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50 CENT unleashed a profanity-laden tirade at SHYNE this week (begs09Aug10) after prank calling his rap rival during a telephone meeting with his Def Jam record label bosses.


The In Da Club hitmaker decided to poke fun at Sean 'Diddy' Combs' former protege after Shyne took aim at 50 Cent on a recent freestyle.

After serving less than half of his 90-day sentence, DMX  has been released from a Los Angeles prison. The Yonkers native was freed Thursday (Aug. 12) afternoon after serving only 18 days behind bars for a probation violation, stemming from a 2002 reckless driving conviction. X turned himself in late July after his release from an Arizona prison where he had just served six months behind bars for violating parole with substance abuse.

 Incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne is once again being sued by his former manager, Melissa Philipian.

MANHATTAN —  NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Rajon Rondo will be hitting the streets of Manhattan this weekend as the World Basketball Festival takes the city by storm starting Thursday night.

 Game's issues with his family just went viral. The Compton native, who has been known to have problems with his relatives, got into a heated exchange with his older brother, Big Fase 100, via Twitter. Fase, who held nothing back on the social networking site, lashed out at Game, accusing him of forgetting about his family once he made it big.

Yet another con man has been arrested for impersonating Drake's manager, and attempting to rip off unsuspecting promoters looking to book the rap star.


According to a complaint filed by Milwaukee, Wisconsin promotions company, Eagles Entertainment, Joey Turner Jr. (aka Jo Flowroshus) posed as Drake's manager, Cortez Bryant recently, and bilked the promotions company out of a $9,000 deposit for a show scheduled to take place Sept. 1 in Milwaukee.

After Donnis earned accolades as one of XXL's Freshmen Top 10, the rap upstart planted himself in hip-hop circles and earned the respect of critics and fans alike. Now, the Atlanta native is setting out on a 15-city national tour.

Childish beef with Nicki Minaj aside, Lil' Kim  has been grinding hard on her comeback trail. The Brooklyn rapper has put on a series of concert performances in the past few weeks, and on Tuesday (Aug. 10) she officially launched her new promotional campaign with Three Olives Vodka.

Eminem seems to have fallen for Rihanna during the time they spent together making "Love The Way You Lie". Eminem, who apparently wants to date Rihanna, was recently put on blast by his grandmother of all people. Eminem's grandmother Betty Kresin actually thinks that her grandson and Rihanna make a great couple. She also revealed that the two superstars are constantly texting and talking on the phone to each other. However, Rihanna is currently dating Matt Kemp, who plays baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and is keeping the relationship with Eminem strictly platonic.

When Rick Ross proclaimed himself Big Meech, a famed criminal who is an actual friend of Young Jeezy, it was only a matter of time before Jeezy decided to take some shots at the larger than life rapper. His first salvo was entitled 'The Real B.M.F.' and contained an actual recorded take from the prison-ridden Meech over a new beat. Unfortunately, it didn't hold a candle to Ross' original, so now Jeezy has jumped on the Teflon Don's beat and thrown some pretty pointed disses towards Ross.