Hip-Hop music artist and actor Coolio, born Artis Ivey Leon Jr, pled not guilty in court on Friday, April 3, 2009 to one felony count of possession and a misdemeanor on battery and possession of paraphernalia.
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Flesh-N-Bone, born Stanley Howse, 35, of the Cleveland based rap group, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was arrested on April 2nd and has been charged with a felony according to court records.
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On yesterday night and early morning today, concerts in Colorado Springs, Colorado featuring rapper E-40 reportedly ended in violence, gunshots, a police car chase and one man dead.
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Cash Money Records, home of rapper/CEO’s Lil Wayne and Birdman, are reportedly taking further legal action against Aphilliates Music Group, home to Atlanta’s DJ Drama, and Cash Money is supposedly pursuing other certain mixtape DJ’s as well affiliated with it’s catalog of Lil Wayne mixtapes including ‘When the North and South Collide” and “Dedication” mixtape series I, II, and III.
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What hip-hop mogul may possibly be named as a former client of the Manhattan Madam who reportedly serviced prostitutes to New York Governor Elliot Spitzer and thousands of other famous and public figures?

A major hip-hop mogul may have been one of the clients of the former Madam who serviced Governor Elliot Spitzer, the New York governor who was tied to the now infamous former escort Ashley Alexandra Dupre and the highly publicized prostitution sex scandal.
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Earlier, a rumor was reported that rapper Flo Rida was probably being sued by the State of Florida over his name, well www.HipHopRX.com has confirmed that the rumor is, just that, a rumor, and the great state of Florida has no lawsuit “activity” against the rapper.
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www.HipHopRX.com has learned via an email from a HipHopRX reader that the State of Florida may be suing rapper Flo Rida over the use of his name claiming he is hurting their money and the reputation of Florida with his negative image?

Your heard right! The State of Florida may be telling Flo Rida that he has to change his name because they had the name first and his negative hip hop lyrics are costing them money! Hmmmm, this may be an April Fool’s! The State of Florida bringing a lawsuit against rapper Flo Rida and trying to force the rapper to change his name??!!
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André Lauren Benjamin, better known as Andre 3000, one-half of the music group Outkast, was arrested on Monday (March 30) for putting the ‘pedal to the metal’ while in his hometown of Atlanta.
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T.I. says that snitches rather than be snitches should follow by his example of owning up to his own behavior and giving back to the community. The rapper states that if someone does something wrong then they should quit trying to tell on someone else just to get out of trouble. The rapper states they [the people who get in trouble and snitch to get out] should “quit trying to pass the buck” on to someone else, and “own up” to the crime, ‘do the time’ and give back!
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Watch CNN’s T.J. Holmes interview rapper T.I. regarding his upcoming 1 year jail sentence which T.I. recently appeared in court for on his gun charges stemming from a 2007 incident and must report to prison within 30 to 60 days to serve his time on.
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