“And you can live through anything if Magic made it.”

Earvin Johnson turned 50 today. Living with HIV for 18 years, he continues to take a multi-drug cocktail every day to fight his HIV. A great athlete and a great man. Kiss Cookie on the forehead for us.

Fun Fact: Magic was managing Ma$e when he “retired” in 1999. But let’s not hold that against him. Ha!

I think I’ve lost count with this freestyle series. Oh well, it doesn’t really matter when they sound like this. Check out JR’s latest below.

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Thanks: X

Previously: Did Eminem Ether Mariah Carey?

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Aubrey tells Sway that he forgot about his bum knee in the City of Brotherly Love.

“What the footage doesn’t show is that I actually came out of the sky that night,” he told MTV News. “I was 20 feet in the air on a little platform. Philadelphia was the only sold-out show on the tour — 25,000 people. And before they see me, I see them for about five seconds. I was staring out into the crowd and I literally … when I landed on that platform, I blacked out and really forgot I was injured. I was just so full of adrenaline, so happy to be there, it kind of set in for me. I remember on the I Am Music tour, the reaction was great. But these were my songs. These are songs people know and love and we really made this happen in a short time. I was just enjoying myself. I had the mic and I was really going. And when ‘Best I Ever Had’ came on, I felt like dancing. It was a great moment. I wanted to run across stage, I wanted to jump into the crowd.”

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“I’m a wizard of the word/ That’s what you heard.”

On their current tour, the Brothers From The Soul have been covering a Run-DMC classic. Last night in Manhattan, they upped the ante and brought Darryl Mac from out the back at the 1:35 mark. Huh!

Sidebar: Go to Brooklyn Vegan for more footage.

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Self proclaimed Lo Life, Young Dro speaks with Maurice Garland on his fascination for Ralph Lauren’s Polo collection. Quit horsing around Dro, players only live once.

Props: YK2

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Dedicated to Mike Vick. Les Paul. And the Biz Mark, Biz Mark.

Sidebar: DJ Soul and I are cookin’ up some marvelous shit. Stay tuned.

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With the camera’s rolling, producer No I.D. gives his take on all things cool, hometown pride, and hip-hop’s generation gap.

Props: NR

Earlier today, the judge threw the book at C-Murder and sentenced the rapper to LIFE in jail without the possibility of parole for the 2002 murder of a 16-year-old inside a Louisiana night club. No winners here.

Credit: AP

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Previously: C-Murder Found Guilty Of Murder 

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Check out a 30 second clip of Jigga’s “Run This Town”. All black everything.

Props: 1515 Boys