T.I. admits that he doesn’t go out as much as he used to since he was released from jail earlier this year, because he doesn’t feel safe when he isn’t carrying a gun.

The rap star recently spent time behind bars after being sentenced for illegal fire arms possession, stemming back to an arrest in 2007.

At the time the Live Your Life hitmaker claimed he purchased the weapons as he feared for his safety - and now says he won’t risk his life if he can’t protect himself.

This weekend, Lil Wayne again reached out to his fans and supporters through a letter written from prison.

In his fifth letter correspondence from jail, Weezy said that although sometimes the days go by slowly, he’s doing his best to stay positive.
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Me, I’m good, figured I’d update my glorious fans again. Better sooner than later right? I’ll try to do this more frequently.

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Despite being associated with Dre during his days as a G-Unit member, Buck said he has not gotten in touch with him for over three years.

"Dr. Dre is an individual who I wish I heard from at some point in time because his voice in my situation would means a lot. He don’t have to on my side or [50 Cent's] side, but just say something, bro. I even told Game to say ‘what’s up’ to Dre for me, but I haven’t heard anything..I haven’t received an email or spoken to Dre in three years…I haven’t heard from Dr. Dre or Eminem… not to say my situation is any part of their business but at a point in time I was sitting in front of these dudes. And I’m not looking for them to take sides or anything, but it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out what is being done to me from their artist." (VIBE)

Released just last week, the promo clip racked up 6.6 million YouTube views in one day - the most for a video on the site.

Five days later, Love The Way You Lie is approaching the 22-million mark.

In the video, silver-screen siren Megan Fox and Lord of the Rings actor Dominic Monaghan fight and then make up in a passionate clinch, possibly explaining at least some of its attraction to music fans.

Kanye West’s video portrait for new single ‘Power’ was released the same day as the Eminem/Rihanna clip, receiving a comparably modest 1.4m hits in the same 24-hour timeframe.

Rapper Kanye West says he has been invited back to the MTV Video Music Awards, a year after his microphone-grabbing antics made him an internet joke.

The 33-year-old artist used Twitter to announce talks with MTV VMA organisers over a planned performance at the September 12 ceremony in Los Angeles.

"Just met with MTV and it’s about to go down! VMA’s!!!!!!!!!!(sic)" West tweeted to his more 600,000 followers last night.(SMH)

Kanye West has been a bad boy but now he’s back. He will be joined by Drake and Florence + the Machine (Best New Artist nominee). These are the first announced performers for the VMA’s 2010.

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In an interview Wednesday (August 11) with New York hip-hop station Hot 97, Kanye West played new music, gave Nicki Minaj accolades and revealed a few nuggets of news to host Angie Martinez.
The first revelation: West will put out a remix of "Power" featuring Jay-Z on Friday. He also hinted that his still-untitled upcoming LP will drop November 16, revealing a track from the album called "See Me Now," which features Beyonce and Charlie Wilson and was produced by Lex Luger, No ID and West himself. Other producers confirmed for the album are Q-Tip, Pete Rock and the RZA.

What were West’s requirements for potential producers? "People with that intangible sound. People that everybody copied. The originators. That’s what my thing is: quality. What is the best of the best?"

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Lil Wayne’s popular No Ceilings mixtape has many notable tracks, one of the top rated being I’m Single which he shot a video for just before he began his prison sentence for weapons possession. Weezy’s cinematographer for The Nino Brown Story, DJ Scoob Doo shot the video and explained that it will give viewers the same feel of excitement as if it was the first time they’ve heard the record.

"The thing with Wayne, if you don’t get a chance to see how hard he worked on the record, and the wit and pizzazz he had with it, he wants to give you that same feeling the first time you hear it," Scoob told MTV News. "Which he does audio-wise, but him performing it for you in the studio is what really it’s about as far as this video."

On April 15, Southern rapper T.I. revealed that the title of his upcoming album will be King Uncaged. The project will be his seventh solo studio release and marks his first release post incarceration.

Making the announcement via his website, TrapMuzik.com, T.I. also revealed that he is working with producers Jim Jonsin, Danja, and The Runners on the album, and will also collaborate with ATL rapper B.o.B. The album is scheduled to be released in the late summer on August 24th.

Dr. Dre Confirms Detox Single With Jay-Z (Video) 


Dr. Dre has literally had the internet going nuts in the past week, ever since rumours started circulating of the first official "Detox" single being around the corner, in form of a collaboration with none other than Jay-Z.

While fans have become weary of getting excited for "Detox" over and over again without it coming to fruition, the craze has hit home once again and the Doctor’s long awaited album is the number one topic amongst Hip-Hop fans all over.

After a picture of Dr. Dre and Jay-Z in the studio leaked a few days ago (see to your left), the song was confirmed to be real. Shortly after, Interscope boss Jimmy Iovine made it official when he announced that the song was called "Under Pressure".

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Yesterday, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine appeared on CNBC for an interview about the "Beats by Dr. Dre" headphones and 6:40 minutes into the interview, Dr. Dre himself confirms the Jay-Z collaboration and announces that he is pushing to get "Detox" out this year. Watch the interview below:

However, fans shouldn’t be too quick to get their hopes up for "Detox" to drop this year. Dr. Dre also spoke to the  Boston Herald, here is an excerpt of the interview:

"But when asked if “Detox” would appear before next year, he was noncommital. “I’m on my slow creep right now,” Dre said. “But then I’m gonna come hit ’em with the tsunami.”"

It looks like we’re going to have to play the waiting game once again. Bring on "Under Pressure", Dre! We got you!

DMX is back in the doghouse. The troubled rapper was arrested and brought to a Phoenix jail on Tuesday (March 9) for using illegal drugs.

According to Reuters, the Yonkers-bred MC, born Earl Simmons, admitted to a probation officer that he had been abusing cocaine since he was released from jail nine months ago. He is currently facing five counts of violating his probation and being held without bond.