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Rapper Earl "DMX" Simmons is reportedly being considered for a television appearance on the upcoming "Celebrity Rehab" series. Based on reports, X was requested following his arrest earlier this week. DMX's attorney, Gary Jenkins, tells TMZ reps for "Rehab" contacted him after X was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs. Jenkins says the "Rehab" team is considering sending someone to DMX's next court hearing to speak with the judge -- just like Dr. Drew did with Jessica Sierra from "American Idol" -- to try and get X placed in their care instead of being locked up. Last April, there were reports that X was being requested to appear on the show. The 38 year-old hardcore rapper will join the cast of the VH1's "Celebrity Rehab" show for its upcoming third season. The show's resident drug counselor, Bob Forrest has told RadarOnline.com exclusively. DMX is the first celebri...

Rap mogul Jay-Z has opened up about Lil Wayne's surprise appearance at Madison Square Garden during his Blueprint III tour stop in New York City last week. Jay was happy that Wayne could perform one final time before heading into jail for a one-year sentence. "It was fantastic," Jay said in an interview. "Again, any time you play the Garden is a special moment. It's special. Wayne, how that worked out, he was supposed to go away for a year. Somehow he was able to perform that last show. He came out to an incredible reaction. Then Drake, Nicki Minaj -- all on Jeezy's set, which was fantastic. Then Trey Songz and Fabolous. It's one of those magical nights at the Garden. Once again, one of those magical nights." New York radio personality Angie Martinez shared her thoughts from the venue. "I called it!!!! ;) weezy on stage at the garden!!!!!!!! W/jeezy they goin iiiiiin!!!!!! Crowd goes crazy!!!!!!!!," she wrote. "Oh, drake and ni...

Former Murder Inc. recording artist Lloyd has opted out of a possible Young Money record deal and signed a contract with Interscope Records. According to the singer, Cash Money/Young Money were the initial front runners. "Baby and Wayne were definitely the first people to reach out to me," he revealed in an interview. "I talked to them about a deal. That's who I thought I'd end up with in my heart. The problem is that Young Money/Cash Money is exclusive to Universal Motown. As you and I know, that's where I did my last two albums. I wasn't excited about going back. I tried to do a Young Money/Cash Money deal through another distributor, but it couldn't be done. At the end of the day, I'm still family, though." Last December, Lloyd killed rumors that he was already signed to Young Money. "A lot of people think I'm already signed over there, but the truth is that I'm still a free agent and I haven't signed with Young Mo...

Y oung Money's Drake is reportedly recording a music video for his new single "Over" in California from the upcoming album, Thank Me Later. Filming reportedly began on Friday (March 12) at a location based in Los Angeles. Drake hopped a plane from his hometown of Toronto to sunny Los Angeles, where he is shooting the video for "Over" today. Rap-Up.com has learned that Anthony Mandler is directing the clip for the first single from Drizzy's debut album Thank Me Later. The filmmaker has helmed videos for Rihanna ("Russian Roulette"), Beyoncé ("Irreplaceable"), Jay-Z ("Run This Town"), and Mary J. Blige, for which he teamed up with the Canadian artist on "The One." The Boi-1da produced "Over" is currently No. 15 on the iTunes Top Songs chart, while the album is tentatively scheduled for a May release. The song's producer Boi-1da recently talked about its creation. "He's a dude that makes sam...

Last night (March 11) LatestWorldWide team was on hand to preview Jim Jones’s long-awaited mixtape, The Ghost of Rich Porter. Tentatively scheduled to be available for free download on March 23, the 19-track project features appearances by Gucci Mane, Juelz Santana, Shawty Lo and Joell Ortiz, among others. The tape includes all new, original beats, except for “Harlem Forever,” which finds the Capo, Santana and Tobb Cobain over Drake’s smash single “Forever.” Along with the mixtape, Jones is also working on a movie called The Ghost of Harlem. “It’s a love story about Harlem,” he told LatestWorldWide. “…It’s a fast paced world,” he said of his hometown, “from the money to the girls to the jewelry to the drug dealing to the fast cars…[yet] getting on the flip side it’s still a hood. There’s a lot of crack abuse, there’s a lot of drug abusers, single parent homes, project living.” Jimmy confirmed that he’s trying to get Asher Roth involved in the DVD, which he hopes will be ready to hit st...

Incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne has reportedly been forbidden from signing autographs while he completes a one-year jail sentence in New York's Rikers Island. According to reports, the restriction is an attempt to hide Wayne's celebrity status. A rep for the Correction Officer's Benevolent Association tells us officials issued the no autograph mandate because "Lil Wayne is not a celebrity in here." The rep also tells us Wayne isn't getting any special treatment while at Rikers -- but we're told the rapper really hasn't requested anything out of the ordinary. He was officially sentenced to a year behind bars on a gun possession charge earlier this week. Lil Wayne has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case. The Grammy Award-winning rapper was taken away in handcuffs to start serving his term immediately after his sentencing. He'll serve his sentence in city jails, not a state prison. He could be relea...

If you thought 50 Cent’s Vitamin Water deal was big , well hold your horses. We just learned from a VERY CREDIBLE source that rapper Lil Wayne is about to become one of the wealthiest rappers in music history. The business insider told us that Weezy just signed a deal which will be announced in the next few days - for a new Young Money clothing line. But we're not talking about just ANY clothing line. The line will be inspired by Lil Wayne and his Young Money artists. The general line will be Weezy's domain, but there will also be a preppy line of clothes that will be inspired and modeled by rapper Drake. And there will even be a ladies line, fashioned in the style of Young Money's first lady Nicki Minaj. But get this, the deal will be worth a reported $200 million to Lil Wayne.

Ludacris seems to be everywhere these days, and next week, he’ll be atop the Album Sales Chart, according to one-day sales reports from retailers. Riding high on hit collaborations with Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber and labelmate Taio Cruz (the #1 download, "Break Your Heart"), the DTP/Def Jam/IDJ hip-hop superstar-turned-actor will debut at #1 next Tuesday, with approximately 120k in sales for his latest, Battle of the Sexes. To put that into perspective, Weezy's Rebirth pushed 176K it's 1st week and Khaled's Victory flopped hard with less than 28k. The rumors that Khaled will rename his label from "We The Best" to "We OK" arent true though. The album boasts current hit singles “How Low” and “My Chick Bad,” the latter featuring Minaj. His seventh studio album also includes cameos from Shawnna, Lil Scrappy, Trey Songz, Lil’ Kim, Gucci Mane, Monica and Ne-Yo, among others.

In this week's LWW's Report, doggies, we got this motherf*cker rolling as we look back at the past seven days as Ludacris saves the rap game, Alfamega returns to his snitching on T.I. roots, DMX turns pink, and hip-hop waves good-bye to Lil Wayne. Also, make way for some "Shut The F*ck Up" first-timers.

Grammy-winning singer T-Pain has updated fans on the status of his duet album with Lil Wayne and said the rapper's one-year jail sentence has pushed the project's release into 2011. In addition to Wayne's legal woes, Pain also said he did not want to drop the album while the rapper's Rebirth is currently available. "The T-Wayne album, we're actually gonna wait until he gets out," Pain said in an interview. "He has so much going on. He has Rebirth out right now. I don't wanna interrupt that. We just gonna wait until he gets out to really get in on that. We recorded a bunch of songs. But, right now, it's time for him and his personal sh--. We definitely got an album's worth of material, but it's only an album's worth. It's nothing to pick from. We just got an album. We can put out whatever we feel like and say, 'Hey, this is T-Wayne's album,' or we can actually try to make it good. Like we're actually trying t...

As T.I. preps his much anticipated comeback album, due August 24, he’s got a lot of friends to lean on for support. And if he has his way, he might be linking up with Andre 3000. Atlanta producer DJ Toomp—best known for crafting T.I.’s “What You Know” and “24s”—revealed that the King is looking to get a verse from Big Boi’s reclusive other half. “Different people have been reaching out to Dre [because] he’s still one of the greatest around,” Toomp told VIBE, adding that T.I. has the advantage of Dre’s being a fan of his. “If they do [the song] I would really love to produce it. Dre is a fan of T.I. and [Young] Jeezy. And [T.I. and Jeezy] be like, ‘Dang, he really dig me like that?!’” Although Toomp said he rarely spoke to T.I. during his jail stint, he was one of the first people the rapper called after being released to a halfway house in December (his sentence ends officially on March 26). Their first conversation consisted of the two playing music over the phone. “I got two or three...

