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The late Adam Yauch covers the latest issue of Rolling Stone.

Brian Hiatt examines the many lives of late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch in the new issue of Rolling Stone, on sale May 25th. The story looks back on Yauch’s extraordinary career and remarkable personal growth as he moved on from his band’s loutish, hard-partying Licensed to Ill phase on to spiritual enlightenment in the latter half of his all-too-brief life… more

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The artists are: Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, Skrillex, Miike Snow, Afrojack, Calvin Harris, Odd Future, D’Angelo, Maybach Music (feat. Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill), Passion Pit, Santigold, Dirty Projectors, X, Janelle Monae, Prince Royce, Rita Ora, Savoy (DJ set), The Knocks

More performers will be announced soon.

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The problems for Young Buck continue.

The rapper appeared in Youtube vlog (see below) over the weekend, revealing that he is slated to service some time behind bars soon … in two months. In the clip, Buck asks that fans hold him down when he goes in two months from now. But, he doesn’t specific how long he’ll be incarcerated.

“I got to go to the penitentiary in like two months. F*** with me for real, hold me down,” Buck says. “And when I get out of the penitentiary, all you rap n****s better get the f*** out the way. I ain’t even gonna say no names, but it’s a good thing I’m about to go to the penitentiary.”

In early 2011, Buck was indicted on weapons charges, including being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, stemming from a search of his Nashville home in August 2010 by the IRS, in which a .40-caliber pistol was found.

Reports said he faced up to 10 years in prison. However, it’s unclear if his upcoming prison stay is related to the weapons charges.

In addition to prison time, Buck was evicted from his Tennessee home last week as part of his bankruptcy proceedings, reports TMZ.

Court docs show that the judge in Buck’s case signed off on the sale of the house, and ordered that the proceeds go towards paying off his massive $333,975.69 debt to the IRS.

TMZ says Buck purchased the home back in 2004.

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Nas graces the Complex cover once again and speaks on many topics from Divorce, to the rap game and more.

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Bebe Rexha rocks with Pete Wentz’s band Black Cards. Look out for more music from her and Voli forthcoming.

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Jay spoke to MTV about the Nets logo design amongst other things. Here’s what he had to say:

“I wanted to make it really classic and strong, a throwback to Brooklyn and what we’re about,” Jay told MTV. “It’s real gritty and we’re not about flash — well, sometimes. Just the roots of Brooklyn as this very bold, strong, simple logo.

“It was really a take off the old subway signs, if you look at the old subway signs they were in black and white,” he continued. It was that strong, beautiful, iconic black and white. I wanted to pick something that would stand the test of time and be here forever.”

Source: MTV

If this ever takes place, then it will be something that many gravitate to.

“We got maybe four or five [songs] together,” the rapper said. “I just started working with Kendrick the other day. We got it in, finally, again.

“[It's gonna be an] album, man,” Cole continued. “We actually worked, bouncing ideas, which was great. The vibe was so good that it’s that’s absolutely gonna happen.”

“I’m not on Twitter no more, I’m not doing it and I’m not going to,” Cole said. “I’m sitting and on watching all these artists who I respect — some of them are big artists — on Twitter fighting for attention. Every tweet is like, I’m looking for attention. Retweet me! It comes from this place of fear, like I don’t want people to forget about me. But really, your body of work speaks for you, so it’s doing work even when you’re not knowing it. But, because people ain’t talking about you on Twitter or your mixtape ain’t trending, you feel a certain kind of way. But when it’s my time, I’m gonna load up all my clips and I’m gonna empty ‘em out.”

This is not good news for the young star. I hope he doesn’t end up like Brandon Roy and Greg Oden.

When Chicago Bulls superstar Derrick Rose when down with an injury late last month, during the first round of the NBA Playoffs, no one knew the severity of the injury.

Reports are now coming in, and it looks like the 23-year-old NBA star may miss some games next season, possibly all of them.

Rose underwent surgery to repair his left ACL on Saturday (May 12), and doctors say he’s expected to be out of commission for 8-12 months.

“Derrick is doing great,” Dr. Brian Cole told ESPN.com on Tuesday (May 15) at a press conference at Rush University Medical Center. “The surgery went extremely well. Really no surprises. It was pretty routine. (more…)

I’m looking forward to the Newark, NJ dates for the 2012 RTBs. (more…)

Janet Jackson has revealed that she has started work on a new album.

The singer explained that the record is in its early stages and as yet has no release date.

She told That Grape Juice: “It’s in the beginning stages. I’ve been putting it together. I’ve been working on that and directing. And also I just did a deal with Lionsgate, so I’ve been producing, putting all that together.

“[I'm] starting the process of getting the songs, of getting everything together for the album.”

Asked about her recording process, she said: “It really starts with my life, and where I am in my life at that moment. And that’s the beginning of the energy, the beginning of the process.

“I need to make sure I start feeling that thing when I sit and write. That’s where true love begins.”

The star also revealed that she is a fan of Adele and Bruno Mars, explaining: “I think he’s absolutely wonderful. He’s very talented and I love how he’s kind of low-key about it. It’s nice.”

The album will be Jackson’s eleventh set after 2008′s Discipline, which topped the US Billboard chart, shifting 500,000 copies.

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