Tweets of the Week: 1/1–1/6

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Kanye West (@kanyewest) - TWEET: "We need to take what Michael Jackson felt and [Alexander] Mcqueen and Steve Jobs and we need make things better..."   Kanye West gave followers justification for pressing the spam button on his tweets after he went on a three hour, 80 tweet tirade about everything under the sun from financial empowerment to ideas on how to fix the American school system.(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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Kanye West (@kanyewest) - TWEET: "We need to take what Michael Jackson felt and [Alexander] Mcqueen and Steve Jobs and we need make things better..." Kanye West gave followers justification for pressing the spam button on his tweets after he went on a three hour, 80 tweet tirade about everything under the sun from financial empowerment to ideas on how to fix the American school system.(Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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50 Cent (@50Cent) - TWEET: "I have lost all the faith in the team I'm on. I having nothing left to say I will not be promoting my music… Ill be honest I don't think I'm gonna live much longer. That's why I started my street king movement. I want to mean more in other peoples lives." And so begins yet another Interscope-related rant. This time 50 eerily claims he was visited by a bird that he feels was a sure omen of his impending death.(Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for Motorola)

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B.o.B (@bobatl)  - TWEET: "#StrangeClouds Droppin' March 13th!!!!!!!… I been havin fun doing mixtapes and gettin back to my Eastside roots… but I really can't wait til the album… @StrangeClouds."   B.o.B announce release date for sophomore album Strange Clouds.(Photo: Roger Kisby/PictureGroup)

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B.o.B (@bobatl) - TWEET: "#StrangeClouds Droppin' March 13th!!!!!!!… I been havin fun doing mixtapes and gettin back to my Eastside roots… but I really can't wait til the album… @StrangeClouds." B.o.B announce release date for sophomore album Strange Clouds.(Photo: Roger Kisby/PictureGroup)

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Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) - TWEET: "Do now! ;) ---> RT @NickiSlays: RT @LEONNMINAJ: @NICKIMINAJ Do you know you're the MOST followed rapper on twitter? male AND female ;)"   One of Nicki Minaj's more than eight million followers on Twitter informs her that she's the most followed rapper on the social networking site after it was announced that she'd surpassed Eminem.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

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Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) - TWEET: "Do now! ;) ---> RT @NickiSlays: RT @LEONNMINAJ: @NICKIMINAJ Do you know you're the MOST followed rapper on twitter? male AND female ;)" One of Nicki Minaj's more than eight million followers on Twitter informs her that she's the most followed rapper on the social networking site after it was announced that she'd surpassed Eminem.(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

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Cee Lo Green (@ceelogreen)  - TWEET: "Yo I meant no disrespect by changing the lyric guys ... I was trying to say a world where u could believe what u wanted, that's all."  Although he deleted the apology later, Green initially tweeted this message after his NYE performance of John Lennon's 1971 classic "Imagine" on NBC. Cee Lo had apparently changed a line from "And no religion too" to "And all religion's true" and in the process offended a few people.(Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

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Cee Lo Green (@ceelogreen) - TWEET: "Yo I meant no disrespect by changing the lyric guys ... I was trying to say a world where u could believe what u wanted, that's all." Although he deleted the apology later, Green initially tweeted this message after his NYE performance of John Lennon's 1971 classic "Imagine" on NBC. Cee Lo had apparently changed a line from "And no religion too" to "And all religion's true" and in the process offended a few people.(Photo: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

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Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) - TWEET: "Please pray for Nick as he's fighting to recover from a mild kidney failure. #mybraveman."  Mariah Carey tweets a photo of herself and husband Nick Cannon from his hospital bed after he was rushed to the ER due to mild kidney failure during their family vacation in Colorado.(Photo: Mariah Carey Twitter)

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Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) - TWEET: "Please pray for Nick as he's fighting to recover from a mild kidney failure. #mybraveman." Mariah Carey tweets a photo of herself and husband Nick Cannon from his hospital bed after he was rushed to the ER due to mild kidney failure during their family vacation in Colorado.(Photo: Mariah Carey Twitter)

