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DJ Paul Sentenced For Taser Arrest In NYC

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Last October DJ Paul of the Memphis rap group Three Six Mafia was arrested in New York City for a misdemeanor weapons charge. The Academy Award winner was initially stopped by police for carrying an open Corona beer in public. He then admitted that he was also carrying a concealed taser.

[ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: DJ Paul Of Three 6 Mafia Arrested In New York With Taser; Open Container]

TMZ is now reporting that after first pleading “not guilty” to the possession and public drinking charges, Paul struck a deal with the prosecution and pleaded guilty to a lesser disorderly conduct charge.

Paul has been sentenced to 21 hours of community service and has to pay a $125 surcharge. Paul will serve his sentence in his current hometown of Las Vegas at a local soup kitchen.

“They’re all going to be eating a lot of barbecue and garlic butter,” said Paul’s defense attorney Seema Iyer (referring to the rapper/producer’s line of barbecue sauces) according to the New York Post.

“DJ Paul BBQ” was started in 2012 and includes both a barbecue rub and sauce available for purchase online.

Back at the time of the arrest Paul explained that he didn’t know that he wasn’t able to carry a taser gun in New York.

“I honestly didn’t know it was illegal. I thought it was at the same level as pepper spray,” Paul told TMZ. “My bodyguard wasn’t around last night, and I was by myself in NYC and anything can happen in the late hours down there.”

DJ Paul released his third solo studio album, A Person of Interest, just days after the arrest.

He has also released numerous projects as part of the legendary rap group Three Six Mafia. Paul and fellow 3-6 member Juicy J won an Oscar for Best Original Song for writing the single “It’s Hard Out Here For A Pimp” from the film Hustle and Flow.

[ALSO READ: Three Six Mafia Inducted Into Memphis Music Hall of Fame]

125 Arrested In Gun/Drug Sting in Missouri and Arkansas

By: Yohance Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) After a two-year investigation, over 150 law enforcement officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and local police rounded up 125 individuals in a two-state guns and drugs sting operation.

The suspects from southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas were arrested beginning Wednesday morning in what authorities called “Operation H.I.T.S.” (High Intensity Trafficking Suppression).

Officials say the campaign was conducted to end the high level of gun violence and the trafficking of weapons and illegal narcotics in the area. Over 240 undercover operations were conducted as part of the investigation.

“Law enforcement is here, and we are working everyday to try to rid the community of the scourge of illegal drugs, and certainly the added problem of guns along with those drugs and violence that comes with guns and drugs,” US Attorney Chris Thyer told WHBQ FOx 5.

Officials confiscated 108 guns, 3 pounds of methamphetamine, 3 pounds of crack cocaine, 26 pounds of marijuana, and various pills.

[ALSO READ: Molly: Affecting Kids and Hip-Hop]

The suspects range in age from 19 to 69. Some will be brought up on federal charges while others will face state charges.

71 defendants will face state charges in Missouri. The US Attorney’s office in Missouri will prosecute 22 cases. 14 will be charged in the state of Arkansas while 19 face federal prosecution in the Eastern District of Arkansas. One suspect will be prosecuted in two jurisdictions.

[ALSO READ: Hip-Hop Mogul Proposes “Guns For Greatness” Program Featuring Tickets To Beyoncé & Jay-Z Concerts]

To view some of the mug shots from Operation HITS visit arkansasonline.

Vanessa Simmons Scores First Leading Role In Film

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: News
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(AllHipHop News) Reverend Joseph “Run” Simmons’ children have grown to become fashion designers, hip-hop artists and now movie stars, as Vanessa Simmons has landed a starring role in a new romantic comedy.

Published author and accomplished filmmaker Dominga Martin chose Simmons as the leading lady in her new film My First Loves.

In an interview with BlackFilm.com, Martin not only praised the 29 year old budding actress but compared her to legends:

“I believe she is this generation’s Diahann Caroll or Dorothy Dandridge. She has range; she’s classy, FRESH and has a quiet strength. She is the image of the character I created in my head. I was searching for someone fresh faced and untainted and Vanessa Simmons is everything I was looking for. She’s got next! I can’t wait to see her blossom and bring this role to life.”

