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Paul Wall, Chamillionaire To Reunite During ‘Best In Texas’ At SXSW

(AllHipHop News) Rappers Paul Wall and Chamillionaire will reunite at this year’s South By Southwest (SXSW) festival during the “Best in Texas” showcase on March 17th in Austin, Texas.

The “Best in Texas” showcase, which takes place at La Zona Rosa, is presented by AllHipHop.com and OGPR.

The showcase will features a variety of regional acts through out the state of Texas.

Lone Star State rappers like Trae Tha Truth, Chalie Boy, Dorrough, Fat Pimp, League of Extraordinary Gz, Kyle Lee and Question and Big Sid will all hit the stage during the showcase, which is hosted by Swisha House’s Michael “5000” Watts. DJ’s Grip and Hella Yella will command the turntables during the showcase. “I remember performing at my first SXSW and not really even speaking to Paul, and now in 2010 we will be touring together and sharing the same SXSW stage,” Chamillionaire told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “I’m sure our collective fans would be proud to see how far we have come and excited to see us together again live.”The “Best in Texas” showcase will also serve as the launching pad for the “In Love With My Money Tour,” a nationwide outing featuring Paul Wall and Chamillionaire that will run through mid-April with more dates being added.

“It feels great to have the opportunity to be back on stage with Cham,” Paul Wall added. “To start our tour together in Austin, at SXSW means a lot because that’s one of the 1st places we used to do shows coming up trying to be discovered. We started out as an opening act, now we’re the headliner. Hopefully this will inspire the up and coming artists to follow in our footsteps.”

OGPR is a well known public relations firm with over ten years in the business, representing acts such as Slim Thug, DJ Whoo Kid, Pimp C., Yo Gotti, Three 6 Mafia, while AllHipHop.com is the world’s most visited Hip-Hop website.

“When I heard that Chamillionaire and Paul Wall were reuniting again on stage at SXSW I knew this was a marquee event that AllHipHop.com had to be a part of, this is history,” added Steve Raze of AllHipHop.com/Tantrum Consulting.To view the full lineup and view pictures, music and videos of each artist, visit https://allhiphop.com/promo/sxsw/.

The “Best in Texas” showcase takes place March 17th at La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas.

All media is encouraged to attend the “Best in Texas” showcase. For inquiries contact Nancy Byron at [email protected].

Jay-Z Out Of Aqueduct Racino Deal

(AllHipHop News) Jay-Z has backed out of a deal with the Aqueduct Entertainment Group to invest in the Aqueduct racino it was revealed yesterday (March 9).

According to Crain’s, Jay-Z had an estimated 2% interest in AEG through an entity he has ownership in named Gain Global Investments Network.

The racino project has generated a great deal of controversy because the losing bidders claim New York Gov. David Paterson awarded AEG the group due to his personal relationship with the investors.

In addition to Jay-Z, investor Rev. Floyd Flake also backed out of the deal yesterday due to the mounting controversy and the federal investigation into the deal, which started last week.

“”Unfortunately, my ongoing participation in Aqueduct Entertainment has become a distraction that has taken me and my attention away from the community projects I created and nurtured,” said Rev. Flake in a press statement. Last week and subpoenas were issued to Jay-Z and Russell Simmons in regards to the deal.

Simmons, who served as an advisor to Penn National Gaming, one of the five losing bidders for the contract.

Simmons voiced his displeasure with Gov. Paterson’s decision award AEG the contract, which will allow the company to upgrade the existing Aqueduct Race Track venue with 4,500 video slot machines.

Critics claim AEG’s bid was $100 million less than the other bids, which were as high as $300 million, with other incentives layered into the deal.“I’m not knocking Rev Flake or anyone else associated with any other project. But their’s just wasn’t the best deal for New York,” Simmons wrote in February on his GlobalGrind.com website. “Speaker Silver, Senator Abrams and Governor Patterson, can any of my dear friends in NY government tell me where and when did it all go wrong? At time of great financial stress for the State, when programs for the poor are being cut, I backed what I thought was the best deal for the region, the city and the community. Why didn’t the leadership just take the best deal for the people of New York State? I did.”

