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Yeezy has dropped another G.O.O.D. Friday release!! This one is titled “Chain Heavy” and features Talib Kweli and Consequence. Check it out above (and continue reading to download)…

D/L: KANYE WEST – CHAIN HEAVY

Pretty much since the rise of stars like Kanye West and John Legend, we have heard them make references to their label, G.O.O.D. Music… but is it a label or is it just a union of Hip-Hop/R&B artists?

Several artists are connected to Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music crew including John Legend, Common, Consequence, GLC, Kid Cudi and more. HiphopDX.com recently spoke to G.O.O.D. Music artist GLC and he explained each artist’s affiliation with the label:

“G.O.O.D Music isn’t a label for one; a lot of people have the misconception that G.O.O.D Music is a label but really it’s basically a family and like a production company. What they do is you get a distribution deal and if you’re a G.O.O.D Music artist, then you come out on G.O.O.D Music and the distribution deal. Whoever I decide to do my deal with it will be through G.O.O.D Music because I’m a G.O.O.D Music artist.”

Source: Hip Hop DX

Well there we have it. Unlike most labels ran by artists, G.O.O.D Music isn’t distributing but instead referring their artists to top distributors and assisting with production and promotion of their music. Sounds like a pretty G.O.O.D. deal to us!

Rapper Kid Cudi‘s label released his “Pursuit of Happiness” music video earlier this week. MGMT & Ratatat are featured on the song and Drake and Consequence have cameos in the video. Continue reading to check it out!

“I directed this video for years ago but I wasn’t satisfied with it, so I never released it. But now looking back at it, I like it,” Kanye West wrote on his personal blog last week after releasing his four-year-old self-directed “Spaceship” music video. We don’t see why he never released the video, other than the fact that Kanye is a HUGE perfectionist and seems to have a problem with being satisfied 100% with his projects. But we’re definitely glad he bit the bullet and released the video anyway … even if it did take four years, haha! Continue reading to check it out and if you haven’t had a chance to check out Ye’s debut album, The College Dropout, do yourself a favor and cop it!

Rapper and former A Tribe Called Quest member Q-Tip celebrated his 39th birthday Friday night at the Santos Party House in New York City. The celebrity guest list included the likes of Beyonce, Jay-Z, Diddy and more. Continue reading for pics from Q-Tip’s party!

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Ja Rule was giddy as a mutha as he performed at the Grand Opening of Float and 207 at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego Friday. Homeboy must be ecstatic to finally be collecting a check … that is, if he didn’t do this event for free. Let’s be real now. These days, who’d put up good money for a Ja Rule performance or appearance? We are in a recession, after all.

Actor Taye Diggs was all smiles on the Red Carpet of “The Reasons to be Pretty” Broadway opening night party at Hudson Terrance Thursday night in New York. It was recently announced that the actor was expecting his first child with his wife of 6 years, actress/singer Idina Menzel. The two have been together since 1996.

Comedian/actor Kevin Hart looked surprised as hell Thursday night when a photog snapped a photo of him at “The Round Table” 1 year anniversary party at M2 in New York. The event also doubled as a birthday party for Lenny S and Maya The B, hosts of The Round Table, which airs on rockmetv.com.

Complex Magazine threw a party Thursday night celebrating their 7th year in business and 88-Keys and Consequence posed for a photo holding up the latest issue, which features rapper Kanye West. The cover boy didn’t attend the party.

Model/attempted singer Cassie was spotted solo (as in Diddy was no where in sight) Thursday night at some Home Cooking Thursdays event at Imperial in New York. Whatever gets the bills paid, we guess… Can’t knock a chick trying to outlast a recession, right?

Actress Tatyana Ali, or Ashley Banks (whatever you prefer), posed for photos on the Red Carpet of USA Networks’ “American Character: A Photographic Journey” exhibition opening at Pepco’s Edison Place Gallery Thursday night in Washington, D.C.

Actress Vivica A. Fox hit up the One for Jasmina Benefit at John Allen’s Wednesday night in New York. Jasmina Anema is a six year old from Brooklyn battling leukemia, and is in dire need of a bone marrow transplant. But finding a match, which would most likely come from an African American, is especially difficult because Jasmina is adopted and has no siblings. Her battle and the race to find a match for the bone marrow transplant has garnered a lot of press and media attention, especially from the Black celebrities, including Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Natalie Cole, Vivica A. Fox and more.

Soon-to-be newlyweds Lance Gross and Eva Marcille were all booed up at the Los Angeles screening of “Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices,” held at the Steven J. Ross Theater on the Warner Bros. studio lot last Wednesday in Burbank, California.

Actress/singer Jennifer Hudson was spotted at the Balthazar VIP Dinner, sponsored by Topshop, Wednesday night in new York. Catch her in a town near you as she goes on tour with Robin Thicke! The tour kicked off last Tuesday (Mar. 31st) in Albany, NY and will feature key dates in Philadelphia (Apr. 3rd), New York City (Apr. 10th), Atlanta (Apr. 15th), Chicago (Apr. 25th) and more.

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Kanye West, GLC and Consequence took the SXSW Music Festival stage Saturday in Austin, TX and from what we hear, tore the f**kin roof off! And yes, we know it’s an outdoor music festival. Continue reading for more pics.

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