(AllHipHop News) Another lawsuit has been filed against a Dallas, Texas based promoter, who allegedly misrepresented himself as an agent for Young Jeezy and pocketed a $50,000 advance for a show. Three promoters named Chris Moreno, Sonny Manila and Roger Manila filed the lawsuit on December 13th, the Judicial District of Harris County, Texas. The lawsuit claims that Carlos Godspeed of Top Agent Booking represented himself as the official booking agent for Young Jeezy, who was supposed to perform at a Houston venue in 2008. Godspeed is accused of returning $23,000 of the $50,000 advance, leaving a balance of $27,000. The promoters claim that Godspeed has held the remaining $27,000 balance, as agreed. This is the second lawsuit filed against Carlos Godspeed in as many months. In September, Godspeed was named in a lawsuit claiming they took almost $50,000 to deliver rappers Drake and Ciara, who were never booked for the event in question.

(AllHipHop News) As if pleading to a two-year prison sentence yesterday wasn’t enough, Queens, New York rapper Ja Rule must now contend with hackers, who seem to have taken over his Twitter account. An authorized person gained access to Ja Rule’s official account Twitter.com/RuleYork around 5:30 AM this morning, about an hour after the rap star’s last official Tweet, which commented on the snow falling in New York. Starting around 5:30 AM, fans of Ja Rule were confused when they began reading a series of tweets suggesting that he was surrendering to his nemesis, fellow  Queen’s rapper 50 Cent. “Listen man, i was thinking, im sorry i slapped you, i wanna appologize [sic] for everything,” the intruder tweeted to 50 Cent. “man why you had to go in on my career like that tho? you f##### my money up, i get it, your smarter, better rapper…”A few tweets later, it was obvious that it was not Ja Rule sending the messages, as the insults began. First they were directed at 50 Cent, but a number of others were sent messages too, including 50 Cent, Nore, Tyga, The Game, Big Tigga, Gunplay of Triple C’s, and others, to the shock of the Ja Rule’s fans. As of press time, the hacker was tweeting away, sending out numerous messages, including that sent Ja Rule’s personal cell phone number to his 34,000 followers.”I don’t believe this,” tweeted one of Ja Rule’s followers, while another told the hacker: “I’m convinced you aint Ja and I’d like to rob u.”

(AllHipHop News) Yo Gotti turned himself into police yesterday evening (December 13th) to face charges stemming from a shooting over Thanksgiving weekend in the rapper’s hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Yo Gotti surrendered to police around 5:30PM last night to face a charge of aggravated riot and inciting a riot, after a fight that broke out in the parking lot of the Level II night club. According to police, Yo Gotti, born Mario Mims and a rapper named OG Boo Dirty, born Lance N. Taylor, were involved in an argument when a third man named Corey McClendon joined in. OG Boo Dirty, who has YouTube video dissing Yo Gotti, is accused of striking McClendon during the verbal altercation.The punch sparked a fight involving as many as eight men and shortly into the rumble, someone escalated the brawl into a shooting that left six of the men with gunshot wounds. OG Boo Dirty is also currently facing a number of serious criminal charges, all committed in the months of September. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, OG Boo Dirty is facing two attempted murder charges stemming from two separate incidents in September, while he also faces one count of aggravated arson for targeting the victims of those crimes.If convicted, Yo Gotti could face one to six years in prison.

(AllHipHop News) Rap star Eminem has successfully returned to the music industry with the year’s bestselling release and now the 38-year-old has set his sights on the big screen, with a major role in the movie Southpaw.Southpaw is being developed for Eminem and will feature the rap star playing a welterweight boxer who earns the title, but suffers from personal tragedy.The boxer must then fight his way back to the top and when the affections of his young daughter and according to published reports, the movie is being described as a continuation of his hit 2002 movie 8 Mile.Most of the script, which will be drafted by February, will be loosely based on Eminem’s own life and music, according to Deadline.com.Southpaw is being penned by Kurt Sutter, the creator of FX’s#### series Sons of Anarchy and will be distributed into theaters by Dreamworks.”I took meetings with Marshall’s producing partners over the past 7 years, looking for something to do together,” Sutter told Deadline.com. “I know he’s very selective and doesn’t do a lot. But he shared so much of his personal struggle in this raw and very honest album, one that I connected with on a lot of levels. He is very interested in the boxing genre, and it seemed like an apt metaphor, because his own life has been a brawl.”According to Sutter, the movie will be a metaphorical narrative of the “second chapter” of Eminem’s life. “At its core, this is a retelling of his struggles over the last five years of his life, using the boxing analogy,” Sutter continued. “I love that the title refers to Marshall being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to Hip-Hop; dangerous, unwanted and completely unorthodox. It’s a much harder road for a southpaw than a right handed boxer.”

(AllHipHop News) Rap legend Queen Latifah has inked a deal with Sacramento Kings’ point guard Tyreke Evans, who will become the first sports star to endorse the new VBLAST! vitamin water product from her new company, New York Sprint Water. Evans, who was the NBA’s 2010 Rookie of the Year, will kick off a national campaign to showcase thew new packaging that appear in 7-Eleven stores later this month.Additionally, Evans, a Chester, Pennsylvania native, will is currently filming television spots and Billboard advertisements to promote VBLAST! and its sister product, Aqua84.“I enjoy VBLAST! and Aqua84 not only for their great taste and nutrients, but also because of the company’s commitment to help developing countries drill wells for fresh drinking water,” Evans said of the deal. “Giving back to those less fortunate is something I enjoy and do every day, so I am excited to be working with a company that does just that.”In September of 2010, Queen Latifah announced that she was jumping into the lucrative, billion-dollar vitamin water market, via an investment in New York Spring Water.