Lil Wayne
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Lil Wayne Dropped by Mountain Dew Over Emmett Till Lyric
Decision to drop Lil Wayne comes days after Mountain Dew was criticized for ad depicting beaten woman
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Super Bowl Parties 2013 in New Orleans: Will Manti Te’o Show?
Justin Timberlake returns to Super Bowl weekend, but will Manti Te'o show up? During the halftime of Mardi Gras, here are the storylines on the best bashes in the Big Easy during Super Bowl Weekend 2013.
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Nicki Minaj Review: ‘Roman Reloaded’ Is a Hot-Pink Mess
Nicki Minaj’s second album is full of adventurous hip-hop for its first third. Then it turns into the season’s least interesting, most bloated dance-pop record
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Review: Drake Is One Lonesome Hip-Hop Lothario in ‘Take Care’
Hip-hop’s biggest freshman of 2010 comes back with a savvy sophomore album about how lonely it is at the (recently-arrived-at) top
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Review: Betty Wright and the Roots Revive the Right ’70s Soul Stuff
A veteran soul singer (and Joss Stone’s mentor) hooks up with the Roots for an album deeply mired, in the best possible way, in the R&B of 40 years ago
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Lady Antebellum Owns ‘Night’ — and Billboard Chart
Easily aced failed comebacks by a whacked Bush and petered-out Primus
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Charts: George Strait Takes Narrow Path to Billboard’s Top Debut, Edging Out Beatles
On the digital songs chart, Kelly Clarkson managed a so-so debut for “Mr. Know It All”
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Charts: Lil Wayne Falls Just a Lil’ Shy of a Million; MTV Awards Boost Adele’s Ballad to No. 1
“The Carter IV” is almost on par with Lil Wayne’s past sales glory, with 964,000 sold, while Adele’s bravura awards-show turn actually pushed an old-school ballad into the top spot on the digital songs chart
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Review: Lil Wayne Still Crazy After All These Jail Sentences on ‘Tha Carter IV’
On what’s expected to be the year’s biggest hip-hop blockbuster, the self-admittedly crazed rapper threatens women, other rappers and, um, ibuprofen
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VMAs: Watch Adele, Gaga, Beyonce, and That’s All (Video)
Masochists can watch the whole show if they want, but why not just watch the highlights?
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Charts: Jay-Z & Kanye Unbowed; Lil Wayne Can and ‘Will’ Sell Singles
Modestly debuting releases from the Eli Young Band and Jeff Bridges posed no threat to week 2 of the Kanye/Jay-Z dynasty … or to Adele, whose album passed the 3 million mark
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Adele, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne to Perform at VMAs
The Aug. 28 performance will mark Adele’s Video Music Awards debut
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Review: Kelly Rowland Determined to Out-Sex Beyonce With ‘Here I Am’
Aided by a slew of raunchy guest rappers, Kelly Rowland finally drops any traces of the demure act and finds her post-Destiny’s Child identity in being oversexed
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Gee Roberson Lands Top Geffen Records Gig
Announcing the new head of the once rock-centric label, Jimmy Iovine confirms a week-old scoop by TheWrap.
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Robert De Niro & Paul McCartney to Appear on ‘SNL’ Next Month
Jeff Bridges and Paul Rudd are also set to host the NBC show