJ Khaled explains his interest in recruiting Eminem for his next collaboration and says it will be his biggest anthem he's ever done. And you know Khaled got hits, so this must be serious.

Eminem stays on top of album sales charts again this week while M.I.A. Currensy, Paul Wall & CNN make appearences on the charts also.

SOHH reports:

Megan Fox is apparently very close to starring in Eminem's new "Love The Way You Lie" video.

According to E Online she will play along side Dominic Monaghan (From the popular TV show "Lost")

PaperMag recently caught up with Rap Superstar, Drake, where he taked about negative bloggers, overexposure and said if anyone were to make a movie about US President Obama, he'd like to play his role.

Also in this month's issue of XXL, Former Bad Boy Records artist, Shyne finally breaks his silence about his ex-boss Diddy and also discusses his 10 years in prison and deportation to Belize. 

XXL reports:

The release of Tha Carter IV has been delayed by Lil Wayne’s jail sentence, but one producer assures it will be worth the wait when it does come. “Carter IV gonna change your life,” Dow Jones, one-half of hitmaking duo Tha Bizness, tells Rap-Up TV. “It’s something that you ain’t never seen before. We thought Carter III  was incredible and he took it a couple steps up.”