50 Tells Ciara To 'Cut It Out' As Twitter Feud Heats Up

50 Cent and R&B singer Ciara confronted one another via Twitter earlier today, after the pair sent a series of subliminal tweets to each other last week.

The shenanigans started on Wednesday (January 26th), when 50 Cent tweeted a picture of himself with Hugh Hefner, at The Playboy Mansion.

The problems with Ciara began when she replied to one of 50 Cent's many wild tweets, that jokingly labeled all 3,932,409 on his Twitter timeline a "b***h."

Ciara didn't take kindly to the comments and shot back “The things people tweet say a lot about their character, pay attention!”

50 immediately replied with an insult toward his former flame, telling her: “Yea I tweet things that reflect my character b*tch. I have a sense of humor get one (lol). That’s why you’re 3 mill followers behind me."

The back-and-forth got more intense last night, when Ciara tweeted 50 Cent directly. "Who you callin' a b**ch" Ciara asked, while providing a link to Queen Latifah's classic 1993 song "U.N.I.T.Y.," which blasts men for calling women "b**ches."

"Now I'm not going back n forth with you on twitter now cut it out," 50 Cent tweeted in response.

Nicki Minaj Launching Official App For Smartphones

Nicki Minaj will be the latest artist to attempt to cash in on Apple's iPhone craze, with the launch of her own branded App tomorrow via iTunes.

While there are currently two Nicki Minaj related Apps in the iTunes store being sold, neither of them appear to be endorsed by the Young Money rapper, who revealed that her official App would go on sale tomorrow (January 27th).

The release of Nicki's App comes on the heels of the news that the iTunes App Store surpassed 10 billion downloads as of Friday (January 21st).

That number is expected to surge to 185 billion by 2014, with the advance of Tablet computing in the marketplace.

Tomorrow, Nicki Minaj will premiere the video for her latest single "Moment 4 Life" on MTV, in addition to launching her new Nicki Minaj App.

Jay-Z Announces New Film Partnership With Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment

Jay-Z has confirmed a new deal with Will Smith and Columbia Pictures to release movies, after news of a planned remake of the hit 1982 movie Anniehit the news.

Jay-Z and Will Smith previously teamed to produced the hit Broadway musical Fela! They also own a portion of makeup company Carols Daughter.

The pair are hoping Broadway will pay off again with the remake of "Annie," which originally ran as a Broadway play starting in 1977 until 1983.

The following year, it was turned into a hit movie with the same name.

The remake of "Annie" is being developed by Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and Sony Pictures, with Jay-Z and Will Smith acting as producers.

"The Overbrook Entertainment family and I have a unified vision," Jay-Z said in a statement today. "We've already produced a Tony Award winning play and we're developing a true superstar in Willow. This venture into film development and production is a perfect next step with teams that are accomplished, creative, and innovative.”

According to James Lassiter, co-founder of Overbrook Entertainment, Will Smith and company are very excited to continue their partnership with Jay-Z.

“We are excited to partner together to develop and produce a wide variety of films with our longtime friend Jay-Z, with whom we share a common global vision, both commercially and philosophically, and look forward to collaborating once again with the incredibly talented executives at Sony,” added Lassiter.

Kanye West Announces New Album In Summer 2011

Kanye West has proclaimed that he will be releasing a new album in the summer of 2011.

The rapper made the declaration on Twitter saying, “WATCH THE THRONE COMING IN 2 MONTHS!!!!!!!!!! MY NEW ALBUM COMING THIS SUMMER. ALL THE LIGHTS VIDEO IN 1 WEEK!!!!!!”

"All The Lights" is a single from West's highly touted album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

The rapper didn’t indicate when during the summer the untitled opus would be released nor did he state if or when a finished video for “Monster” would emerge.

An incomplete version of “Monster” hit the internet a few week ago, which lead many thing believe a polished version would come.

He concluded and all-caps rant affirming, “THIS IS HIGH END RAP MUSIC.”

No representative for Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella has confirmed this new album at press time.

