PHOTOS: Phyno, Omawumi, Timaya, Wizkid other stars storm BeatFM as it turns 5

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Celebrities including Wizkid, Timaya, Omawumi, Waje, Skales, Bovi, Basketmouth, Jaywon, Skuki, Cynthia Morgan, Illbliss, Phyno, Sound Sultan, Mocheddah, Praiz and DJ Jimmy Jatt stormed Beat FM today as the station turned 5. See the photos after the cut.

Drake leads BET Hip-hop award nominations

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This year Drake leads the BET Hip Hop Awards 2014 with eight impressive nominations for ‘Best Hip Hop Video’, ‘Best Live Performer’, ‘Lyricist of the Year’, ‘MVP of the Year’, ‘Album of the Year’, ‘Hustler of the Year’, ‘Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse’, and the coveted ‘People’s Champ Award.’ Followed by Jay Z, Future and Pharrell who each received six nods; Nicki Minaj, Rich Homie Quan and YG garnered five HHA nominations.

The awards will be taped on Saturday 20 September at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, USA for the ninth year running. The awards will premiere on Friday 17 October on BET in Africa.

Here is the full list of nominees:

Forbes list of the World's Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artists 2013

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Diddy tops this year’s Forbes list of hip-hop’s top earners, pulling in $50m over the past 12 months - June 2012 - 2013. See the top 20 highest paid hip-hop artists below...

1.Diddy - $50million
2. Jay Z - $43million
3. Dr Dre - $40million
4. Nicki Minaj - $29million
5. Birdman - $21million
6. Kanye West - $20million
7. Lil Wayne - $16 million
8. Wiz Khalifa - $14million
9. Ludacris - $12 million
10. Pitbull - $11million
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Nas Honored As The Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship Is Established At Harvard University

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The two decade (plus) career of multi-platinum Def Jam Recordings artist Nas is at the heart of a joint announcement by the Hip-Hop Archive and the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, to establish the Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellowship.  The Fellowship will provide selected scholars and artists with an opportunity to show that “education is real power,” as it builds upon the achievements of those who demonstrate exceptional capacity for productive scholarship and exceptional creative ability in the arts, in connection with hip-hop. The mission of the Hip-Hop Archive is threefold: to seek projects from scholars and artists that build on the rich and complex hip-hop tradition; to respect that tradition through historically grounded and contextualized critical insights; and most importantly, to represent one’s creative and/or intellectually rigorous contribution to hip-hop and the discourse through personal and academic projects.  Personal projects of fellows may include manuscript projects, performance pieces, album work, curriculum planning, primary archival research, and exhibition preparation, among others.  

Burna Boy Release the Art work of his Debut Album

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Aristokrat Records is pleased to announce August 12th, 2013 as the release date for debut album of its leading act Burna Boy. The Album titled L.I.F.E which is an acronym for “Leaving an impact for eternity” embodies a total of 16 tracks all produced by the Aristokrat Super Producer Leriq. The album features industry heavyweights like Wizkid, Reminisce, MI, and Olamide.