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  Hip-Hop celebrities Busta Rhymes, Ludacris, Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss, and others have contributed to 12 year-old Jordan Coleman’s debut film, Say It Loud, by giving advice to the pre-teen on the importance of school. The film puts the star of the Nickelodeon cartoon “The Backyardigans” in the director’s chair, as he travels the country interviewing various ...

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 Super-producer Timbaland is now a happily married man. Usmagazine.com reports that the producer married his longtime girlfriend, music executive Monique Idlett, on Tuesday (June 10th) in Virginia. The couple, who wore sweats to the informal ceremony, is planning a lavish wedding in Aruba on June 22nd.Timbaland proposed to Idlett during her baby shower. The couple has a daughter, Reign, wh...

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 Super-producer Scott Storch has been dealing with several financial issues including late child support payments, a $500,000 judgment against him for failing to pay back a loan, outstanding property taxes, and now an arrest warrant. The Miami Herald reports that a warrant was issued for the rapper's arrest after he failed to show up to a child support hearing. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mar...

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Ashanti, her marketing team, and the Universal Music Group recently leaked a viral video that suggests that a string of violent crimes in Washington, DC were linked to the singer's latest single and video, "The Way That I Love You," which depicts the murder of a boyfriend by a jealous girlfriend. The fake news clip video, released through the Universal Crime Network, fictitiously depi...

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Mitchell Rose Suing Hip Hop Icon Jay-ZNew York hip hop artist and former pro boxer Mitchell Rose announced that he has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Shaun “Jay-Z” Carter. Rose’s claim states that on March 12th, 2001 following the William Joppy-Felix Trinidad fight; he handed Jay-Z his demo, which featured tracks in which he used a whispering tone. Rose’s...

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50 CENT ORDERED NOT TO SELL BURNED DOWN MANSION.A New York judge has reportedly ordered 50 Cent not to sell his Long Island mansion that was destroyed by a suspicious fire last month. 50 Cent and his ex-girlfriend, Shaniqua Tompkins, have been fighting over the house after the rapper attempted to have her evicted from the home unless she paid rent. Tompkins retaliated by filing a breach of cont...