Oh, hip-hop - as you’ve become the dominant musical form in the Western world during the last century, so too have you spawned your share of scandals. The 00s were a particularly awful decade for hip-hop happenings, as big stars and B-listers alike fired shots, got sued, and went off to that big VIP room in the sky. …
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Monday’s “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” where he sat in with legendary house band the Roots, sat down to chat with the host and then performed to close the show.

At the top of the show, Fallon reminisced about first meeting 50 at an MTV spring break event years ago, when he was blown away by the rapper’s infamous blinged-out spinner necklace. …
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