With hip-hop being an overly competitive young man’s game, few hip-hop artists don the resume the Bronx born gangsta Fat Joe holds. Almost 20 years in the game, Fat Joe just released his 10^th solo album via E1, “The Darkside Vol.1”.

A landmark release, Fat Joe spoke to us at Raptalk.net about his new album, working with DJ Premier on the day of Guru’s death and much more. Coming up from the Diggin’ in the Crates crew (D.I.T.C.) all the way to his 10^th solo release now, we couldn’t have dreamed of hooking up with Fat Joe for an interview at a better or bigger time in his career.

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We hooked up with Lyr1kz the producer for an exclusive interview. Managed by the same professional manager of Stat Quo, we talked about how that came about and also Lyr1kz’s relationship with Stat Quo. Producing on “Statlanta” is Lyr1kz’ biggest accomplishment thus far, a feat we talk about. Also interestingly enough, Lyr1ikz mentions hearing the original “Statlanta” album produced by Dr. Dre & Eminem!

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We hooked up with the nephew of the legendary Big Daddy Kane – That’s right, up and coming MC Mookie Jones has the right to call Big Daddy Kane his blood godfather. Of course, this is a topic we delve into quite a bit – are the two ever going to collaborate? Find out!

Jones was born in Atlanta to musical legend, Oran “Juice” Jones, the first R&B artist on Def Jam to give Russell Simmons a platinum plaque. Moving around from Atlanta to New York to Houston, Jones compares those three hip hop heavyweight cities for us.

Mookie Jones is a member of Eleven 11 Media, the company which helped recently put out his “Tuskegee” mixtape (more on where to find that below) and will eventually put out his “Popular Culture” album.

Mookie Jones is working with Nipsey Hussle, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and more.

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For our sixth and final installment in our “Sexy Six” series, we left the “best” for last. Not a shot at the other girls as they’re all equally amazing and provided for wonderful interview experiences, but Jacqueline “Doll” Dafonseca of Eleven 11 Media is the only member of our “Sexy Six” series who actually WON first prize on the VH1 reality TV show she appeared on!

A contestant and winner on VH1’s “Real Chance of love” season two, Doll explains to us the process from the beginning of the show to very end when she won it all!  A natural competitor and a College graduate, Doll is very honest with us and explains why reality TV is not real!

Clearly not one to hold anything back in this candid one on one interview, we are glad to close out our “
“Sexy Six” interview series with Doll!

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Leah Minor AKA Cashmere of Eleven 11 Media Group gave us the pleasure of being featured as our fifth VH1 reality television girl in our “Sexy Six” series. Almost coming to a close, we hooked up with Cashmere who is from season one of the hit reality TV show, “For the Love of Ray J.”

Admitting she had her doubts when first approached to try out for the show, Cashmere gives us the scoop on why she eventually gave in and decided to join Ray J’s sexy cast. Cashmere is also the first of the girls to take us through the audition process.

Being the only contestant in our sexy six to have left the show on her own terms instead of being eliminated, Cashmere tells us why she left the show, and whether or not she regrets her decision today.

A very honest girl, Cashmere does express her wish to one day (hopefully sooner than later!) to appear in Playboy Magazine! Of course, we had to get the details on that one!

Cashmere is also an actress and tells us about her upcoming TV pilot. Enjoy, and there is plenty more in the interview. Read on below.

Jaguar from Jacksonville of VH1’s “For the Love of Ray J” season two took time out of her busy schedule to be the forth installment in our “Sexy Six” series that feature the girls from different VH1 reality shows, brought to us by the lovely people of Eleven 11 Media.

Real name Courtney Cameron, Jaguar thoroughly discusses not only her time spent on the show, but goes into in-depth detail about her time around Ray J and their dates.

With a strong background in modeling, Jaguar has spent time as a video vixen – shooting videos with Lil Wayne, Birdman, Chris Brown, T-Pain and many more, Jaguar tells us about her time around rappers and you can bet that we try to get any crazy rap tour stories out of her! Does Jaguar budge? Find out!

However her true passion lays in singing and she began to believe in her singing ability after the legendary Brandy provided her co-sign! Also learn about “Queenpin”, a film shot in Florida that casts Jaguar.

A multi-talented entertainment threat, read on as we get to the very core of Jaguar!

