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September 6, 1996 Tupac Shakur was shot after a Tyson fight in Las Vegas. Seven days later, on September 13, 1996 he passed away. It’s been 15 years today. Not only did he make everlasting music when he was alive, but continued that level of excellence even after his death! With 9 posthumous albums, including 3 of them reaching number 1 on US charts, 2pac shows that he was relentless in the studio. Many consider him the voice of a generation and I wouldn’t be one to argue that. His talents musically didn’t match the level of intelligence he truly had. The power he had with his words, the way he voiced his opinion no matter how blunt or possibly offending it may be, and the overall talent he had has a rapper, actor, poet, and as a human being is damn near unmatched to this day. The irony in a lot of his songs, that led to his ultimate fate, goes to show that he knew he was a target. He knew that he was going to be someone that was loved by millions, and hated by just as many. Through ...

Well, well, well. Weezy did it again. CarterIV goes straight to number 1 on the album charts. According to Hits Daily Double it also sold 1 million copies in the first week. Official numbers are in tomorrow. Update: According to Billboard, Nielsen Soundscan reports that it sold 964,000 first week. Still a great acheivement for Lil Wayne. So does Weezy officially hold the Hip Hop throne?

J. Cole announced that he is going on his first “Cole World” World Tour starting on Augut 23rd. Check out the tour dates after the jump. J. Cole Cole World Tour Dates August 23rd – Vancouver, BC (Vogue) August 25th – Edmonton, AB (Edmonton Events Centre) August 27th – Calgary, AB (Flames Central) August 30th – Saskatoon, SK (Odeon Theatre) August 31st – Winnipeg, MB (Garrick Center) September 3rd – Toronto, ON (Sound Academy) September 6th – London, ON (Music Hall London) September 7th – Montreal, QC (Club Soda) September 10th – Orlando, FL (The Beacham Theatre) September 11th – Miami, FL (Revolutions) September 14th – Houston, TX (Warehouse Live) September 15th – New Orleans, LA (House of Blues) September 16th – Dallas, TX (Southside Music Hall) September 17th – Austin, TX (Emos) September 19th – Denver, CO (The Ogden) September 20th – Albuquerque, NM (Sunshine Theater) September 21st – Phoenix, AZ (The Venue) September 22nd – Los Angeles, CA (Club Nokia) S...

One of the cuts on Game’s upcoming The R.E.D. Album (August 23rd), “Heavy Artillery,” features Rick Ross and Beanie Sigel, but the three emcees contemplated further collaborations. Speaking with LWW team, the Compton, California native said that the trio considered calling themselves “ESPN (Everyday Stacking Paper Niggas)” but that circumstance stifled the super group’s formation. “Me, Rick Ross and Beanie Sigel [were going to call ourselves] ‘ESPN (Everyday Stacking Paper Niggas),’” he said. “That’s what it is. We entertained doing a group before, but then Rick Ross went crazy with the Maybach Music Group and he signed Meek Mill and all of them. So that reality didn’t come to pass. But that’s where it was when we did ‘Heavy Artillery.’ If you can imagine an album with us three.”

Jay-Z and Kanye West have a lot to celebrate this week after their Watch The Throne album went staight in at Number 1 in 23 countries. According to HitsDailyDouble they sold 426,661 copies in the first week. This album represents Jigga’s 12th Number 1 album and Kanye’s fifth.

A close source told LWW that Mugabe is slowly dying.''he spends the whole day sleeping,he barely walks without taking his medication- energetic pills,his condition was worsened after his surgical operation'' said the close source who refused to be identified to the public. ''i dont like the tyranny but am afraid that if he gets to know i have leaked this information,it will be over for me and my family'' Why are the people there not revolting against this tyranny? I wonder? Or is it that the world leaders are afraid to take this animal to Hague because seriously people are being denied their freedom and rights. Elections are supposed to be held this June 2011 and our source told us that the Government is secretly mobilising young youths to beat up people who are against the current leader promising them a Virgo(latest trucks) to each one of them. ''this is not fair...''clamoured the source.

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Hip-hop fans knew that Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys were engaged, but up until recently it was only speculation that the two have a baby on the way. Ends up the rumors are absolutely true. The Associated Press reports that the singer is pregnant after reps for the couple confirmed the news last night (May 27). This will be A. Keys’ first child and Swizzy’s third. The superproducer already has two sons, one from his previous marriage with Mashonda. As previously reported, Swizzy will head to court before his upcoming wedding to fight his ex-wife’s claims that he owes her $344,000 in missed payments. The former lovebirds are scheduled to go to court next month.

