Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent and G-Unit performed for the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Catch the performances below.

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With their NY-heavy festival stage a thing of the past, several regional heavyweights will hit the stage for the annual hip hop and R&B monster jam at Metlife Stadium.

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DJ Kay Slay reunites the former rivals for "Free Again," a simplistically groovy headnodder produced by Street Runner.

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It's random, and seems a bit over-theatrical (since when is 50 not theatrical) but there's still something about it that makes you think that if he wanted to, 50 Cent could still lay shit down.

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Queens native 50 Cent is said to have paid for the funeral procession of slain teenager D'aja "Asia" Robinson.

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Chris Lighty, the entertainment executive responsible for the successful careers of many successful musicians through his Violator companies, was found dead in his Bronx apartment today, an apparent victim of suicide. Lighty was 44.

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50 Cent drops 5 (Murder By Numbers,) a 10-track free album that follows up his recent mixtape releases The Big Ten and The Lost Tape, a DJ Drama hosted, Gangsta Grillz project.

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While he promises/threatens to start his rap career all over again from scratch, 50 Cent delivers the video for 'All His Love.' In it, 50 Cent's looking and sounding like old 50 Cent, without sounding like an OLD 50 Cent. New jacks take note.

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Big Steve Gee drops the next in his Big Boroughs mixtape series, featuring joints from a slew of New York hip hop artists, including Jadakiss, French Montana, Swizz Beatz, A$AP Rocky, 50 Cent, Fat Joe, Raekwon, Nore, Red Cafe, Maino, Fabolous, Vado, Stack Bundles, Lloyd Banks, Styles P, Paris, Mysonne, Red Cafe and Cau2gs.

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