Juelz Santana has announced his support for a potential Diplomats reunion with former group members Jim Jones and Cam’Ron.

In 2007, Dipset disintegrated amid disputes over money and creative differences. The rumored tensions culminated in a public split when Jones and Santana sided with 50 Cent during his battle with Dipset leader Cam’Ron

Last month, Jones and Cam’Ron revealed that they mended their differences in a 3-way phone call with media personality Miss Info, and promised to work together this year on Diplomatic Immunity 3. The talk marked the first conversation between the former best friends in 3 years.

In 2009, Juelz Santana criticized Cam’Ron for denying several song clearances while he was under contract, which Santana believed stalled his career. But the Skull Gang leader is willing to dismiss past grievances and welcomed calls for an official reunion.

“Me and Jim have talked about putting the past and everything behind us. I never had no reason to have personal grudges,” he told Hot 97’s Angie Martinez. “I was always willing to move forward. I just have to worry about my future now.”

Santana clarified that he is still grateful to Cam’Ron for the initial opportunity he received, and believes they can all come back to the table as established, wiser artists.

“I respect the fact he extended that arm and that’s something I can never take back,” he explained. “The blueprint was drawn up and Cam definitely drew it. But I laid down bricks on top of bricks to help that building be what it was…But we’re all bosses now. I’m all grown up now and I’ve always respected other people’s positions.”

Juelz Santana will perform at Hot 97’s Summer Jam 2010 on June 6. At press time, Santana would not commit to a Dipset reunion at the event.

(AllHipHop News) Despite an apology issued by a Bethel University student for impersonating rapper Lil Wayne in blackface, students at the school voiced their displeasure over what they deemed as an offensive performance during a recent event.On Friday (May 14), students held a demonstration on campus while offering a list of demands to address racial issues at Bethel. The protest came two weeks after five students performed a skit at the school’s annual Mr. BU fundraiser for the student group Acting on AIDS.During the event, the students performed several songs in the skit. The student impersonating Lil Wayne stood with his back to the audience until the final tune, a Lil Wayne song he lip-synched. The senior, whose costume included dreadlocks, gold teeth and baggy pants, turned around to reveal his face, which was painted black.   The controversial performance, which took place May 1, immediately ignited a firestorm of criticism on the Bethel campus from minority students. Although the university followed it’s racial response protocol after hearing how students were offended by the skit, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that those attending the Friday’s protest were not happy with Bethel’s response.Among the demands delivered at the demonstration were the reinstitution of the university’s intercultural staff position which had been eliminated as well as more diversity training for faculty and students that would include a required course for incoming freshmen.In addition to the protest, the controversial skit has resulted in renewed discussion on race relations on campus as well as the launch of an investigation in light of Bethel treating the performance as a bias incident. While a spokeswoman for the school cited student privacy law as her reason for not commenting specifically on the case, she revealed to the Tribune that the Bethel student handbook outlines possible penalties for such incidents that include a behavioral warning, suspension from co-curricular activities and reconciliation.The Mr. BU performance isn’t the first blackface-related incident to happen on a Minnesota school campus. In 2007, Macalester College student was censured for attending a campus house party wearing blackface and a noose around his neck while being accompanied by a student dressed as a Ku Klux Klan member. That same year, six Hamline University football players were suspended from their team for wearing blackface and body paint to impersonate African tribesmen for an off-campus Halloween party.In response to the backlash over their performance, the five students sent an e-mail to faculty and undergraduates addressing the controversy. In the message, the group said that they had not intended to offend or hurt anyone with their impersonation of Lil Wayne.”However, we realize our skit was offensive and hurtful,” the e-mail continued. “We are saddened by the fact that we caused pain and offense to our brothers and sisters.”The this time, Bethel adninistrators are not commening on specific disciplinary action that will be taken against the students involved in the case despite efforts to resolve the situation. 

(AllHipHop News) Organizers of the 2010 Rock The Bells Festival will hold a press conference this month to unveil dates, times and performers for this year’s event.Reps for Guerilla Union, the company behind the seventh annual Rock The Bells Festival, said select artists from the upcoming festival will also perform during the press conference.MySpace Music is this year’s official media partner according to Guerilla Union’s founder, Chang Weisberg.The press conference will take place Monday May 24th at the Key Club.Rock The Bells was launched by Guerilla Union in 2003.A number of popular rap artists have taken part in Rock The Bells Festival since its launch.Rappers like Nas, Blackstar, Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Lauryn Hill, Hieroglyphics, De La Soul and Wu-Tang Clan are among the artists who have participated in the annual festival.In 2008, Rock The Bells went international, with shows in Prague, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Helsinki, Paris and London.

(AllHipHop News) Sacramento rapper X-Raided was stabbed during a prison riot at Pleasant Valley State Prison, sources told AllHipHop.com.A group of inmates affiliated with the gang The Northern Riders were responsible for the attack on the rapper, because he refused to produce their album.The result was a full-blown riot when three African-American inmates attempted to assist X-Raided, who fought his three assailants.”These guys are essentially a Protective Custody gang. They’re a group of guys who were kicked off of the mainline by the Norte who came together on a sensitive needs yard and made up a new PC gang,” a source close to X-Raided told AllHipHop.com. “It’s ridiculous. They ran away from the mainline only to get to an SNY facility and form a new so-called gang.”Information on the inmates were scant, although the inmates responsible for the attack were identified as convicts: R. Werth, Gonzales, and Lawson.X-Raided, born Aneraé Brown , was attacked by Werth who used a state toothbrush with eight razor blades taped and tied to it.Gonzales used a knife made from a piece of metal removed from the prison’s baseball facilities equipment.The attackers stabbed X-Raided seven times, before a dozen officers were called in to regain control.X-Raided fought off all three attackers and then stood up and crip walked, according to sources. The rapper was then airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, California.The attack on X-Raided’s was an extortion attempt, a source stated.”They wanted him to produce and release their rap album,” a source said. “We’re talking about inmates serving Life without the possibility of parole (Werth and Gonzales) wanting to be rap stars, and feeling so rejected to the point of wanting to kill him in an attempt to gain some fame. It’s absurd.  Our client shouldn’t be facing threats of death on any Special Needs Yard, especially from a bunch of cowards who ran away from the mainline to escape from the Norte, only to clique up on any SNY facility. If they wanted to be tough guys they should have stayed on the mainline.”All three inmates have been charges with attempted murder.X-Raided is currently serving 31 years in prison for taking part in a deadly gang related shooting in 1992 that left one woman dead. He’s in the SNY facility because of his notoriety. He has managed to release at least 13 albums since his incarceration.X-Raided is fine and has recovered from the attack.