On Wednesday night, Atlanta rapper and entrepreneur Ludacris’ pool house at his home in Atlanta, GA was destroyed by a fire. The rapper is stated to have been out-of-town during the incident, however a relative was at the residence in the basement when the fire occurred and was eventually alerted by the alarm system.
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As previously reported on www.HipHopRX.com, the mother of two of T.I.’s sons ages 7 and 8, was hoping to profit off the rapper stating that she would like an amount fixed on his current income. LaShon Dixon wanted an increase of her current $2K up to approximately $10K per month according to sources.
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Janet Jackson announced on Monday, September 22nd that she will no longer be a part of the Island Def Jam Records roster after 14 months. According to the singer’s publicist the label agreed to dissolve the relationship upon Jackson’s request after the label failed to promote her album and meet her expectations.
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DMX born Earl Simmons was rushed to the emergency room in Florida on Sunday due to falling ill. According to sources the rapper was admitted due to fear of a stroke.
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Paris Hilton made “That’s Hot” famous now Diddy says, “Now That’s Cool.” The music executive/entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs talks about the latest gossip news of him accidentally stepping in dog poop. Diddy made way onto the sidewalk and happened to walk his gold shoes into a pile of dog feces in New York on Thursday.
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While everyone’s whining over Ciara’s Vibe magazine cover and photos, it looks like Spectacular, one of the members of Pretty Ricky chose to bare it all also for the camera only wearing a baseball cap over his noodle.
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R&B singer-songwriter/actress Christina Milian has signed a record deal with MySpace Records. Milian is currently working on her fourth studio album, which is due out next spring. According to Milian, Myspace is allowing her to write a majority of the songs for the album which is allowing her to do a number of different things creatively.
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Young Jeezy speaks with CNN’s Senior Producer Denise Quan of the CNN Entertainment News division about just registering at the age of 30, his latest album “The Recession,” his car accident that gave him a wake up call and more.
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Travis Barker, 32, ex-husband of former Miss USA Shanna Moakler and the drummer formally for the rock band Blink 182 was recently in a plane accident in South Carolina that killed four people and critically injured Barker and DJ AM (Adam Goldstein former boyfriend of Nicole Richie) Friday night. The Learjet 60 that the musician boarded following a college concert crashed shortly before midnight Friday in Columbia, S.C, killing Chris Baker, 29, of Studio City (Barker’s personal assistant) and Charles Still, 25, of Los Angeles whom were both members of Barker’s entourage, as well as pilot Sarah Lemmon, 31, of Anaheim Hills and co-pilot James Bland, 52, of Carlsbad, CA.
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For those who don’t know Tyga born Michael Stevenson, 18, he is a rap artist from Compton, CA who’s burning the block and has performed with acts such as Gym Class Heroes, Fall Out Boy and Lil’ Wayne, amongst others. Although success doesn’t come as easy his, the rapper says a conversation one day at a popular LA sneaker store changed everything.
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