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Be sure to pick up the new Fader 50th Issue. It has some of the most prolific pictures of their publishing career that capture the energy and determination of music’s most influential artists.

Buy it at news stands or read the articles at their website.

Pharrell posted some good pics of the opening event up on his blog. Above is Pharrell grubbin gourmet with Swizz Beats, Q-Tip and Bathin Ape Nigo. The store looks ill.

Merge is auctioning off signed posters for charity. I have a ton of posters that were being thrown out at the Durham office so if anyone wants any for like $5 let me know.

SPIN magazine and Pitchfork have reported that Shia LeBeouf has started to plan a biopic about Def Jux rapper Cage. Apparently LeBeouf is boys with the rapper and started filming a documentary and decided to turn it into a full fledge biopic.

I don’t know about LeBeouf’s vision of film but I’m guessing his recent franchise roles (Tranformers, Indiana Jones) are more of a means to make a ton of green at 21 to produce cool flicks like this.

I’m really not hoping for a drugged out version of 8-Mile cause Cage is much more dense than Eminem.

Pitchfork comments on Cage’s history in a album review:

“Cage has the kind of life story most aspiring new-schoolers just lie and make up. He was abused by his dishonorably-discharged junky father and his stepfather, kicked out of high school, overmedicated in a mental hospital, became a white-rap wunderkind in the early 90s, almost put out an album on Columbia, kicked around the major label system, got hooked on drugs, had a kid, got dissed on the first Eminem album, and found himself a home in underground rap.”

Catch the full article in Spin for more info:

Busdriver drops another entry on his tour blog and talks about playing with Girl Talk in Texas.

You can stream the entire new Ghostface album here.

A trademark infringement suit about the “Touch The Sky” video was settled out of court, as the rapper and the daredevil biker “amicably resolved and dismissed the case,” according to a press release.

Check the full story here.

Pharrel just opened the New York Flagship Store on 456 West Broadway yesterday for a few hours for fans to check it out.   The store will open officially Thursday from 12-7pm / 7 days a week.