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More than a decade after the Notorious B.I.G.’s death, our Mixtape Daily team is still hashing it out. By Shaheem Reid and Rahman Dukes Notorious B.I.G. Photo: Getty Images Legacy Salute: Biggie’s Best, Part 1 Tuesday (March 9) marks the 13th anniversary of the death of the Notorious B.I.G. There aren’t enough accolades to give the Brooklyn bone-crusher

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Biggie’s Best: Debating The Brooklyn MC’s Finest, 13 Years Later

Paige Miles and Didi Benami need to step it up, while Crystal Bowersox and Lilly Scott should keep doing their thing. By Gil Kaufman Crystal Bowersox on “American Idol” last week Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images This is the week we’ve all been waiting for. Following Tuesday and Wednesday night’s performances, we will be down to season nine’s top 12, and the competition on “American Idol” will start to get serious.

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‘American Idol’ Top Eight Women: What They Need To Do

‘Right now, you are the one everyone has to beat,’ Simon says after Tracy Chapman cover. By James Montgomery Crystal Bowersox Photo: Fox If her straight-outta-the-hospital performance on last week’s “American Idol” established Crystal Bowersox as the unlikely front-runner, well, her Tuesday night (March 9) performance definitely put some distance between her and the rest of the field. Miles of it. Bowersox roared though a version of Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason,” armed with an electric guitar and a newfound sense of confidence — perhaps influenced by “Idol” judge Simon Cowell’s praise of her during an appearance on Monday night’s “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” She positively blew away the competition, earned a much-deserved standing ovation and absolutely wowed the judges

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Crystal Bowersox’s ‘Give Me One Reason’ Dominates ‘American Idol’

‘American Idol’ judge brings his fiancée onstage during lengthy ‘Tonight Show’ interview. By Kyle Anderson Simon Cowell appears on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Photo: NBC Simon Cowell paid a visit to NBC on Monday night’s edition of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.” During the conversation, the “American Idol” judge and the late-night host discussed Cowell’s looming departure from “American Idol,” his upcoming wedding and whether or not he is “grumpier” this season than last. “I thought I was in a good mood,” Cowell told Leno, who then ran the clip of Cowell’s reaction to Haeley Vaughn’s rendition of Miley Cyrus’ “The Climb” last week.

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Simon Cowell Endorses Crystal Bowersox On ‘Leno’

MCA is on the mend after cancer treatment, but the group may ‘reevaluate’ new album. By Gil Kaufman Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Photo: Mark Von Holden/ Getty Images After being diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland last summer, the Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch is on the mend and thinking about music again. The MC, who underwent surgery and treatment in the fall, told Entertainment Weekly that he’s ready to get back to work.

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Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch Wants To Drop Hot Sauce This Fall

DJ looks back on ‘one of the illest live hip-hop performances of all time.’ By Shaheem Reid Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Photo: MTV News One of the greatest freestyles in hip-hop history took place at, of all places, a Patti LaBelle concert. The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur came onstage together in New York for a legendary performance

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Notorious B.I.G. And Tupac’s Famous Freestyle Remembered By Mister Cee

‘I just want to pick her up and put her in my pocket and feed her animal crackers,’ Liz Lee tells MTV News. By Jocelyn Vena Liz Lee Photo: MTV News Liz Lee bid a fond farewell to Burleson, Texas, on Monday night’s season finale of “My Life As Liz” and made her way to New York. When she’s not busy getting an education in the Big Apple, she’s hanging with the “Jersey Shore” cast at work functions and tweeting with Snooki .

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‘My Life As Liz’ Star Says ‘Jersey Shore’ Guidette Snooki Is ‘So Sweet’

‘It’s not an easy job,’ she says of judging the televised talent show. By Ryan J. Downey Kara DioGuardi Photo: Frederick M.

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‘American Idol’ Judge Kara DioGuardi Talks Replacing Simon Cowell

‘I hope he gets out early!’ one MTV News reader says as Wayne begins prison term. By MTV News staff Lil Wayne Photo: Louis Lanzano/AP Shortly after Lil Wayne turned himself in to serve his yearlong prison sentence, the superstar MC’s absence could be felt, both online — where Weezy had been busy tweeting and posting videos in recent weeks — and on the street. “It’s messed up looking at his situation, being a role model,” Wince Aubrey, 32, told MTV News. “But he got caught red-handed, so he’s being a man and owning up to his responsibility

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Lil Wayne Fans Say They Already Miss Jailed MC

‘I was never in, as they say,’ he tells The Advocate. By Kelley L. Carter Sean Hayes Photo: Kevin Parry/ Getty Images Sean Hayes, who famously played the over-the-top sidekick on NBC’s “Will & Grace,” told — well, strongly hinted to, at least — The Advocate that he’s gay. He joked throughout the interview, saying, “That song! So romantic for our interview!” when a Frank Sinatra tune came on

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‘Will & Grace’ Actor Sean Hayes Opens Up About His Sexuality