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Cam'ron's back with a new collaboration with Lil Wayne on Funkmaster Flex's upcoming mixtape Who You Mad At? Me or Yourself?, which drops today. [Complex]

New Orleans rapper Weedy was busted on April 3 with five pounds of marijuana. Weedy was driving the weed from Oakland to Chalmette, La., and apparently had his two children and a handgun in the car at the time of his arrest. But what's in a name? [AllHipHop]

Executive produced by Jay-Z, The Great Gatsby soundtrack hits shelves May 7, but for now you can hear clips from contributions by will.i.am, Fergie, Q-Tip, Lana Del Rey and Emeli Sandé, who covers Beyonce's "Crazy in Love." [YouTube]
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have released the epic video for "Can't Hold Us" featuring Ray Dalton.

We'd be lying if we said we can make sense of what's going on here-- the days of music videos making sense are long gone; now it's just about doing stuff that looks cool-- but the video finds the pair making their way through the snowy terrain of the arctic to the oceans of somewhere tropical to a city street where there's like, a camel.
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According to the International Business Times, Jay-Z and Beyonce are "pop music's first billionaire couple." A significant achievement, for sure. For the rest of us, Jiggaman said it best. [IBT]

Afrika Bambaataa's manager, Ahmad Henderson, has finally addressed the hip-hop legend's reported stabbing, which allegedly occurred several weeks ago. "Ridiculous. There are too many rumors. Bam checked into the hospital for chest pains. And he came out fine. Three days later he was Radio City Music Hall. If he was stabbed how, was he on stage performing?" Cause he keeps it thoro? [AllHipHop]

Amanda Bynes has spoken out about her ex-boyfriend, Kid Cudi, and all the media outlets (namely Complex) that cover him. "Ur package whipped by my ugly ex @ducidni who's looks and talent have always been questionable to me, him being the ugly duckling that he is and all. U quote him non stop, then take professional shots of him for ur covers, his best photos aren't sh-t compared to mine at my best," she explained (?). "My music is going to be sicker then whatever the f-ck kind of music Scott tries to do. Stop writing articles without speaking to me first." Sick music, Bynes. [HipHopWired]
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Fans have been patiently waiting for a sequel to 2001's hit movie "How High," and Method Man has one update on the project: Keep waiting.

Or in other words, don't hold your breath.

You see, "How High 2" has been getting the run-around since Redman first announced in 2008 that the crew was working on the sequel. After problems with Universal, (who reportedly own the rights to the first movie and character names) and other hold-ups, it seems that the project is still up in the air.
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Tickets for Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake's "Legends of Summer" Tour aren't cheap.

A quick search on Ticketmaster for their July 19 date at Yankee Stadium in New York reveals nosebleed seats as cheap as $49 and on-field seating as costly as $293, with varying prices between. But that's still too much for some people.

"It's garbage," Kid Rock told Piers Morgan during an interview (via HipHopDX). "It's highway robbery. I don't care who you are. I would consider both of them in the circle of friends in the business, but I don't agree with it."
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Ghostface is back!

By that we mean the Ghostface we met way back in 1993, a masked rapper with a chip on his shoulder.

The Staten Island-bred MC has finally donned the mask again, this time in the crafty noir-inspired video for "Rise of the Ghostface Killah," off his incredible collabo album with producer Adrian Younge Twelve Reasons to Die.

We have no idea what the heck is going on in this vid, but there's lots of blood and people presumably die. It's awesome. Watch it.
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