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Mike Tyson discusses his inspiration for his newest collaboration Iconic featuring Madonna and Chance The Rapper: "Madonna calls you and tells you to come somewhere, you go. I didn't know what the hell I was going there for. I'm just there having a good time and hanging out with Madonna. She has her producer there and I go into the studio and I didn't know if she wanted me to talk or rap. I just go in there and start talking. I'm talking about my life and things that I have endured. I'm saying some really crazy stuff. It was really intense."

Big Sean says that he wants to eventually start his own record label being that he enjoys scouting for new artists: "Seeing how you can help people by being around and inspiring, I wanna do that," He says. ‘I’m actively looking for artists and people I believe in and giving them opportunity.’”

Nessa will be replacing Hot 97’s Angie Martinez’s PM time slot as of January 26: “You’re gonna get out the new lingerie, you’re gonna spice it up a little and you’re going to thank your old boyfriend for teaching you those tricks but now it’s time to learn some new tricks,” she says. “I feel like coming to Hot 97 is a dream come true and I can’t wait to learn new things here."

During a recent interview, 2 Chainz discussed becoming the mayor of College Park, Georgia: “I’m a musician, not a politician. I’m supposed to be running for mayor in College Park. I got everybody wishing. I’m really gonna do this little mayor thing in College Park. I’m just trying to make sure I have the right qualifications.”

It’s been a week since A$AP founder A$AP Yams has passed away and we've haven’t really heard much from A$AP Rocky until now. Billboard got to talk to Rocky after the premiere of his movie “Dope” and small performance which many could tell how deeply affected Rocky was by Yams passing. "That performance --that was just going to stop me from crying, "I had to address it, because the whole time I was rapping and I wasn't into it, which is sad, but I just gotta keep it real. I can't front. It even harder knows that I gotta fly out in less than an hour just to go bury him. That's the part that eats at me." Rocky said when asked why he cut his set short.

Brooklyn's District Attorney’s office has just announced that the gun case that was at one point thought to be involving Bobby Shmurda is soon to be dismissed in the coming weeks. The young rapper is still locked up in Rikers after being arrested last month with most of his crew. Charges Bobby still faces are gun possession, murder, and conspiracy.

After venturing into the worlds of rap and fashion A$AP Rocky is now taking his talents to film. The young rap artist will play a supporting role in a film called “Dope” that is produced by Pharrell and Diddy and was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend. The film is directed by Rick Famuyiwa and is about a music geek living in Inglewood in the 90s. Plus Sony has bought the film for $7 million after a successful run in the festival so expect a full release coming up very soon.

A jail ID of Chris Browns ended up online last week and the seller was looking for a $10,000 payout for it. But Browns lawyer caught wind of this and tracked it back to San Bernardino County Jail where Chris had stayed for a few days back when he was waiting on court dates. The San Bernardino police investigated this and found the man with the ID though the man says the ID went through a few friends before getting to him so as of right now there has not been any arrested.

Birdman expressed how unhappy he is with Lil Waynes remix to O.T. Genasis’ “CoCo” song. This is the opening track on Wayne “Sorry for the Wait 2” and according to TMZ Birdman is upset with what Lil Wayne says about his label and him. One reason Birdman is mad is because Lil Wayne is trying to break out of a binding contract. Another is what Lil Wayne said in the song which is this “Who kept this shit together? Nigga, me, that's who," Lil Wayne raps on the record’s opening bars. "Who was there when niggas left? Nigga, me, that's who / Cash Money is an army, I'm a one man army / And if them niggas comin' for me, I'm goin' out like Tony." Birdman says he will fight Wayne in court if he tries to sue and will only release Waynes album on his terms.

What Lupe says is one of his last interviews and his last interview with Sway he decided to open up about some things. Fiasco says in the interview that he was cool with Kid Cudi up until about a year ago    “Fuck him, I wanna get to the bottom of what the fuck you talkin’ about. Because it’s me. The same nigga you went in Complex and was like, ‘One of the only niggas who reached out to me genuinely and had love for me was Lupe.’ You the worst type of nigga,” Lupe said. Lupe also states that going back and forth with Cudi was a major reason he left twitter.

Being one of the best duos in the history of hip-hop when they want to make an announcement fans heads turn ready to listen. The two will be at the Independent Filmmaker’s Lounge on January 24^th making an announcement about an upcoming project that they are working on. Ghost and Raekwon will be at the “#PurpleCarpet Screening” for a preview of a movie that they are releasing later in the year.

Thanks to an Iggy Azalea quote Hip-Hop fans all over were up in arms once again. As reported on yesterday Iggy while doing an interview with GQ said she thinks she sparked change in Hip-Hop. Hot 97’s Ebro radio personality decided to make fun of what Iggy said posting a photo of a unhappy baby in relation to Iggy saying she sparked a change in Hip-Hop. When Iggy saw this she responded quickly on twitter saying "I'm talking about changing who we accept having a voice in hip hop. As the only white, Australian,woman with a 1#." Then she went on to add, "you can meme all you want but I have change many ppls opinions about allowing different voices to be heard." Plus "u guys are the BIGGEST haters you try to exaggerate everything I say to make it seem like I have a god-like complex." So if I was Hot 97 I wouldn’t expect Iggy to make any more stops by my radio show.

On Twitter, Busta Rhymes posted a handwritten letter thanking everyone for the success of the new hit single, “CoCo” by O.T. Genasis: “1st things 1st, I want to thank every single DJ from the clubs to the radio, every radio station, program director, every radio personality, every blogger, every website, every media outlet, all of television and last but not lest EVERY SINGLE FAN for the love and the support that you all have given us by becoming such a strong and collective support system in helping us give to you our new incredible artist O.T. Genasis and his smash hit single ‘CoCo’ which is now approaching GOLD!! ”

Kid Cudi Tweeted that he has zero plans to work on the new album without his crew: “I can't/won't make MOTM3 w/o Pat, Emile & A Trak in the studio. We started together, we finish this together. It's time I assemble the team. And of course we always need Dot Da Genius. We all had a vision we shared for this story. I can't create the magic yall want without their energy and genius to bounce off of,”

LL Cool J has been asked to return to the Grammy’s as the host for 2015: “I’m thrilled to again be part of Music’s Biggest Night. The performances and moments you see on the GRAMMY stage are nothing less than amazing throughout the years and this year’s show is shaping up to be one you will never forget.”