R&B singer Chris Brown has had a change of heart and has re-joined the popular public social network Twitter. Writing in his first new Tweets as @ChrisBrown, the singer updated fans on his status and requested followers. "Everybody hands go up...And they stay there," he wrote Thursday (March 12) night. "Just left a school in Harlem reading to 3rd graders a book called superhero school Im bout to get verified soon.lol listening to tpain's "reverse cowgirl".... its a smash FF: follow me follow me!!! "too freaky"... mixtape on fire right now." Last December, Brown reportedly made a brief Twitter comeback as @MechanicalDummy. "Please Follow me back, Im back on twitter for good now....I was going thru some things but ya boy is back 2010 Lets Go!," he wrote on New Year's Eve. "It might telling you that ur following me & when you click my page ur not because I reactivated my page...so Re Click the FOLLOW button Yes...

Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco has explained his recent comments about not wanting to reach Jay-Z's level of fame. According to Lupe, artists like Jay and Lil Wayne should not be measuring tools for a person's success. "Jay-Z's a personal friend of mine," Lupe said in an interview. "[He] executive-produced my first album. [My comments were] just an example using him of how people rate success. There's an idea of the status quo that every rapper wants to be Jay-Z. Nah. Every rapper does not want to be Jay-Z. Every rapper don't wanna be Kanye West. Everybody don't wanna be Lil Wayne. They wanna be who they are. ... You're a fool trying to chase that success down and manage it like that. I always look at my success as further than a dollar sign, further than record sales. ... Everybody thinks because you're black and you're from the 'hood, you wanna be Jay-Z. There's kids who wanna be astrophysicists and don't care abou...

Last night (March 10), LatestWorldWide team previewed the collaborative project from Nas and Damian Marley, Distant Relatives, and it seems as if is the long awaited album is almost ready to see the light of day. The disc, set to come out through Universal Republic in either May or June, features cameos from Lil Wayne, Joss Stone, K’NAAN and Jamaican music legend Dennis Brown, as well as a bonus track with Junior Reid. All 14-songs, which were dedicated to the hoods in America and Africa, were produced by Marley, who seamlessly merges the worlds of hip-hop and reggae. Distant Relatives singles, “Strong Will Continue” and “As We Enter,” have already made their way online. Nas and Damian previously worked together on “Road to Zion” for Marley’s 2005 solo effort, Welcome to Jamrock —Brooklyne Gipson Peep the official track listing below: 1. As We Enter 2. Tribal War (feat. K’NAAN) 3. Strong Will Continue 4. Leaders 5. Wisdom (Sabali) 6. Count Your Blessings 7. Disappear 8. The Promised La...

DMX is back in the doghouse. The troubled rapper was arrested and brought to a Phoenix jail on Tuesday (March 9) for using illegal drugs. According to Reuters, the Yonkers-bred MC, born Earl Simmons, admitted to a probation officer that he had been abusing cocaine since he was released from jail nine months ago. He is currently facing five counts of violating his probation and being held without bond. “Of course it is unfortunate and painful to see Earl incarcerated, as there are a lot of rumors and lies surfacing regarding the details of his personal and professional state,” X’s manager, Nakia Walker, said “However, thank God for a great team—family, friends, pastors and doctors. Collectively, I am excited to say that X’s team is putting forth every effort to ensure the success of Earl’s health and career. We appreciate the support of his fans. Please stay prayerful, as X will return.” DMX’s attorney, Gary Jenkins, spoke to tmz.com, where he revealed that the rapper is seeking the hel...