Will Smith, Jay-Z Teaming Up For Possible "Annie" Remake With Willow

Entertainment titans Will Smith and Jay-Z are in talks to bring a new version of the classic 1982 movie/musical Annie to the big screen, with Smith's daughter Willow Smith in the lead role.

According to Variety, Will and Jay-Z are developing the picture through Will Smith's successful company Overbrook Productions, which has produced movies like Hancock, ATL, Takers, I Am Legend and The Karate Kid.

Will Smith is hoping to recreate the success of his remake of The Karate Kid, which also starred his son Jaden Smith and has grossed over $350 million worldwide.

Willow Smith is currently an artist on Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint, which is a partnership between the chart-topping rapper and Live Nation, the largest live entertainment company in the world.

She has already had a hit single with the song "Whip My Hair," which peaked at #11 onBillboard's Hot 100 Chart.

As for Jay-Z, Annie has already proved profitable for the Brooklyn wordsmith.

His 45 King produced 1998 hit "Hard Knock Life" incorporated a sample of "It's the Hard Knock Life" from the Broadway Musical "Annie."

T.I.'s 'No Mercy' Strikes Gold

Rapper T.I. may be spending a year behind bars, but that isn't stopping fans from snapping up copies of his latest album No Mercy, which was recently certified Gold.

The album was released on December 7th, just as the rapper started serving a year-long prison stint in an Arkansas prison for a September violation of the terms of his previous probation for gun charges.

No Mercy, which is T.I.'s seventh album, has sold in excess of 500,000 copies, to earn the Gold certification from the RIAA.

The album sold almost 160,000 copies during its first week in stores, placing it a #4 onBillboard's Top 200 chart.

Queen Latifah To Be Inducted In NJ Hall of Fame This June

Rap star Queen Latifah is among the famous people who will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame this June.

Latifah joins an all-star lineup of stars who hail from the Garden State who will be honored during a ceremony that will take place in downtown Newark, New Jersey.

In addition to Latifah, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced 12 other nominees will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame during a press conference held in the state's capital of Trenton.

John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Mary Higgins Clark, Leon Hess, Joe Theisman, singer Tony Bennett, Franco Harris, Martha Stewart and others are among this year's 13 nominees.

Queen Latifah is a Grammy Award winning actress, who has starred in movies like The Secret Life of Bees, Hairspray, the Broadway play Chicago and the hit TV series, "Living Single."

Queen Latifah, who was born Dana Owens in Newark, has also been nominated for an Emmy and Academy Award.

The New Jersey Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place June 5th at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.

Kanye West Tapped To Headline Coachella

Kanye West is among the artists who will headline this year's Coachella Festival, which will take place in Indio California this April. West will join Kings of Leon, The Strokes and Arcade Fire as headlong acts during this year's festival, which will also feature performances by Cee Lo Green, Plan B., UK rap star Tinie Tempah, Ellie Goulding, Duran, Duran and others. Kanye, who will be the highlight of the festival on April 17th, will perform selections from his latest hit album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on the final night of the three-day concert, which will be held at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California. According to the latest reports on Kanye West, the rapper is planning to release a star-studded remix of "All Of The Lights" in the next week. This year's Coachella Festival takes place from April 15th, 16th and 17th.

JayZ Signs UK Rapper K. Koke To Roc Nation

Jay-Z continues his expansion into the UK market with the signing of rapper K. Koke to the Roc Nation label.

According to a UK website, respected rapper K. Koke and his Suspect Entertainment inked a joint venture deal with Roc Nation/RCA to introduce the rapper to the world.

K. Koke, who hails from Stonebridge, North West London, joins a roster that includes J. Cole, Rihanna, Willow Smith, Cher Lloyd, Sean Garrett and others.

Jay-Z also recently tapped UK rap star Tinie Tempah for the official "Whip My Hair (Remix)," sparking rumors that Tinie also signed to the label, although Tinie has publicly stated that he is not signed to Roc Nation.

