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Master P sits down for an interview with Bakari Kitwana and discusses his new cable network.

Wow, I didn’t see this one coming at all.

A Grammy Award-winning rapper and music producer originally sentenced to 14 years in prison for smuggling cocaine is one of 16 people receiving pardons or reduced sentences from President Bush.

John Edward Forte of North Brunswick, N.J., a graduate of the elite Phillips Exeter Academy prep school who later became a producer for the rap group The Fugees and released two albums on his own, was caught in 2000 at Newark International Airport with two briefcases filled with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine, according to court documents.

He’ll be home on December 22.

I wonder who lobbied W. on his behalf?

Props to Rami for the tip.

I have no idea what’s going on here other than Mr. and Mrs. Jones don’t look happy to have a mic shoved in their faces.

Props to mclapa

Still waiting for Detox? Yeah, me neither. But those of you who are can blame Marshall for it’s most recent delay.

Speaking to Billboard, Jimmy Iovine explained:

I’ll tell you about Eminem. We only tried to put him out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire. Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem. Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem’s album. Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That’s how we lost Dre.

So what’s the status of Dre’s record?

Dre’s going back in in January. He’ll be finished with Eminem by then, and he’ll finish his album.

Link: Iovine Talks Axl, U2, Dre, Eminem

MC Breed Passes Away

Here’s the full 28 minutes of Tip’s testimony from earlier today.

Tip took the stand earlier this morning at the Hamilton County Court in Cincinnati as a witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of Hosea Thomas, the man accused of shooting his childhood friend Philant Johnson to death in May of 2006. He told the court that he felt like the bullets that killed his friend were meant for him and he described what happened inside the van he was riding in during the shootout between Thomas and his camp.

T.I. says he took cover in a van when it was struck by bullets during the chase. He described seeing his friend after their van pulled over. He said Johnson was lying lifeless, blood running down his face from a shot into his left temple.

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Rashid drops by Wheeless Road Elementary School in Agusta Georgia to speak to the kids about our new president and tell them to stay in school. He also spits the first rhyme he ever wrote for them.

Read the story: Rapper shares keys to success with pupils

Previously: Common Has Excellent Taste in Blogs

Here’s the cover, tracklist, and press release for the new compilation album Ghost is dropping on December 16th.

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Would you look at this shit. The brother of the dude who allegedly shot and killed Tip’s man Philant back in ‘06 flipped on his own flesh and blood and took the stand today.

Hosea Thomas, Gosselin said, was hit in the head with a bottle while inside Roselawn’s Club Ritz, where T.I. and his crew were attending an afterparty following a concert at Bogart’s.

That started a fight that resulted in patrons pouring out of the club. Within minutes, T.I.’s two vans were chased by a green Jeep Cherokee and the shooting took place.

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