TMZ reports, Soul Train creator Don Cornelius, was found dead in his home from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He was 75. Rest in peace.

The hottest free agent in the game right now has finally found a home. now has a home. 2 Chainz confirms with XXL that he has signed a solo deal with Def Jam. Tomorrow, he will also make the announcement on MTV’s RapFix Live at 4pm.

“It’s the Real University, Two Gun Gang, Street Executives. It’s not DTP no more. I’m actually behind [Ludacris], he’s still my homie. I just took another route as far as running my own company and bossing up. But on the other hand, I’m still working with him. He has an album coming out this year, as well. Matter of fact, we are label mates, now, which is crazy. So, yeah, that’ll be cool. I’m looking forward to that.”

Ri Ri shows off her new tattoo.

♫ All these bitches screaming that 2pac back ♫ #THUGLIFE – Rihanna

Dropping on February 28th.

1. Intro
2. Never Gon’ Stop
3. Make That Money
4. Nino Brown
5. Need A Way Out (featuring Mista Raja)
6. Unstoppable
7. Gangstas Aint Dead (featuring Push Montana and Mouse)
8. Cream (featuring T.I and Meek Mill)
9. Let It Fly (featuring Roscoe Dash)
10. That Could Be Us (featuring Robbie Nova)
11. A Dream
12. Heart Stop
13. Heaven For A G
14. Messiah
15. Glad To Be Alive
16. Day After Tomorrow

To commemorate the 15th anniversary of B.I.G.’s passing, the late Christopher Wallace covers XXL. Issue hits newsstands on February 7th.

The XXL team spoke to some of those closest to Big for an in-depth look into his life and death. From his kids T’Yanna Wallace and Christopher “CJ” Wallace and their mamas, Jan Jackson and Faith Evans, to his closest friends like members of Junior M.A.F.I.A. and others, many got their chance to share stories and more to pay homage to the beloved MC. Most even disclosed rare, never-before-published photos of Biggie from their personal collections, which are featured in this month’s issue. Since Big was the most swagger-jacked rapper of all time, there’s a list of the 100 best Biggie bites, a look a what The Notorious One might have looked like at 40 plus much more in the magazine.

B&C reports Diddy and former MTV programming chief Andy Schuon are in talks with Comcast and Time Warner to distribute their music cable network, “Revolt”, scheduled to launch on December 12th.

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Can’t wait to hear the outcome of this. Fortune coming soon.

“NAS ft on the album!!! In studio right now workin!!! Amazing!” – Chris Brown