After President Obama’s historical announcement that he is for same-sex marriage, a number of celebrities have also joined his position and come out in support of gay marriage including, Jay-Z, Floyd Mayweather, and most recently, T.I.

In an interview with MTV Rap Fix on Wednesday night (May 16), T.I. said, “Just to speak honestly and being frank, I don’t care. I think that if a matter doesn’t affect your daily life, you shouldn’t take a hard stand on it.”

The “Rubber Band Man” rapper continues, “If it’s not something that directly affects you, if it doesn’t affect you, what difference does it make to you what other people are doing with their lives?”

Watch T.I. and Sway talk below.

President Obama made a bold move by declaring his support for gay marriage, and it seems as though hip-hop is coming forward to make a change.

Hip-Hop legend, Lil Kim pulled a brave move by stopping by the most slanderous radio show in the country, The Breakfast Club. The queen bee discussed a variety of topics including her beef with Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks, recording new music, plastic surgery and more. Listen below.

Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown  for the “Right By My Side” official video. “Right By My Side” is the 2nd official single off her struggling sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Instead of doing the predictable “Right Thru Me” storyline, Nicki couples up with Mr. Illmatic himself, the rap legend Nas. The song peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and it’s not blowing up on Urban Radio like expected. Chris Brown’s next album Fortune will finally be in stores this July. Is it too little too late? Watch the new video below.

T.I. is back with another new one off his upcoming album, Trouble Man. While the lead single, ‘Love This Life‘ was more radio friendly, ‘Like That’ was created strictly for the streets. T.I. is having a tough time finding his bearing after so many stints in jail, but hopefully this one will find success.

T.I. also revealed to Angie Martinez on Tuesday, May 15, that Trouble Man will hit stores on Sept 4th and that the second season of A Family Hustle will premiere on Sept 3rd. Coincidence. NOPE.

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The line-up for the 2012 Rock The Bells Festival has officially been announced, and the concert will feature a number of legends, as well as newer acts from the current generation.

2 Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi, Wiz Khalifa, Nas, J.Cole, Ice Cube, Mac Miller, Dipset, Kendrick Lamar, Method Man & Redman, ASAP Rocky, Tyga, 2 Chainz and many more will hit the stage.

Missy Elliott and Timbaland will reunite to perform their first full concert in years. Also expected to regroup is Cleveland, OH thugsters, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (all five members).

Rock The Bells is an annual touring hip-hop festival, which makes a set number of stops in a limited number of locations. This year, the tour kicks off in San Bernardino, CA on August 19 and 20 at the NOS Events Center and then heads to Mountain View, CA on August 25 and 26 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. The tour will conclude in Newark, NJ on September 1 and 2 at PNC Arts Center.

Details and full list after the jump.

Machina Muerte frontman, Isaiah Toothtaker and incarcerated rapper, Max B have released a new tape called Toothy Wavy. In perhaps one of the most interesting moves done for an album, Max B recorded all of his verses through the phone at the prison he’s incarcerated in. The low quality prison phone recordings along with Toothtaker’s mixed vocals adds a unique blend to the tape. Download and listen to the six-song tape for free.

Check out the latest video from Georgia rapper, 2 Chainz, called ‘Murder.’ The track features Kreayshawn, and comes from 2 Chainz T.R.U. REALigion mixtape. Watch the video below.

DMX released a new mixtape, The Weigh In, moments ago. Download and stream after the jump.

Rap legend, Jay-Z made a bold move and came out in support of gay marriage. At a press conference for the Made in America Festival, the hip-hop king voiced his thoughts on same-sex marriage to CNN, saying that he thinks that you should be allowed to love who you want to.

“What people do in their own homes is their business. You can choose to love whoever you love. It’s no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple.”

Just last week, President Obama announced his support of gay marriage and many have said that it will cost him votes this November. Jay-Z chimed in saying, “I think it’s the right thing to do, so whether it costs him votes or not… Again, it’s not about votes, it’s about people.”

“I think it’s the right thing to do as a human being.”

Watch the video below.

Azealia Banks revealed the cover artwork and release date to her upcoming 1991 EP late last night. 1991 will be digitally released on May 29, and available physically on June 12. Bank is also readying an upcoming mixtape, Fantastic, which features the lead single ‘Jumanji.’ See 1991′s full tracklisting below.

1. 1991
2. Van Vogue
3. 212
4. Liquorice

The 2012 Billboard Music Awards just got that much more exciting with the announcement that pop/ R&B star, Chris Brown will be hitting the stage. The Grammy winner is nominated for four awards including: Top Male Artist, Top R&B Artist, Top R&B Album (F.A.M.E) and Top R&B Song (‘She Ain’t You’).

Brown recently released his new pop single, ‘Don’t Wake Me Up,’ and so this would be a great chance for him to introduce the song to the world, and maybe also do a small portion of ‘Sweet Love’ or ‘Till I Die.’ Fortune hits stores on July 3rd.

Usher, Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, The Wanted, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Linkin Park, LMFAO and more will also be performing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas next Sunday.

This is an amazing line up and I’m curious to find out if Usher, Bieber or Brown will have the show-stopping performance. My bet is on Usher.

On thing that I noticed is that there are no hip-hop performers. I’d love for Kanye and Jay-Z to be added, or even Drake, Rick Ross, and Nicki Minaj. There will also be a special tribute to the LEGENDARY and ICONIC, Whitney Houston, who amassed 30 Billboard awards over her career.

Leading all nominees is Adele with 18, followed closely by LMFAO with 17. Rihanna (13), Lil Wayne and Lady Gaga (10), and Katy Perry (9) also scored multiple nominations. For a full list of finalists, visit here.

The Billboard Awards airs May 20th, at 8pm (et) on ABC. We will be live tweeting @popaddicts_

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