KANYE BANNED IN THE USA???

Kanye West made headlines today (October 18)when he took to his Twitter account to unveil the new cover art for his highly anticipated opus, My Beautiful Twisted Fantasy, and in dong so, created a media frenzy. The controversial album cover is a panting depicting a man ( Kanye we assume) on the couch with a nude woman sitting on top of him, with wings and a tail. The piece of artwork was instantly banned by some US stores, because of the explicit images. Kanye tweeted: "BANNED IN THE USA!!! They don't want me chillin on the couch with my phoenix." Later adding: "In all honesty...I really don't be thinking about Wal-Mart when I make my music or album covers #Kanyeshrug!" My Beautiful Twisted Fantasy hits stores November 22nd

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T.I. SENTENCED TO 11 MONTHS!!

T.I. (born name, Clifford Harris) is headed back to prison Friday (October 15) after a federal Judge sentenced the rapper to 11 months. Last month T.I. and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle were arrested, when thier Maybach was pulled over in Los Angeles. The police discovered drugs in the vehicle and later reports revealed that the rapper tested positive for opiates. This comes fresh off the heals of T.I.'s recent prison sentence, Stemming from his infamous October 2007 arrest, when he had to serve a year and a day behind bars for trying to purchase illegal firearms.

DRAKE REVEALS THAT HE WROTE "UN-THINKABLE (I'M READY)" BY ALICIA KEYS FOR NICKI MINAJ

Drake has came out and finally revealed who inspired him to pen the Alicia Keys' song "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)". "It is (about Minaj), I'm not gonna lie," Drake said. "The concept came from a conversation we had...I wrote it based off two things: Number 1, based off that and two, based off Alicia and Swizz and their situation." In the latest issue of Complex magazine, Nicki Minaj also revealed that the song was about her. "You know what else he told me he wrote for me? The Alicia Keys song "I'm Ready". I happen to love that song. I never told anyone that. I hope he won't get mad that I said that." Drake has said that in a recent interview that he has always had a crush on Nicki Minaj.