New York rapper Fabolous has made a public calling for Nas to prepare a strong comeback and remind younger hip-hop generations of his rap pioneering skills. From Fab's perspective, young hip-hop heads tend to be unaware of Nas' early 1990's contributions. "Nas, Nas, like Nas is so ill," Fab told interviewer Karen Civil. "I think this younger generation of hip-hop really don't know, like, I got a dude who rolls with me, he's like 21, 22, he don't know any of the ill Nas, he don't know Illmatic, you just don't know that Nas that I grew up with. I wish Nas would just let these young boys know he's that dude." Rapper Bow Wow recently said he was prepared for Nas to drop a new LP. "I'm ready for a new Nas Album," he wrote yesterday (February 4). "1st day starting on my new album. @RealDjKayslay @bowwow614 when u got tht banger.. ima blow it up in NY Nas recently spoke on his role in hip-hop and why he must be...

Rappers Nas and Damian Marley have reportedly added incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne to their upcoming Distant Relatives album. Based off a new tracklisting, Wayne will be featured on a track called "My Generation" with singer Joss Stone. 1. As We Enter 2. Tribal War (feat. K'NAAN) 3. Strong Will Continue 4. Leaders 5. Wisdom (Sabali) 6. Count Your Blessings 7. Dispear 8. The Promised Land (feat. Dennis Brown) 9. Nah Mean 10. Angola (Friends) 11. My Generation (feat. Lil Wayne and Joss Stone) 12. Africa Must Wake Up (Feat. K'NAAN) 13. BONUS TRACK Ancient People (feat. Jr. Reid) Nas recently spoke on the underlying theme behind his new joint album. "Reggae and hip-hop are cousins,'' he said in an interview. "Go back before the '90s and think about the music that was playing on the ghetto blasters and you'll hear it...The whole world is like family, split up all over the place. It's overdue, and I want to help build whatever we can [in...

Grand Hustle associate DJ Toomp has reportedly been recruited to help produce on T.I.'s forthcoming untitled album. According to Toomp, the solo project will likely feature re-mastered tracks dating back to 2007. "I got two or three strong ones on [the album] right now," said Toomp. "Right now he's just putting a feeler out in the streets, letting people know he's back. He got songs from the last two albums that didn't make the album but were hot songs. So sometimes we go back and pull songs from 2007 and upgrade it a little bit. After we do a certain amount of songs, that's when we figure out the whole theme of the album." Grand Hustle's B.o.B. also said he has a collaboration locked for T.I.'s new album. T.I. announced his return to music this week with the street single "I'm Back."Now his Grand Hustle affiliate B.o.B reveals another new track that may appear on the King of the South's first album since serving...

G-Unit leader 50 Cent has called himself the biggest hip-hop touring act and said he has not been back home since last year. According to Fif, Eminem and Dr. Dre also have high touring profiles. "I've traveled all over the place, I'm probably the largest touring hip-hop artist," 50 said in an interview. "Em and Dre, Em would be the largest hip-hop artist but he doesn't travel to see the fans after creating the material. He just puts it out, bam, and everybody loves it and he stays home. It's because it's to a point where your career can consume you. I'm allowing myself to be consumed, I haven't been home this year, to my house. I haven't been to my house this year, 2010. I probably won't make it until late this year if I actually get a chance to go back. I'm gonna be on tour for another four weeks, I start filming a film project called Things Fall Apart -- I'm excited about that..." The Unit's Tony Yayo recently ta...

R&B singer Chris Brown has asked his fans to help get his music played on the radio by calling into stations and requesting his records. Chris explained his situation during a SayNow broadcast. "I ain't never really did this but right now I need all of my fans help," he explained. "A lot of radio stations aren't playing my records. They are not being that supportive and I wouldn't expect them to. It's on the fans and what you guys do in your power to bring me back. That's all I need is you guys and nothing else will do that except for the fans...I don't know what else to say. It's nothing else that I can do. I'm doing everything that I need to do. I'm doing me as a person and I'm a better guy...It's on ya'll. My singing and my music I do it for you guys and everything else but it won't be possible if I'm not relevant on the radio and it wouldn't be possible for me to be an artist if I don't have the ...

