>>Doug Morris adds more zeros to his next check. [About]

>>Are Curtis stans are too reluctant to come to terms with their man’s loss or did 50 really do some unprecedented damage overseas? Either way, Doug Morris won’t complain.[Vivendi]

>>In what has seems like an exciting exercise in democracy, hip-hop fashion mogul Marc Ecko is asking fans to decide on the fate of the Barry Bonds ball that broke Hank Aaron’s record. [Vote756]

>>Hip-hop haters, can’t please ‘em, can’t do without ‘em. Last thing I expected was to hear people gripe about Ultimate Victory being cuss-and-n-word free? [NY Daily News]

>>Preme Out the Box: A bunch of Premier-produced goodies. [Oh Word]

>>Fat Joe returns with The Elephant in the Room. [Billboard]

As the news of Graduation’s sales victory was hitting the streets, Big Brother and little brother were celebrating GQ’s 50th anniversary in New York city. See more photos of Kanye, Ye’s fiancee Alexis Phifer, Shawn, model Oluchi, Diddy, and L.A. Reid. (more…)

“Who you know nicer than Term, riddle me this. If you don’t say Rakim, you better say Kiss, Styles P, Kool G or Pac. Anybody else I put ‘em up in a box.”

According to iTunes, “So Amazing” is No.3 on my Top 25 Most Played Songs of 2007. Seriously, why hasn’t anyone signed this dude?

See also:

• Termanology - “Watch How It Go Down”
• Termanology - 50 Bodies Mixtape

::Kanyeezy and Latifah at the Emmys

>>Queen Latifah will return to save hip-hop. [Ballerstatus]

>>Kanye defeats Curtis in the U.K. [Billboard]

>>Curtis flips out and cancels European shows. He also accuses Def Jam of chart-riggin’ and whatnot. [Female First]

>>Jumpoff TV’s Weekly Hip-Hop Newscast. [Video]

>>“I once got busy at a Burger King bathroom.” From the group that brought you “UPS is Hiring” and “Battle of Billboardsburg” comes “Deconstructing Digital Underground.” [The Real]

>>What do GOP front-runners Romney, McCain, Giuliani, and Thompson have in common? They’re all scared of black people and thus will not debate on The Tavis Smiley Show. Maybe they consider it a waste of their invaluable time to debate in front of a demographic that won’t vote for them anyway. [Huff Po]

>>Nebraska state senator Ernie Chambers sues God to stop terrorist threats. [zshare]

>>Donny Goines - “Do It for Hip-Hop” [sendspace]

Diddy, Hov, and 50 - “I Get Money (Billion Dollar Remix)” [Get it]

Word has it that Big Brother didn’t clear little brother’s verse for this remix. Damn. Ye’s probably thinking: “F*ck it, I’m gon’ be No.1 on Forbes next year.”

Uh-oh, Esco is now threatening to go Hannibal Lecter on Bill O’Reilly. MTV decided to run some more classic quotes from the interview in which Nazz addressed O’Wiley prior to his VA Tech concert.

“I will tell him I’m an American psycho, I’m his worst nightmare. “They Shootin’ ” is just the beginning.

I don’t downplay nothing, that’s who I am. When he wants to come holla at me, be ready for Hannibal Lecter. He don’t deserve an intelligent explanation. I’ll bite his nose off! He wants to talk to me like a animal? I will be — but only to him. With everybody else I’ll be a gentleman, including his wife. That’s right — I’m crazy. That’s how we should be to him. He isn’t here to help us, and we don’t need his help.” [Full Story: MTV]

Is he back on the crack pipe or something?

It must feel good to have to perform your single live on air without worrying about bleeping out cuss words in between breaths.

One of the five students set to stand trial in the Jena 6 case can now breathe easy.
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It’s official. BET Hip-Hop Awards returns to Atanta for the second time in a row. The event will be hosted by Katt Williams again. And, T.I. is top nominee (9!) once more. Not to mention that they somehow managed to fill up the Hip-Hop Dance category for 07. Either hip-hop lives in the south or BET is allergic to change. Wait till Pimp C finds out.

• BET Hip-Hop Awards - Full Nominees

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