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Story by Reginas GOSSIP FIX in the frequency news…. The entity that was Michael Jackson burned hot and bright for over 40 years from the time he was less than 10 years old.  Rising star Willow Smith is roughly the same age (her 10th birthday is on Halloween).  And make no mistake about it, young […]

97.9’s Nnete talked to Drake after his sold out show Friday night in Houston. The Young Money star was rocking a gold bottom grill and talked about Lil Wayne coming home, writing “Unthinkable” for Nicki Minaj, hooking up with Bun B to shoot the “Put It Down” video and recording new music.

With the November 22nd release of Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy rapidly approaching, we should be seeing the last of the alternate album covers over the course of the next couple of weeks.

Making good on his promise to go after Jay-Z for his “diss” on “So Appalled” MC Hammer has fired a return shot on “Better Run Run.” Predictably he plays into the “Jay-Z is in the Illuminati” rumors and even goes so far as to baptize Jov at the end of the clip (or maybe he’s […]

T.I.’s wife Tameka Cottle aka “Tiny” was charged with one misdemeanor count of possession of a controlled substance. While T.I.’s drug case was dropped by L.A. County District Attorney earlier this week, Tiny wasn’t so lucky. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Tiny will be arraigned on Monday in Los Angeles for misdemeanor drug possession […]

Nicki Minaj teams up with Eminem Slim Shady for “Roman’s Revenge,” the latest cut from her up-coming album Pink Friday.  On the Swizz Beatz produced track Nicki Minaj, aka Roman Zolanksi channels Busta Rhymes on “Scenario” to pull the stinger out of the Queen Bee:

In Dan Charnas’s up-coming book, The Big Payback: The History Of The Business Of Hip-Hop, the former magazine editor, record producer, and current InteractiveOne managing editor reveals a little-known truth about the relationship between one of hip-hop’s biggest executives and the late Jam Master Jay.

Kanye unleashed an undeniable banger on us this week, ladies and gentlemen.

In this exclusive to TheUrbanDaily.com, R. Kelly takes us behind his songwriting and video process for “When A Woman Loves” from his up-coming album, Love Letters— and reveals that they are one and the same.

Waka Flocka is not ashamed of being known for having songs with lyrics that are not… shall we say “good.” He’s just a party starter and nothing more.