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Video: 50 Cent Explains Million-Dollar Super Bowl Bet
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Sun, Feb 5, 2012 6:25 PM EST
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Rap superstar 50 Cent feels confident his home state team the New York Giants will beat the New England Patriots at the Super Bowl Sunday, and he's willing to bet on it.

In an exclusive Yahoo! interview, the artist born Curtis Jackson explained why he responded to a wager proposed by another hip-hop star, Cash Money Records co-founder Bryan "Baby" Williams.

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Ne-Yo Gets Playboy Bunny Treatment At Super Bowl Pre-Game Party
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Sat, Feb 4, 2012 4:32 AM EST
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Ne-Yo at Bud Light Hotel.Ne-Yo's regular background dancers had the night off Saturday when the R&B singer and songwriter played a midnight show at the Playboy Presents Carnival Mystique Super Bowl pre-game party.

But he apparently didn't mind. The Bud Light Hotel venue go-go dancers sufficed. Plus, Playboy Bunnies joined him on stage between songs to kiss him and wipe off his sweat.

"I think I'm going to have to call [Hugh Hefner] and see if a couple can come with me," he joked. "My life sucks."
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LMFAO’s ‘Sexy And I Know It’ Gets Remixed By Elmo
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Fri, Feb 3, 2012 5:01 PM EST
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Elmo covering LMFAOI give my 9-year-old twins credit for turning me on to this hilarious parody of LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It." In the video, Elmo makes a kid-friendly version that celebrates his love for making art, talking to kids, and partying with Mr. Noodle. Even adults can appreciate the comedy and convincing editing.
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Snoop Dogg Proudly Sports Gray Patch At EA Sports Super Bowl Party
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Fri, Feb 3, 2012 3:31 PM EST
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Snoop DoggThe rap charts might be dominated by artists under the age of 30, but elder statesmen Snoop Dogg doesn't have any problem embracing being a member of the genre's 40 and over club.

The "Drop It Like It's Hot" rapper revealed a small gray patch of hair just above his forehead Friday when he took the stage at 1:47 a.m. as the surprise guest at the EA Sports Madden Bowl at the Bud Light Hotel in Indianapolis.

Before closing his set, he thanked the audience for embracing him over the years. "My thing is, the older I get, the younger I feel," he said. "Right now, I feel young, wild, and free."

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Don Cornelius Thank You For Fostering My Love Of Soul Music
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Wed, Feb 1, 2012 6:55 PM EST
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As a 1970s and 1980s kid who loved music, I was a big fan of pre-MTV dance shows "American Bandstand," "Dance Fever," and "Solid Gold." But I was addicted to "Soul Train."

Wednesday's news of the tragic passing of "Soul Train" creator and original host Don Cornelius, who was only 75, hits me like a sucker punch.

It never bothered me when performers lip synced their songs. I was more intrigued to see the faces behind the music that I listened to on the radio and on my parents's collection of hundreds of soul albums that lined the coffee table our record player sat upon in our den.

Unlike rappers today, the R&B singers of the 1970s wore ornate costumes. I remember being glued to the TV just soaking up colorful images of Grace Jones, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, Stevie Wonder, and Earth, Wind & Fire, and more when they visited.
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The Aftermath Presents: Dee-1′s Top 3 Rappers With Legacies
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Tue, Jan 31, 2012 7:22 PM EST
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Fast-rising New Orleans rapper Dee-1 stopped by Yahoo! to knock out a top 3 list with Soren Baker and me for The Aftermath Presents. The "Jay 50 Weezy" MC based his list on the Top 3 Rappers With Legacies.

I don't think anyone can argue with his selections that include Chuck D, Will Smith, and Master P.
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Ice Cube Responds To ‘It Was A Good Day’ Mystery And ‘Beep From Kim’ Lyric
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Tue, Jan 31, 2012 5:47 PM EST
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Ice Cube

Is Ice Cube's classic song "It Was A Good Day" based on January 20, 1992 as Donovan Strain suggested on a post Friday on his Murk Avenue blog?

Maybe not.

The West Coast vet responded, "Nice try," when his publicist posed to him the question.

Cube's rep stressed to Hip Hop Media Training that his response was neither a denial nor confirmation of the mystery.

Strain based his National Good Day Day theory on key clues that aligned on the same day. Yo! MTV Raps was still airing. The song was released in February 1993, after the speculated January 1992 date. The Lakers beat the Super Sonics. Ice Cube received a "beep from Kim," a reference to a girl he had been trying to "f—k since the 12^th grade" and the use of the paging technology.
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50 Cent, Pitbull, Lil Jon: Super Bowl Pre-Game Live Stream
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Tue, Jan 31, 2012 4:34 PM EST
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50 CentJust because you didn't score tickets to Super Bowl XLVI doesn't mean you have to miss out on all the action, in particular the parties. 50 Cent, Pitbull, and Lil Jon invite fans to watch a live Yahoo! stream of their Bud Light Hotel pre-game show taking place Saturday, Feb. 4 at 10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. PT.

RSVP to the 50 Cent, Pitbull, Lil Jon livestream here.

Yahoo! will also be covering the show live via Twitter. Be sure to follow us. Watch the concert on omg!'s Super Bowl Party Central page. #PreGameParty
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Full Force Talk Cancer, Careers Highs And Lows On ‘Unsung’
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Mon, Jan 30, 2012 7:19 PM EST
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Full ForceFull Force member Paul Anthony discusses his battle with cancer Monday night in a new episode of "Unsung" on TV One. Paul, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2006, refused to let the illness immobilize him.

"I would do my chemotherapy, then I would go train because I knew the day after I got to be still," he said in a clip from the show.
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Etta James Honored With Christina Aguilera Tribute At Funeral
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By Billy Johnson, Jr. | Hip-Hop Media Training – Sat, Jan 28, 2012 8:18 PM EST
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Christina AguileraIt is a risky move for an artist to reinterpret a classic song from a legendary singer, but Christina Aguilera's gospel rendition of Etta James's "At Last" moved those in attendance at James's funeral services Saturday at the Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena, California.

PHOTOS from Etta James's funeral

Aguilera dropped her already deep register a few octaves to belt the song's opening, "At last," prompting shouting and whistling from the congregation. Before Aguilera began singing, she described James as "the one that cut right to my soul."
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Video: 50 Cent Explains Million-Dollar Super Bowl Bet

Ne-Yo Gets Playboy Bunny Treatment At Super Bowl Pre-Game Party

LMFAO’s ‘Sexy And I Know It’ Gets Remixed By Elmo

Snoop Dogg Proudly Sports Gray Patch At EA Sports Super Bowl Party

Don Cornelius Thank You For Fostering My Love Of Soul Music

The Aftermath Presents: Dee-1′s Top 3 Rappers With Legacies

Ice Cube Responds To ‘It Was A Good Day’ Mystery And ‘Beep From Kim’ Lyric

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