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Sean Paul causes seizures

From MSNBC: GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Now that surgeons have operated on Stacey Gayle’s brain, her favorite musician no longer makes her ill. Four years after being diagnosed with epilepsy, Gayle recently underwent brain surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center to cure a rare condition known as musicogenic epilepsy. Gayle, a 25-year-old customer service employee at a bank in Alberta, Canada, was suffering as many as 10 grand mal seizures a day, despite being treated with medications designed to [...]

“Crank That” is biggest-selling digital single of all time

“Crank That” is biggest-selling digital single of all time

Lily Allen suffers miscarriage

Lily Allen, 22, has suffered a miscarriage, the Sun is reporting. The singer had just returned from a vacation with boyfriend Ed Simmons, 37, of the Chemical Brothers, when she lost her baby. ““Lily and Ed are in a state of shock,” a source told the Sun. “The bad news has been really difficult for them to take and they are absolutely heartbroken.” Says her spokesman: “We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage. She and her partner [...]

Scott Storch is a shitty father

TMZ has obtained documents filed by Storch’s baby mama, Dalene Daniel, claiming that the genetically disadvantaged producer missed the last two months’ payment. She says that he is “habitually late” in paying support, and some checks even bounce, despite the fact that Forbes estimated he made more than $1.4 million per month in 2006. Click here to see the documents.

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Erykah Badu in NYC on Tuesday. Related post: Living With Baduism

U-God sues Wu-Tang for $170k

TMZ and AllHipHop are reporting that U-God (real name Lamont Hawkins) is suing Wu Music Group–which is licensed to Universal Music–for $170,000 in back royalties. The rapper filed the papers on January 8 at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, claiming that he is owed money from the 8 Diagrams album advance (around $40k), last fall’s Rock the Bells tour (at least $50k) and a European record contract, among other things.

Inverse – So Far: The Collection [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Here is the free download link to the very (very) long-anticipated pre-album album by the homies Tunji and Toby, who collectively make up the group Inverse. It is the appetizer to the entree that is Long Day’s Journey, their official debut LP, due out later this year.

Spice 1 seriously wounded after shooting

Rapper Spice 1 is in hospital after being shot in the chest Monday (Dec. 3) while sleeping in his car in the driveway of his parents’ Hayward home. “He said he dozed off in his car,” said Hayward Police Lt. Reid Lindblom to InsideBayArea.com. “He guessed he had been in his car for about 30 minutes.” The shooting occured at about 12:30 a.m., when the rapper, real name Robert Green, noticed that someone was standing next to his car. A [...]