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(AllHipHop News) A 2007 confrontation with a neighbor has resulted in an indictment for rap diva Foxy Brown.Yesterday (August 13th), the entertainer (born Inga Marchand) was charged with criminal contempt in the second degree. Brown’s latest legal development stems from a violation of a court order of protection by Arlene Raymond. Raymond filed the order following a heated exchange with Brown on July 30, 2007.During the encounter, the rapper reportedly hit Raymond with her Blackberry after Raymond...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Five-time Grammy Award winning rapper Big Boi has teamed with HP, MySpace.com and AllHipHop.com to give a special free performance in Miami, Florida this Wednesday (August 18th). The rapper will perform selections from his new album Sir Lucious Left Foot…The Son of Chico Dusty, in addition to a variety of songs by his group, Outkast. The free concert, which will take place at Sobe Live, is part of HP's Summer Music Campaign. During the evening, executives from HP will donate product...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) A concert in Richmond, Virigina featuring rapper Asher Roth and B.o.B. has come under fire by an anti-drug organization. Asher Roth and B.o.B. are slated to hit the stage at the Back to School Jam concert on August 28th at the Siegel Center. According to Denise Miller, president for the Regional Drug Free Alliance, Asher Roth's beer drinking, fun-loving image, delivers the wrong message to college students. Miller also expressed disappointment that the rapper's cost $100,000, which...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Juvenile was sentenced to six months of probation after he pleaded guilty to possessing marijuana last week. According to police, Juvenile was arrested in February of 2009, after neighbors called the police to complain about the smell of smoke emanating from the house in Arabi. Juvenile, born Terius Gray, was at the residence utilizing a home recording studio when police knocked on the door to investigate the neighbors' claim. A search of the house turned up a small amount...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Representatives for rapper DMX issued a statement to AllHipHop.com today (August 13th) and downplayed reports that the rapper was in trouble with the law again last night, just moments after he was released from a Los Angeles jail. According to reports, DMX was allegedly stopped and ticketed for speeding in a rented Mercedes-Benz on Sunset Boulevard around 11:20 PM. The rapper, who served 18 days of a 90-day jail sentence for a reckless driving conviction in 2002, was also allegedly...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) It's official: 50 Cent's G-Unit has inked a deal with EMI Label Services to market, promote and distribute releases from the popular New York-based record label. The first release under the new deal with be Lloyd Banks' third solo album H.F.M. 2 (Hunger For More 2), which is slated for a November 23rd, release date. Lloyd Banks' release will be followed by Tony Yayo's untitled follow-up to his 2008 solo debut Thoughts of a Predicate Felon. Yayo's album, which will include the single...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Rapper Shyne has reacted to a prank pulled by 50 Cent, when the G-Unit frontman interrupted a media call and berated his rival. 50 Cent recently called into a Def Jam conference call between Shyne and various media outlets. During the 3 minute clip, 50 Cent interrupts Shyne's conference call multiple times and impersonates a DJ asking questions of Shyne, before launching into a Mel Gibson-like tirade, continuously ordering the rapper to "shut up."During an interview with MTV.com,...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Rock a.k.a The Rockness Monstah of Heltah Skeltah is back with his latest Mixtape entitled Rockin Out West, his first release since beating an attempted murder charge. Rockin Out West will be available September 7th, 2010 for physical CD release and according to Rock, the album is a "gem.""Most diamonds are rocks that form under high-pressure high-temperature conditions but at the end you get something beautiful, something special, a gem," Rock said. "That’s all a metaphor for the...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Rapper DMX was released from a Los Angeles jail today (August 12th), after serving a short prison term for a probation violation. The rapper, born Earl Simmons, was released from the Los Angeles County Jail, after serving 18 days of a 90 day term for a reckless driving charge from 2002. DMX turned himself over to authorities on July 26th, just weeks after he was released from an Arizona prison for violating his probation when he tested positive for cocaine. "My relationship with...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop mogul Damon Dash has announced the launch of an exclusive party in New York named "Bridging the Gap."According to representatives for Dash, the mogul's new brand DD172 will produce the weekly "Bridging the Gap" event at popular venue Santos Party House, with Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg and producer SkiBeatz. "The party will reach deep into the city’s pool of talent, featuring top notch guest headliners every time," a rep for Bridging the Gap told AllHipHop.com in a statement....