"Hey, man, it's 'No beef 2010.' That's the trending topic on this interview, man," Game laughed. "Dre called me and he was like, 'You got any current-day problems with Ashanti?' I was like, 'Nah. I ain't got no problems with Ashanti.' She can sing like mutha----a and you put her on a hook, it's automatically radio. So he was like, 'I'mma have her come down.' "

Within an hour, Game, Dre and Ashanti where in the studio working on music.

"Dre was going through beats and I picked one. I was like, 'Let's try her on this hook.' Me and Ashanti wrote the hook, I went in on the verses and that was it," he explained. "The song me and Ashanti did, it don't even have a name for it yet. It's crazy. We just did that a week ago and I ain't even name it."

Ashanti seemed excited about the record as well, posting a photo from the session on her Twitter page.

"Awwwwwww sh-- it's a problem!!!!!" she wrote. "Me DRE & GAME in the lab ohhhhhhh booooooy this is a SMMMMIZAAASHHH!!!!!"

Game's R.E.D. LP, which also features production by Pharrell Williams and a collaboration with Justin Timberlake, has a tentative release date of March 23.

"I got so many amazing records, I don't know if I should go hard to the streets or go radio," he said about the first single. But before the album there will be a mixtape with DJ Drama, Red Everything.

"Red Everything mixtape — it's a bunch of tracks I did specifically for Drama," Game explained. "They're full songs mixed with a few freestyles. I'm trying to finish up '400 Bars' and get it on there. Ain't nobody piss me off that much. But even if that ain't on there, the mixtape is still gonna be crazy."

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Lil Wayne will start a one year jail sentence tomorrow (Feb. 9)
A retired correctional officer at Rikers talked to MTV about what Lil Wayne's typical day in jail will be like.

Fortunately, he won't have to cut his trademark tresses.

"The days of doing that are over," retired corrections officer Charles Reid told MTV News. "They can't make inmates do that anymore — it's within their rights to maintain any kind of hairstyle."

Wayne will have a few comforts of home while he's away. He will be able to watch network television — not cable, however. And he'll be able to watch DVD movies. He told Rolling Stone recently he plans to take an iPod in with him to assist with writing music, but a source close to the prison facility told MTV News that would not be allowed.

Reid, who worked at Rikers Island for 21 years as an officer and an investigator, said Wayne's days would continue to be regimented, but in a much different way. He suggested the rapper may have to succumb to some work conditions, whether in sanitation or the mess hall, for example. Reid also noted that different wings of the prison carry different types of criminals, but guessed that Wayne would be housed in a dormitory area and not even be confined to a cell.

"Like a hospital, where there's maybe 20 to 25 beds in an open ward, or it maybe bunk beds," Reid said of Wayne's possible lodgings. "Where he has a nightstand to keep his personal belongings."

Due to the short nature of Wayne's sentence — one year, which could mean 10 months, including the possibly of early release after serving 80 percent of good time, possibly putting him back onstage in a little as eight months — the rapper could very well spend his entire term at Rikers Island.

It won't be known for sure if Wayne will be transferred upstate until he enters the New York corrections system and is processed. (A representative for the Corrections Department did not return several inquiries made by MTV as of press time.)

"I think he's gonna go in there and do his time and do it quietly," Parker said. "If he does it with good behavior, that will be a plus for him — then he'll be out and putting out a new album."