Suspect Entertainment was formed by the C.E.O.'s, Squingy and Krish in 2005, taking the label name from a street crew named Usual Suspects.

In addition to K. Koke, other artists on the Suspect Entertainment label include Froggy, Grams, Lefty, R9, Skeng, Capo, Bug, Gyro, Leokins, Lil Shan and others.

K. Koke is preparing to release Pure Koke Volume 2 and could be working on a collaboration with Roc Nation label mate J. Cole.

Kanye Cops $180k Watch - Of Himself

Rapper Kanye West celebrated his recent resurgence and the success of his latest album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, by purchasing a custom made exclusive 18k yellow gold Tiret Watch.

The expensive piece of jewelry, which costed about $180,000, is 18k gold with over 8 karats of yellow, black, brown and white diamonds, which were cut and placed to form an image of Kanye West.

According to The Luxist it took Tiret over five months to create the dial itself.

Last month, R&B singer Usher commissioned Tiret to make a one-of-a-kind watch with his own image on it as well, at a price tag of around $250,000.

Check out Kanye's exclusive watch

Federal Task Force Formed To Pursue Leads Related To B.I.G's Murder

The 13-year-old investigation into the murder of rapper Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace has gained traction in recent months, as new leads are being pursued in an attempt to finally solve the case.

Sources told CNN's Anderson Cooper that a new task force of local and federal law enforcement agencies are pursuing leads related to the March 9th, 1997 slaying of Biggie outside of the Petersen Automotive Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

Police claim a lone gunman in a Chevy Impala rolled up next to a Chevy Suburban carrying B.I.G. and members of his entourage.

He was killed on the spot when the unknown gunman sprayed the passenger side with bullets in a scene eerily reminiscent of the slaying of Tupac Shakur six months earlier, on September 7th 1996, on the Las Vegas Strip.

Russell Poole, a retired LAPD officer who investigated the murders and wrote a book titled LAbyrinth: A Detective Investigates the Murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G., the Implication of Death Row Records' Suge Knight, and the Origins of the Los Angeles Police Scandal, is sticking to the theory that Death Row Records boss Marion "Suge" Knight ordered the hit while he sat in jail on a probation violation.

According to Poole's theory, disgraced, former LAPD officer David Mack allegedly helped set up the murders, while one of Mack's friends, Amir Muhammad (a.k.a. Harry Billups), was the actual triggerman.

Mack, who is a member of the Bloods street gang, was released from prison in May of 2010, after serving 14 years for his role in a $700,000 bank robbery while he was a police officer.

The investigation into Tupac Shakur's murder in Las Vegas, is ongoing as well.

Kanye West Reveals "Watch The Throne" Artwork, Song Title

Kanye West has upped the ante with the fever over the anticipated album with Jay-Z by revealing the artwork to a new single.

Through his Twitter, West revealed that a single titled "H.A.M." would seemingly be released on January 11. The message simply stated "1.11.11."

Also, the art revealed that the album would be titled Watch The Throne as previously reported.

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ChartWatch: Nicki Minaj Hits Platinum! + Top 2010 Albums Review

First things first, Nicki Minaj has broken platinum, according to reports. Congrats!

Happy New Year!!!!!!

Number 1 – Eminem – Recovery

This should come as a surprise to know one. Eminem can pretty much put out anything and it will sell…and in 2009 he did when he release his “comeback” album Relapse. That album proved that Eminem fans will buy anything. But can he still…you know…make good music? Recovery pretty much answers that question. This album isn’t for everyone but it (along with the countless feature appearances where Marshall made the artists look like guests on their own tracks) showed that Em hasn’t lost a step when it comes to lyricism. The album did a little over 3 million here in the U.S.



Number 2 – The Black Eyed Peas – The E.N.D



“Ummm….hey DeVaughn Douglas…you don’t know s*$& about Hip Hop. The Black Eyed Peas are pop. F*%& you and AllHipHop.”

