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Artist Biography: Ashanti By Jason Birchmeier With hitmaker Irv Gotti at the helm, Ashanti blasted into the urban music scene in 2002, topping the charts with multiple singles at once.

A number of New York rappers are gathering to pay tribute to slain rapper Mike Beck, who was shot and killed in Brooklyn in October during a robbery.

Rapper Mike Beck, member of Fat Joe Cartagena's K.A.R. Collective, was mourned Monday by the hip-hop community after he was killed Friday in Brooklyn.

With hitmaker Irv Gotti at the helm, Ashanti blasted into the urban music scene in 2002, topping the charts with multiple singles at once.

The Bronx's Forest Hill Projects has bred some of Hip Hop's greatest producers and emcees: Lord Finesse , Diamond D [ click to read ], Showbiz and Fat Joe [ click to read ], all members of mic-and-board masterminds Diggin' In The Crates .

"Kill the track, annihilate the sequel" - Dilated Peoples People, people, people.

The Hip-Hop Herald 10.22.09: Look Out For Detox! Posted by Patrick Robinson on 10.22.2009 This week, Soulja Boy faces eviction from his home, Lil Wayne has another child, album and mixtape on the way, 50 Cent talks Game and Dre working together again as well as poking fun at Fat Joe and Birdman gives his opinion as who Number 1 should be on MTV's ...

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Rapper 50 Cent continues to poke fun at rap veteran Fat Joe and his latest album J.O.S.E. 2, which was released to stores on October 6. 50 Cent issued a statement that contained Fat Joea s album sales for the week, which totaled 8,343 copies.

Boy I tell ya, when 50 Cent says he goes hard, I don't think he's playing around.

The top 10 this week has the same amount of Hip Hop that it had on it last week.

Collaborative buddies for over a decade, and most notably on "Heartbreaker," Jay-Z [ click to read ] and Mariah Carey switched rank in the last week.

'My new high is changing my flows,' he tells Mixtape Daily. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Rahman Dukes Views 3 {"widget": "Statistics", "args":{"containerId":"wStatistics", "contentUri": "mgid:uma:content:mtv.com:1623546", "ratings_title": "Article"}} {"widget": "Share", "args":{"containerId":"wShare", "contentUri": ...

Before he retires - which won't be anytime soon - Fat Joe has one big goal. "My job is to make a record that is gonna stop the world from spinning," he said.

Written by Long Island Press on Sep 28th, 2009 and filed under Gossip: Loose Lips .

Fat Joe, a Latino rapper from the South Bronx in New York City, brings his gritty tales of urban street life to Waukegan this weekend.

All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear.

Enough with these so-called sequels, already! A month after Jay-Z dropped The Blueprint 3 and Raekwon released Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt.

50 first posted a video of himself being rushed to the hospital and crying in his son's arms, followed by another clip in which he addresses the camera, with a bandage around his head and Band-Aids on his face, crying because he was "hurt" by listening to Joe's forthcoming album, J.O.S.E. 2. "I listened to Fat Joe's records, it hurt," a teary eyed ...

"This afternoon while in his Manhattan offices, employees say that 50 Cent was listening to Fat Joe's new album, "J.O.S.E. 2" when all the sudden, he collapsed! An ambulance was called, and by the time they arrived, 50 Cent regained consciousness and was complaining of blurred vision and a severe migraine.