50 Cent’s upcoming album, Curtis, has a June 26 release date set

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50 Cent’s upcoming album, Curtis, has a June 26 release date set. The project, which was previously titled Before I Self Destruct, features guest spots by 50 veterans Eminem and Mary J. Blige as well as new collaborators Justin Timberlake, Akon, Robin Thicke and the Pussycat Dolls’ Nicole Scherzinger. ….

Jin puts together a song in response to the Virginia Tech massacre

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Asian-American rapper Jin has put together a song in response to the Virginia Tech massacre. In Rain Rain Go Away, the New York-based artist raps a heartfelt elegy to the victims and mulls the question resounding across the country: How did it come to this?
Recently, on Jin’s MySpace, Jin mentioned that he is working on another English album.
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T.I. Has ‘Big Things Poppin’ ‘ With Mannie Fresh, Himself On T.I.P.

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NEW YORK — T.I. is just about done with his T.I. vs. T.I.P. album, due sometime in late June or early July.

He’s already recorded with Eminem, Nelly and Ciara among other guest stars, and the first single is ready to hit radio, officially debuting April 17 (see “T.I. Taking On T.I.P. With Help From Eminem, Justin Timberlake”). The song is another collaboration for the King of the South and Mannie Fresh and is called “Big Things Poppin’ ” — the clean version of the record, anyway.
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