*Former Fugees member Lauryn Hill took the stage at the FESPAD Festival in Kigali, Rwanda on Sunday – the same day her new track “Repercussions” leaked onto the Internet. [Listen below.]

Hill will be part of the Rock the Bells tour launching next month featuring Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Called Quest and Slick Rick, among others.

LAURYN HILL - REPERCUSSIONS!

New ICE CUBE!!!! DRINK THE KOOL-AID!

Is Cube dissing Dr. Dre?

Ice Cube drops a new single “Drink The Kool-Aid” from his upcoming album, I Am the West, dropping September 28th.

[ICE CUBE - DRINK THE KOOLAID]

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Some fans thought this particular song was dissing Dr. Dre....Cube rapped the lines, "I ain't the doctor/ This ain't the patient/ This ain't that n---a always on vacation/ This ain't no white boy's rehabilitation/ This is crazier then a boatful of Haitians."

But Cube denies that this was a Dre diss. He states on his blog, ""I met Dr. Dre in the studio last night. When I got there, Snoop was in the booth laying the finishing touches on another classic from the dynamic duo. He played me some tracks set for the up-and-coming Detox record and we talked about me jumping on board the project. Of course I talked about him doing sh-- on my record and he said he'd bless the album."

Cube adds, "It felt like old times when me and Dre would work on sh-- in Eazy's cold ass garage. He asked me did I diss him during the Paid Dues show last Saturday. I did one of my new songs called 'Drink the Kool-Aid,' which got everybody thinking I'm dissing the whole industry...lol. 'You internet roaches...' I told Dre that I'd never diss the man that got me started.

"No disses. Just style and grace," he added.

(SOURCE: VH1)

From their 9th studio album 'How I Got Over' released June 22, 2010 on Def Jam Recordings. Production for the album was primarily handled by band members Black Thought and Questlove during 2008 to 2009. The track that samples Joanna Newsom's "Book of Right-On," a track featured on her 2004 release The Milk-Eyed Mender, as well as new overdubs for the track, The Root's versions appear under the title 'Right On' here. The hook is sick!

THE ULTIMATE BLAST FROM THE PAST!!!

COMMON - I USED TO LOVE HER

Why don't they make music like this anymore??? This is a freakin' classic and a gemstone in rap music. Common needs to re-release this one as it is more than still relevant. With this hit, Common represented and still represents the true essence of Hip Hop~

Bun B's and Dj Premier's tribute to Guru...and it goes hard. Bun B's album - Trill O.G. drops at the end of this month. I can't wait!

[BUN B / DJ PREMIER - LET EM KNOW]

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Three 6 Mafia ft Waka Flocka -

Keep My Name Out Yo' Mouth!! {New Music}!!

Image Credit: © Rick Diamond/WireImage.com

I ain't heard from these guys in a while. This baseline is SICK!!

[3-6 Mafia ft. Waka Flocka - Keep My Name Out Yo Mouth!]

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I PARTIED MY ASS OFF!!!

AT THE LISA RAYE'S B2B (BACK 2 BUSINESS) MIXDOWN PARTY!! IN PUERTO RICO!!!

[Photo by @Kodakboi on Twtter and at KiddUNot.com] 

I’m" smoking" a cigar as I write this cause now I feel more like a real Boss after attending Lisa Raye’s 1^st Annual B2B (Back 2 Business) Mixdown Party in Puerto Rico. All I can say what a way to begin the summer of 2010!

[Lisa Ford & Lisa Raye at LRaye's Business & Empowerment meeting]

The island of Puerto Rico is too beautiful to describe with words.  San Juan looks like Miami did back in the 70’s when the Cocaine Cowboys ran the city. I was naturally intoxicated because I felt like I was dead-smack in the middle of a Scarface movie.  And that’s how the trip played out….like a wild movie.

"Puffing"...Lisa Raye was beautiful and dressed in white the entire time. Remember when Scarface’s girlfriend came down in the elevator in a long silk white dress, Lisa Raye reminded me of Michelle Pfifer’s character in the movie. And things happened to her like it would in a Scarface movie. Some people at the San Juan airport stole her bag full of million-dollar Jewelry. But like a bad female Boss, Lisa Raye got her jewels back. True Story

[Lisa Ford and Comediane Queen Aishah ...Twitter @QueenAishah]

I was sipping on Nuvo most of the time thanks to Publicist, Jada Kemp from PRDivaAssociates, whose idea it was to bring it with us…because I sure coudln't find any in San Juan.  Now really intoxicated at the the B2B event, what I wanted to do even more was party with the Natives. Eventually I did party with some real Gangster-folk from the island, but I wondered why they weren’t solicited to come in the first place to come to the B2B event. The Caribe Hilton Resort was only filled with us glamorous people aka tourists. (See below for some cool people to follow on Twitter...me and my friends were the Hottest!).

 Of course, Trina would have easily claimed the Hottest spot if she showed up. We were all there to ball with her, but I guess things didn’t fall through. It didn’t matter though, especially when Lil Kim arrived She didn’t perform either, but having her there made this experience feel more like the movie we were in. 

Lisa Raye had a comedy show featuring Kevin Hart. The other 'movie stars' at the weekend event included; THE CORE DJ's, Queen Aishah,  Chris Spencer, Angela Yee,  Bryant McKinnie from the Minnesota Vikings, and Rosa Acosta.

As far as how all the events went down, not everything happened according as planned.  There was a lot of shadiness going on behind the scenes that I'm choosing not to write about it. After I attended Lisa Raye’s Business & Empowerment Panel meeting, some of it didn't matter anymore, anyways.

Lisa Raye, however, followed up with an star-studded All White Diamond Party. It was fun as hell and of course, the television crew was in the building from her reality TV show “The Real McCoy” on TV ONE (the entire time). I left early because I had other plans.

[in this pic @bailbondlady916 & @lisafordblog on Twitter]

The cigar I'm "smoking" right now isn't Cuban like the ones Scarface smoked...it's Puerto Rican. I eventually found a native party at Club Brava at the  El San Juan Hotel. Didn't get back to my room until it was time to fly back. What went down makes me hope Lisa Raye do it all again next summer. I just wanna say, all in all, I had one of the best times of my life~

More people to follow on Twitter: @MsPrDiva .... @2tblue .... @Ms1lady

To see all the pics of Puerto Rico, click HERE (blog's Facebook page)

NE-YO ft RICK ROSS - CHAMPAGNE LIFE Remix (new music)!!

I'm not a huge fan of Ne-Yo but the Bawse gave him a little swag this time around~

[NE-YO ft. RICK ROSS - CHAMPAGNE LIFE RMX]

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Janelle Monae Feat. B.o.B & Lupe Fiasco – Tightrope Remix (Video)

She murdered the Prince performance and the BET awards last week. Now here Janelle is again killing another performace. The song and the video are HOT! The ArchAndroid in stores now.

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LISA FORD'S ON-CAMERA INTERVIEWS!!

Above is Nelly, Keri Hilson, T-Pain, Ms. Berry, and Bow Wow.

Below is Jay Blues Band.

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