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Stricklin explains that the rap game needs something that could unite us once again. One of them is a new tattoo like Busta Rhymes, or whatever Snoop Doggs (Lions) smoking on

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Nate Dogg was a go to Singer/Rapper for any feature. Collaborating with artists like Dr. Dre Eminem, Tupac Shakur, and Snoop Dogg. (May he rest in peace)

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BET generally only plays artists that are selling well, so they can sell more.

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Just like the Little Brother video, BET refused to play rap group De La Soul’s single from their album The Grind Date, Shopping Bags on 106 and park.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImBJq-om-DM&feature=player_embedded#

This time claiming it wasn’t relevant to their audience’s interest. Harsh

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After hip hop group Little Brother dropped their highly anticipated second studio album The Minstrel Show, BET refused to air their video for Lovin' It, claiming it was “too intelligent”, although it’s not certain what they meant by that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLReIhRgVS8

All in all, it was a complete “damn” moment.

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Everyone except Stricklin it seems.

Just recently 50 still chooses to co-sign Chief Keef, even after he skipped out on his own video shoot.

“@ChiefKeef is my boy I’m a get everything back in place for him. They were gonna just throw him out,” 50 said, referring to Keef’s relationship with his label, Interscope Records.

“I told them at intrescope its not him,” 50 claimed. “He just has the wrong people around him

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Jay Z signed Nas to Def Jam records officially after ending their feud October 2005

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A group hug usually consists of several people embracing each other with a hug at the same time. Whether it’s making up after an argument, or a family gathering, a group hug is always the way to go.

Maybe we should try this with rap. Sometimes all that’s needed to resolve beef is to show love.

Unless he means literally giving master name-dropper himself The Game a group hug.. playing on the notion that you can either be too soft or too thug.

Oh boy

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Rapper Irv Gotti was found innocent on all charges after being accused of laundering money to drug dealer Kenneth McGriff

The Murder Inc Records heads were accused of using the company to launder up to $1 million for the known narcotics supplier – and could have been jailed for 20 years if found guilty.

But after two days of deliberating at New York City’s District Court in Brooklyn, a federal jury found the star to be innocent of all charges.

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Rapper Cam'ron had some beef with critically acclaimed Jay Z. He dropped a track titled You Got To Love It on his album Killa Season, and several other subliminal disses before its debut in 2006.

Cam also dropped Swagger Jacker, a track consisting of various lines from several 90’s artist and then Jay Z using these lines in his own songs, thus exposing Jay Z of his “Swagger Jacking”

Jay Z finally replies to these disses on his LP Kingdom Come with the song Dig A Hole

“Niggas are like why don’t you get at old boy/Why kill the puppet it leaves Gapeto alive/Why not wait to catch them all together this way you dig one big hole one time,”
“It’s like the disciples dissing Jesus becoming his rivals the one thing that they owe they life to”

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