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Two years ago Kanye West proposed to Kim Kardashian and a video of it leaked on YouTube and they sued the co-founder of YouTube, Chad Hurley, for doing this. Hurley is said to have manipulated his way into the stadium in San Francisco and had even signed a confidentiality agreement but none of this stopped the guy from secretly recording it and leaking it online. Now the situation has finally been settled a good two years later and Hurley is being forced to shell out $440,000 to Kanye and Kim in the next few days.

It was reported that Young Buck could face up to five years behind bars for faking a drug test back in May. The judge has finally ruled that Buck is to complete a treatment program, pay $7,500, and serve a total of 100 hours of community service instead of jail time. So Buck is in the clear for now but he needs to stay on the right path if he ever wants to finish his probation.

Chris Brown owns a whopping fourteen Burger Kings and in order to purchase one BK you need a net worth of $1.5 million or higher. This was revealed by Brown in a segment he did with US Weekly called “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me” Where he states other things like the fact that he is the only singer to be locked up and have a number 1 record at the same time or that he is a man of many emotions. This is a very wise investment though because people love fast food.

Miley Cyrus had made it clear that she did not agree with the fact that Nicki Minaj was angry about “Anaconda” not being nominated for Video of the Year. New York Times interviewed miley about the situation: “Not that this is jealousy, but jealousy does the opposite of what you want it to — that’s a yoga mantra. People forget that the choices that they make and how they treat people in life affect you in a really big way. If you do things with an open heart and you come at things with love, you would be heard and I would respect your statement. But I don’t respect your statement because of the anger that came with it.”

A recent billboard was put up by a church in Toronto which said “For god so loved the 6, God’s love might be hard to understand, but you can certainly experience it.” Apparently many people saw Drake as a religious figure; however, this billboard may have made many others see him as a religious figure as well.

It’s no secret that Chief Keef has yet, another child. Owen Phillips, Chief Keef’s spokesman, put out new information detailing the name of Keef’s son:

“Alki David has announced that Chief Keef and his newest baby mama have agreed to name the newborn Sno FilmOn Dot Com Cozart in order to promote the release of Sosa’s double album Bang 3 with FilmOn Music and MondoTunes on September 18,”

According to various sources, Drake and Serena Williams had a recent hook up. Common was asked about the matter do to the fact that he and Serena are friends: “Serena is a friend of mine, as long as she happy I’m good. We dated, that’s done, that’s been done a long time ago, so it’s now like we friends. As long as she happy, I’m good.”

BillBoard had a poll sent out to the top 50 music industry execs earlier in the year and results from the poll are now here. When asked “What genre of music do you despise the most?” Rap came in number one followed by EDM and Pop. Later on in the pole they actually ask how long they give Tidal with a whopping 71% of the execs saying they give the new streaming service one year or less. At the top of the execs list were Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga which is pretty funny because both of those artist do pop music. You can check out the poll right here.

The Game always seems to be in some legal trouble and he is now being sued by an rap artist by the name of Ariza Obey claiming that he stole the artwork for his new single “Ryda”. The artwork shows a topless woman and man holding onto each other wearing masks. This photo is exactly the same as the one Ariza posted to his instagram account way back in January. Check out the pictures below.

Amber Rose and Blac Chyna are known to be really good friends so it isn’t that big of a surprise and TMZ now reports that they are getting their own show. MTV is giving Amber Rose and Blac Chyna a reality tv show and is to be about the women having to manage their careers and taking care of their children which should be very interesting especially since they say the show will not be “ratchet” which is hard to believe when you’re talking about these two characters.

Chief Keef had his first child at just 16 years old and had to pay child support right away and since then he has been in three other child support cases. Today he adds another woman to the list who is saying that he is the father of her child. TMZ is reporting that he even posted a pic of the two month old baby on his own instagram account with the caption “The White Sosa” but quickly deleted it and has his lawyer saying now that the womans claims are not true. Keep it right here for any updates.

This coming Sunday is the VMA’s and Kanye West is said to be the one recieveing the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award this year. Though Ye is not confirmed to be a performer at the awards he will be at the event. This award was awarded to Beyonce last year and Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson in past events so this award is for the biggest and best. Make sure you tune into the awards on Sunday at 9 PM.

A website based in Philadelphia called ogeewoogee.com is creating an annual scholarship called “Be Alright for the students at High Tech High School in New Jersey. This contest will be giving the students an opportunity to recieve a $1500 college scholarship that goes towards both tuition and books. To enter for a chance to win the students have to send in a 3 minute video that explains the postitive parts of hip-hop and showing off one of their own talents. This all was inspired by Kendrick Lamars hit song off of his latest album called “Alright”.

“Hotline Bling” is a pretty new song released by Drake when he put his first diss track for Meek Mill and it seems the song has been a favorite for many of his fans going from number 57 to 34 on the hot 100 which is pretty impressive. Drake is now said to be sending this single to radio stations which will get it played all over the world and it’s popularity will only grow from there. The track should be on radios by September 1^st and this can only mean more music from Drake as we come closer to an official release of his upcoming album “Views From The Six” in the coming months.

The confederate flag has been seen as a very negative and racist thing to many people and many want the flag removed from states government buildings that still fly them. YelaWolf has come forward taking to social media showing his support for the confederate flag because he believes that the flag has more meaning then what people usually tie it too. On facebook there was a post of a man wearing a shirt which had a confederate flag burning and YelaWolf was not having it. Here is what he had to say in full “Ain’t no way I’m letting some ones ignorance tear me from my roots .. you fucking fuck boys can save it with this anti Dixie SHIT !! .. You media succubus in fashion and news are taking full advantage of yourself’s business .. Not knowing at all the damage you’re creating by giving a false impression of who we are in the South .. We’re GOOD PEOPLE !!! .. We love our small towns and we love our folks .. For me and me only I’ll tell you like this … Rip DIME BAG DARRELL !! and Long live PANTERA !! .. Long live Lynyrd Skynyrd !!… Long Live Dukes of Hazard . .And mother FUCKER … The DIXIE WILL NEVER DIE !! … Do you want Me to mention my black inspirations on the Dixie side .. like Big Gipp who I saw in a full Dixie Flag outfit at Madison Square Garden in 05 ? , or Andre 3000 rocking a Dixie Flag Belt buckle in ” Sorry ms Jackson ? ” , maybe little Jhon or Pastor Troy who rocked the Dixie Flag in a protest against ignorance ? … I saw the GROWTH and the POWER !! NOT THE DEMISE !!! And here we have these fucking yuppies from the west coast and world wide jumping on this band wagon .. Who know NOTHING ABOUT US .. Other than the movies and misrepresented news reels they see .. Lied too at school and at home .. Further deepening the injury of social perception .. With this wack ass image of a burning Dixie Flag …. Fuck that !! … Well I can tell you that a ‪#‎slumerican will never support you .. We’re beyond you all .. More open and way more prepared than you are

⚡⚡⚡⚡DIXIE !!! #slumerican”