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Kanye West posted a reaction on his blog today following reports that he threw a tantrum at LAX airport.
Here's the report below:


and here's Kanye's response:


MAN THIS IS NOT TRUE. I REALLY FEEL BAD THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS KIND OF STUFF OR ANY RANDOM RUMOR THAT IS TAKEN AS FACT. THIS RUMOR IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE I HAD A BUSINESS CLASS SEAT AND WAS ACTUALLY OFFERED A SEAT IN FIRST CLASS. I HAD A FRIEND WHO WAS SITTING IN COACH AND ASKED IF THEY COULD BUMP HIM UP TO BUSINESS INSTEAD OF PUTTING ME IN FIRST. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO ALTERCATION IN ANY WAY. I REALLY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT WHERE I SIT ON THE PLANE. I GO RIGHT TO SLEEP ANYWAY. LIKE I SAID LAST WEEK, IT'S HARD TO DEAL WITH THE RUMORS SOMETIMES. AS A GOOD PERSON WITH A WARM HEART, IT DOES BOTHER ME. I'M NOT BIGGER THAN FEELING PAIN, EMBARRASSMENT, STRESS AND WORRY. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LIED ABOUT??? HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL??? YOU WANNA TELL EVERYBODY IT'S NOT TRUE RIGHT? THANK YOU TO ALL MY FANS WHO STILL LOVE AND SUPPORT ME EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE TREND RIGHT NOW! I'M SLEEPING IN THE STUDIO. I WON'T LET YOU GUYS DOWN!

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February 3, 2010

Hip Hop Hall of Fame to launch in June 2010 -NYC – Easy Mo Bee named Music Producer and sit on the Advisory Board for the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Show Celebration.

Its’ Back to the Future, as legendary Hip Hop producer pays homage in commemoration to Hip Hop performers, producers, musicians and dancers spanning three decades. It is no surprise that Grammy Award Producer Easy Mo Bee is selected as Executive Producer of Music for one of music entertainment’s monumental events, to take place June 2010 in NYC. The grand opening of the official Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum and Award Show will be the pinnacle of music history; as Hip Hop artist of decades past are officially acknowledged as true pioneer of one of America’s eminent music phenomenon of today, the Hip Hop culture.





Easy Mo Bee, a pioneer himself, catapulted his career as a music producer back in the 80s. His unique style of music and proverbial beats have contribute to the sounds and subsequently hits of renown Hip Hop icons like Big Daddy Kane, Notorious Big and Tupac Shakur. Even now in 2010, Easy remains true to his talent as a Hip Hop producer. A single from his 2010 compilation album, featuring Foxy Brown has the music industry buzzing. With so many years of producing behind the scene of Hip Hop hits and artist alike, Easy Mo Bee will now take his place in the forefront of Hip Hop History as Music Producer of the Hip Hop Hall of Fame Awards Show Celebration. He will be producing the theme song for this Red Carpet Event that will take place June 2010 in NYC.




J. T. Thompson, Chairman and Creator and Executive Producer of the Hip Hop Hall of Fame and his elite advisory board of Hip Hop Legends Grandmaster Caz of the Cold Crush Bros, RockHall inductee Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Pebblee Pool, L.A. Sunshine, Kool Herc to now include Easy Mo Bee and Damon Jackson CEO of Black Box Records Inc and Urban Technology Project (a non-profit youth empowerment organization) has been on a mission to create an official Hip Hop Hall of Fame Museum and institutionalize HIP HOP culture in America. A commemoration for their efforts is long over due. Now Hip Hop producer Easy Mo Bee and other past hip hop artist/icons can now continue to make their mark in the future of Hip Hop Culture for years to come.

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Sean Price is known for many things. A rapper from Brooklyn, NY, an entrepreneur as the head of Ruck Down Records, a natural-born comedian, father to sons, and the wittiest with a pen right now. One thing Sean Price is not, is a father to a daughter. Come Mid-March that will ALL change as Sean P! is welcoming baby girl SHAUN PRICE into the world.

Join Sean Price for the first ever Rap Baby Shower & Performance on March 2nd at Santos Party House on 96 Lafayette Street, New York, NY from 7:30PM to 11:30PM

Entry in the form of a baby gift for Sean Price's unborn daughter OR pay for gifts at Babies R Us registry and bring your receipt.

Registry # is 44767770 or click here to view Sean Price's Registry Page: http://bit.ly/95M3mV

Tickets will NOT be sold for this event. The only way to enter is with a gift or a receipt as proof of a gift.

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