I got that out of the way so you don’t have to waste time in the comment section. I’m thinking about you guys in the new year. Hey, I’m not a fan of them either, but guess what? I’m probably not a fan of your favorite rapper either. What I like doesn’t matter too much, but what does matter is that these guys rap (badly) over music. Does it sound like pop? Yes. Are they rapping? Yes. That means they make it on the countdown. The Energy Never Dies (E.N.D) is over two times platinum and the Peas have already released the album’s follow up, The Beginning.



Number 3 – Drake – Thank Me Later



The Canadian rapper lived up to the hype in 2010 with his debut album. His critics will say that the album had too much R&B or that it didn’t truly meet sales expectations but coming in at number three is nothing to brush off. Thank Me Later has sold around 1.25 million copies stateside. The release of labelmate Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday has Drake relatively quiet but the promise of a new duet disc with Lil Wayne will give the fans new music soon.



Number 4 – Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



The Chicago MC disappeared for a brief moment but came back eager to give the public music towards the end of 2010. After giving away music on his website for weeks leading up to its release Kanye dropped MBDTF to great critical acclaim. Who else in Hip Hop is making videos where a company of ballerinas dance over a minimalist piano beat, a distorted Kanye voice, and a scathing Pusha T verse about relationships? Expect to hear more about the album when awards season rolls around. West has sold over 800,000 copies of his fifth studio album.



Number 5 – Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday



Her critics say she’s too poppy. Her raps are completely over the top and gimmicky. She relies heavily on an overused style of rhyming (and my wrist froze/ stage fright). She however doesn’t appear to care about the critics and instead focuses on her ever growing fan base. Nicki Minaj is the only female MC on the countdown and, to date, has sold over 800,000 copies of her debut album.



Number 6 - Lil Wayne – Rebirth



I know…I know. This was said to be classified as a rock album but it’s really just Lil Wayne singing and rapping over bad rock music. I don’t have much to say about this one. It has one of those Eminem features that I spoke about earlier and shows that Lil Wayne is a rap star. Definitely not a rock star but a RAP star nonetheless.



Number 7 – Ludacris – Battle of the Sexes



The album was rumored to be a duet between Ludacris and Shawnna but eventually ended up being the Atlanta rapper’s seventh studio album. Since its March release BOTS has sold over 500,000 copies earning Ludacris a gold plaque.



Number 8 – Rick Ross – Teflon Don



Rick Ross also reached gold a few weeks ago with his fourth studio album Teflon Don. Its been a good 2010 for the rapper which is a step up from 2009. That year Ross was dealing with the aftermath of being exposed as a corrections officer and was embroiled in a beef with 50 Cent. In 2010 Ross linked up with Diddy, made a few tracks with Kanye, and earned a gold plaque.



Number 9 - Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being



In 2010 the Young Money Ceo was sentenced to a year in prison for criminal possession of a weapon. He still managed to put out one experimental rock album and one EP, both of which made the top ten of this list. His label also released albums by Drake and Nicki Minaj, two artists that also made the top ten of this list. Now he’s out of jail. We’ll see what happens in 2011.



Number 10 - B.o.B – The Adventures of Bobby Ray



B.o.B had a slow burn but eventually made his way to gold with his debut album. The Atlanta MC had a string of singles featuring alternative artists which helped to push the eclectic artist’s debut sales past 500,000.



Well, that’s the top ten for 2010. For those that want to know here are the next ten albums for the year as well.



Number 11 – T.I. – No Mercy

Number 12 – Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives

Number 13 – Big Boi – Sir Lucious Leftfoot: The Son of Chico Dusty

Number 14 – Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager

Number 15 – John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up!

Number 16 – The Roots – How I Got Over

Number 17 – Plies – Goon Affiliated

Number 18 – Gucci Mane – The Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted

Number 19 – Bun B – Trill OG

Number 20 – Waka Flocka Flame – Flockaveli



That leaves us with this year. 2011.

But before I get into the New Year I have to get something off my chest. In the last column…I made a mistake. Apparently Diddy Dirty Money moved 100,000 copies its first week out instead of the 60,000 that I reported. My bad.

