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• Hip-hop beefs are nothing new--they've been around for years. But it seems that 50 Cent has now taken to creating controversies as his promotional tool. He still seems to think that Kanye West is his adversary for some reason, and recently mocked the producer/rapper/singer in concert at his show in Albany. Is that desperation I detect Fitty? It's so 2007.
• Hey, did you hear anything about a new President yesterday? Well, it seems that even the French we excited about Obama now being in office. A Daft Punk remix for the song "Aerodynamic", called "Aer Obama", was released yesterday to commemorate the transition (check it out above). If you did Speak & Spell voices and stop motion animation mixed together with French Electronica then this is your video...