Archive for the ‘Hip Hop Legal Issues’ Category

Lil Wayne’s Rebirth CD pushed back to June 22

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Rebirth — the follow-up to 2008’s The Carter III — was due to officially hit stores and the Internet on 1 February, but a few hundred copies were sent to Amazon.com customers, who had pre-ordered the album, last month. Which in turn leaked to the internet.

Thats not his Daddy

Thats not his Daddy

The release of Lil Wayne’s long-delayed rock album has been pushed back an additional six months — just weeks after it was accidentally shipped out to 500 fans. Rebirth will now drop June 22 but will probaly leak 2 to 3 weeks before that. Lil Wayne is set to begin serving a one year prison sentence on weapons charges next month. Good Riddance is what I say , I can’t stand much more from the man kissing jibberish spitta.

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Reggae Star Buju Banton is arrested in Miami

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Buju Banton(Mark Anthony Myrie), Jamaican reggae star is facing a drug charge in Florida and is under custody in Miami since Thursday.

Banton was arrested on a charge of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 5kg of cocaine.

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The charge stems from a DEA case in Tampa.

Banton’s ninth album, “Rasta Got Soul,” is nominated being for a Grammy.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation did also launch an online petition protesting the nomination, with their opinion that Banton’s earlier lyrics had advocated violence against gay and transgender people.

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Nas ordered to pay more child support

Friday, December 11th, 2009

A judge decided on Wednesday that the $44,000 in child support a month that Nas was paying to estranged wife Kelis was not enough.

According to the Associated Press, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cunningham III raised the Queens rapper’s monthly support payments to $51,101. After a two-day hearing in court Cunningham determined that Nas made enough money in the last several months to increase the sum.

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Despite the financial loss, Nas’ lawyer Mark Vincent Kaplan, managed to convince the judge to stop the Illmatic MC from paying expenses on the ex-couple’s Los Angeles home.

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Shyne talks about his Prison sentence and Co Defendants

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Shyne speaks in Belize on the shooting incident and his experiences during his 9 year sentence. Makes reference to his co-defendant sean combs. Also talks A Rod and Rihanna visiting him.

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B.G. Speaks on Lil Wayne going to Jail in NY

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Despite being confident in Wayne, B.G. said he wished the jail bid would take place in their hometown, New Orleans.

“Eight months?,” he questioned in an interview. “Sh*t, man, I done ten months standing on top of my head. So, it shouldn’t be hard for him.

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I wish he was in New Orleans, where it’da be better for him. New York got a lot of love for him. But you know how n*ggas try to test n*ggas who on top of the game or whatever. Me personally, they a have to put me in [general] population. ‘Cause I’ll fight. They couldn’t put me in no 23/1. I couldn’t live like that. So, I mean, what he rap about, the true him ’bout to come out, whether he be in protective custody or whether he be in population. Every jail is different. I never been to Rikers Island. I been to jail in Atlanta. I been to jail in Texas. I been to jail in Detroit. I been to jail in New Orleans. I never been to jail in New York so — I done seen DVD’s on how they be slashing people and doing this, doing that. But, you know, I’m a man. And I could live anywhere. You could put me in the woods with the lions, tigers and bears and I’ma find a way to survive.”

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