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As SPIN reports, the newly freed rapper Lil Boosie "wrote over a thousand songs, a book, and a musical while in jail," and he'd like very much to collaborate with Justin Bieber on something. -
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Here's hoping Ms. Rae Jepsen's Broadway debut--a 12-week run in Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' starting Feb. 4--lands better than her infamous first pitch. -
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