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Brooklyn hard rock, Papoose, continues his annual lyrical roundup with "2011 Obituary." Taking a look back, Pap pays his respects to fallen soldiers lost in the field last year, over Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's memorable "Crossroads" track.

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It's 2012 and Saigon is ready to re-up. The Yardfather is teaming with Just Blaze to release Warning Shots 3: One Foot in the Grave, the third installment of his popular mixtape series. Earlier this week RapFix debuted “I Am 4 Real,” the first leak from the project, and now Sai let's go of the official mixtape trailer.

Tags Saigon, Warning Shots 3, yardfather

Christmas in Hollis just got a lot merrier. Queens rapper Consequence can now peacefully usher in the New Year after he buried his beef with cousin Q-Tip following months of fighting within the family. Cons confirmed the union sending out a statement along with a photo of the two alongside Cons' newborn child. "After a very intense & extensive meeting, Q-Tip & myself have resolved our public & private issues," Consequence said in a statement. "With so many manufactured "beefs" in Hip-Hop, this situation was very real and shows that their can be resolution through humility & dialogue. Check out this pic of us welcoming my son Caiden into our historic fold." Read more...

Tags Consequence, Kanye West, Q-Tip, RapFix Live, Sway

By Nadeska Alexis

T.I. and B.o.B are both gearing up to release solo projects next year, and since they’re already spending so much time in the studio together, they decided to collaborate on a joint album as well. They’ve revealed that the LP will be called The Man and the Martian and Tip says that the album will be a true blend of their respective sounds. “Initially I’m the Man and he’s the Martian—to the naked eye,” T.I. told MTV News. “But once you scratch beneath the surface, you’ll find that he’s the Man sometimes and I’m the Martian.” Read more...

Tags b.o.b., strange clouds, T.I., the man and the martian, trouble man

(Mac Miller's homecoming concert in Pittsburgh)

By Rob Markman

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-- Who says you can't go back home?

It's been a long journey for Pittsburgh's Mac Miller who started his rap career while in high school, pushing mixtapes and performing in quaint local venues like the Shadow Lounge. But on Friday night (December 9) Miller, who spent years in his native city trying to find his voice, returned to his hometown a hero performing the first of two tour-closing shows at the Burgh's Stage AE venue. Read more...

Tags A Tribe Called Quest, Al B. Sure!, Biz Markie, Blue Slide Park, check the rhyme, concert, dj clockwork, donald trump, frick park market, k.i.d.s., Mac Miller, make-a-wish, Pac Div, Pittsburgh, stage ae

By Nadeska Alexis

50 Cent’s Big 10 mixtape is set to drop on Friday (December 9) at 12 p.m. and the G-Unit CEO will use the new project to introduce his label’s new female rapper Precious Paris. During the launch party for his SMS Audio headphones line in NYC this week, Fif told MTV News that he plans to release an accompanying video to the track, for full effect. Read more...

Tags 50 Cent, G-Unit, Notorious B.I.G., precious paris, The Big 10

(50 Cent on Pauly D's upcoming album)

By Nadeska Alexis

Pauly D's deal with 50 Cent's G-Notes Records was finally confirmed this week after a few months of hints and speculations. Now, Fif has his sights set on releasing a hit album. At the launch party for his SMS Audio headphones line in NYC on Monday night, the G-Unit CEO gave MTV News a few details on Pauly D's upcoming album, due out in 2012. "Pauly's project is not all his performance on the actual records," Fif explained. "It's more like what you would get from a DJ Khaled or DJ Drama but also what you would get from David Guetta — so it's a cross between those two worlds, and I think it's exciting." Read more...

Tags 50 Cent, G-Note Records, Jersey Shore, Pauly D

(T.I. on the differences between a hip-hop show and a Taylor Swift show)

By Nadeska Alexis

One of the first phone calls T.I. received in late September, after completing an 11-month prison sentence, was from pop princess Taylor Swift. Swift requested that Tip join her for a duet on his single “Live Your Life,” during the Atlanta stop on her Speak Now tour, and so he did. The collabo was T.I.’s first post-release performance and if fans were surprised by it, then the Grand Hustle CEO was floored. "I was pleasantly surprised and confused," T.I. tells MTV News, of receiving the phone call from Swift. "I was confused because I know it's a phenomenal opportunity, but being T.I. — the Rubberband Man — and Taylor Swift being America's Sweetheart, I had just gotten out of prison like two days [earlier] and all of a sudden my phone rings." Read more...

Tags T.I., t.i. and tiny: the family hustle, Taylor Swift

(Pusha T on the set of 'What Dreams Are Made Of')

By Nadeska Alexis

While he continues to roll out singles and videos from his recent EP Fear Of God II: Let Us Pray, Pusha T is also spending time in the studio recording tracks for his upcoming debut album and the first official G.O.O.D. Music album, both due out in 2012. When MTV News caught up with him on the video set of “What Dreams Are Made Of,” in New York last week, the Clipse rapper gave an update on the status of both projects. Read more...

Tags Big Sean, good music, Kanye West, No I.D., Pusha-T, The Neptunes, Watch The Throne

(Floyd Myers On Heavy D's final album 'Love Opus')

By Dionne Buxton

Friends, family and fans continue to mourn the loss of hip-hop legend, Heavy D, but his brother Floyd Myers would like the public to take comfort in the fact that Heav was all about the music, up until his last breath. MTV News caught up with Myers during a memorial service for the late rapper in Mount Vernon, New York, where he talked proudly about the Overweight Lover’s final album Love Opus. Read more...

Tags floyd myers, Heavy D, love opus