50 Cent, Diddy Added to MTV's Program Schedule

Yesterday T.I. and Pete Wentz joined MTV's broadcast schedule, and today it's 50 Cent and Diddy who will bring shows to the music channel. Fiddy's untitled show is almost a rap offshoot of Donald Trump's Apprentice, with 50 recruiting sixteen contestants from the streets to help teach them how to navigate through corporate America. Every week, 50 will get to mutter "Yo fired" until there's only one winner, who will receive a scholarship. MTV stalwart Diddy will also deliver the fifth installment of his Making the Band series after the successes of Danity Kane and Day26. This time, Mr. Combs will put together a rock band.

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“My President”

Young Jeezy | 2008

Young Jeezy teams up with Nas on this track, in which he compare his own success with the idea of an African-American winning the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2008 presidential election. "When I pulled up in my car, that s--- was unbelievable to people in my neighborhood because they were like, 'We grew up with him. How the hell did he accomplish this?'" he told Rolling Stone. "I feel like it was the same way with Obama. I grew up all this time, but I've never seen a black man this close to running this country."

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