He's suing for millions because Taco Bell publicized a letter in which they ask him to change his name to 79, 89, or 99 cents for one day to promote their current 79, 89, and 99 cent promotion. 50 claims that there are bloggers who blasted him for "selling out," convinced that he endorsed Taco Bell.

Meh, I would have done it. Food? How can a rapper "sell out" to food?

DMC, one third of the legendary, ground breaking rap group Run DMC, has been hospitalized for blood clotting. This is the first time he has faced this issue.

The man who put out crap claims that P. Diddy and an associate had something to do with Tupac's murder in March has been laid off.

The LA Times, which ran the story and later apologized, included him among four layoffs due to the pain the industry is suffering at the moment as per the lack of advertisers.

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Nas has partnered with FILA for one year (at least) in some sort of apparel deal. I'm guessing it's just the regular cobranding stuff... we'll see... but a FILA executive said Nas is 'not interested in selling out, he's interested in staying true' and that fits in to the FILA brand.

Is every story in which I talk about Jay-Z going to start like that from now on? Well, at least when I talk about his haters, and boy does he have a lot.

I'm not sure, as I've said before, that we should care about the festival here in the U.S. of A., but for what it's worth, it was not without controversy.

After years of trouble with current record lable Jive Records, Clipse has signed a new deal with Koch. As of yet, the group is a one hit wonder with several other attempts that usually fell through apparently due to problems with Jive.

Lil' Wayne's album 'The Carter III' sold 1,005,545 copies in its first week according to SoundScan. Because SoundScan represents more or less 80% of record system tagging, it was actually higher. The point is he went platinum.

Shante Broadus was arrested Saturday morning, June 14, on suspicion of driving drunk.

Well known for accompanying her husband Snoop Dogg on his E! reality show 'Fatherhood,' she also recently started a clothing line.

They recently renewed their vows early this year to celebrate their ten year marraige. Snoop filed for divorce in 2004 but they got back together.

Apparently, Lil' Wayne IS going to sell 'A Milli.'

Anchored by what may be the best hip-hop song of all time, 'Lollipop,' he reached the 630,000 mark Friday, the first to beat 600,000 in three days since Kanye West's Graduation which ended up selling 957,000 in a week.