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Lil Wayne Crushes Oreo for Most Facebook Likes World Record

By Mary Phillips-SandyFeb 16th 2011 – 6:12PM

People like Lil Wayne more than they like Oreos, at least on Facebook. Today the rapper won the Guinness World Record for most Facebook likes on a single post in 24 hours, with 588,243 likes on this post. (It was up to 621,207 likes as of publication time.) As of Tuesday, Oreo had held the record, with 114,619 likes on...

B.o.B. Pulls a Kanye, Raps for Captive Audience on Delta Flight [VIDEO]

By David KnowlesFeb 7th 2011 – 4:24PM

Is it in-flight entertainment, or just another annoying interruption from the crew? Following in the footsteps of Kanye West, Atlanta-based rapper B.o.B. treated passengers aboard a Delta flight bound for Los Angeles to a live performance of his song "Airplanes." The thematic coupling appears to have been thought out in...

Lil Wayne's 'Green and Yellow' and 4 Other Ill-Advised Super Bowl Songs [VIDEOS]

By David KnowlesFeb 4th 2011 – 2:40PM

Make. It. Stop. With the release of "Green and Yellow," rapper Lil Wayne has entered a dubious pool of songwriters who have crafted Super Bowl-themed tunes meant to rev up excitement for Sunday's big game. A musical response to Wiz Khalifa's "Black and Yellow," Weezy's freestyle composition is a Packers homage meant to...

WorldStarHipHop: 5 Facts About the Site 50 Cent Takes Credit for Shutting Down [VIDEOS]

By Mary Phillips-SandyJan 24th 2011 – 5:48PM

WorldStarHipHop.com, which billed itself as "the CNN of urban media," is offline as of today, with no official explanation for its disappearance. On Twitter, meanwhile, a famous rap star stepped forward to take credit for the site's demise. Reveling in his apparent influence, 50 Cent tweeted the following message to his...

40 Glocc, Rapper Who Dissed Lil Wayne, Arrested on Gun Charges, Like Lil Wayne

By Mary Phillips-SandyJan 24th 2011 – 4:39PM

In what may be the least-shocking news of the day, 40 Glocc, the rapper who nicknamed himself after a semiautomatic weapon, was arrested for allegedly carrying -- wait for it -- a semiautomatic weapon. San Bernardino, Calif., police arrested Glocc (birth name: Lawrence White) after finding a loaded 9-millimeter handgun in...

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