In support of his latest LP, The Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones, here is a new visual from the late Chad Butler. Long live the pimp.

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The BET Hip-Hop Awards brought out a lot of celebrities and entertainers to the streets of Atlanta.

Eminem, Nicki Minaj and Jay-Z were winners in multiple categories, during the award show filled with dope rhymes and amazing surprises.

Nicki Minaj took home awards in multiple categories, including Rookie of the Year, Made You Look Style Award, and Favorite by Fans.

“I didn’t think I was going to win this award, but I probably have a million little Barbies on Twitter that probably voted for me and I love you guys very much for that,” said Nicki Minaj, who thanked her mother, brothers and the Young Money family.”

Other winners included Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, Drake, and Rick Ross.

The highly anticipated reunion between The Diplomats finally happened, as Cam’ron, Juelz Santana , Jim Jones and Freekey Zeekey hit the stage together for their first major televised appearance together in years.

Other performers included comedian Lil Duval, Swizz Beatz, Big Boi, B.o.B., Waka Flocka Flames, Gucci Mane, DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Cali Swag District and J. Cole.  Keep  it locked to #GWOP Magazine for more exclusives!

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In what appears to be a win for California hemp heads, outgoing Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that no longer makes it a crime for an adult to possess less than an ounce of weed, according to NORML.

Yesterday, Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 1449 — which reduces adult marijuana possession charges from a criminal misdemeanor to a civil infraction. In other words, if you are of age, possessing less than 28-grams of marijuana is punishable by no more than a $100 fine.

Such offenses will not warrant any court appearance, court costs, and will not appear on your criminal record.

According to NORML, an organization whose mission is to reform marijuana laws, the number of misdemeanor pot arrests has surged in recent years, reaching 61,388 in 2008. They say the move with save the state millions in court cost.

The new law takes effect on Jan 1, 2011



The Naked soul of Sweet Jones drops next Tuesday.



via HipHopDX

* Please note: figures below approximated to nearest thousandth.

Top 200 Album Sales (Top 10 Hip Hop/R&B)

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
2	Trey Songz	Passion Pain & Pleasure	240,000	240,000
3	Eminem	Recovery	89,000	2,590,000
15	Drake	Thank Me Later	20,000	1,071,000
16	Usher	Versus	18,000	104,000
26	Rick Ross	Teflon Don	13,000	395,000

Rank	Artist	Album	This Week	Est. Total
40	B.o.B.	The Adventures of Bobby Ray	10,000	404,000
101	Bilal	Airtight’s Revenge	4,600	4,800
117	Fabolous	There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Mixtape	3,900	22,000
129	Black Milk	Album of the Year	3,600	3,700
137	Atmosphere	To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy	3,500	13,000

Checkout this picture and look how technology has changed over the past 10 years.

Apple computers was established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc., for its first 30 years, but removed the word “Computer” on January 9, 2007, to reflect the company’s ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.  Apple was founded by  Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.  Checkout video of founder, Steve Jobs after the jump.

pictured above, Microsoft founder Bill Gates

The software king is not the world’s richest man, but that’s because he is the most generous person on the planet: To date he has cut checks totaling $28 billion. (Even so, Gates is still America’s richest person, topping The Forbes 400 for the 17th straight year.) Most of his donations have passed through his Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.  Full Story after the jump.

1.  Bill Gates $54 Billion age 54

2. Warren Buffett $45 Billion age 79

3.  Larry Ellision $27 Billion age 66

4.  Christy Walton $24 Billion age 55

5. Charles Koch $21.5 Billion age 74

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