Eminem starts off the new year at the number two spot with the aforementioned Recovery. This week the Detroit MC moves 66,000 copies bringing his total sales to 3,418,000.

He is followed by Kanye West whose Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy holds strong at number four. The Chicago MC sells 61,938 copies this week bringing his total sales to 885,938.

Nicki Minaj takes the number five spot selling 61,216 copies of her debut album, Pink Friday. Nicki just b

The Black Eyed Peas round out the top ten with their latest studio album The Beginning. The Hip Hop group sells, 36,515 copies this week, takes the number 10 spot, and rack up a sales total of 315,000.

T.I. jumps from 26 to 15 with his seventh studio album No Mercy. The recently incarcerated rapper sells 32,593 copies of his latest bringing his total to 333,593.

Lil Wayne’s EP I Am Not A Human Being continues to sell taking the 19th spot. This week the album moves 26,228 copies adding to the New Orlean’s MC’s already gold sales.

Last but not least is Diddy Dirty Money whose album Last Train to Paris rests at the number 25 spot. The 22,878 copies sold this week bring the album’s totals to 162,878.

That’s it for the charts this week. I’ll be back next week with the top albums on the charts as well as new albums coming out in Hip Hop.

Lil Kim vs Nicki Minaj - Barbie Battlegrounds

2010's Music Beef Review

The Sausage Award is an ominous one that could warrant a "pause," but the name remains. The distinction goes to those artists and celebrities that have what we deem bad beef, hence the sausage reference. The silly beefs have feuds have got to cease and these are our award winners for the year 2010.

50 Cent / Perez Hilton



Perez Hilton and The Gays got upset at 50 Cent when the G-Unit General sent out an ill-advised tweet on the popular social network Twitter. “Perez Hilton calld me douchebag so I had my homie shoot up a gay wedding. wasnt his but still made me feel better," 50 said. This is certainly Spam level, but a beef nonetheless.

MC Hammer / Jay-Z



MC Hammer took offense to Jay-Z's reference to his 1996 bankruptcy filing in the Kanye West song "So Appalled." Not satisfied with telling his 2 million Twitter followers of his disgust, Hammer took it to the mic with a song "Better Run Run." The song, was beloved by Hammer loyalists and others, not so much. At the end of the day, we hated to see two elder statesmen of Hip-Hop in conflict even though Jay publicly stated he did no wrong. Regardless...bad for the culture and bad for the the business.

Nicki Minaj / Lil Kim



Once upon a time, Queen Latifah had a song called "U.N.I.T.Y." These days, such notions are nonexistent as it relates to Kim and Nicki and their ongoing feud. The beginnings of this lyrical warfare is unclear and we'll reserve our opinions. Still, with Nicki rocketing into the galaxy and Kim still being the Queen B to most, these two need to cut it out. Lets get the Barbz and the Beez together and start a sustained movement in the Female Hip-Hop realm.

Soulja Boy / Fabolous



This beef is rotten, but it was a definite sign of the times. Soulja Boy is well-known for his digital swag, but has recently been taking more street approach to his style. Fabolous, on the other hand, is known for his Street Fam, but has been all the rage on Twitter. So after Soulja Boy was allegedly caught with Kat Stacks in a coke-sniffing fiasco (emphasis on allegedly), Fab started a trending topic called "#stupidboyswag." SB, in an effort to maintain his dignity lashed back! He eventually challenged Fab - a highly proficient lyricist - to a rap battle. As the temperature continued to rise, these guys just got on NYC radio and ended it as wackly as it started.

Young Jeezy / Rick Ross



What happened? Both of these Trap Stars are seemingly cut from the same cloth. Maybe not, but still. They have done songs together. They have similar content. They are both on Def Jam Records. They also have a lot of love for drug kingpin Big Meech. The only issue is that Jeezy has been cool with Meech for a much longer period than Meech who reinvigorated the incarcerated Meech in the song "BMF (Blowin' Money Fast)." A war of words has continued in song and in various interviews. We love the music of both guys. Can't we all just get along?