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What does it take to get a video banned on BET, a network that, over the years, has aired hundreds, if not thousands, of violent and-or sexually suggestive hip-hop clips? Whatever it is, it's in Nicki Minaj's 'Stupid H--' visuals, which the cable channel refuses to air, TMZ reports...

Young Money rapper Tyga and Chris Brown changed the mixtape game with the success of the Grammy nominated single 'Deuces,' but now the young rapper is hoping to take the solo crown. As one of the many buzzed about artists on YM's growing roster, the 21-year-old is just as anxious as his fans when it comes to unleashing his debut...

When you bet big, there's a possibility that you'll lose big, which is a lesson that Birdman learned last night (June 12). The Cash Money millionaire lost $2 million on the NBA Championship game for betting that the Miami Heat would be the victors over the Dallas Mavericks...

Soul legend Patti LaBelle has been announced as an honoree at the 2011 BET Awards. The 67-year-old 'Lady Marmalade' singer will be presented with the prestigious BET Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her more than five decades in the music industry, working with her '60s soul group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, '70s rock-influenced female vocal group Labelle, to her solo 'New Attitu

Rihanna is firing back at critics who have a problem with her 'Man Down' video due to its violent nature. The 23-year-old first responded to advocacy groups publicly expressing discontent with the video, even calling for BET and its parent company, Viacom, to pull it from the programming schedule...

Birdman won a million dollars betting on this year's Super Bowl, and now he's looking to double his luck, placing a whopping $2 million on the Miami Heat in the NBA Championships. The Cash Money millionaire tweeted the news on Wednesday (June 1), just one day after the Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks in Game One of the championship...

A former BET employee has filed a lawsuit against the cable network for sexual harassment. Last Wednesday (April 13), Tameika Dorman filed suit with the State of New York Supreme Court, claiming that in February of 2009, she was harassed by her co-worker, Derek Clarke, while editing a segment for BET...

Troubled rapper Gucci Mane continued his string of questionable decisions yesterday by making a $20,000 bet on a football game with Cash Money Records founder Birdman. Gucci's erratic streak has included an arrest for driving on the wrong side of the road, receiving a mental health evaluation after declaring himself "mentally incompetent" to stand trial, and tattooing a triple-scoop ice

Waka Flocka engaged in a short-lived Twitter beef with BET executive Stephen Hill, following the BET Awards this past weekend, but has since accepted Hill's apology. "We're not archenemies or anything. I'm not mad at nothing....I'm financially almost straight, so I made BET, I got nominated...

Much like MTV, BET has slowly begun to shift its focus from music videos to original programming, and is scheduled to debut its first original music documentary later this month. The film is entitled 'My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women and Hip-Hop,' and centers around the contribution women have made on hip-hop, and the role hip-hop has played in the lives of some the industry's biggest fema