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Death Row memorabilia and awards are up for grabs to the highest bidder. And, we are talking platinum records, electric chairs, and Dre and Snoop’s Source awards: Continue »

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The coroner report came back on Dr. Dre’s son who suddenly died last year:

Dr. Dre’s son, Andre Young Jr., died from an overdose of heroin and morphine, the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday. “This case has been closed, it’s been ruled an accident due to morphine and heroin intoxication,” coroner spokesman Larry Dietz told PEOPLE. The drug test results had been pending for four months.

Young, 20, was found unresponsive by his mother, Jenita Porter, 40, in their Woodland Hills, Calif., home on the morning of Aug. 23.

Our prayers go out to the Young family. RIP.

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Busta Buss said this in a recent interview…

Trevor Smith – announced he was walking away from his Records contract last week, in favor of Universal Motown records. Rhymes signed to Dre’s Aftermath label in 2004, but four years on, his album blessed had still yet to be released. The label split is rumored to have been the result of a dispute between the star and Interscope boss Jimmy Iovine over the constant album delays. However during a New York radio interview this week, Rhymes claimed he and Dre will remain close, despite the label mess. He told Hot 97′s DJ Envy, “Me and Dre are still good. So even though I’m not in business with Aftermath or Interscope, I’m still with Aftermath. Me and Dre are always gonna be good.” And Rhymes took the opportunity to poke fun at his old label executives for providing him with the singles We Made It and Don’t Touch Me (Throw Da Water On ‘Em). He added: “Big up to Interscope for, you know, giving me the leaked joints and the set-ups. Now we gonna consider those the leaked joints.” Rhymes will now release his highly-anticipated new album on Universal, and has changed the title to B.O.M.B. (Back On My Bulls**t).

Busta is going on 36, all of the hit songs he has had you would think he would be able to retire by now and raise them kids instead of “looking for a new record deal”. That’s what it seems like Dre is doing. We guess he does look happy, but he probably “made” more money off of promotion. Give up the jewelery and retire.

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Dr. Dre’s 20 year-old son, Andre Young, Jr. was found dead at the age of 20. Click Here for more details on this devastating matter.

Our thoughts and prayers go to Dre and his family. R.I.P.

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Bugsy and Camel top Forbes list of “Hip-Hop’s Cash Kings”:

It’s been some year for Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter. In the past 12 months, the Brooklyn, N.Y.-born hip-hop demigod released a platinum album, signed a 10-year, $150 million deal with concert promoter Live Nation and tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Beyoncé Knowles. Quite a record. But only good enough for a silver medal. While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com’s inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in 2008 he cedes the throne to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months–almost twice what Jay-Z made. Continue »

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Dre looks like he’s still throwing back them ‘roids. His puffed up ass was spotted out on the beach in Hawaii with wife Nicole and their 2 kids recently. Check out more family fun in the thumbs.

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The Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network has issued a response in regards to recent allegations that he was on some extortion ish:

“According to Bruce Williams, a confidant of Dr. Dre and author of the recently released book Rollin’ With Dre, Sharpton allegedly demanded $500,000 dollars from the mega-producer to end The Game’s feud with 50 Cent, or NAN would organize a march and boycott.

Here’s an excerpt of the statement:

“‘The National Action Network and Reverend Al Sharpton were not involved with and did not attend a press conference held by Hip-Hop artists The Game and 50 Cent to announce their truce and donation to charities,’ a representative for Reverend Sharpton [said] a statement. ‘At no point has Reverend Al Sharpton or an authorized representative of National Action Network met with Dr. Dre.’”

Wow, say it isn’t so Al. We’re not saying that he did it, but if he did, he could at least retire that hot comb and hire a real hair stylist once and for all.

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Nicole Murphy is beginning to look less and less like a tranny each time we see her. It must’ve been mandatory when she was with Eddie Murphy to look as much like a man as possible with his tranny fetish. She looks happy with this Mike Strahan character. Good for her.

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There was mayhem at the Dr. Dre Bio Authors’ after-party this weekend:

“A Renton man was fatally shot and another man critically wounded early Sunday when revelers spilled out of a Tukwila, [Seattle] restaurant after a party for two authors who penned a biography of rapper and hip-hop producer Dr. Dre. Continue »

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Dr. Dre’s mom has a book coming out, and in it discusses an incident on how his first child was conceived:

“One day I received that phone call — the call that all moms of teenagers dread,” Dre’s mother, Verna Griffin, writes in her upcoming memoir, “Long Road Outta Compton.” Just 17, Dre (real name: Andre Young) had been secretly seeing 16-year-old Lisa Johnson. “Lisa’s mom called me to inform me that Andre had been sneaking over to their home and Lisa was now pregnant. When I asked her if she was sure that it was Andre who had been with Lisa, she got very upset. She said, ‘If I had come home and caught that n – - – - r in my house, you would have been picking him up in a box.’ Needless to say, the conversation went down from there.” Continue »