The 2011 HipHopDX Year End Awards

From December 19 to December 23, HipHopDX will be giving you the annual award winners and two runners up for what our veteran staff determine to be the best of the best in 2011, a great year for music.
Welcome to the 2011 HipHopDX Year End Awards. For the last decade, this is when we acknowledge the year, honor its triumphs and uglier moments, and begin our own celebrations leading up to another exciting year giving you the best in Hip Hop.
From December 19 to December 23, the editors at HipHopDX will update this every day with new category winners. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up and may all of our readers have a safe and happy holiday season.

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50 Cent Signs Female Rapper Paris To G-Unit Record

Fif adds another artist to his growing roster.
50 Cent has been on a signing spree as of lately, recruiting Kidd Kidd and Genasis for G-Unit Records and DJ Pauly D for G-Note Records. Now, he's bringing another rapper to the label, adding Queens, New York native Paris to the team.
"I got a new female artist I signed to G-Unit Records. Her name is Paris," said Fif. "She’s from Southside Jamaica, Queens. She’s been around for a while, I’ve actually known her for quite some time. If you’re a G-Unit fan and you listen, there’s a song [called "Kitty Kat"] that goes ‘Ow, I need cash for my kitty cat, ow,’ that was actually Paris’ performance back then. She came and did vocals for us on that record. But now, she’s ready so you’re going to see Paris."
The rapstress, known as Precious Paris, most recently released her mixtape Bad By Myself last year. Watch 50 announce the signing below.

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10 Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa

According to forbes a Highly rated magazine, the list of 40 Most Powerful Celebrities were recently released.In the Top 10 alone ,there are no less than seven musicians from around the continent who made the list.
They include the Princess of Africa;Yvonne chaka Chaka,Lonel singer Akon and Nigeri’s Femi-kuti.Now who says Nigerian artistes are not Recognized but the Highest ranking musician on the the List is Senegalese Yossou N’Dour who made all the way to number two on the list…..
Check out the List below;
1. Chinua Achebe(Novelist) from Nigeria
2. Yousso n’Dour(Musician) from Senegal
3. Didier Drogba(soccer player) from Ivory coast
4. Angeliqe kidjo(musician) from Beninoise
5. Akon(Musician) from Senegal
6. Wole Soyinka(Nobel Laurette) from Nigeria
7. Salif Keita(Musician) from Mali
8.Yvonne Chaka chaka(Musician) from South Africa
9.Oumou Sangare(Musician) from Mali
10. Femi-Kuti(Musician) from Nigeria
Now we see a Nigerian topping the List and also in the sixth position which still points to the fact that We are the Giant of Africa Irrespective of what the Country may have been tagged as.The List still continues on and on like that

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NICKI MINAJ ORIGINALLY WROTE I'M A BOSS FOR LILWAYNE

The young money rapstress says she recorded the song for weezy but that he passed on it.
while on the set of birdman yu mad.nickiminaj claimed that rickross recently released i'm a boss that was intended for lilwayne.Speaking on mTv news the harajuku barbie spoke in the third person about the song's trajectory and that it is actually three years old.
you know what is interesting about the song she said.nicki already did the song for wayne two years ago.And it was just lingering and she bave it to rickRoss

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LAPD DETECTIVES CLAIM SEAN COMBS&SUGE KNIGHT ORCHESTRATED 2PAC&BIGGIE'S MURDERS

LAPD Homicide Detective Claims Sean Combs & Suge Knight Orchestrated 2Pac & Biggie Murders
by Sola small
Detective Greg Kading says that key documents have been concealed.
In his upcoming book Murder Rap, due October 4th, former LAPD Homicide Detective Greg Kading claims that the police department has “extensive tapes and documents” with confessions from those involved in the murders of Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G.
According to LA Weekly, Kading was cut from the case right when he was approaching closing the file. An informant told Kading that he was offered $1 million to kill Tupac and Suge Knight, and that Sean “Diddy” Combs commissioned ‘Pac’s murder in September 1996.
Additionally, Suge Knight’s baby’s mother, identified as Theresa Swann, reveals that the former Death Row Records kingpin gave her the money to pay gang member Wardell “Poochie” Fouse to kill Biggie.
Combs responded to the claims via email, stating, “This story is pure fiction and completely ridiculous.”
ED: Tupac Murder Report Based On Fraudulent Documents?

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