Dolly Gray from VH1’s hit reality television show “Real Chance of Love 2” is with us for the third installment in our “Sexy Six” series.

The most unique and interesting interview yet, Dolly shocks us as she talks about her attraction for horses and describes to us why she finds them sexy, and gives us her explanation of why she thinks she was actually a horse in her past life! Going into extreme detail about her time spent on show, Dolly paints us a vivid picture of what life is like on VH1!

Currently an aspiring artist, Dolly promotes her two singles with us, “Young & 21” and “Play With my Monkey”.  A single cover art she appears naked on, we definitely had to talk about that! Signed to Eleven 11 Media, Dolly is working on her upcoming album and will be the star of her own reality show, “Only Dolly.”

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We sat down with the beautiful Melissa DeBlieck from VH1’s “Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair”…while she’s naked and still wet, fresh out of the shower!

Melissa goes into details about her time spent on the VH1 hit reality show, describing what it was that made her decide to join it’s cast. From Minnesota and having to adjust to the bright lights of New York City, and that wasn’t the only adjustment Melissa had to make – the show took it’s contestants in a different direction than most reality dating shows, “Frank the Entertainer in a Basement Affair” took place in the basement of his parents home!

Melissa describes the experience and having to follow parents house rules despite being an adult used to living on her own by her own wishes. We also get the scoop on some of the behind the scenes events which didn’t air and plenty more.

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Here we are with a new series we’re calling “The Sexy Six” - six sexy, controversial and provocative interviews in six days with Eleven 11 Media Group’s stable of reality TV stars. These interviews, done by Hoopla Media Group’s journalist Justin showcases Eleven 11 Media Group’s starlets in ways never seen before. All interviews were completed with six beautiful young girls from numerous VH1 reality television shows – Made possible by Eleven 11 Media Group’s decorated relationship with VH1, one of the largest American cable television networks.

To kick us off, we have Monica “Danger” Leon of “The Love of Ray J”. Danger goes into specific detail about her time around Ray J on the show, and a lot of the craziness and negativity that arose from her appearance on the show.

After a nasty personal battle with Ray J, Danger began to publically claim that Ray J was gay - A topic we get deep into.

After a crazy pregnancy circa and an arson investigation, Danger has learned a lot and grown as a person. All of that below, including Danger’s forthcoming plans.

If music was graded on a scale of stars like the restaurant then Chicago native 5ive Star has nothing to worry about, his name says it all.  Just off the recent success of his smash single ‘Get to Know U’ Produced by Multi Platinum Producer Jimi Kendrix and breaking into radio in over 21 markets, 5ive Star now brings you the first single off his album ‘Popology’ called ‘Club To The Bedroom’ which is surely destined to gain the same of not more momentum. Relying on strong melodies, catchy hooks and beats that provoke your feet to move, 5ive Star is about to extend the already stellar list of artists resonating out of Chicago.

At the end of the interview, be sure to check out "Club to the Bedroom" by 5ive Star.

We hooked up with rich in success independent southern artist Maceo for an exclusive interview. After his hit single “Go Sit Down” sold over 50,000 records independently, Maceo covered Fader Magazine, and ultimately reached numerous other career goals he had set out for himself. We heavily touch on the entire experience behind “Go Sit Down”, breaking down the song itself and also the multiple experiences that followed its release.

We also get the status update on Maceo in 2010, what he’s currently working on, including his “Welcome to New Mexico” mixtape which just dropped on July 4^th for free download, as well as his “Flexin” single. Details on access to the mixtape are included in the interview.

Formerly signed to Big Cat Records, Maceo talks to us about previously being signed to the same label as Gucci Mane, his relationship with T.I. that lead to a performance with the self proclaimed “king of the south”, as well as why he now prefers to do things independently with his 94 Entertainment imprint.

All that and much more after the jump.

With so many listeners of song complaining about a lack of substance in today’s music, Zara Phillips is the complete contrast of that. We hooked up with Zara, an adopted singer from Britain for an exclusive interview. Zara Phillips uses her adoption experience to educate others, and utilizes her knowledge to try and better the lives of the millions who are affected by adoption every day.

The cool story on Zara is both her personal and musical relationship with DMC of the legendary hip hop group RUN DMC. We have plenty of that below, including their unexpected bond and “I’m Legit” uplifting record.

