Trent Fitzgerald

Heartbreaking news Nicki Minaj fans. The Harajuku Barbie has postponed the release date for her second LP ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.’ Originally scheduled for Valentine’s Day, the album is now set to drop in April.

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Before Kanye West was a ‘College Dropout,’ he was a young teenager rapping on the scene with a gangsta lean. Although urban legend has it that the Chicago native was a ferocious MC when he was a youngster, we haven’t bear witness to his earlier years of him spitting rhymes on the mic.

Someone went digging around on YouTube and found an old video of a 19-year-old West rapping onstage at a Chicago-area club. The clip, which was uploaded in 2010, features Yeezy and a local rapper named Phenom sharing the stage at the Double Door venue in 1996. The video features a confident West reciting rapid-fire punchlines and repeating the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard line, “I’ve never been tookin’ out / I keep MCs lookin’ out.”

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Rapper Wiz Khalifa‘s boo Amber Rose teased us last year that she was recording a new song that will shock and awe us. Apparently, she wasn’t kidding. The blond bombshell plans to debut her new single on Tuesday (Jan. 10) at 9AM EST on gossip website Perez Hilton.

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What do you give a woman who is the top-selling digital artist of all time? A car, of course. Rihanna went on Twitter to show off her new ride, a black Jeep Wrangler.

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As we wait patiently for T.I. to drop his New Year’s Day mixtape ‘F— da City Up,’ a mixtape trailer featuring Tip in the studio with Dr. Dre hit the Internet on Tuesday (Dec. 27). Is the King of the South working with the King of Beats?

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50 Cent goes for the jugular in his latest video for ‘Nah Nah Nah.’ The clip is a little grisly than his other visuals from ‘The Big 10′ mixtape series, so this is not for the squeamish. The ‘Off & On’ rapper also displays his acting skills as he plays a callous hitman out on assignment.

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Lil Kim gave fans a wonderful gift over the Christmas holiday — a picture of herself.

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Lil Wayne‘s love for all-things sports is no secret. He blogs about sports for ESPN, he’s an avid bowler and he loves skateboarding. Over the Christmas holiday, the rap mogul launched his web video series called ‘Weezy’s Sports Corner.’ Every week, Wayne will offer his thoughts on various sports-related topics.

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With all of this talk of outrageous tattoos involving Drake and a fan, you would think he would stay away from the ink and needle. Not quite. Apparently, the ‘Headlines’ rapper got a tattoo of the late R&B songbird Aaliyah on his back.

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R. Kelly needs your help. The Chicago singer-producer wants to continue his music soap opera ‘Trapped in the Closet’ but he’s financially unable to release it to the public. In an interview with TMZ, Kellz revealed that he has 32 chapters ready to go. WTF?

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