(AllHipHop News) Rapper Gucci Mane will address the media tomorrow morning at 12:01 AM (May 13th) when he is released from the Fulton County Jail. Representatives for the rapper confirmed with AllHipHop.com that the rapper will hold the press conference at the jail, as soon as he is freed.Gucci will discuss a number of issues brought up while he was incarcerated over the past year, for violating his probation, by using cocaine and other drugs. Last week, the rapper announced he had severed his ties with former manager Debra Antney and Mizay Ent as well as booking agency Hitt Afta Hitt and the company’s owner Johnnie Cabbell. Both Antney and Cabbell are named in a number of lawsuits in multiple states, for allegedly booking Gucci Mane and taking deposits, even though the rapper was heading to jail to serve the one-year sentence. Yesterday, Antney called out Cabbell in an interview with AllHipHop.com and distanced herself from Cabbell, while wishing Gucci Mane continued success.“Johnnie Cabbell, I stood there with yo raggedy a**. I didn’t fall down,” Antney told AllHipHop.com. “I tried to back you. I tried keep it 100 with you. But now, you violated,” she said. “You go online and you talk that s**t like you didn’t do nothin’. N***a, I don’t book shows. Money don’t come to me first. I’m not thirsty for money like that. People know when they call my phone I shut you down and tell em ‘no.’.”Johnnie Cabbell denied all allegations against him in a statement released to AllHipHop.com last week and claimed he was still acting as the official booking agent for Gucci Mane and Nicki Minaj.“While it is being widely reported that my booking agency Hitt Afta Hitt is no longer working with Gucci Mane, I have yet to receive any type of correspondence from Gucci, the label or anyone else that supports that,” Johnnie Cabbell told AllHipHop.com in a statement today (May 5th). “I have known and worked with Gucci for over a decade. I have seen his career grow from being a local phenomenon into a household name and I feel like I helped play a minor role in his success.”

(AllHipHop News) A number of influential Hip-Hop acts will take part in City Parks Foundation’s 25th annual SummerStage concert series. Jay Electronica, Pharoahe Monch, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane, Doug E. Fresh, Force M.D.’s, Roy Ayers, Kool, Herc, Nice and Smooth, The Awesome 2, EPMD, Brand Nubian, Gil Scot-Heron and others will hit the stage as part of Hip-Hop at SummerStage. “Over SummerStage’s 25 year history, we have been responsible for bringing high quality, free concerts across all genres of music to the public,” City Parks’ Executive Director David Rivel told AllHipHop.com. “Hip-Hop has always been well represented in our offerings because it is a musical genre that grew up in NYC alongside of SummerStage.”This year’s SummerStage will expand beyond Central Park and will include over 100 musical acts, in addition to dance and theater programs in all five boroughs of New York. “Up-coming Hip-Hop stars and well established legends such as Q-Tip, KRS-One, Pete Rock and numerous others have performed at SummerStage,” Rivel stated. “Now with our expansion into all five boroughs of NYC, we are looking forward to bringing Hip-Hop music to more New Yorkers than ever before.”According to Rivel, this year’s SummerStage has a focus on groups that have their roots in New York. City Parks Foundation is the only nonprofit organization that offers park programs throughout New York City. The Hip-Hop at SummerStage concert series kicks off June 1st with a performance by Jay Electronica in Red Hook Park in Brooklyn, on June 1st. The series concludes August 15th in Central Park with a performance by Public Enemy, Blitz The Ambassador and 7th Octave.

(AllHipHop News) Yesterday (May 10th), VH1 announced that Bun B, Lil Jon and T-Pain are among the performers who will pay tribute to this year’s honorees at the 2010 VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show.The show, which is now in its seventh year, will recognize the South’s contributions to rap music, marking the first time the show has honored an entire region.Comedian Craig Robinson (The Office, Hot Tub Time Machine) will host the show this year, which is being taped at the Hammerstein Ballroom.Other performers include Paul Wall, Pitbull and Trina, while this year’s honorees include Jermaine Dupri, J Prince of Rap-A-Lot Records, Master P, Organized Noize, Luther “Luke” Campbell and 2 Live Crew.The VH1 Hip Hop Honors: Dirty South will air on VH1 on Monday, June 7 at 9pm EST.

(AllHipHop News) More than a month since completing a 366-day stint in prison on federal weapons charges, T.I. is opening up about his time behind bars to CNN’s Larry King.The rapper/actor will sit down with the famed interviewer Thursday (May 13) for an exclusive chat on Larry King Live. In addition to revealing what it was like to spend nine months in prison, T.I. will field questions from fans. The Larry King Live appearance will be the rapper’s major first interview since 2009.T.I. , who served time last year after being busted for attempting to purchase machine guns and silencers in October 2007, was released from a halfway house in Atlanta on March 26.This summer, the entertainer will release his highly anticipated follow-up to 2008’s Paper Trail, King Uncaged. The album, which features the single “I’m Back,” is slated to hit stores Aug. 17.Prior to the release of King Uncaged, T.I. will perform alongside artists from his Grand Hustle record label at The Return of the King Memorial Day Weekend Extravaganza. The event will take place May 30 at the Klutch Nightclub in Miami.T.I.’s  appearance on Larry King Live will air at 9 p.m. EST Thursday on CNN. To submit questions for the show, visithttp://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.lkl.html.