Zara won’t stop there; she’s also written a book and made a documentary. We have plenty on both of those topics below.

Zara’s website:

www.zarahphillips.com

Today, June 29^th, neo-soul singer Dwele puts out his new album “W.ants W.orld W.omen” via E1 with guest appearances and production from DJ Quik, Nottz, Mike City, Slum Village, David Banner, Raheem Devaughn and more. Lead by the single “What’s not to Love”, Dwele offers up a concept album broken down into three separate musical sections.

Dwele took time out of his busy promo run schedule to speak to www.raptalk.net and give us all of the juicy details on his new project. Topics of conversation include working with DJ Quik, collaborating with Kanye West, the new album and more.

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Raptalk.Net spoke to female MC Eternia regarding her new collaborative effort album “At Last” with producer Moss, dropping tomorrow, June 29^th. “At Last” is powered by guest appearances from Joell Ortiz, Rah Digga, Lady of Rage, Termanology, Reef the Lost Cauze and many more. With a true hop hip feel, the album was entirely produced by Moss and features a sonically consistent sound throughout.

Eternia goes into detail with Raptalk on many different topics that surround the album, as well as Canadian hip hop as a whole, being a female in a male driven genre and more.

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We hooked up with bay area veteran artist Mr. Sack to discuss a number of things that will help all of our readers familiarize themselves with this uniquely melodic artist. Meshing together rap and R&B, Mr. Sack is working on more tracks that feature that double talented sound. With the belief that music should provide balance, Mr. Sack enlists a simple goal for himself – to create music that crosses racial and ethnic lines.

Clearly a motivated and inspired artist, Mr. Sack is apart of Straight Up Music Group and is working on his next solo album, “Keep it Moving” – read on for an interesting story behind the album title. Mr. Sack also tells us about his upcoming group efforts.

Mr. Sack even shares stories with us surrounding 2Pac and Mac Dre.

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We hooked up with mainstream Atlanta producer G-Fresh for an exclusive interview. Having produced for Gucci Mane, B.o.B. and many more, G-Fresh is the real deal and on the come up. With his debut single "Nice Day, Nice Night" recently released and featuring Lil Chuckee of Young Money and Travis Porte, G-Fresh is set to make his mark on the game.

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Raptalk.Net spoke to Gary, Indiana native Freddie Gibbs who recently appeared on the cover of the XXL as apart of the freshman class for 2010. We talk about that experience and shooting a magazine cover with so many big up and coming artists in the room and the possibility of working with them all.

Of course when such an event takes place, drama finds you. That was the case for Freddie Gibbs when Young Money artist Jae Millz publically discussed his disapproval of the cover, and his issue with five artists (including Freddie Gibbs) being involved, calling them “garbage” – Freddie had a few choice words for Jae Millz in this interview.

With a slew of projects on the table, we break it down with Freddie on his upcoming projects, including separate projects with The Alchemist and Bun B – more on that below.

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Big Hutch, who acted as the main supervising producer for Crooked I's work at Death Row Records, talks to us about the forthcoming "Hood Star" Crooked I album release from the WIDEawake/Death Row vaults, hitting this Tuesday, June 15.

In this sit down, Hutch tells us why he feels the "Hood Star" material wasn't released when it was recorded over a decade ago. Going over the logistics and direct and honest politics of the situation, Hutch gives us the run down on the road block they ran into with Death Row and their marketing division.

With many people talking about the release, Hutch tells us why he feels "Hood Star" will have a good impact on Crooked I's career.

Hutch even throws in some talk about his time around Suge Knight!

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Meet the Bay Area blonde haired beauty James Elizabeth, a strong and independent signer who hails from the West Coast, specifically the Bay Area.

After a successful run in with a manger that lead her to Bay Area musical mogul Mike Mosley, James Elizabeth began working with the super producer, as she laid down hooks for numerous of his projects.

Coming up in the Bay Area, James Elizabeth talks to us about the melting pot she grew up around, but why she loves the Bay Area and what it’s taught her.

After working with Bay Area veterans such as Too $hort and E-40, Elizabeth met with Bay Area legend Big Hollis, and the chemistry was instant.

Hollis has since produced an entire project for James Elizabeth, “Bipolar”, and that is the main topic of conversation throughout this interview.

James Elizabeth on MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/jameselizabethhagen

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