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Kevin Hart has been blowing up in the comedy world, and that was way before he narrated the infamous incident of a model's hair catching on fire at a Diddy party recently. His successful special last year, entitled 'Seriously Funny,' included a streetwise character that seemed to mock just about everything mockable about rappers nowadays...

Nicki Minaj's alter ego, Roman Zolanski, is about to seek "revenge" with Eminem's Slim Shady. According to reports the Young Money first lady has snagged Em for the track 'Roman's Revenge,' which will appear on her 'Pink Friday,' debut. Although details are scarce, word has it that the two will lyrically face-off against each other as their rap monikers...

For most artists an alias supports an attempt to create something a bit outrageous on an album -- think Mary J. Blige's rapping alter ego "Brook" or Beyonce's "Sasha Fierce." But if you're Redman -- real name, Reginald Noble -- using your real name as your alias would be the outrageous thing to do...