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Picture of rapper and producer Kanye West smiling
Kanye West’s debut week for his ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ album is #1 as he predicted. ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,’ his fifth studio album, which was released on November 22, 2010, managed to sell roughly 518,775 copies.
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Picture of Nicki Minaj Pink Friday
Contrary to beliefs that Nicki Minaj was going to sell over 425,000 for her debut album Pink Friday, the female rapper did not make her expected number but came close, and still landed at the #2 chart position this week.
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Photo of T.I. and Christina Aguilera - Castles Walls
T.I.’s newest single ‘New Castles” ft Christina Aguilera has surfaced online. The new song ‘New Castles” features the beautiful and talented Christina Aguilera on the chorus vocals.
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Photo of 50 Cent and Dr. Dre together in picture
G-Unit’s 50 Cent has been long teasing everyone about his fifth studio album and upcoming follow-up to Before I Self Destruct, with his latest announcement being a comparison to Dr. Dre’s Detox album.
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Picture of Michael Jackson album cover Michael
One year after Michael Jackson’s death, a single titled ‘Hold My Hand‘ featuring Akon is scheduled to release on Monday. The single will be on Michael Jackson’s posthumous album entitled Michael.
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Photo of Nicki Minaj from music video Check It Out featuring will.i.am
Rapper Nicki Minaj wants you to check out her new music video ‘Check It Out’ with music producer and artist Will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) which was released on his website DipDive.

The song “Check It Out” samples the chart topping classic “Video Killed The Radio Star” which released in 1979 by British duo group The Buggles. “Video Killed The Radio Star” was also the first music video shown on MTV in 1981.
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Photo of Kanye West at the mixing board
Music producer and hip hop artist Kanye West will have a slew of collaborations on his fifth studio album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ which many were revealed this week.
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Picture of rap artist Lil Wayne performing on stage holding a microphone
Even behind bars, it looks like Hip Hop’s most popular artist and trendsetter has gotten business people and some merchants worried due to him setting up his business plan to release his latest music release ‘I Am Not A Human Being’ as a digital album download first, followed by a physical CD which will contain bonus tracks.
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Photo of rapper Lil Wayne at the Grammys
Rapper Lil Wayne’s latest album ‘I Am Not A Human Being’ was released on today and has reached number one for albums on iTunes beating out rapper Eminem’s album Recovery which released Jun 21, 2010 on the Hip-Hop/Rap charts and beating out Zac Brown Band’s You Get What You Give on the iTunes overall charts for albums.
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Photo - Pimp C The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones
A posthumous album by the late Texas rapper Pimp C., born Chad Lamont Butler, most known from the rap group UGK (Underground Kingz), is scheduled to hit stores come October 5th. The album entitled ‘The Naked Soul of Sweet Jones’ comes almost three years after Pimp C’s sudden death on December 4, 2007 after being found dead in his L.A. hotel room allegedly from an overdose on sizzurp.
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