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Earlier this month, Yelawolf lost his marbles when someone leaked the track “Gangster of Love” from his upcoming Shady Records debut, Radioactive. The Alabama-born skateboarder-turned-rapper sent out a pretty good Twitter lashing to the culprits, then said farewell to the social media site. Last night, however, there was no bad blood when the album’s first single, "Hard White (Up in the Club),” premiered. Fear not that Lil Jon is featured on a song set in the club—Yela makes it work.

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The chat was fast and furiously fun. In a stairwell off to side of the summertime madness going down at the pool at Arkadia, DJ Irie, Lil Jon, and yours truly cracked wise, laughed loud, and caused a small ruckus. It was just us three, lensman Presscott McDonald, and ace handler Felicia Quaning. By the time we were finished, there was a break-off crowd of 50+ clicking away as if their day depended on it.

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Santigold’s show last night, at Terminal 5 in New York City, was packed with a sea of fans who had trickled in throughout the evening during both Trouble Andrew and Amanda Blank’s supporting sets prior to Miss Santi taking the stage at 10pm. I trekked uptown solo in a jiffy – with my friend, the lovely Amy Gunther joining me later on -- making sure to catch Trouble Andrew’s performance at 8pm sharp. Trevor Andrew (his real name) is an old friend from my days with Burton Snowboards. (Long story short, I’ve been involved with the snowboarding world for 15 years. No need to get into that right this sec.) So of course arriving promptly was a must. Just in time, phew, and amazing per the usual. Nice one Trev! Amanda Blank was next up. She had on one of the craziest getups I’ve seen in quite some time -- black legging with white Christmas tree lights attached. Sorry I don’t have a photo. Just Google it!

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● Tweeners have been calling Lil Jon nonstop cause his new cell number happens to be Miley Cyrus’s old one. He became suspicious when he got texts congratulating him on the Teen Vogue cover. [MSNBC] ● It didn’t take long for Agyness Deyn to pick up a new rock boy; after Albert Hammond Jr., she’s moved on to Phantom Planet’s lead singer Alex Greenwald. [London Paper] ● Woody Allen feels harassed by American Apparel after they countered his lawsuit by saying the director wasn’t worth his $10 million claim. [Fox]

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