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There hasn’t been much of Rihanna since the release of her album Unapologetic way back in 2012 but her new song “FourFive Seconds” changed that. Rihanna is going to be taking the stage at the grammys along with Kanye West and Paul McCartney which shows she is getting back to business and we can expect a new project soon enough. The Sun newspaper got an exclusive source that’s close to Rihanna that said “Rihanna’s seriously pleased to have bagged a big slot at The Grammys and two huge names to kick off her comeback.” It is also being reported that Kanye will debut a brand new song of his own at the Grammys which is really good to hear.

Suge Knights $2 million bail has already been revoked in his fatal hit-and-rune case with one charge of murder and one attempted murder charge. Yesterday Suge was in L.A. County Superior Court for a plea on his charges and entered a plea of not guilty. Knight was rushed to a hospital afterwards because he experienced a panic attack. Suge Knight faces life in prison if he is convicted of the death of the victim Terry Carter.

Police in Arizona are on the search for Diddy after a man named Steven Donaldson who attended a Super Bowl afterparty in a club in Scottsdale, Arizona. This man claims Diddy punched him in the face early on Monday morning. Diddy was scheduled to host the event but did not show up until 1:15am and at that point he just stayed in a VIP section. In a video that showed up online you can hear Stevenson cussing at Diddy for not getting on stage and hosting like he was originally supposed to and that is when he claims Diddy punched him in the face. Donaldson filed a battery report and the Scottsdale police are now seeking to have a sit down with Diddy. We’ll keep you up to date on any further events that come from this story.

Emmis is a company that owns both Hot 97 in New York and the sister station in L.A. Power 106.1 and they have been losing a lot of their big radio personalities including Angie Martinez Cipha Sounds, and Mister Cee. Now it seems as though the company may be losing another huge personality which is Big Boy of the L.A. station Power 106. Reports are saying that Big Boys contract with the company ends this month and that he is looking to jump to a competitor station iHeartMedia. But Emmis in new legal documents states that iHeartMedia is offering Big Boy $3.5 million plus royalties and perks which include a private jet. Big Boy only was making 1.45 million annually with Power but in their contract they are able to match any offer from competitors and they did but Big Boy still refused. Now Emmis is asking a judge to not allow Big Boy to leave and are seeking $5 million. No word from Big Boy at this time but we will keep you up to date on what happens next in this situation.

Rapper, The Jacka, was targeted in Oakland Monday morning by an unidentified man. Police were in the area when they heard the gunshots and found 37-year old Dominic Newton (The Jacka), wounded.

Newton was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. On February 3, 2015, fans gathered around the crime scene as a tribute to Dominic Newton.

Young Thug has made it known that he is upset with Lil Wayne. Young Thug claims that Lil Wayne stole his style in his newest song: “This f** boy already rich he sold millions of records and now he wanna sound like thugger?, now I see why Baby won’t release Carter 5 he’s a swagger jacker. He ain’t no real Blood anyway we don’t respect n***z stealing folks styles, if he make one mo song like me I’m suing his punk a** for identity theft!”

O.T. Genasis spoke about his thoughts of his music and career in the music industry: "It's kind of like the only way for me to be there is to act like I have nothing or act like I'm still hustling. I gotta be in that mode. I can't buy into that shit because the second that I do, that's when everything is gon' change. I might fuck up then. So I don't buy into that or any of this industry shit that everybody talking about or anything like that. I just stay out here and stick to my guns and then I know that this could be taken from me at any day. First thing to do is capture it man and take advantage, take advantage of all of this. I don't feel too Hollywood or anything. Sometimes it's a bitter sweet thing because it comes back to bite."

During an interview, Jarren Benton explained how he considers himself a different type of Atlanta: "I don’t really want to be classified in the new Atlanta because the media, or whoever I guess picked out those dudes, they didn’t come out and reach out to me. No disrespect to them dudes. They are all doing their thing, but I feel like there’s a side of Atlanta that is not being represented. Also, all those dudes have a similar sound. I saw the documentary of the new Atlanta and all those dudes are on the same kind of wave. Maybe not Raury. I think he probably was the only dude that I saw in that documentary that was kind of different, but everybody else has a similar sound, so that’s why when they say new Atlanta I equvilate that to a sound.”

On February 15^th Saturday Night Live will be celebrating its 40^th anniversary. With many of the shows all-time best cast members making appearances artist like Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, and Paul McCartney will all be appearing on the special episode. Other guests include Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock, Robert Deniro, Derek Jeter, Peyton Manning, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Tina Fey, Adam Sandler, Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Poehler, Bill Murray, and more.

Snoop Dogg is always using instagram posting photos of things going on in his life and hilarious memes. But just recently he posted a picture of himself and Kendrick Lamar in the studio with a simple caption that read “Work!! K.Dot” which most likely means we can expect a collab from the two west coast artists in the near future. But will this end up on Kendricks upcoming project or Snoops that is the true question.

Though we all have known of Missy Elliott for years when she performed at the super bowl halftime show she gained a lot of new fans. Being the most watched television event in the entire nation a lot of young people watch the halftime show. Spotify is reporting a 676 percent increase in Missy Elliott’s music being streamed between an hour before the big game until 12 am that night.

Another mixtape from Lil Wayne is in the works or at least that is what DJ Drama is alluding to. Drama posted a photo of himself with Lil Wayne and Mack Maine on instagram captioning the photo with “Sorry for the Wait 2. Carter V. Dedication 6.” Currently Wayne is deep in a lawsuit with Cash Money but hopefully it will be finished up quickly so Wayne can get his projects out to his fans that desperately want them.

50 Cents previous girlfriend, Tatted Up Holly, is claiming that she was mistreated by the rapper: “Now he wants me to calm down. U are nothin but a manipulating women beater. You’re a fucking bully. Puts fear in everybody’s heart mistaking it for respect. I treated this man like royalty but all I got in return was ass whippings. Didn’t ask him for shit. He would buy me gifts to only take them back, what a man!!! He wanted me love unconditionally, I’m sorry I will not tolerate a grown ass man putting their hands on me. I was good before you I will good without you @50cent.”

T.I. made a comment about people not paying attention to all the critics, especially Iggy Azalea: "It's just like asking Tom Brady if he should be commenting on deflate gate," he said, referencing the latest Patriots scandal. "You know what I'm saying? He should worry about the big game on Sunday. Correct? Same with Iggy."

Katy Perry is said to be doing a collaborated performance with Missy Elliot at Super Bowl Halftime: “I wanted to bring someone back,” Perry said. “A throwback of sorts that definitely needed some more shine. All I can say is it will be a real female fun night. It's a bit old school. When this person enters the stage and you hear the first ring of the chord I think jaws will drop and faces will melt.”