Rapper Earl "DMX" Simmons is reportedly being considered for a television appearance on the upcoming "Celebrity Rehab" series. Based on reports, X was requested following his arrest earlier this week. DMX's attorney, Gary Jenkins, tells TMZ reps for "Rehab" contacted him after X was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs. Jenkins says the "Rehab" team is considering sending someone to DMX's next court hearing to speak with the judge -- just like Dr. Drew did with Jessica Sierra from "American Idol" -- to try and get X placed in their care instead of being locked up. Last April, there were reports that X was being requested to appear on the show. The 38 year-old hardcore rapper will join the cast of the VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" show for its upcoming third season. The show's resident drug counselor, Bob Forrest has told RadarOnline.com exclusively. DMX is the first celebri...

Rap mogul Jay-Z has opened up about Lil Wayne's surprise appearance at Madison Square Garden during his Blueprint III tour stop in New York City last week. Jay was happy that Wayne could perform one final time before heading into jail for a one-year sentence. "It was fantastic," Jay said in an interview. "Again, any time you play the Garden is a special moment. It's special. Wayne, how that worked out, he was supposed to go away for a year. Somehow he was able to perform that last show. He came out to an incredible reaction. Then Drake, Nicki Minaj -- all on Jeezy's set, which was fantastic. Then Trey Songz and Fabolous. It's one of those magical nights at the Garden. Once again, one of those magical nights." New York radio personality Angie Martinez shared her thoughts from the venue. "I called it!!!! ;) weezy on stage at the garden!!!!!!!! W/jeezy they goin iiiiiin!!!!!! Crowd goes crazy!!!!!!!!," she wrote. "Oh, drake and ni...

Former Murder Inc. recording artist Lloyd has opted out of a possible Young Money record deal and signed a contract with Interscope Records. According to the singer, Cash Money/Young Money were the initial front runners. "Baby and Wayne were definitely the first people to reach out to me," he revealed in an interview. "I talked to them about a deal. That's who I thought I'd end up with in my heart. The problem is that Young Money/Cash Money is exclusive to Universal Motown. As you and I know, that's where I did my last two albums. I wasn't excited about going back. I tried to do a Young Money/Cash Money deal through another distributor, but it couldn't be done. At the end of the day, I'm still family, though." Last December, Lloyd killed rumors that he was already signed to Young Money. "A lot of people think I'm already signed over there, but the truth is that I'm still a free agent and I haven't signed with Young Mo...

Y oung Money's Drake is reportedly recording a music video for his new single "Over" in California from the upcoming album, Thank Me Later. Filming reportedly began on Friday (March 12) at a location based in Los Angeles. Drake hopped a plane from his hometown of Toronto to sunny Los Angeles, where he is shooting the video for "Over" today. Rap-Up.com has learned that Anthony Mandler is directing the clip for the first single from Drizzy's debut album Thank Me Later. The filmmaker has helmed videos for Rihanna ("Russian Roulette"), Beyoncé ("Irreplaceable"), Jay-Z ("Run This Town"), and Mary J. Blige, for which he teamed up with the Canadian artist on "The One." The Boi-1da produced "Over" is currently No. 15 on the iTunes Top Songs chart, while the album is tentatively scheduled for a May release. The song's producer Boi-1da recently talked about its creation. "He's a dude that makes sam...

Last night (March 11) LatestWorldWide team was on hand to preview Jim Jones’s long-awaited mixtape, The Ghost of Rich Porter. Tentatively scheduled to be available for free download on March 23, the 19-track project features appearances by Gucci Mane, Juelz Santana, Shawty Lo and Joell Ortiz, among others. The tape includes all new, original beats, except for “Harlem Forever,” which finds the Capo, Santana and Tobb Cobain over Drake’s smash single “Forever.” Along with the mixtape, Jones is also working on a movie called The Ghost of Harlem. “It’s a love story about Harlem,” he told LatestWorldWide. “…It’s a fast paced world,” he said of his hometown, “from the money to the girls to the jewelry to the drug dealing to the fast cars…[yet] getting on the flip side it’s still a hood. There’s a lot of crack abuse, there’s a lot of drug abusers, single parent homes, project living.” Jimmy confirmed that he’s trying to get Asher Roth involved in the DVD, which he hopes will be ready to hit st...

Incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne has reportedly been forbidden from signing autographs while he completes a one-year jail sentence in New York's Rikers Island. According to reports, the restriction is an attempt to hide Wayne's celebrity status. A rep for the Correction Officer's Benevolent Association tells us officials issued the no autograph mandate because "Lil Wayne is not a celebrity in here." The rep also tells us Wayne isn't getting any special treatment while at Rikers -- but we're told the rapper really hasn't requested anything out of the ordinary. He was officially sentenced to a year behind bars on a gun possession charge earlier this week. Lil Wayne has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case. The Grammy Award-winning rapper was taken away in handcuffs to start serving his term immediately after his sentencing. He'll serve his sentence in city jails, not a state prison. He could be relea...