The movie is gaining funding from Martin’s production company, House Of Ming’s crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo.com started in February of 2013 and plans to begin filming this summer.

The fundraiser campaign ends on April 4th, 2013.

Monty Ross, the producer of Spike Lee classics Do The Right Thing, She Gotta Have It and Malcolm X is apart of the project as well.

This is not Vanessa Simmons first foray into the theatrical world.

Before doing the film Dysfunctional Friends with Mega Good in 2012, Simmons appeared in the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 2007 and Worst Prom Ever in 2011.

Click here for more information on My First Loves.

Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/MyFirstLovesMovie

Court Refuses to Dismiss Murder Indictments for Lil’ Boosie’s Alleged Triggerman

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) On Monday (March 13), Lil’ Boosie associate Michael “Marlo Mike” Louding, the alleged triggerman in a man named Terry Boyd’s death in 2009, received grim news for his trial scheduled for March 18th.

They 20-year-old, who was 17 at the time of the alleged murders was told by a judge that the courts are refusing to dismiss one of his first-degree murder indictments and have declined to suppress incriminating statements he allegedly gave Baton Rouge police in 2010.

According to Baton Rouge’s newspaper The Advocate, The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office alleges Torence “Lil Boosie” Hatch paid Louding to kill Terry Boyd.

Louding has repeatedly denied killing anyone, telling the jury at Lil Boosie’s trial that he had no involvement in anyone’s murder.

According to reports, Boyd was shot while sitting on a couch at a house on Vermilion Drive on Oct. 21, 2009 through a window.

Louding also is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of local up-and-coming rapper Chris “Nussie” Jackson on Feb. 9, 2009; Marcus Thomas on April 25, 2009; and Charles Matthews and Darryl “Bleek” Milton on April 1, 2010. He is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Michael Smith on Dec. 18, 2009.

A jury acquitted Boosie last May on first-degree murder charges in the slaying of Boyd, aged 35.

But while Louding hopes to be acquitted of his charges, Adrian Pittman, the alleged getaway driver, plead guilty last November to manslaughter and will be sentenced April 24 by the courts.

In Louisiana, first degree murder charges are carried out with death by lethal injection, or life in prison.

Luckily for Louding, he will be tried as a juvenile, as he was only 17 at the time he allegedly committed the crimes.

No word on how this could affect Lil Boosie at the time of print, more news as details emerge.

Hip-Hop Rumors: Squishy Beef Alert! Miguel Vs Frank Ocean?

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Headlines
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Looks like there may be a new soft beef about to pop off in these streets, son! You know beef is strange in 2013! But is it? Prince and MJ had beef back in the day and this is..very different. Frank Ocean and Miguel? Beef? Maybe not. But, when Frank Ocean took home the Grammy for some category, Chris Brown didn’t stand up. But, what most people didn’t realize is Miguel was up for that award and he didn’t hail Frank Ocean either. Tell the truth, Frank Ocean got an advantage for coming out the closet. Just keep it real.

That’s what up. Gangsta. I like how Miguel stick to his guns on that. But, peace and hair grease to Franklin Pacific too. Would pay to see these guys fight.



They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about them then they should worry! -illseed.

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Honoring 25 Years of Style: UNDRCRWN “Team Zamunda” Collection

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Everyone in Hip-Hop loves the classic Eddie Murphy movie Coming to America. If you don’t like it, you’re trippin because the movie was an absolute CLASSIC.  From the knock off McDonald’s called McDowell’s to Randy Watson and Sexual Chocolate’s performance, Undrcrwn pays tribute to one of the best comedies in the world.  It was 1988 when two young Zamundian’s ‘Came to America’ in search of a queen.  The result? Their impact is still felt 25 years later as Undrcrwn honors 25 years of their fashionable legacy by outfitting streetwear heads in the “Zamunda All Stars” capsule this Spring. The new collection is being sold exclusively at: www.SHOPUNDRCRWN.com.