Hip-Hop Rumors: More Biggie Rumors, Rumors About Diddy’s Biggie Party

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All content within this section is pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

THE BROOKLYN ZOO AKA THE BIGGIE PARTY

I know I am not on Twitter much, but I am there browsing more than anything. And, booooyeeeeeeee….did I see the tweets about what was going on with this Biggie party Diddy threw. Now, first of all, I heard people paid like $100 to get in that thing…whoa! Even said the following:

# As soon as I get there I will tell them to stop trying to overcharge people. Sorry to all who were inconvenienced. I will fix

# I just heard the club is trying to charge 100 dollars. I am 3 blocks away!!! I am not promoting the party. I’m not making money from this

Anyway, then there were several fights. Here is one of them:

Click here for the rest of the pics.

Overall, though it seemed like it was a great celebration. Fabolous rocked it, as did Busta, Diddy and Red Café. It seemed like a great shocker that Rick Ross was there, but we all know Diddy feels he is the “new” Biggie. Shout out to the people that attended. I heard it was fun. I heard one person in particular was being a complete A##H0LE to everybody around him. Can’t say the name, but from what I understand, if you were THERE, you know who this person is.

ANOTHER BIGGIE RUMOR

There is a Tupac diss record. Remember how Biggie never really TRULY all out responded to Tupac? You know, there were lil’ slick remarks, but nothing like Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up?” Well, I am hear to tell you that my sources have indicated to me, there IS a definite scathing diss BACK to ‘Pac. I mean, a full, all out return fire song and nothing that was on any album. I am speculating, but pretty sure they didn’t want the issue to escalate further by a reply. But it’s out there. I wonder how long will it take until that song comes out of a vault somewhere.

BIG POPPA, WE LOVE YOU!!!

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

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UPDATE: DMX Arrested in Arizona for Parole Violation, Cocaine Found

DMX was arrested yesterday (March 9) in Arizona for violating the terms of his parole after being found in possession of cocaine

X, real name Earl Simmons, is being detained in a local county jail following his apprehension by the state’s Adult Probation department.

The troubled star in less than a year removed from a 90 plus day stint in an Arizona jail for fraud, drug, and animal cruelty charges. While in custody, he was given an additional 18 months of probation for verbally threatening a corrections officer.

DMX’s lawyer Gary Jenkins acknowledged that the rapper is still suffering from well-documented drug addiction issues, but hoped he could stage a celebrity intervention.

“He’s been battling addiction for some time and he’s in need of treatment,” Jenkins stated to TMZ. “We’re hoping that maybe Dr. Drew might be able to help him. He’s a talented man…we’re praying for him.”

A clearly agitated DMX appeared in a Phoenix court yesterday, where he accused the police of maliciously targeting him and abusing his civil rights.

“Look at the fair treatment going on. I’m the only one in here, I’m the only one who got arrested today,” he stated before launching into a brief obscenity-laced tirade. “Every time they do it to me! My rights are being violated but I got to be quiet about it.”

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a staunch critic of the rapper, explained that DMX should serve serious jail time for what he deems as continued, brazen disregard for the law.

“I’m surprised he came back. he doesn’t like the sheriff, he doesn’t like my office. I’m sure he doesn’t like all the times he’s been arrested,” Arpaio detailed to a local Fox News affiliate. He’s also been a problem. he doesn’t show up for court. I had to send my deputies to Florida twice to bring him back. We’ve been treating him with kid gloves. I think its about time to give him hard time.”

Last week, DMX’s attempt to throw a gospel concert for Independence High School in Glendale, AZ was stopped by school officials amidst fears of violence.

At press time, DMX faces 5 unspecified counts of parole violation.

