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Legal Docs Show R. Kelly & Ex-Wife Andrea Kelly Were In Dispute Over Child Support Payments

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Legal documents obtained by AllHipHop.com show that R&B singer R. Kelly was involved in a court case with his ex-wife Andrea Kelly over child support. A notarized subpoena filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois was sent by Ms. Kelly’s attorney to the performance rights organization SESAC, Inc.

The doc dated October 30, 2013 commanded the company to provide information about R. Kelly’s royalty income, licensing agreements, and assets to Andrea’s lawyer Robert M. Motta of Motta & Motta, LLC.

[ALSO READ: R. Kelly Reportedly Owes Over $100,000 In Unpaid Child Support]

R. Kelly has maintained that he does not owe any child support to his ex-wife. A rep for the singer told AllHipHop last week, “Mr. Kelly is current on his child support payments.”

Ms. Kelly’s attorney Alison Motta of Motta & Motta LLC has confirmed with AllHipHop.com that R. Kelly was recently in arrears with his child support and that the subpoena was filed by her firm in response to a court case. Despite media reports, Ms. Motta also confirmed that Andrea hired Bounty Alert/Project Child Support to assist her in recovering those funds.

Kai D. Patterson, President & CEO of Bounty Alert addressed his organization’s involvement in the Kellys’ child support case with AllHipHop.com via e-mail.

“We were asked to provide Ms. Kelly our program at no upfront cost and told that Andrea Kelly had mismanaged her earnings she received from VH1’s#### reality series, Hollywood Exes,”  wrote Patterson. “Although she did not meet the criteria for receiving our services at on upfront fee, we provided the program at no upfront cost as a courtesy to Andrea Kelly’s attorney, since her attorney represented Ms. Kelly could not afford the initial payment of $350.”

Motta refutes Patterson’s claim that Andrea was unable to afford the costs of PCS stating, “Obviously, she was having financial difficulties because of the child support situation, but it was a stretch to define her as indigent.”

Bounty Alert alleges to have received documents and statements showing that R. Kelly was several months behind in child support payments at the time Ms. Kelly contracted the services of Project Child Support. PCS issued a press release days after R. Kelly released his latest album Black Panties claiming the group provided a report to Andrea Kelly’s attorneys showing the singer owed approximately $114,900 in unpaid child support.

According to Motta, the statement was released after Motta & Motta informed Bounty Alert on November 18th that R. Kelly had paid off his child support debts.

“We, nor Andrea, ever denied hiring them. We just denied that R. Kelly owed $115,000,” says Motta. “We sent an e-mail advising them not to do anything, because Mr. Kelly had paid his child support.”

Patterson contends that Bounty Alert/PCS received the first notification that R. Kelly’s arrears were paid at 5:57 PM EST on Friday, December 13 after their press release was published. He adds that according to statements provided by Motta, it was only after Project Child Support was contracted by Ms. Kelly that Mr. Kelly paid his overdue child support payments.

“It is public knowledge that Project Child Support takes extra measures to collect unpaid child support, which we believe was leveraged in the negotiations that caused Mr. Kelly to pay after we were contracted,” states Patterson.

“That’s inaccurate. They’re just trying to cover their a####,” says Motta. “No one on the other side, Mr. Kelly or his attorneys, knew that we hired Bounty Alert.”

Motta maintains that the subpoena and the court case were sealed, and they were not meant to be seen by the public. Her firm and Ms. Kelly are considering what steps to take against Bounty Alert who they believe released the documents. (editor’s note: AllHipHop.com does not confirm nor deny that Kai D. Patterson, Bounty Alert, or Project Child Support were the source for the court documents.)

“I don’t know what makes them think that releasing the private information of Ms. Kelly is good for business,” says Motta. “We are coming up with a plan to counteract Bounty Alert.”

AllHipHop.com contacted representatives of R. Kelly and SESAC. They both declined to comment on this story.