(AllHipHop News) Contrary to reports of being dismissed as the manager of Gucci Mane and Nicki, Debra Antney maintains her parting with the rappers was anything but a termination of the business relationship between them.According to the Mizay Entertainment CEO, the development served as a way for Gucci Mane to open the door for more success in the future. The Atlanta hitmaker, who recently closed his So Icey Entertainment imprint and severed ties with Mizay Entertainment and the Hitt Afta Hitt booking agency, currently serves as the president and CEO of 1017 Brick Squad Records Inc.“I didn’t get fired,” Antney told AllHipHop.com as she concluded that Gucci Mane’s transition was “something that he was taking from So Icey and placed to 1017.” “That’s not firing somebody. That’s allowing him to be the man and who he is. Bottom line. That’s it,” stated Antney, who is also the mother of rapper Waka Flocka Flame. Antney’s views come amid troubling times for herself and Gucci Mane, who is reportedly set to be released from Fulton County Jail tomorrow (May 12) after serving a one-year prison sentence for violating his probation. The pair is among those named in a lawsuit from Marshall Productions’ William Marshall and Derrick Brown of Rockstar Entertainment over a string of concerts Gucci Mane failed to show up for. The pending court case also includes allegations that shows scheduled by Antney and Hitt Afta Hitt executive Johnnie Cabbell were intentionally done with them knowing the rap star would not be able to leave the state of Georgia  in light of his parole violations.Another lawsuit, filed in April by All Hood Entertainment, targets Gucci Mane, Mizay Entertainment and Hitt Afta Hitt over a $61,000 loss from claims the rhymesayer missed a November 2009 show in Louisville.Last week, Cabbell, released a statement denying knowledge of any lawsuits aimed at him or Hitt Afta Hitt. The legal drama triggered a notable response from Antney, who questioned the validity of the allegations.“I am a creator. I create artists. Do your homework and learn who I am. Stop stompin’ on me,” she said. “Ok, you don’t know me. I don’t rob people. What the hell I look like robbin’ somethin’ I created. I’m the only g**d**n person that got an unsigned artist $50,000 and $60,000 a g**d**n show. Check my records. I don’t rob nobody.  I’d be a damn fool to sit there and rob myself. So it’s gonna take a lot for you to assassinate me.”Antney continued her defiant stance as she blasted former friends and associates for less than stellar treatment towards her.“Julia Beverly, kiss my a**. $5,000 you needed. $5,000. Broke b****. Runnin’ around here, keep putting s**t up on me. You ain’t ready for me,” said Antney, who expressed her determination to rise in light of sour relationship with the Ozone magazine founder. “You can’t assassinate my character. You and no one else. Don’t get me started. I’m tryin’ to be real nice.”Antney’s disdain for Cabelle was also on display as she noted how her support of the businessman went downhill in light of the cases against them.“Johnnie Cabelle, I stood there with yo raggedy a**. I didn’t fall down. I tried to back you. I tried keep it 100 with you. But now, you violated,” she said. “You go online and you talk that s**t like you didn’t do nothin’. N***a, I don’t book shows. Money don’t come to me first. I’m not thirsty for money like that. People know when they call my phone I shut you down and tell em ‘no.’”Despite her feelings towards her business associates, Antney is quick to cite her work performance to back her professional standing in the music industry.“Y’all want to get your s**t right. Get your s### right. I ain’t to be f****d with,” she proclaimed. “The streets wanna run around here and talk. Everybody wanna talk they s**t? Let em talk s**t. I don’t care. I’m not going to continuously come up and every time somebody say somethin’ I’ma, run and I’ma do somethin’. You think because I’m a female that you can shut me down? Check my records. I’m a creator. Ain’t nothin you do to me. Nothin’.”Antney’s dissolved business relationship with Gucci Mane comes after her recent split with Minaj, who cut her ties to the businesswoman via a cease and desist letter. “Nicki did a cease and desist no longer wanting me to do her business,” Antney added. “So I guess, not her herself but a lawyer sent it. I guess that’s a firing. Indirectly. Not her coming to me personally, but sending a letter sent through her attorneys.”Whileher business dealings with Gucci Mane and Minaj may be in the past, Antney says there is no ill will towards the rappers regarding the outcome of their alliance.“I don’t have no beef with Gucci. That’s my nephew. That’s my dog. I ain’t got no beef with Gucci,” she stated.  “I love Nicki. I love Nicki and I wish her all the success in the world. You don’t have to stay with me.”

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