Lil Wayne's ex-wife, Antonia "Toya" Carter, has shared her family's reaction to the rapper's one-year jail sentence. Toya expressed the emotional toll that constant delays took on Reginae, her daughter with Wayne. "It was up and down, you know," she revealed in an interview. "One minute we thought he was going and she'd be sad and then he don't go. We [were] in New York like two times and we ended up turning right back around because he didn't go...The last day he finally went in, we didn't go, so my daughter was like, 'I wish I would've went.' It was just too much. I just didn't want to let her see that again 'cause both times she took it real hard. So I was like, I'm not gon' let her go this last time. I'm just gon' make sure he talk to her 'cause I didn't know if he was really gonna go. They kept pushing back...He just told me to be strong and don't really trip. Don't let her...

Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris' Battle of the Sexes album is reportedly en route to sell up to 125,000 copies next week. Based on one-day estimates, the Disturbin' Tha Peace leader will dominate his competition. Riding high on hit collaborations with Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber and labelmate Taio Cruz (the #1 download, "Break Your Heart"), the DTP/Def Jam/IDJ hip-hop superstar-turned-actor will debut at #1 next Tuesday, with approximately 120k in sales for his latest, Battle of the Sexes. The album boasts current hit singles "How Low" and "My Chick Bad," the latter featuring Minaj. His seventh studio album also includes cameos from Shawnna, Lil Scrappy, Trey Songz, Lil' Kim, Gucci Mane, Monica and Ne-Yo, among others. The rapper recently spoke on his album's importance for women. "It's such a male-dominated industry that I feel like females need more of a voice, so we wanted to hear more of what the hell they had to say,...

Dr. Dre's brand of headphones, Monster Cable's Beats By Dre, have received some very high-profile product placement, from talk shows to music videos (Keri Hilson's and Lady Gaga's, just to name a few). Now, some of sport's biggest stars will be rocking the high-end headphones, as the entire Cleveland Cavalier team was given custom-made Beats By Dre gear. According to ESPN.com, the Cleveland Cavaliers' Lebron James also teamed up with the Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant to purchase custom-made Beats By Dre for every member of the East and West NBA All-Star teams. James also gave the headphones to his U.S. Olympic teammates in 2008. "I had high expectations," said Kevin Lee, Vice President of Brand and Business Development for Monster, of the headphones. "We surpassed my expectations. We released the Beats by Dre in 2008, and it took a good 12 months for it to hit the masses." Lee spoke of the line's futristic and visually appealing sid...

DMX's penchant for getting in trouble with the law continues, as the once-superstar rapper was once again arrested. According to TMZ.com, the Yonkers rapper was arrested yesterday (March 9) in Arizona for violating the terms of his probation by using illegal drugs over the past nine months. "He's been battling addiction for some time and he's in need of treatment," says X's lawyer, Gary Jenkins. "We're hoping that maybe Dr. Drew might be able to help him," added Jenkins, referring to Dr. Drew Pinsky, a radio and television personality who specializes in addiciton medicine. In addition to hosting the syndicated radio talk show Loveline, Pinsky produces and stars in the Vh1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. The Ruff Ryder has been arrested for countless charges in recent years, including having a warrant for having no vaild driver's license, as well as drug and animal cruelty charges. UPDATE: Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio revealed to MTV...

When Jay-Z released "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)" on last year's Blueprint 3, T-Pain was offended. Although he didn't immediately react in a negative way, he later insulted Jay-Z during a show in Las Vegas. Recently, T-Pain spoke on the subject and noted that the feud has been over since the two spoke earlier this year. "We talked at the Grammys," he recently told MTV. "It was a pretty big thing. Word for word, he said, 'That's fucked up the way you took that song.' I'm a [crazy] nigga, so we gonna take the song like that. That's how we take songs. He was like, 'I didn't mean nothing by that.' I was like, 'I already put out my apology song ["More Careful"]. So there you go. My bad. I apologize. Apologize for taking the song like that.' We shook hands, did the little chest bump. That was the end of that." Moving away from this feud, T-Pain is also preparing the release of his forthcoming album titled...

