Monday, October 25th, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Although he was just sentenced to 11 months in prison just over a week ago, T.I. is finally catching a break. According to a recent TMZ report, the rapper (real name: Clifford Harris) will not face charges for he and his wife Tiny's drug bust in Los Angeles last month, due to legal issues with the case. The District Attorney's Office said they aren't planning to move forward with charges...
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010 at 6:34 am
Despite welcoming a child and marrying Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz' honeymoon is over ... and he's getting hit with a lawsuit. According to reports, the producer has been slapped with a $1.5 million lawsuit by a songwriter who claims he co-produced the hit single, "My Drink N My 2 Step", by Swizz' recording artist Cassidy. Antwann Frost claims he got stiffed on royalties from the 2007 club banger...
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 6:35 am
In September, the New York Daily News ran a story that would indicate that notorious music executive Jimmy "Henchman" Rosemond was a federal informant, or as hip-hop fans would put it: a snitch." In the report, the paper claimed that sealed court documents they obtained proved that Rosemond had been working with the government, giving information...
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 6:35 am
Waka Flocka Flame has been named in a lawsuit seeking over $1 million in damages for failing to show for a concert back in June 2009. According to TheBoomBox.com, Waka's booking agent Johnnie Cabbell, manager/mom Debra Antney, and their respective companies are being sued for failing to deliver the rapper for a 21 & under show from last year after promoters claim they paid $20,000, upfront, to book him...
Friday, October 15th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
T.I. is headed back to the slammer ... again! The rapper (real name: Clifford Harris) was sentenced to 11 months in prison during a probation hearing in Atlanta on Friday (October 15), after a judge found him in violation of the terms of his supervised release. During the courtroom appearance, TIP was chastised by prosecutors, and wanted him to receive two years in jail. The rapper, however, pleaded with the judge to lessen his punishment ... and instead help him with his drug dependency...
Thursday, October 14th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
When Petey Pablo was arrested for a gun at at a North Carolina airport last month, it drew the attention of federal authorities who indicted the rapper on multiple charges. The rapper (real name: Moses Barrett III) was busted at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport when airport security found a handgun and ammunition in his carry-on luggage ... on 9/11 of all days...
Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Rapper Kid Cudi has pled guilty to a misdemeanor drug possession charge, and has gotten off lightly, reports TMZ. The Cleveland rapper (real name: Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) was arrested in June and charged with felony criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance, following a heated argument with his girlfriend in New York...
Friday, September 24th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Video of Lyfe Jennings' final moments of freedom was published by local Atlanta news station WSBTV on Thursday (September 23), showing the singer emotionally apologizing in front of a judge, before being handed down a 3 1/2 year prison sentence. "I did it... I know I gotta be punished for it and I just wanted the opportunity to apologize and that's it," Jennings said in the clip...
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at 8:53 am
R&B singer Lyfe Jennings is reportedly behind bars, after receiving a three and a half year prison sentence in an Atlanta courtroom on Wednesday (September 22), reports the Seattle Weekly. The sentence stems from an arrest in 2008 following an altercation the singer had with the mother of his child, kicking down the door of a house in Smyrna, Georgia in an attempt to find Joy Pound and later fired a gun outside...
Saturday, September 18th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Busta Rhymes is being sued by a Los Angeles woman who claims the rapper threw a glass at her at a restaurant in Beverly Hills this summer. According to the RadarOnline.com, Devin Cooper and another person were patrons at the Mr. Chow restaurant in Beverly Hills in June, where they were seated at a table next to Busta (real name: Trevor Smith)...
