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New Years Day Fun Fact: At this very moment, Curren$y has the best mixtape of 2011.

Return To The Winners Circle is the follow up to 2008′s Welcome To The Winners Circle and given the year he just completed in 2K10, the title could not be more appropriate. Consider this 11 track project as a way to temporarily control the munchies while Spitta continues to work on Pilot Talk 3 and Muscle Car Chronicles.

DL: Curren$y – Return To The Winners Circle

The hip-hop Barbie, wearing a sexy black-and-gold number and rainbow-colored hair, capped a breakthrough year at the All Pink Everything Belvedere Vodka affair, with Harajuku Barbie dancers, cotton candy machines, and pink cocktails. The evening included a midnight countdown by Nicki herself and an impromptu performance of “Moment 4 Life.” (more…)

On NBC Carson Daly New Year’s Eve Special, Nicki Minaj introduced “The best rapper alive” Lil’ Wayne. Wezzy was joined on stage by  Cory Gunz as they performed their latest single “6 foot 7 foot” for the first time.  Nicki slowed things down a bit by performing “Save Me”. (more…)

Drake performed “Show Me A Good Time” and “Fancy” in Burbank, CA on Dick Clark‘s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. He debuted a new verse to “Fancy”..

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In what could easily be described as one of the most anticipated shows of the year, if not the decade, Jay-Z and Coldplay played an invitation-only show last night, New Year’s Eve, at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jay-Z and Coldplay played  their own individual set, as well as a collaboration during the set, which will take place at the grand opening celebration of the resort’s Marquee Nightclub. Jay Z performed a selected range of hits from “Dirt On Your Shoulders” “99 problems” with Memphis Bleek, “Halo” &  ”Forever Young” with his wife Beyonce and “Run This Town” with Rihanna & Kanye West.

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For the 1st day of 2011 from Chris Brown‘s forthcoming F.A.M.E album via the man himself. “Look At Me Now” features Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes.

Photos Taken by Kameelah Sudlow & Ernest Estimé