A hot song that finally got a vid.

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Baby Boy Da Prince hit the highest selling debut last week with his first album Across the Water. It sold 25 600 copies and landed in at number 26 on the Billboard top 200. Other hip hop icons ripping up the charts include Devin the Dude at 30 with 25 000 units of Waiting’ to Inhale, and Crime Mob at 31 with 22 000 copies of Hated on Mostly.

Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas was arrested yesterday around LA due to a belief that he was driving under the influence. He was taken into custody after a collision and was cited for possession of marijuana and medication without a prescription.

He was released last night and no date has been set yet for his court appearance.

Evey-Eve hit the April/May cover of Giant Magazine.

According to various reports floating around the net, police loaded all of Suge Knight’s possessions onto a truck and promptly evicted Knight from his condo on Wilshire Boulevard. Just another sad story in the dismantling of the Death Row Records empire.

Young Buck is speaking his mind and he’s speaking it against Tony Yayo’s alleged assault of a 14 year old kid. Young Buck and Tony Yaho are members of G-Unit.

“I’ma be honest, I don’t respect nobody putting no hands on no kid. I got a child myself. If somebody put they hands on mine, I understand the way it goes,” said Young Buck in reference to Tony Yaho’s alleged assault.

Young Buck is leaving open the possibility of innocence: “I can’t say Yayo did it, but if he did it, its wrong,”

Hip Hop Since 1978 – Kanye West’s management team – has signed a partnership with Bryant Management to co-represent Lil Wayne. They will now work together with Lil Wayne’s manager, Cortez Bryant to further his career in music, TV, and film.

“I’m excited to bring Hip-Hop Since 1978 onto the team,” says Bryant, who runs Young Money Entertainment. “I’m positive their combined experience, expertise and well-cultivated relationships will help us take Wayne’s career to the next level.”

Wayne’s album “Tha Carter 3″ is due out this summer, also with production by Kanye West.

As a followup to the other day, I can now tell you that Snoop was not granted a visa despite attempts to appeal the decision. Because of a lack of time between now and the UK tour dates, the entire Snoop and Diddy tour has been cancelled. According to Celena Aponte, a spokesperson for the tour, “a credible behind the scenes effort was made to reverse the decision but to no avail.”

The tour will restart in Dublin, Ireland on March 31st.

The prosecutor has withdrawn his deal and as a result, Busta Rhymes is heading for a trial in May for his two assault charges back in December 2006. He was initially expected to be offered probation and community service, but he was arrested back in February for driving with a suspended license. As a result, the courts have decided the original deal is out and they are pushing to have him serve one year in jail for the assault charges.