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| December 02/08 | Is Kanye West Done With Rap? | 
| With the release of his new auto-tune singing filled album, many rumors have started that Kanye West is done rapping, but are they true? The Observer newspaper quoted Kanye saying "hip-hop is over for me now" after a press conference in New Zealand [watch here] but Kanye quickly squashed that rumor.
"What does that mean," Ye' asked. "Hip-hop is over for me? I never said that." Kanye says the paper took him saying he didn't listen to rap at his apartment, out of text. "That quote is like so wrong," West responded. [watch here] "I never said that. I still listen to hip-hop in my car. I listen to old Wu-Tang or something while I’m designing and stuff like that. I really don’t listen to new hip-hop albums that come out like that. I really don’t learn the lyrics the way I used to learn the lyrics when I was 18 years old and stuff like that. Even albums like Lil Wayne‘s album, which I love, I couldn’t recite the raps for you. I’m just not in that position. Maybe I’m just busy. It disturbs me that they paraphrase me." [watch here]
| | December 02/08 | Akon Says T-Pain Is Greatest Hook King Ever | 
| Akon and T-Pain have joined Nate Dogg as the Hip-Hop hook kings of all time, although Akon doesn't think Nate Dogg compares to T-Pain and himself. "I mean it depends on what you consider to be a hook man," Akon tells XXL [watch here]. "Nate, I don’t think he’s any competition to what we’re doing right now. The West Coast, which was incredibly hot, there wasn’t nobody touching Nate Dogg at that time. I was around at that time. It wasn’t no getting through them doors." [watch here]
Akon did give Nate Dogg his props saying "Nate had it locked down, but I think as time started changing, I slowly took over because I came with more than just a hook. I came and gave you the song itself. When you came to Akon for a record, you’ll get the record, you’ll the track, you’ll get the song and the concept for it.” [watch here]
So who's the best of all time? Akon says that belongs to T-Pain. "If I had to give it personally to anybody, I would give it to T-Pain." [watch here] "I always looked at him as someone that can add a lot of color to someone’s record. I do it a lot of different ways, but I’m always thinking business when I’m doing it. Pain is doing it for the fun of it. I strategize differently. I do it according to what territories I need to take over. Pain does it just cause he loves to do it."
| | December 02/08 | Lil Wayne Issues Refunds, Takes 3rd In Digital Sales | 
| Lil Wayne will refund ticket buyers for the two concerts he postponed. The refund was reportedly ordered by New York's Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Weezy's publicist has already stated that the first concert was postponed because the equipment they provided didn't meet standards and the second show he had to put off due to his upcoming 'I Am Music' tour. Either way the Attorney General is pleased saying “Both Blue Cross Arena and Lil’ Wayne’s promoters are doing the right thing by refunding Rochester-area fans who purchased tickets to a performance that never took place."
In related news, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" was recently announced as the 3rd most downloaded album of 2008. Weey's album was only beat by Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" (which sold over 500,000 copies digitally and 2+ million total) and Jack Johnson's "Sleep Through The Static."
In related audio, a new song from Lil Wayne hit the net today. "Bang Bang" [listen here] features Jae Millz and Gudda Gudda so make sure you [listen here].
| | December 02/08 | Luda & Soulja Boy Perform At SEC Championship | 
| Ludacris and Soulja Boy will team up for a free concert put on by AT&T. The free show will follow this weekend's Southeastern Conference (SEC) football championship game in Georgia. "I'm excited to be helping AT&T recognize and celebrate the SEC Championship, which is such a time-honored tradition," Luda says. Soulja Boy also commented saying "I receive an amazing amount of love from the South when it comes to supporting my projects - especially in college football games where I see some of the players and fans doing my dances when they score."
In related news, Soulja Boy will participate in an upcoming charity event in Atlanta. Soulja Boy will be on hand at the Old National Highway's Wal-Mart on December 19th to help with gifts and sign copies of his new album. The toy run is part of the sixth annual "Toyz N Da Hood" event. "It's all about putting smiles on kids' faces this holiday season," Soulja Boy said in a statement. "I'm happy to do anything I can during these hard economic times to make a kid's holiday season a little brighter."
Other rappers that have participated in the event include Young Jeezy, Akon, Chris Brown, Mr. Collipark and Polow Da Don. Last year's event gave out over 20,000 toys.
In related news, a new video [watch here] hit the net today featuring Ludacris. In the video, Luda performs at Big Boy's Breakfast in Los Angeles to promote his new album. [watch here]
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