Check out some pics of the classic new Spring line from Undrcrwn below: 

#AlternativePick: RL – “Boo’d Up” ft. Taylor J

By: Jake Crates Updated Category: Alternatives
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Notable singer/songwriter formerly of the group Next, RL, debuts the video to his first single, “Boo’d Up” featuring Big Play Entertainment label mate and fellow Minnesota native, Taylor J.  Pulled off of his upcoming sophomore album, 5:15; so named for the actual time of his birth.  RL feels he is ready to be reborn.  RL has said that the song ‘felt right to the soul’ as the first single from this project and is something that would feel right being performed between classics like “Too Close” and “Wifey.” “My mother was telling me about the time I was born,” RL said, “and it was at 5:15. With this new project, I’m born again. I recorded 70 records for this album.”

Check the video below and follow RL here: @JustRL

Hip-Hop Rumors: What Set Lil Kim Off! Rich Dollaz Talks Budden Consequence Fight!

By: Chuck Creekmur (@ChuckCreekmur) Updated Category: Rumors
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THIS IS WHAT SET LIL KIM OFF!

“Damn you photo shop!”

RELATED: Hip-Hop Rumors: Lil Kim Blasts Wendy Williams For Doing Biggie!?!

Wendy Williams clearly wanted to rumble with the Bee…but she didn’t get what she wanted. Here is the video that sparked it all. This wretched picture below.

RICH DOLLAZ TALKS ABOUT JOE BUDDEN / CONSEQUENCE FIGHT?

Well, this should carry us for some time, I think. We’ll be talking bout his skirmish til something replaces it.

RELATED: Hip-Hop Rumors: VIDEO Of Joe Budden Vs Consequence Fight Emerges!

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Daily Word: Enjoy Your Experiences!

By: Ash Cash (@IamAshCash) Updated Category: Lifestyle
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Happy Thursday my curious and adventurous! Welcome to the day that you continue to take chances until you get what you want out of life! Today’s Daily Word is dedicated to making mistakes or enjoying your experiences as I like to call it. Often times we are our biggest critic; we judge and condemn some of the things we do and regret that we didn’t get it right the first time around. We try hard to avoid mistakes which sometimes leads to us not doing anything at all. We need to understand sooner than later that our mistakes and experiences are what will get us closer to our desired life! If you are not making mistakes than chances are you are not taking enough chances… If you are not taking enough chances than you are prolonging your success. Success in life is about trial and error! Keep trying until you get it right! The reason why you know which foods you like, and which you don’t is because you’ve tried many. Keep trying the food of life and don’t worry about being perfect… Just Be!! To put it in perspective follow these simple words of wisdom by Paulo Coelho which says “Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.” Enjoy Your Experiences! Make Mistakes and Keep going until you get what you deserve!!
-Ash’Cash

“Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons.
-Unknown

“You need to screw up to learn. You need to experience to create greatness.”
-Laurie Faria Stolarz,

“Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones of genius.”
-Elbert Hubbard

“The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.”
-William Wordsworth

“Your mistake does not define who you are…you are your possibilities.”
-Oprah Winfrey

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
-Henry Ford

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
-George Bernard Shaw

“Never stop taking chances cause that’s how you learn and live.”
-Unknown

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Ash’Cash is a Business Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Financial Expert and the author of Mind Right, Money Right: 10 Laws of Financial Freedom. For more information, please visit his website, www.IamAshCash.com

Rap Legend The D.O.C. To Be Featured In April Issue of Playboy Magazine

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Rap legend The D.O.C. will celebrate 25 years in the Hip-Hop industry, by reemerging, starting with a high profile interview in an upcoming issue of Playboy magazine.

The legendary rapper/ghostwriter, who has written for artists like Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac and Eazy-E, is the subject of an article by Alex Pappademas titled “Ghost in The Machine.”

The Playboy article details the horrific car crash that damaged the vocal chords of one of Hip-Hop’s most unique voices.

The accident came at the height of The D.O.C.’s own fame after the release of his classic album, No One Can Do It Better.

In the Playboy article, The D.O.C. details his upcoming plans, as well as plans to write for new artists, in addition to his discussing his new reality show “HipHop Draft Presents: How I Got My Voice Back.”

The documentary, which will premiere this spring, chronicles The D.O.C. as he goes through an operation to regain his voice.

The exclusive interview with The D.O.C. in Playboy will run in the upcoming April issue, which hits newsstands on Friday (March 15).