If you thought 50 Cent’s Vitamin Water deal was big , well hold your horses. We just learned from a VERY CREDIBLE source that rapper Lil Wayne is about to become one of the wealthiest rappers in music history. The business insider told us that Weezy just signed a deal which will be announced in the next few days - for a new Young Money clothing line. But we're not talking about just ANY clothing line. The line will be inspired by Lil Wayne and his Young Money artists. The general line will be Weezy's domain, but there will also be a preppy line of clothes that will be inspired and modeled by rapper Drake. And there will even be a ladies line, fashioned in the style of Young Money's first lady Nicki Minaj. But get this, the deal will be worth a reported $200 million to Lil Wayne.

Ludacris seems to be everywhere these days, and next week, he’ll be atop the Album Sales Chart, according to one-day sales reports from retailers. Riding high on hit collaborations with Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber and labelmate Taio Cruz (the #1 download, "Break Your Heart"), the DTP/Def Jam/IDJ hip-hop superstar-turned-actor will debut at #1 next Tuesday, with approximately 120k in sales for his latest, Battle of the Sexes. To put that into perspective, Weezy's Rebirth pushed 176K it's 1st week and Khaled's Victory flopped hard with less than 28k. The rumors that Khaled will rename his label from "We The Best" to "We OK" arent true though. The album boasts current hit singles “How Low” and “My Chick Bad,” the latter featuring Minaj. His seventh studio album also includes cameos from Shawnna, Lil Scrappy, Trey Songz, Lil’ Kim, Gucci Mane, Monica and Ne-Yo, among others.

In this week's LWW's Report, doggies, we got this motherf*cker rolling as we look back at the past seven days as Ludacris saves the rap game, Alfamega returns to his snitching on T.I. roots, DMX turns pink, and hip-hop waves good-bye to Lil Wayne. Also, make way for some "Shut The F*ck Up" first-timers.

Grammy-winning singer T-Pain has updated fans on the status of his duet album with Lil Wayne and said the rapper's one-year jail sentence has pushed the project's release into 2011. In addition to Wayne's legal woes, Pain also said he did not want to drop the album while the rapper's Rebirth is currently available. "The T-Wayne album, we're actually gonna wait until he gets out," Pain said in an interview. "He has so much going on. He has Rebirth out right now. I don't wanna interrupt that. We just gonna wait until he gets out to really get in on that. We recorded a bunch of songs. But, right now, it's time for him and his personal sh--. We definitely got an album's worth of material, but it's only an album's worth. It's nothing to pick from. We just got an album. We can put out whatever we feel like and say, 'Hey, this is T-Wayne's album,' or we can actually try to make it good. Like we're actually trying t...

As T.I. preps his much anticipated comeback album, due August 24, he’s got a lot of friends to lean on for support. And if he has his way, he might be linking up with Andre 3000. Atlanta producer DJ Toomp—best known for crafting T.I.’s “What You Know” and “24s”—revealed that the King is looking to get a verse from Big Boi’s reclusive other half. “Different people have been reaching out to Dre [because] he’s still one of the greatest around,” Toomp told VIBE, adding that T.I. has the advantage of Dre’s being a fan of his. “If they do [the song] I would really love to produce it. Dre is a fan of T.I. and [Young] Jeezy. And [T.I. and Jeezy] be like, ‘Dang, he really dig me like that?!’” Although Toomp said he rarely spoke to T.I. during his jail stint, he was one of the first people the rapper called after being released to a halfway house in December (his sentence ends officially on March 26). Their first conversation consisted of the two playing music over the phone. “I got two or three...

R&B singer Chris Brown has had a change of heart and has re-joined the popular public social network Twitter. Writing in his first new Tweets as @ChrisBrown, the singer updated fans on his status and requested followers. "Everybody hands go up...And they stay there," he wrote Thursday (March 12) night. "Just left a school in Harlem reading to 3rd graders a book called superhero school Im bout to get verified soon.lol listening to tpain's "reverse cowgirl".... its a smash FF: follow me follow me!!! "too freaky"... mixtape on fire right now." Last December, Brown reportedly made a brief Twitter comeback as @MechanicalDummy. "Please Follow me back, Im back on twitter for good now....I was going thru some things but ya boy is back 2010 Lets Go!," he wrote on New Year's Eve. "It might telling you that ur following me & when you click my page ur not because I reactivated my page...so Re Click the FOLLOW button Yes...