Lil Wayne is a man of the people. Prior to(March 8) reports from tmz.com that Weezy would be serving out his one-year gun charge at Rikers Island under protective custody, it ends up that the rap superstar will be treated like any other inmate. According to New York’s Daily News Wayne’s lawyer, Stacey Richman, originally claimed that the rap superstar was being forced into protective custody. Stephen Morello, a spokesperson for the Correctional Department, cleared up those allegations, saying that the New Orleans-bred MC will have “general population escort” status. This means that whenever Lil Tunechi is outside of his housing unit, he will be accompanied by a correction captain; similar to how authorities handle gang members. Inside his housing unit, on the other hand, he has the option to socialize with the 17 other men sharing his cell block. Wayne was arrested in 2007 when a police officer boarded his tour bus, after smelling marijuana. Once inside the vehicle she caught the rappe...

Ever since DJ Khaled put out his first compilation, Listennn: The Album in 2006, the Miami-based DJ has always debuted in the top 10 on The Billboard 200. This go-round the Def Jam South president barely managed to land in the top 15. According to today’s (March 10) Nielsen SoundScan report, Khaled’s fourth album, Victory, grabbed the No. 14 spot on the charts, after selling 27,800 units in its first week. Despite featuring such big name artists as Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy, Drake, Rick Ross and Usher, among others, the disc was the Terror Squad rep’s lowest earning first week effort to-date. Six spots above the Miami radio DJ at No. 8 is the unstoppable Black Eyed Peas. Cashiers rang up 46,400 copies of The E.N.D. this week, making the group’s overall numbers stand at 2,227,800. Recently incarcerated rapper Lil Wayne fell six slots to No. 12 this sales cycle. Rebirth added 31,900 to its total tally, making Weezy’s total numbers equal 393,300 in the album’s fifth week on the charts. Birdm...

Rick Ross, Fabolous, Red Café and Busta Rhymes all hit the stage yesterday (March 9) to honor the memory of The Notorious B.IG. on the 13th anniversary of his death. The party, hosted by Diddy, took place at the LAB Bar in the neighborhood that Biggie called home, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. According to MTV News, Puff addressed the crowd donning a black t-shirt that read “Invisible Bully”—referencing B.I.G.’s line on the “Flava in Ya Ear” remix. The Bad Boy founder performed “Victory” alongside Busta, while enthusiastic fans screamed along to Big’s verse. When Fabolous took the stage he lead the audience as they chanted “Broooooooklyn, Broooooooklyn,” before jumping in to his song “I’mma Do It” “That man had a special love for Brooklyn,” Diddy said about his beloved friend. “No matter where we was at, London, Japan, Africa, he would always represent Brooklyn to the fullest.” And so the night continued with BK DJ Mister Cee spinning all the Biggie catalog classics: “One More Chance,” “Playa Ha...

Ludacris should change the name of his tune from “How Low” to “How High” after hitsdailydouble.com released their latest sales projections. According industry insider’s estimates, based off of the one-day sales figures, Luda is believed to sell around 120,000 copies of his new disc Battle of the Sexes in his first week on shelves. The numbers should be enough to take him to the top of The Billboard 200 album charts this coming Wednesday, March 17. If the estimates prove to be true, it will be the fourth time that Luda has held down the No. 1 spot. 2003’s Chicken-N-Beer, 2004’s The Red Light District, and 2006’s Grammy-award-winning LP Release Therapy all held the coveted spot in the past. At the same time, Luda’s last album, Theater of the Mind, earned the No. 5 position in 2008, after selling 214,000 units in its debut week—a significantly higher amount than the BOTS approximations. Battle of the Sexes is the Atlanta-based rapper’s seventh studio effort for Def Jam, and features appea...

Score one for the super moms. Jacinda Carter, Aliyah Najm and H. Loraine Smith, mothers of Lil Wayne, T-Pain and Ne-Yo respectively, have been presented with the first annual 'Queens in Our Communities' award. The honor cites their work empowering women across the United States and an award ceremony is taking place this weekend in Atlanta. "We are honored to receive the humanitarian award," said Smith. "We appreciate being acknowledged for our efforts towards making our corner of the world a little better. We believe that all of us have something to contribute to the betterment of our community. We chose to use education and empowerment as our vehicle towards that end. It is amazing and gratifying to be recognized by your peers for attempting to accomplish the same goals." If you're in the ATL area, you can check out the ceremony live March 7 at 7PM at the Historic Highland Inn & Ballroom. According to Carla Barnes, the award program director, all th...