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Nick Cannon (@NickCannon)   - TWEET: "Getting back to business" Just days after being hospitalized in Colorado for mild kidney failure, Nick Cannon tweets a photo from the barber's chair letting his fans know that he's ready to get back to work. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Nick Cannon (@NickCannon)  - TWEET: "Getting back to business" Just days after being hospitalized in Colorado for mild kidney failure, Nick Cannon tweets a photo from the barber's chair letting his fans know that he's ready to get back to work. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Rick Ross (@rickyrozay) - TWEET: "new mixtape #richforever drops 3:05pm fridayyy. @livemixtapes"Rozay announces his upcoming mixtape.(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Rick Ross (@rickyrozay) - TWEET: "new mixtape #richforever drops 3:05pm fridayyy. @livemixtapes"Rozay announces his upcoming mixtape.(Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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DMX (@DizarkMizanIzex) - TWEET: "SOME S**T IN THIS INDUSTRY NEVER CHANGES… I WAS NOT BOOKED FOR A SHOW IN SACRAMENTO ON FEB 18TH!!!"DMX calls out fake promoters and clarifies his upcoming shows. (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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DMX (@DizarkMizanIzex) - TWEET: "SOME S**T IN THIS INDUSTRY NEVER CHANGES… I WAS NOT BOOKED FOR A SHOW IN SACRAMENTO ON FEB 18TH!!!"DMX calls out fake promoters and clarifies his upcoming shows. (Photo: John Ricard/BET)

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Ludacris (@Ludacris) - TWEET: “Im taking my restaurateur footprint into the busiest airport in the WORLD! Hartsfield-Jackson ATL International! Chicken & Beer coming soon!”  Ludacris closes his popular Straits restaurant to focus on Chicken and Beer, a wing spot set to open in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson international airport.(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Ludacris (@Ludacris) - TWEET: “Im taking my restaurateur footprint into the busiest airport in the WORLD! Hartsfield-Jackson ATL International! Chicken & Beer coming soon!” Ludacris closes his popular Straits restaurant to focus on Chicken and Beer, a wing spot set to open in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson international airport.(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Spinderella (@spindeezy) - TWEET: "First DJ AK-47 (Alicia Keys) and now DJ wih wih wiggity Wayne? WTH who's next?… @planet12law it's disgusting. record sales down… become a DJ? FOH"   Spinderella goes off on the recent up-crop of artists-turned-DJs like Alicia Keys.(Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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Spinderella (@spindeezy) - TWEET: "First DJ AK-47 (Alicia Keys) and now DJ wih wih wiggity Wayne? WTH who's next?… @planet12law it's disgusting. record sales down… become a DJ? FOH" Spinderella goes off on the recent up-crop of artists-turned-DJs like Alicia Keys.(Photo: Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

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Kanye West (@kanyewest) - TWEET: "I know this is not a very rapper thing to say but I haven't bought a new car or piece of jewelry in about 2 years…" During his Twitter rant Kanye reveals that he hasn't copped any whips or chains in a while. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Kanye West (@kanyewest) - TWEET: "I know this is not a very rapper thing to say but I haven't bought a new car or piece of jewelry in about 2 years…" During his Twitter rant Kanye reveals that he hasn't copped any whips or chains in a while. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels_) - TWEET: "Thank you very must to @50cent for the shout out, if it is indeed for me…does that give this country boy official street cred? :-)  WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels thanks 50 Cent for the shout out in his song "Up (Remix)."(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Shawn Michaels (@ShawnMichaels_) - TWEET: "Thank you very must to @50cent for the shout out, if it is indeed for me…does that give this country boy official street cred? :-) WWE wrestler Shawn Michaels thanks 50 Cent for the shout out in his song "Up (Remix)."(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)