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Events Music Swag

50 Cent Performs At Webster Hall

Last night (Friday 30th December 2011) 50 Cent and XXL magazine hosted an event at New York’s, Webstar Hall. 50 Cent performed a full set, despite originally being scheduled to be in the building for 30 minutes, 50 Cent decided to go hard in his city of origin. Check out a snippet of the performance below.

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Culture Music Uncategorized Video

Kanye West and Jay-Z Get Paid £4Million For Performance At Sweet 16 Birthday Party + Kanye Aka “Yeezy World Peace” DJ’s In London

NME reports The Throne earned $6 million dollars to perform at the Sweet 16 birthday party of multi billionaire Manchester Football Club owner, Sheikh Mansour’s niece. Hov and Yeezy received $2.9 million each, a drop in the bucket for Mansour, whose wealthy family rules oil-rich Abu Dhabi.

Yeezy’s not stopping there. He plans on keeping the cash flowing through the end of the year, having recently announced he’ll DJ on New Year’s Eve under the alias Yeezy World Peace. Here is what that CRAY Genius says “My New Years DJ name is gone be YEEZY WORLD PEACE! If you book me you have to put YEEZY WORLD PEACE on the E-vite. Or I ain’t spinning,” Kanye wrote on Twitter. “Ima need a stealth bomber and 2 bottled water #YEEZYWORLDPEACE’S RIDER.”

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Culture Music Video

French Montana & Waka Flocka’s feat Prodigy – Hell On Earth 2K11 [Official Video]

French Montana & Waka Flocka’s “Hell On Earth 2K11” music video featuring Prodigy Off their “Lock Out” mixtape hosted by Dj Drama & Dj Green Lantern.

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Culture Events Music Performance Swag Video

Big Sean – VEVO Go Shows: Celebrity

Check out Kanye West’s protege Big Sean performing Celebrity from his debut album Finally Famous. Uploaded on November 22nd 2011 as a private video and previously not available to view in our territory, the live performance was recorded for Vevo’s series of Go Shows. The short clip is narrated by Detroit rapper Big Sean himself as the visuals document the before during and after of the performance which appeared to spontaneously take place on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame. Check out the performance below.

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Mixtape Music Swag Video

50 Cent Put Your Hands Up

Another day another music video from Street King 50 Cent, in this video Curtis Jackson hosts a New York house party with his home boys and some beautiful thick chicks in support of the Big 10 Mixtape. Check out the latest visual for Put Your Hands Up produced by Jahlil Beats. Warning this is a banger.

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Music Swag Trailer Video

T.I. And Dr Dre Behind The Scenes Making Of – “F*ck Da City Up” MixTape

T.I. and Dr. Dre have been cooking up new music. In the second trailer for TIP’s upcoming Fuck Da City Up mixtape due New Years, T.I. goes hard in the paint in the studio with legendary Producer/Rapper Dr Dre as they collaborate on a hot unreleased track. Check out the behind the scenes footage after the jump.

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Music Video

LoveRance featuring 50 Cent – Up!

Check out the video for Beat the Pussy Up! Love Rance featuring 50 Cent

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Interview

JoJo Reveals Her Top 5 Albums of 2011

Check out which Albums qualified in Jojo’s list of Top 5 Albums of the year 2011. Do you agree with Jojo’s selections? Check out the short interview with rap-up.com below.

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Feature Menswear

Keeping it brief / All Black Eveything

The briefcase revival comes courtesy of the popularity of totes and messenger bags offering a more practical, sophisticated alternative to backpacks. Briefcases tend to be more complimentary and effectively reduce the amount of creases left on suit jackets as they are handheld, practical as well as timeless. Whether kept at home as a document holder or actively used on a daily basis while working in the city, your briefcase can be used as the ultimate power dressing accessory, a conversation piece that means business. What other way is there to complete a suave look but with a  briefcase. A worth while investment that is timeless and classic.

I-likeitalot.com Presents Top 5 briefcases for fall 2011

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Art Festival Video

Lil Wayne The Carter Documentary

For all those who have not seen Lil Wayne The Carter Documentary released in 2009 here is your opportunity to watch the full documentary below.