In the latest issue of Don Diva magazine, he reportedly backs down and admits it really is him in the photographs.He is quoted saying, “Yes, it’s me. I never tried to hide my past. I put my name inside my CDs.” But Ross insists his prison guard past doesn’t make him a ’snitch’ and it doesn’t diminish his role as one of hip hop’s hard-hitting heavyweights.

He adds, “I never ratted on a ni**a. I never prosecuted a ni**a. I never locked up a ni**a, that’s first and foremost. “I always felt that me being the ni**a that I am, I never owed a ni**a an explanation. When I’m making my music and I’m talking about blow, it’s because I did it. When I say that I’m rich off cocaine, it’s because I did it. Those are the street principals that apply.”

Source: Contact Music

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VIBE has today announced Eminem as the winner of the Best Rapper Alive competition. The Detroit native beat out New York’s rap king Jay-Z in the Final Round with 69 percent of the votes, crowning him as the people’s choice for the true king of hip hop. The results of the contest are detailed in VIBE’s November 2008 issue hitting newsstands October 21st.

“It’s obviously an honor to have won the fans’ support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive,” says Eminem in response to his victory. “I don’t think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since Vibe’s offering the distinction, hell yeah I’ll accept!”

More than 920,000 votes were cast since the contest began on July 21, 2008.

Em hasn’t even dropped an album since 2004 and he is put over Jay-Z?

Jay-Z Interview about the Free Concert & Voting (Props The305)

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“Human is my most personal album to date,” said Brandy. “I have grown so much since my last album. Being able to express myself and my journey through my music is a feeling I can’t describe.”
-Brandy

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Zero hour approaches as Diesel prepares to unleash the party that will shatter the globe. 17 cities. 8 time zones. One huge night. The celebration of the century is getting closer.

At 6pm in Tokyo on October 11 2008, Diesel will launch the biggest party in its history. The massive celebration will sweep across the globe, firing up in each time zone in an international musical race from Tokyo to New York. On the way it will arrive in Beijing, Dubai, Athens, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich, Munich, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Oslo, Helsinki, London and Sao Paulo.

Users will be able to click on any party around the world and see the latest sensational images, making the xXx event truly interactive. If you’re anywhere on October 11, it better be on the Diesel Planet!

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Jim Jones: And look at the Vibe cover. Tell me who Jay-Z looks like in there? Did you see the picture of him? With the Louis Vuitton scarf and all that. Who did that resemble? You can say it. But he did it wrong; he had a Gucci belt with a Louis Vuitton scarf. Who does that? You smell me? That’s like wearing one Nike and one Puma

[T.I.]I don’t feel like he possesses any swag. Not like that. It’s fabricated. They’re watching other people, then they try and do it. You know people that dress like T.I.? You know people that go out and say let me get a T.I. outfit or do you know people who say “yo, you’re looking like Jim Jones?”

Full Interview & A Clip Of, “Jackin’ Swagger From Us”: Complex

Jim Jones holds his tongue for no one and seems to think he is the king of, “Swagga.” Is he delusional?

(Picture taken earlier that day via Freddyo

Maino Speaks On Smacking Yung Berg

Damn there is alway ssomething going on with Mr. Berg, focus on the music man.

Yung Berg Breaks The Silence: Speaks On The Chain Snatching & New Mixtape

“Dre sent over a bunch of beats, and we’re just going through them all, picking out who wants what,” the G-Unit chief told Blender from Eminem’s Detroit home, where he was spending the night. “We already finished one joint”–the Slim Shady-starring “Norman Bates Motel”–”and just started vocals on another. It’s gonna blow you away, I guarantee.”

Source: Blender

By a vote of 263-171, the House of Representatives finally passed the bailout bill Friday, sending it to President Bush’s desk for his signature. Many important details of the program–including which banks will be the first to sell their troubled assets to Uncle Sam–are still unknown. Meanwhile, the economy is still stumbling along. U.S. The Labor Department reported Friday that 159,000 jobs were lost in September, the biggest drop since 2003

More Details On The Bailout Plan: Forbes

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