(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Cali Swag District will hit Los Angeles' Arleta High School this month to educate the students on the importance of registering to vote. The Inglewood, California group, which is enjoying success with their hit single "Teach Me How to Dougie," will appear at Arleta on August 31st, to register eligible students to vote as part of Rock The Vote's Democracy Class program. "We feel it is important that kids realize the power they have with voting, that every person counts," CSD told...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Detroit rapper Big Sean recently released a promotional video in support of his newest mixtape B.I.G FFVOL. 3, Hosted by Don Cannon. “I really wanted to do this mixtape before the album," Big Sean said of his new release. "I have done mixtapes before, and I only done two in my life, third time is a charm I feel like. Cannon is on some real G-s**t and he came to me and approached me with the whole thing."The G.O.O.D. music artist, who was mentored by Kanye West as he developed...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop mogul Jay-Z has teamed with Nike to create a limited edition sneaker for charity. Only five pairs of Nike's "All Black Everythings" are being made in conjunction with the World Basketball Festival, which is taking place in New York from August 12th-22nd. Each pair represents one of the five countries playing in the event and according to organizers, Jay-Z is the only other person in the world with each one of the five exclusive sneakers. Nike donated the custom pairs...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) A screenwriter has filed a lawsuit against the writers of the upcoming movie Lottery Ticket, which stars rappers Ice Cube and Bow Wow. According to the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday (August 11th) in Los Angeles Superior Court, writer Tom Huang claims he wrote a treatment for a similar movie in 2004. TMZ.com reports that Huang allegedly passed the idea to his agent Brad Kaplan, who then allegedly gave it to Erik White, the writer and director of Lottery Ticket. Huang, who is...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Foxy Brown's brother/rapper Gavin "Pretty Boy" Marchand was among the men arrested for allegedly using a stolen credit card to purchase designer clothes in Manhattan. Gavin Marchand was arrested last Saturday (August 7th) for allegedly possessing a forged American Express card to purchase almost $8,000 worth of clothes from the Hermes store on Madison Avenue. According to the New York Post, police were inside the store conducting surveillance when Gavin, 35, and three associates...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Lil’ Twist recently took the chance to talk about his debut album Don’t Get It Twisted and also spoke about Lil Wayne and the rest of the Young Money camp.“Just working on the album, still working on that. Trying to get a few more songs for myself because I got a lot of collaborations on there. Meanwhile I’m just working on songs by myself,” Lil Twist told AllHipHop.com.According to Lil Twist, the album will feature appearances by the entire Young Money camp, including Lil Wayne,...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Lil Wayne has been hit with a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed by a former manager that claims she was cheated out of her share of the rapper's estimated $200 million dollars in earnings. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lil Wayne's former manager Melissa Philipian and White Tides Entertainment Group were fired by Lil Wayne in 2005, because the rapper was unhappy with the quality of hotel rooms that were being booked for him. In April of 2006, Philipian sued Lil Wayne, claiming...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Canadian rapper Maestro Fresh has penned a new self-help book titled Stick to Your Vision: How to Get Past the Hurdles and the Haters to Get Where You Want to Be. The book, which has a forward written by Public Enemy's Chuck D., is a memoir/self-help book that aims to give readers self-confidence and greater ambition. According to Maestro Fresh Wes, he began conceptualizing the concept for the book in the 1990's and began writing his memoirs in 2008 with the help of his wife and...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) A pair of  altercations involving rapper Foxy Brown were the subject of a grand jury hearing today (August 11th) in New York. According to the New York Post, Foxy Brown testified in front of a grand jury in Brooklyn Supreme Court this morning. Sources stated that the grand jury was questioning Brown about two incidents last month involving her Brooklyn neighbor and her manager. Foxy Brown, born Inga Marchand, is expected to deny allegations that she violated a restraining order...(read more)

(AllHipHop News) Xzibit is in Northeastern Wisconsin, where he is helping to build a house in under five days for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Xzibit teamed with the lead sponsor, Lexington Homes, along with Extreme Makeover host Ty Pennington, homebuilder Paige Hemmis and stylist Michael Moloney to tear down and rebuild the home. Last week, thousands of people showed up for a rally at Lambeau Field Atrium, which organizers said was the large crowd ever assembled in the show's history. An air-date...(read more)