Rapper/producer T-Pain, who is currently wrapping up work on his latest album, RevolveR, has made his debut appearance on the cartoon scene. The one-hour cartoon extravaganza, Freaknik: The Musical, made its debut on Sunday night on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The show is about teenagers who want to attend a spring break party in Atlanta that was canceled back in 1999. Rappers Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg and Big Boi were all involved in the show, as well as Saturday Night Live personalities Andy Samberg and Bill Hader. "There's so many more dimensions you can cover in a cartoon," T-Pain told Billboard.com. "You don't really have to deal with any actors; you don't have to get locations or set times. You can just express more . . . and it's funny as hell." Meanwhile, RevolveR will be released later this year. T-Pain was also involved in the "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" production, which was released in February and raised money ...

Rapper/Actor Ja Rule has been chosen to co-star in the upcoming film I'm In Love With a Church Girl alongside R&B singer Adrienne Bailon. According to reports, Rule's new movie will go into production this May. Ja Rule has signed on to star opposite former 3LW/Cheetah Girl member Adrienne Bailon in the upcoming movie I'm In Love With A Church Girl. The movie is being produced by independent movie company Reverence Gospel Media and directed by Steve Race. Ja Rule will play a big time drug dealer who has turned his life around, but still associates with his former colleagues and friends. He meets the girl of his dreams and has to choose between returning to his old way of life or continuing down a legitimate path. Aside from Hollywood, the rapper recently spoke on his forthcoming Venni Vetti Vecci comeback album. "I wanted to do a three disc set but I'm thinking about changing the idea of how I want to do it," Rule told interviewer Lola. "One set was g...

T.I., the self-proclaimed "King of the South," has kept his word by releasing a new song called "I'm Back"(March 8). Released online Monday afternoon, Tip reminds fans and critics of his return into the music spotlight with his post-prison first release. "N*gga probably seen Wayne, Gucci Mane, me and Boosie all go to prison, now he flippin'," Tip raps, "Nowadays I don't know what's up with n*ggas in the 'A,'/Guess they think he's in the game but he really in the way/Violatin -- I'm disappointed in you dog, you ain't hold it down at all/But I ain't going in ya jaw just to show you how to ball/Standing tall through the storm, on the yard or in the dorms/cats in prison who's expecting me to rep for 'em..." ("I'm Back") Produced by duo Trackslayerz, the track was set-up to place emphasis on Tip's lyrics. "This record right here kinda reminds me of the Urban Legend T.I.," sai...

Playing off of the success of his new single, "Beamer, Benz Or Bentley," Lloyd Banks used car analogies to rate a few of his favorite female stars. In a recent interview, Banks incorporated the theme of his new record. "[Rihanna,] that's a tough one. I'll say a Benz 'cause she got some long a** legs. I'm in that 6.3, too, and my sh*t is like... Yeah, I'll say she's a Benz," Banks said in an interview. "Halle Berry? Out of a Beamer, Benz or Bentley I'd have to say she's a Bugatti. I don't have one of those yet... Jessica Alba is beautiful, man. She's kinda petite, small. I'll say she's a Beamer. I'd whip that around nice...You know it's funny, Alicia Keys is like, we kinda close in age, but from the very beginning her music has always been, it reached an older audience as well. So she gotta be like a Phantom or something. I feel like one day, if not already, she's gonna be respected like the artists she...

Rappers Game and Bun B have shared their reactions to Lil Wayne being sentenced to a year in jail earlier today. From Game's perspective, Weezy's time behind bars will not go unnoticed. "It's f*cked up," Game said about Wayne's bid. "I don't like it all. I don't have one good feeling about it. I'm happy Tip is coming out, but sad that Wayne and Gucci gotta go in. I don't like to see that. I like for my n*ggas that co-exist with me in hip-hop to win. I don't like to see [for example] Fab go to jail just as much as he don't want to see Game to jail. That sh*t is wack." Bun B said Wayne's bid comes at a time when his buzz is reaching all-time highs. "I feel bad, because I don't think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army," Bun B said. " ... Let's just keep it real: Lil' Wayne is not just the biggest rapper, Lil Wayne is the biggest pop star right now. Maybe S...