(AP) "Yo! We both have new albums coming out, let's say we get together, create a fake feud or something to help sales?" Ok, we don't know if that really happened but it wouldn't be the first time a bogus hip-hop feud was used to "hype" cds. This time around Kanye and Fiddy are battling it out for the top of the charts. Seems that they'll take the television airwaves and try and convince people to buy their respective CDs. What is getting more hype now? The CDs or this TV thing?AP has the report: Like candidates trying to sway voters on Election Day, Kanye West and 50 Cent will appear on BET's "106 & Park" on Tuesday, when both their heavily anticipated albums hit the stores. West and 50 Cent have hyped the albums as an epic battle of rap titans — 50 Cent has said he'd retire if West's "Graduation" outsells his "Curtis" CD in their first week out.
BET is treating the Tuesday-evening event like a top heavyweight fight, even borrowing Stuart Scott from ESPN to deliver a statistical breakdown of the two rappers. Both are set to perform, but whether they will engage in a rap battle remains to be seen. - more on this story
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