Another day, another legal drama for often-incarcerated rapper T.I. The King of the South has been sued by a sound technician who claims one of the entertainer’s employees held him hostage at an Atlanta recording studio for 12 hours earlier this year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Wednesday.
Oh Clifford, why do you keep subjecting yourself to this shit?
Kanye West makes his directorial debut in an epic, visually rich music video about a phoenix. Presenting the 35-minute short film, “Runaway.”
Ring the alarm! We hear Slaughterhouse rapper Joe Budden — or as he affectionately likes to call himself “Jumpoff Joe Beezy” — is wanted by cops in Hudson County, New Jersey after falling nearly $13,000 behind in child support.
Joe, who was collared on “Deadbeat Dad” charges just a year ago, is facing additional jail time for the massive debt he owes to his young son and skipping out on a hearing on the matter.
According to NJ.com: “A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jersey City rapper Joe Budden on charges he’s in arrears nearly $13,000 in child support and Hudson County officials are on the lookout for him during the yearly sweep of “deadbeat dads,” officials said. The warrant for failure to pay the $12,983 in child support and failure to appear at a hearing was issued in May, Sheriff’s Department Chief John Bartucci said today. It’s not the first time Budden has been in trouble for failure to pay child support. He was arrested on the charge on Aug. 5, 2009, Bartucci said.”
On NBC’s Late Night Wednesday, Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake took Music Lovers on a trip through history with a side-splitting rap about the history of hip-hop. The duo start with the Sugarhill Gang’s debut rap single Rapper’s Delight and take the time machine through the ’80s and ’90s to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ most recent smash Empire State of Mind.
Timberlake is winning rave reviews for his portrayal of Napster founder Sean Parker in the new Facebook drama, The Social Network, in theaters Friday.
If you’re the manager of some of the biggest names in rap, being accused of being a government snitch could just cost you your next paycheck.
It’s the situation ’80s Bad Ass-turned-rap-mogul James “Jimmy Henchmen” Rosemond finds himself in after The New York Daily News published a scathing scoop on Monday, purportedly exposing the Czar Management boss a “snitch.” According to the notorious tabloid, Henchmen — long suspected of orchestrating Tupac’s infamous shooting at Quad Studios — tattled on fellow inmates and served as an informant in at least three cases during the mid-90′s, in exchange for leniency in his own sentencings.
Remember early 2000s Southern MC Petey Pablo? While you wrack your brain on that, allow us to educate you on what the rhyme star has been up to since his chart reign ended six years ago.
Petey was arrested at a North Carolina airport on Saturday after he allegedly tried to sneak a gun through security in his carry-on luggage.
Boxing champ and some-time actor Mike Tyson and his wife Lakiha Spicer are expecting a baby boy, PEOPLE Magazine reported Wednesday.
This is the second child for the couple, who have a 21-month-old daughter named Milan, and the eighth child for Tyson. The couple married in Las Vegas in June 2009, just 10 days after Mike’s four-year-old daughter Exodus was killed in an extension cord accident in Arizona.
The newest little Tyson is due in January. Proud papa-to-be Mike is expected to roll out the red carpet for his pigeon fighting-themed A&E reality series early next year.
On Tuesday, veteran hip-hopster Jay-Z topped Forbes Magazine’s list of the highest-paid rappers of the past year.
Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, brought in $63 million over the last 12 months, according to The Financial Bible. Hov earns more than double that of runner-up Sean “Diddy” Combs, who brought in $30 million.
Diddy and the Bad Boy Family — which includes Rick Ross, Janelle Monae, Dawn Richard, Kaleena, Red Cafe, and Cassie –grace the cover of the Aug./Sept. issue of VIBE Magazine. In the cover story titled “Table For One” — penned by Editor-in-Chief Jermaine Hall — hip-hop’s most affluent playboy shares his thoughts on regrettable interviews, Lil Kim vs. Nicki Minaj, regaining respect in the industry, and more….
What happened during the Martin Bashir interview on Nightline?
“There were times in the interview when I had to give him an ultimatum. The questions weren’t being handled the right way. In hindsight, when I saw him I shouldn’t had done the interview because I know the style of interview that he does . . . The whole thing about giving a Maybach to my son, that’s really like a racist question. You don’t ask White people what they buy their kids. And they buy ‘em Porsches and convertible Bentleys and it ain’t no question. It’s really a racist question and put things back in perspective with money and the way that people still look at you. And I’m not saying that consciously he’s a racist. But he probably don’t even realize that he would not ask Steve Jobs that. He would be like Steve Jobs has that money and that’s the gift his kid is supposed to get.”
You Can CLICK HERE To Read More Excerpts From The Interview. The full issue hits stands Aug. 16.
