After serving four years in prison for a drug conviction and probation violation, Lil Boosie is finally home. The Baton Rouge rapper was released last week, to his own surprise, and on Monday (March 10) he made his first public appearance during a live stream Q&A in New Orleans.

After some words from Bun B, Jeezy and his lawyers, Boosie sat down with host Angela Yee to explain what it's been like getting reacquainted with the world. The 31-year-old said the first thing he did upon was release was to pick up his seven children in Baton Rouge, and since then he's been in the studio working on his next album.

Boosie admitted that he's had to get used to some new applications, like Instagram and Apple's FaceTime, which weren't popular when he was first locked up. That said, he noted that social media has definitely earned him some new fans, and the excitement for his release was palpable, with one fan even comparing his return to Jesus' resurrection. He still hasn't tweeted, officially, but he's gearing up for it.

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During the Q&A he revealed that he'd penned 1,018 songs while behind bars — yes, 1,018, which gives him plenty of material for the new album he's already begun to record. Boosie explained that he's currently restructuring his deal with Trill Entertainment and Atlantic Records, both of which have been fully supportive of him.

And, who would he like to work with? "I got a hit for Justin Bieber," he answered, to laughter.

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Lady Gaga's performance and keynote speech at South By Southwest Festival will be historic for more than one reason. Not only will this mark Gaga's first stint at SXSW, she's also the youngest keynote speaker the fest has ever had at 27 — and the first woman in 15 years.

"I think she's a pretty obvious keynote choice," music festival general manager James Minor told MTV News. "Our festival is known for its diversity and I believe that having her as a keynote follows with that thinking. In the past we've had everybody from Lou Reed to Smokey Robinson to Dave Grohl. We've kept it pretty diverse throughout the years."

Although speakers have, indeed, run the gamut over the years, it has been a while since one of those speakers has been a woman, according to Minor. The last female speaker was singer Lucinda Williams in 1999.

"It's definitely not something that we planned," Minor said. "It's just kind of the way that things worked out. It's about time."

Gaga announced last week that she would be making her very first SXSW appearance with a performance Thursday evening at the Stubb's Doritos #BoldStage.

All proceeds will go to the Born This Way Foundation and tickets will be doled out to fans who undertake Doritos Bold Mission challenges, which include everything from busking to leaping from a platform and nabbing a golden ticket.

Minor doesn't know what is expect from the performance quite yet, but he thinks it will certainly be unique. "It's something that she's developing just for ...

As the young, optimistic Beth Greene on actress Emily Kinney has been known to bust out with a cover song or two, riffing on jams by the likes of Tom Waits and Waxahatchee. However, in the land of the real — where zombies are not yet feasting on our lives and limbs — Kinney is all about the originals.

The actress/musician has two albums under her belt currently: Blue Toothbrush, which she released after she made her Broadway debut in "Spring Awakening," and Expired Love, which she plans to re-release on March 18.

"Expired Love was a lot about relationships and relationships that were over and sort of dealing with a way to put them in a little place and move on," Kinney told MTV News. "Now I'm finding I am writing some different songs about how my life has changed a bit with 'Walking Dead' and maybe what it means to be an artist."

Expired Love is composed of seven vocals-driven tracks that take place in Kinney's current hometown of New York City — songs that deal with everything from long walks with exes around Times Square to parties in Brooklyn. And, despite its seemingly Dead-themed title, it's a lot lighter than the subject matter of the popular TV show.

"I like to use the places around me, I like to use real situations I've been in to at least start the song," she said. So, think lingering exes rather than lingering corpses.

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Little Mix came in for "Live from MTV" on Monday (March 10), treating Mixers to a little story time.

The fivesome are smack dab in the middle of the Neon Lights Tour, opening for Demi Lovato. And since they've been busy taking stage after stage, Perrie, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Jade have racked up quite the collection of stories.

From describing the moment they met to their craziest moments from the tour, they went in depth with each story, giving fans every detail — including their first impressions of each other on "X Factor."

"I was expecting her to be like Ellie Goulding's voice," Jesy said of meeting Perrie, whom she described as a boho, hippie chick during auditions. "But then she started singing like [diva voice]!" Turns out, every girl surprised each other.

Along with the stories, Little Mix played a bunch of fun games, including Little Mix Remix, where they had to make-over songs. The group rapped En Vogue's "Don't Let Go" in harmony, and we're pretty sure it's radio ready. Hip-hop world, watch out!

