Everyone who is a fan of 50 Cent listen up! Fif just recently posted his new single Crime Wave from his upcoming album Before I Self Destruct that will hit stores on November 23.

"I meant for it to be a little harder and what I fell in love with about hip-hop and within hip-hop," Fiddy told MTV about his fourth solo album. He continue to say, "Before I Self Destruct is absolutely harder than Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ or other projects in between."

Timbaland is about to drop the follow-up to his 2007 solo debut Shock Value, chock full of guest appearances from some unusual suspects like Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry.

Timbaland will reprise his role as the mind behind such hit songs like One Republic’s Apologize with the new LP due in stores at the end of next month.

"I’m so fortunate and blessed to be able to create a Shock Value II," Tim said via in a press release. "I’m really proud of the caliber of artists on this album and all the work they put into making it a success. I can promise that no one has ever heard Katy Perry, The Fray, or Brandy sound like this before. It’s exciting because not only am I giving fans the best of me on each track, I’m giving them a glimpse of their favorite artist in a completely different light. This is an album that can be listened to from start to finish every single time because each song is so unique and the range of artists so diverse. I can’t wait for my fans to hear the collaborations."

Bryan "Birdman" Williams recently stood up for himself on BET’s 106 & Park after receiving backlash for comments he made about Lil’ Wayne being a better emcee that Jay-Z.

Williams hit up the popular TV show for an interview, where he explained why he still feels Wayne is the better than the New York icon.

"Well I feel like, as far as number one to me, that don’t really matter, it’s about who makes the most money and do the most," Baby explained in an interview. "I think my son do the most, rap the most, he do the most shows, we do the most so if we do the most, how could you be number one if you ain’t making the most? No, no, [beef]. Nothing personal, they just asked me my opinion and that was my opinion. I think we do the most and make the most, so if you don’t like it, that’s on you. I can’t see past Wayne, so I can’t see Jay-Z ."

Lil’ Wayne made an appearance in New York courtroom today (October 22) to plead guilty criminal gun possession charges in connection with his July 2007 arrest.

Wayne has reportedly entered into a plea deal and, according to the New York Post, will be facing a one-year stint behind bars.

At press time, the rapper was scheduled to be formally sentenced sometime in 2010.

Yo! Raps previously reported on Wayne’s legal trouble in New York when reports emerged about the rapper being linked to the gun through DNA evidence.

Miami native Rick Ross is pointing to his successful 2009 run as evidence of his victory over long-time enemy 50 Cent.

Rick Ross sat down for an interview with RealTalkNY.com, offering his take on the beef with 50 Cent. Despite his foe’s disrespectful antics with the mother of his child and numerous videos spoofing his career, Ross says he’s taken him down just as "David beat Goliath."

"After you crush such a huge donkey, you have to reap the benefits of going to war. Just like when David beat Goliath, I’m pretty sure when he went back to town the ladies had bread and wine and he fornicated and it was just the best life," Ross said.

Three-time Grammy winner R. Kelly is on the cusp of releasing his tenth studio album Untitled due in stores December 1, with his latest single Religious hitting airwaves on the heels of his critically acclaimed U.S. tour.

Building the anticipation for the album are two back-to-back powerful singles. R. Kelly recently made music history with his current single Number One featuring Keri Hilson when the song became his 35th Top 10 single on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart. He has now surpassed Nat "King" Cole’s record of having the most Top 10 hits on that chart, and Billboard further notes that "Kelly’s climb places him sixth among male artists and ties him with Dinah Washington for eighth overall since the R&B chart was established in 1942."

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 DJ AM was laid to rest today (September 2) in Los Angeles during a private ceremony for turntables close friends and family.
A funeral for DJ AM, born Adam Goldstein, started at 3:00 PM at the Hillside Memorial Park and Mortuary, a prominent Jewish cemetery in West Los Angeles.

DJ AM, 36, was found dead in his New York apartment last Friday (August 31). 

 The battle between Afeni Shakur’s Amaru Entertainment and film company Morgan Creek Productions rages on over the making of a bio-pic about rapper Tupac Shakur.

The two companies are locked in litigation over a movie on the life of Tupac Shakur. In a lawsuit filed last February, Morgan Creek accused Amaru of breaching a contract to produce a movie about Shakur, who was gunned down on the Las Vegas strip in September of 1996.

Amaru filed a cross-complaint against Morgan Creek, claiming the production company interfered with other potential deals for the movie.
Lawyers claim that Morgan Creek attempted to block other interested film companies from being involved in the film, by claiming to have exclusive rights to produce the untitled flick. 

 For the last several years, T-Pain’s Auto-Tune centered sound has dominated the Hip-Hop and R&B markets.

Now, the popular songwriter will bring that technology to the iPhone via a partnership with Antares Audio Technologies. Dubbed “I Am T-Pain,” the phone app will give the user the full capabilities of the Auto-Tune technology.

With it, fans can record their own versions of T-Pain hits like “Bartender,” “Dream Girl,” and “I’m Sprung.”

Once completed, the user can upload their songs to various social networking sites like Facebook and Youtube.