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Woodstock ’99 Ten Years Later: DMX
Posted By: July 24, 2009 @ 6:46 PM EDT News

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Funny how time flies. Yesterday marked a decade since DMX stepped onto the stage at Woodstock in Rome, NY. At the time, X was at the top of his game with three platinum albums and an entire record label on his back. Sorry Jay. Rule, my regards. I don’t know about you, but there isn’t anything more gobsmacking than watching 200,000 plus Caucasians recite, “My Niggas.” Ah, good times. Just because, after the jump, watch the crowd go apeshit during Kid Rock’s performance of “Bawitdaba.” Party on dudes.

Swizz Beatz Speaks On Longevity
Posted By: July 24, 2009 @ 12:04 PM EDT News

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Kaseem reflects on staying relevant for over a decade in the above clip and later, the 1515 Boys got him to snitch on Blueprint 3, working with DMX again, and why he decided to fall back on rhymin’ for now. Thanks heavens.

Diddy Talks About MJ Pushin’ Up On Beyonce
Posted By: July 24, 2009 @ 11:43 AM EDT News

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Last night on Letterman, Puff told a funny story about MJ crashin’ one of his parties to holler at a pre-Hov’d-up gal from H-Town. Between this and the “mystery son,” now all of sudden Joe’s baby boy was a mack. Who knew?

J.Cole Speaks On Fayettenam
Posted By: July 24, 2009 @ 3:48 AM EDT News
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See, it doesn’t take a rapper to get shot or arrested to make front page news! Read here to check out J.Cole’s interview with North Carolina’s The Fayetteville Observer on his hometown’s nickname.

The battle against “Fayettenam” may be lost.

City leaders for years have fought the nickname that many believe conjures up the bad old days – the downtown strip clubs, the prostitutes, the riotous drinking – i.e the gummy underside of the otherwise positive presence of Fort Bragg. Not to mention the connection with America’s most controversial war.

But to some people, Fayettenam is just a cool way of referring to Fayetteville. For emerging rapper J. Cole, “Fayettenam” is one of two ways he refers to the city where he grew up, at least in his songs. The other is “the ‘Ville.”

If J. Cole’s career turns out like some industry types and rap Web sites believe it will, he will have youngsters from coast to coast calling our city Fayettenam.

“If I say it in a rhyme, nine times out of 10, I’m going to say ‘Fayettenam’ instead of ‘Fayetteville,’ ” he told me by phone. “The people I’m trying to reach gravitate to that.”

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