[ALSO READ: Full Details of R. Kelly’s Sexual Assault Surface]

Pharrell Signs With Columbia Records For New 2014 Solo Album

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) The man with the golden touch for hits will soon begin crafting his own and now has a new record label home. Announced today (December 17th), Pharrell has signed to Columbia Records for the release of his as-of-yet untitled solo debut album for 2014.

Pharrell’s 2006 solo debut album In My Mind was released on Interscope Records and Columbia Records Chairman/CEO Rob Stringer is excited Pharrell made the switch:

When we excitedly partnered with Pharrell in January of this year, we felt it was his time again. Since then, ‘Blurred Lines’ and ‘Get Lucky’ have defined pop music in 2013, and now we are preparing to launch Pharrell as a global solo superstar in 2014. ‘Happy’ is just the beginning.

Pharrell was apart of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” with each appearing in the Top 15 of Billboard’s Top 200 most popular songs of 2013.

Hip-Hop Rumors: J. Cole Getting Married?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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Big Sean wifed a chick. And now J. Cole? This is interesting. These young men are seemingly willing to lock it in early. Maybe they are taking cues from their idols. But the likes of Jay and Nas didn’t turn it in until much later. But, this is cool and its nice to see that a rapper can get a “regular” chick as a soul mate. LOL! But, BallerAlert reports that the St. John’s University alumni sent their congratulation via Twitter. Here is a bit of a history via image. CONGRATS!

Shout out to BallerAlert for these pics.

 

 

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Drake Responds To Kendrick Lamar's "Control" on Future's "Sh!t" Remix

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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If a n*gga say my name he the hot sh*t/but if I say that nig*a name he still the hot sh*t

(AllHipHop News) In the most subliminal manner possible, Drake has finally responded to Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse on the remix to Future’s “Sh!t”.

After that line highlighted above this post, Drake further hints that he is speaking on Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse by rapping “funny how they dangling the bait but I’m one killing n*ggas on the hook.”

Terrence “Punch” Henderson and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, CEOs of Top Dawg Entertainment quickly responded to Drake’s diss on their personal Twitter accounts:

The song is featured on DJ Esco’s No Sleep mixtape.

Check out Drake’s response Kendrick Lamar’s “Control” verse below:

Jay Z Has Two Of The 10 Most Searched Songs On Google In 2013

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) There are no quantifiable ways to determine who is the best rapper alive, but there are a few to show who may have been the most talked about. Today (December 17th) Google released its year-end list of the most trending and popular searches in the United States and Jay Z snagged two spots in the Top 10 of Most Searched Songs.

Jay Z’s Magna Carta Holy Grail songs “Tom Ford” and the Justin Timberlake-assisted “Holy Grail” rank #6 and #7 respectively on the Top 10 list. Fellow Hip Hop artist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis earned the honor of most searched rap song of 2013 with their ubiquitous single “Thrift Shop” landing at #3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” was also the most streamed Hip Hop song on Spotify in 2013 and was the #1 most popular song across all genres on Billboard’s Hot 100 year end list. 

Drake was the most Googled rapper of 2013 ranking in at #2 on the Most Searched People list behind Miley Cyrus. 

Check out all of Google’s year-end lists here.

WTF News: Firefighters Accidentally Spray Burning House With Jet Fuel

By: Friday Foster Updated Category: Rumors
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This. Is. Wild. Luckily, it was only a practice run.

Via Huffington Post:

A late-October training exercise in North Bend, Wash., went seriously awry after firefighters there mistakenly sprayed jet fuel on a fire instead of water.

Video of the mishap, recently obtained by area news outlet KING5, shows firefighters attempting to extinguish a mock-up of a burning aircraft on a runway. As firefighters arrive and begin spraying the area down with what is supposed to be water, the fire explodes in size rather than shrinking.

Investigators think a malfunctioning oil-water separator may have mistakenly contaminated the firefighters’ water. Using a separator to filter water from fuel allows departments to recycle water used for training. It’s a practice that has usually been successful by other agencies.

Two firefighters suffered minor burn but no one was seriously injured.

Talk about being lucky!