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<p class="summary">Hova and Usher took top spots in Forbes's list of the 25 highest earning musicians.</p>
<p>Forbes's Zack O'Malley Greenburg recently <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45ehmg/the-worlds-25-highest-paid-musicians#content">listed the top 25 highest paid musicians of the past year</a>. Now, two of Hip Hop/R&B's biggest stars, Jay-Z and Usher, can officially count themselves as the top earners in their respective genres.</p>
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News <p>Lil Wayne’s manager, Cortez Bryant, recently revealed that a potential merger with powerhouse management firm Hip-Hop Since 1978 is on the horizon.</p>
<p>During an interview with BlackEnterprises.com, Bryant said his own Bryant Management and HHS1978, which recently added Nicki Minaj to its impressive roster, are just shy of “making [their joint venture] official on paper.”</p>
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News <p>Beanie Sigel is trying to get back into Jay-Z's good graces. After dissing Hova in multiple outlets and mediums (i.e. interviews, songs) for close to two years, Beanie Mack is apologizing for his harsh words.<br />
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News <p>Nicki Minaj and Drake turned the tables on each other, becoming "journalists" in an interview for MTV.<br />
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The Young Money cohorts interviewed one another during a stop in New Orleans for the I Am Still Music tour. Drizzy was one of the night's special guests, and rather than answer questions from MTV's Sway Calloway, decided to put the microphone in front of the 'Pink Friday' creator himself.<br />
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News <p>It hasn't been a rough ride for 10-year-old Willow Smith, but it's about to become a hard knock life. The 'Whip My Hair' singer is in talks to star in a remake of the classic 1977 musical 'Annie,' with her father Will Smith negotiating a producer position and Jay-Z considering handling musical duties for the film's soundtrack.<br />
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Rose Lilah 280 Views
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News <p>R&B songstress Teena Marie passed away Sunday (Dec. 26). She was 54-years-old. Details of the singer's death are scarce but she reportedly passed away in her sleep and was discovered in her Los Angeles home by her daughter Alia Rose AKA Rose LeBeau. Marie's passing was first discovered by journalist/author Roland Martin, who took to Twitter to report on the sad news. The singer's publicist, Jasmine Vega, eventually confirmed reports. Marie's manager, Mike Gardner, also confirmed her death to CNN.<br />
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News <p>Eminem's 'Recovery' hit the double platinum mark in mid-August, becoming the best-selling rap album of the year, after a successful eight-week run on the charts.<br />
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The album's second single 'Love the Way You Lie' featuring Rihanna, settled atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks following its debut and now Em is gearing up to release the album's third single. Shady confirmed to Billboard that the Lil Wayne-featured track 'No Love' is set to debut next.<br />
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News <p>Late night talk show host Chelsea Handler has decided to keep her alleged romance with 50 Cent in people's minds by releasing an intimate photo of them together in bed.<br />
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Handler and 50's steamy photo has begun circulating on various social networks.<br />
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News <p>According to Young Money boss <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="http://www.twitter.com/mackmaine"><strong>Mack Maine</strong></a>, Wayne is set to release the first single from his forthcoming <em>Tha Carter IV</em> LP by the end of December, simply titled “6’7″.”</p>
<p><em>“We definitely dropping it before the end of the year,” Mack revealed to MTV News. “We ready to go now; we getting it mixed.”</em></p>
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News <p>Southern rapper Soulja Boy Tell Em has accused celebrity groupie Kat Stacks of framing him and accusing the 20 year-old of being a cocaine addict in a recently released video.<br />
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News <p>Lil Wayne’s larger than life persona continues to keep fans intrigued even while the rapper is behind bars. The MC is set to grace the cover of Ozone magazine for its sixth annual “Sex Issue,” even though he’s currently serving his year-long jail sentence on weapons charges.<br />
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Rose Lilah 552 Views
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Music Dave Blunts also played the lead single for Kanye West's "WW3" at a recent show, so maybe its really dropping?
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