In anticipation of Perrie's wedding to One Direction's Zayn Malik, they played a bridal shower game, crafting dresses out of toilet paper and the audience members served as models. If you think that's difficult, well, they only had 60 seconds to do it. Now that's a challenge!

We asked real Brooklynite Hilarie Ashton what she thought of this week's episode of "Girls," "Role Play."

TXT Remember the time you threw on a blonde wig and pretended not to know your boyfriend, resulting in him being assaulted by a well-meaning stranger on the street? Yeah, us too.

For a show that's supposed to be about New York women figuring it all out, an alarming number of the voices leading the conversation about HBO's "Girls" appear to be, well, not New York women, figuring it out or otherwise. Enter Girls on "Girls," our weekly reaction column spotlighting the ladies who know what's what when it comes to being female in the city.

This week, we're joined by 30-year-old Hilarie Ashton, who hails from Brooklyn's Fort Greene neighborhood, to discuss the March 9 episode, "Role Play." Read on for discussions of bad job interviews, whether Hilarie is a "girl" and when it's appropriate to wig out.

Who Are You?
Hilarie Ashton. 30. Grad student (gettin' my PhD in English at CUNY Graduate Center), yoga teacher. Proud Fort Greene resident. Reader, kickboxer.

Are You a Girl?
Hear me roar.

Do You Relate to 'Girls' in General?
I have a complicated relationship with GIRLS. I hate-watched the first few episodes of the first season, and quickly realized I actually loved it. That latter feeling usually persists, punctuated by bouts of "Ugh! I can't believe [blank] just said that."

Are You a Hannah/Marnie/Shosh/Jessa/Charlotte/Carrie/etc?
None of the above. I'm Sandra Bullock.

What's Your Baggage?
Usually a tote bag.

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While at SXSW to promote her new horror film "Karen Gillan ("Doctor Who") about her upcoming role as the villainous Nebula in Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy."

Many pundits have earmarked "Guardians" as a risky move for Marvel, given the studio's run with better-known characters like Iron Man, Thor and Captain America. And while most critics have had their fears alleviated by the first trailer, the success of the movie was never in doubt for Gillan.

"I always had total faith in the project, because the people who are making it are so brilliant, and have a long history of great films," Gillan told MTV News. "So I knew it was in great hands."

She did add that unlike a Spider-Man movie, though, Guardians is potentially a risk for the studio. But with risks, come rewards.

"I just think it's a new direction for Marvel, it's really, really funny," Gillan added. "It's not taking itself seriously at all. It's tongue in cheek. And just to see people be excited about that new tone is cool."

Even if the movie is comedic, and Gillan herself is very funny in real life... The deadly Nebula is far from a laugh-a-minute.

"Okay, so Nebula does not find herself funny," Gillan said, laughing. "I find her hilarious. But she can't find herself hilarious, that's not scary."

Glimpsed in the trailer, and a bit further in one of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" profile pieces released immediately after, it looks like Nebula will be dusting it up with good-guy Guardian Gamora, played by Zoe Saldana.

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Drake already has Toronto locked down with his annual OVO Fest, and now the YMCMB rapper is celebrating another one of his favorite cities — Houston, with a concert series he's dubbed Houston Appreciation Weekend.

Drizzy posted the news on his Instagram account early Monday morning, writing, "Houston Texas! Dates Coming Soon..."

Fans know just how much Houston means to the Toronto native, who spent a considerable amount of his pre-fame days in the city, and first met Lil Wayne there. So Far Gone's "November 18," samples DJ Screw and is also the exact date that he met Weezy, in addition to the obvious shout out on "Houstonaltantavegas."

On "No New Friends" he recently spit, "H-Town my second home like I'm James Harden," and went as far as tattooing an "H" for Houston on his shoulder last year.

Nothing Was the Same also included multiple references on tracks like "Too Much," where he raps, "Like H-Town in the summertime, I keep it 100/ Met a lot of girls in my times there/ Word to Paul Wall, not one fronted."

Though Houston Appreciation Weekend would likely involve performers from outside of the city as well, some early predictions include hometown heroes like Bun B — who performed at OVO Fest in 2010 — Slim Thug, Paul Wall and Scarface.

Stay tuned for more details.