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UPDATE: ITunes Stays In Business After Fee Hike Denied

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

After Apple recently threatened to shut down their popular online digital seller iTunes yesterday, the Copyright Royalty Board has ruled against raising the fee from 9 cents per song for recorded music.

PULSE REPORT: Lil' Wayne & Jim Jones Challenge Jay-Z To A Swag-Off, T.I. Gives Weezy A Pass, Ye's HBO Show Gets Shelved, Memphis Bleek Washes, Rinses & Repeats

Written By Archie Fucque

In this week’s Pulse Report the streets are buzzing about Lil’ Wayne joining forces with Jim Jones for a “Swagger Like Us” showdown against Jay-Z, T-Pain’s vocoder receiving a vote of confidence from T.I. on "The Parker Report," Kanye West losing his bid to become an HBO star and Memphis Bleek explaining why he appeared in a shampoo commercial.

NEWS: Buckshot Released From Hospital, Says Label Rep

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

One week after being hospitalized due to health related issues, Boot Camp Clik leader Buckshot is back home.

NEWS: Diddy To Sarah Palin, “You Scare Me”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

On the heels of the Vice Presidential debate,airing tonight at 9 p.m., hip-hop mogul Diddy continues to voice his opinion on the candidates, particularly Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin.

GUEST STAR BLOG: T.I. Gets "Serious" About Paper Trail[Video]

Not one to brag, T.I.'s not about to go over the top to sell you on his new album Paper Trail. Instead he'll refer you to one of his past albums, I'm Serious, to help you get the picture.

NEWS: The Cool Kids Lace Up, Hit NBA 2K9 Tour

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Mid-Western rap duo The Cool Kids will headline the 4th annual Bounce Tour to help promote the upcoming basketball videogame NBA 2K9 dropping next week.

Gyant Scoop Blog: Awwww Sh*t! Is Jay-Z About To Build Up His Broadway Swagger?

Written By Gyant

Could Jigga be trying his hand at a Broadway play?

NEWS: iTunes Threatens To Close Shop

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

A decision ruling on whether or not to raise the fee for recorded music has tempted Apple to threaten the shutdown of their popular online digital seller iTunes today.

SOHH WHATCHU SAYIN'!?... Nelly [VIDEO]

Nelly shows his support for Barack Obama and speaks out against the ugly politics of this presidential contest, including the infamous T-shirt depicting Obama as the cartoon monkey Curious George.

ATL Blog: T.I., Drama, Kuntry King and Alphamega Talk Vocoder, Plus, Shakim Gives Us Another SOHH Atlanta Music Mix!

Written By SOHH Gyant

T.I., Alphamega, DJ Drama and Kuntry King all stopped through Erik Parker's popular "Parker Report". And the subject of the day was T-Pain and that damn Vocoder. Check out what they had to say below.

SALES WRAP: Pussycat Dolls Make A Splash At No. 5, Jazmine Sullivan Surprises W/ Top 10 Debut, Joe Thomas Sings Familiar Tune At No. 8

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

In this week’s Sales Wrap, the Pussycat Dolls make their return landing at No. 5, Jazmine Sullivan can sell debuting at No. 6 and Joe Thomas finds his way back in to Top 10.

NEWS: Kanye West & 50 Cent Expected To Save Ailing Music Industry

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Record labels are approaching another financially weak year, as a minimum of 200 million albums in the last quarter is now required in order to break even with last year’s low total.

Gyant Scoop Blog: Diddy Employee Stalks Pharrell For Deal, Aubrey O'Day Out Of Danity Kane?

Written By Gyant

It looks like working for Diddy can boost your ego a bit too much.

NEWS: Ludacris Drops Limited Edition Fitted, Album Date Pushed Back

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Hip-Hop entrepreneur Ludacris continues to expand his business ventures by becoming the first Southern artist to release his own limited edition New Era fitted hat.