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Rapsody interviews on self-questioning, false measurements, and documenting her humanness on new album Please Don’t Cry



TAOD: "Fans made it unenjoyable" -Big Daddy Kane on Drake vs. Kendrick this season



CKTV: "Ain't no money in the streams for us but it's money in subscriptions for them... take control of your culture... don't allow them to stream your sh** for free" -Scarface



Business of Music: War of the royalties = Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) vs. Digital Media Organizations (DiMA) Spotify, Pandora, Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Feed FM, etc.)



TSASS: "That apology was bulls--t!"; Stephen A. Smith blitz Diddy's public responses to Cassie abuse and recent video release



*VIDEO: Lauryn Hill and YG Marley live performance on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show



BREAKING NEWS: Did Slim Shady die a normal death? Ad, obituary, trailer piques the good-folk interests



B.G.: "There is nothing criminal about being a rapper or entertainer."; regarding supervised post-jail compliance



NO PAUSE: Iran's criminal sentencing of "corruption of earth" against protesting musicians include writing a song about human-rights violations by the United States government



Asserting Worst Behavior and Hypocrisy: Tupac's estate refer to Drake infamous use of AI for rap beef = "dismayed and disappointed"



CDD: CreateSafe using AI to music match indie vocalists and producers, and digital commerce



Entanglement from then to now; the Music Industry and the Internet



CKTV: Indie artist hit with $850K Sony infringement suit; eventhough Distrokid sold the sample pack to indie artist



TSASS: "young kids need to see just because you might have a couple of watches, a Ferrari, that don't hone your skills; you can't hide behind diamonds, glitz, and gold" -Jadakiss on rap beef



ITI Episode: Shyne re-alludes being Diddy’s fall guy, DJ Akademiks and Trump Jr., Gillie Ain’t Sold on current Rap Beef, baby drama with Jeezy & Jeannie Mai



MC Lyte talks "Woman", up-coming album, advice for new artists



Back Outside: The Girll Codee on On The Radar Radio podcast



Rap Video Commentary: #DamnDiddy - The FBI Shake

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T4A: Vin Rock of Naughty By Nature on publishing, "it's [your] money left on the table”



WTB: Diddy situation: "this serious serious... ain't civil no mo', this criminal"


