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Call it community service, fulfilling her job requirements or whatever you want, but on her press tour overseas, Nicki Minaj granted a talk show host his one dream: to have an alter ego.

Seen: Flex

As we all know, DMX is currently in his home away from home for a year after having his probation revoked from a November 2010 arrest. That doesn’t mean we can’t expect new material from Earl; new material as in acting, not music. He will be playing the role of Tagg in the upcoming straight-to-DVD horror film The Bleeding.

The movie hits shelves March 1.

Earlier this month, DJ Kay Slay’s Redemption mixtape was released. The Nina B song “You Know Who I Am” now has a visual to go along with it, directed by Scenario and produced by Kril Krak. For those not familiar with Nina, consider this an aggressive introduction.

Turns out the tape wasn’t released at 4:20 due to technical difficulties with Game and Skee. All is well however as we now have the first disc to Purp & Patron hosted by Funkmaster Flex and the aforementioned Skee. Stayed tuned for the second disc shortly. The entire tape can be found below. (more…)

Go to www.worldstarhiphop.com and what do you see? Nothing. Exactly. The controversial, equally as popular video website saw itself fall as the latest victim of the feds and their vendetta which have already seized sites like OnSmash.com, RapGodFathers.com and DaJaz1.com. If having WSHH taken down wasn’t already a controversial topic, 50 Cent did more than enough to add fuel to the fire by alledging it was he who was the cause of their demise. Taken from Curtis’ Twitter page:

I don’t know why people underestimate me. I just shut down WORLDSTAR for future advertising contact thisis50.com suckers lol … I put worldstar to bed, you don’t believe try me I will shut your sh*t down. Lol … I predict 2 more web sites will shut down this week. Take a guess who they are. I’m sick of the hate I’m to strong… I want to thank howard gordon and the good folks over at homeland .hahaha suckers your move … Send you video to boobooTV.com my self and @FloydMayweather have provided a new site you no longer have to pay…

I never lose q should have know better. He cant afford to go back in forth with me… Send your videos to boobootv@gmail.com this is the new worldstar baby… Send Q from worldstar your condolences. If you care give him a call at 1646 270-2531. Its real I’m not to be f**ked with (more…)

Game’s new mixtape, Purp And Patron, is scheduled to be sparked and consumed today at 4:20. If I was a betting man, I would say that would be 4:20 Pacific Time; meaning we on the East Coast will be able to download it at 7:20. Either way, free music knows no designated time and we the consumer can’t really complain too much. Anywho, to tide the people over, Game let go of his Wiz Khalifa assisted tune “Taylor Made.” Obviously it plays off the fact he calls himself “Chuck Taylor” and Wiz being the HNIC of the Taylor Gang.

Update: Turns out, I would have lost that bet. The tape does drop at 4:20 EST.

Truthfully, I’m not really sure what to make of this new clip from Malice. Who knew he skateboarded? What does it have to do with his book? Answers to these questions and a lot more will be answered on Valentine’s Day with the release of Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind And Naked.

Pre-order your copy here.

Lil Wayne, in the midst of a high charting radio single “6 Foot 7 Foot” and his recently released 9th studio album I Am Not a Human Being, has announced details and dates for his 2011 North American tour, the I Am Music II tour.

Lil Wayne’s I Am Music II tour, produced by Live Nation/Haymon Ventures, will make stops at arenas throughout North America this March and April, beginning with a show in Buffalo, NY on March 18, 2011 at the HSBC Arena, concluding on April 29, 2011 at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver with additional dates being announced soon. Tickets for the I AM Music II Tour will be available through Live Nation.com starting the weekend of February 4th, 2011.

Independently of the I Am Music II tour, Lil Wayne will also headline the Bamboozle Festival at Meadowlands Arena Complex in East Rutherford, NJ on May 1, 2011.

Lil Wayne will also be joined by hip hop heavyweight Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and rounding out the stellar line up are Travis Barker and Mixmaster Mike, will open all dates with a DJ/Drummer set.

Date City/State Venue
3/18/11 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
3/19/11 Columbus, OH
3/20/11 Baltimore, MD Nationwide Arena First Mariner Arena
3/23/11 Hampton, VA Hampton Coliseum
3/24/11 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
3/26/11 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
3/27/11 Long Island, NY Nassau Coliseum
3/30/11 University Park, PA Bryce Jordan Center
4/1/11 Chicago, IL United Center
4/2/11 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
4/3/11 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center
4/6/11 Miami, FL Bank Atlantic Center
4/8/11 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum
4/9/11 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
4/10/11 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
4/14/11 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
4/16/11 Houston, TX Toyota Center
4/19/11 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Arena
4/23/11 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
4/24/11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
4/26/11 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
4/28/11 Edmonton, Canada Rexall Place
4/29/11 Vancouver, Canada Rogers Arena
*5/01/11 *East Rutherford, NJ *Bamboozle Festival @ Meadowlands Arena