Hot 107.9's DJ J-1 was out in L.A. for the 2010 BET Awards, deejaying the Interscope Records pre-party at the world renowned Mr. Chow's in Beverly Hills. Check out Atlanta's own Roscoe Dash performing "All The Way Turnt Up" at the party!

Def Jam Records held a pre-BET Awards party in L.A. featuring a few of its artists, including Atlanta's own Big Boi of OutKast. The show also featured Big Sean and Jermiah. Big Boi closed out the show doing a melody of OutKast hits and songs from his solo album, "Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty," due out July 6th.

The documentation of rock and roll’s Black roots should come as no surprise to anyone with an Internet connection and a thirst for musical knowledge, but many are unaware of the band Death and the role that they played in shaping the sound of 1970s proto-punk music.

Lil Wayne is congratulating his Young Money family while he still remains incarcerated at New York’s Rikers Island correctional facility. The third letter from Wayne since his March 8th incarceration shows the rapper giving props to Drake and Nicki Minaj for taking home BET Awards.

The Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today the sentencings of two gang members, including the infamous Ronnie Thomas, known as Skinny Suge, the producer of the Stop Snitching videos.

We had a feeling there was more to this story. While fans have been going back and forth about whether Chris Brown’s tears were heartfelt or just a publicity stunt, Atlanta R&B singer Lloyd says he told the controversial singer that he had "to really show his heart out to the world" and "cry."

While Kenna Zemedkun – better known simply by his stage name of Kenna – has an international background that spans from Ethiopia to England, but his real musical birthplace is in Virginia Beach.

What was surprising about the 2010 BET Awards is that we didn't see Jay-Z, Beyonce or Rihanna. Coincidence? Perhaps not! Mediatakeout.com is saying they got a report saying Hov, Ri Ri, and Bey boycotted the awards because Chris Brown was performing.

Retired rapper turned songwriter/producer Rico Love talks about working with Chris Brown and says that his latest album wasn't given a fair chance.

T.I and Chelsea Handler have an interesting connection. Whenever they are together it's full of humor and sexual innuendos. They joke openly about their "relationship" and keeping it a secret from Tiny. Watch Chelsea interview TIP here!

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According to TMZ Joe Jackson's lawyer will interview a stripper who not only claims Dr. Conrad Murray was at a strip club hours before Michael Jackson died, but that she was at Michael Jackson's house after being invited by the doctor.