The Top 10 Most Popular Hip Hop Singles The Week Of 10/17/2011

Several rappers double up on the list this week, with T.I. making a few appearances, along with Lil Wayne, Drake, and others.

Thanks to the internet, the musical attention span has dropped significantly. We watch this happen every week, as singles top the charts on HipHopDX, then seven days later they're gone. This shock came this week with Jay Electronica. Last week (October 10th), Jay Elec started the week with Mobb Deep on "Call Of Duty:

The video-game titled track was unexpectedly released by the Roc Nation stalwart, as he was previously M.I.A. While the cut didn't top the chart, it did arrive at #2 last week, only beaten by Nas and Rick Ross' "It's a Tower Heist" (that track still made it this week at #8). It just goes to show you how fast songs leave our ears. That being said, we have a whole new batch of tracks this week that will hopefully continue their replay value into the next.

T.I. To Be Released To A Halfway House This Week

Tip will be out of prison almost a month ahead of schedule and will enter a halfway house.

T.I. will be reportedly released from prison in just a few days.

According to MTV News, Tip, who is currently serving an 11-month sentence in Forrest City Correctional Facility in Georgia, will be moved to a halfway house on August 31st, a month before he was originally supposed to be released from prison on September 29th.

The Grand Hustle honcho entered prison back in November 2010 for violating his probation. He has since been updating fans on his status through his website, most recently posting his last open letter before his release.