 

Corinne Bailey Rae: Found At Sea

We have all found ourselves lost in a memory or the near distant future when we listen to Corinne Bailey Rae. She gives us a necessary breath of fresh air with her cool, sweet, rock-British-R&B-soul sound.

After a two year break and dealing with the sudden death of her husband. She has come back giving us the long awaited follow-up album to her self-titled debut. The Sea debuted January 26, in the states and was welcomed to enthusiastic ears and rave reviews.

AllHipHop.com: How would you describe your music?

Corinne Bailey Rae: I think it’s really up to the people to decide what they think the music is, what they think the music is about. I just feel that is my personal expression, I am trying to convey what I am thinking, what I am feeling. I say my music has emotion—my music has emotion. But, I really don’t know how to classify it.

AllHipHop.com: Would you consider yourself part of the continuing British invasion hitting the U.S.?

Corinne Bailey RaeI don’t really know, I think there has been a lot of British passage, come over here in recent years. I mean I feel lucky to be apart of that. I mean it’s great to be here in America in the first place in contemporary music. I don’t feel apart of that scene. I think a lot of those people are from London. London is a real different place than where I live—north of England (Leeds). I feel apart of my own thing, independent of what is happening in London, sort of independent from the mainstream. I think of myself as British, all of those things are London.AllHipHop.com: The Sea is raw and seriously thought provoking album, how long did the album take?

Corinne Bailey Rae: I believe the album came about quickly. Obviously, I had a big break in the middle of it. I started writing the album in summer of 2007. I recorded three or four songs from November 2007 and the March 2008. And, then I started working on it a year later towards the end of 2008. It sort of didn’t take that long to write and record, because I hadn’t written in a long time. I felt like I had a lot of songs that couldn’t wait to come out. The way we recorded and produced it, it wasn’t time consuming, it kind of happened when people were available. People were hanging out in the studio–at Limefield studios. Except for having the break in the middle, I felt like the album came about quite quickly.

AllHipHop.com: The second go round; you stayed true to your roots and remained humble. Was it hard telling record companies “no” and remain who you are?

Corinne Bailey Rae: It wasn’t hard, but it was difficult, it was hard to negotiate, I guess. I didn’t want to across like I didn’t need the help at the same time I had a clear idea how I wanted it to sound. I started working with this producer, a really great friend and musician and I felt this is the way to do it. To be really free and not self-conscious and not having strangers around during the process. My experience gave me confidence to do it all on my own and the record label were supportive of it; they kind of left me to it–which was great! I really felt that with the record it was on me, whether it was going to do well or not do well.

AllHipHop.com: What inspired your album name The Sea?

Corinne Bailey Rae: I didn’t really think of the album title until I finished the album. I was thinking of what ties everything together. I felt like there was a lot of movement in the song, sometimes the songs were really full and layered. Sometimes I would retreat, when it was just me and the guitar. Sometimes the choruses are fast and the verses are slow, it has a lot of rhythm. The Sea was a really good metaphor describing the sound of the record and the layers. I felt like that was a great title for it and then there was quite a lot of warfare appearing in the songs.

AllHipHop.com: When you come the states do you feel at home?

Corinne Bailey Rae: I do actually and it’s really weird. I like it here! I didn’t know what I would think of it. I deliberately didn’t try to make music that I thought was American music. When that happened I was really surprised that the album did well, because at that particular time a lot of the music was mostly R&B. It was polished, perfect and virtuosic and improvising and runs. I just thought there is no way they will be in to what I am doing. I felt confident and it was more of me and not trying to be like a Beyonce, you have got these amazing singers. So, I was really surprised it did well here. No, I absolutely love it. I love New York, it’s an amazing city—it’s so vibrant and I think people arrive with certain expectations. It is an amazing place to be. It is amazing with so much going on, it’s good fun! I really like touring here and the people are friendly. I like that it is English speaking. I love playing here and it’s definitely a second home to me.

AllHipHop.com: Before you became the songstress you are, what dreams and ambitions did you have outside of music?

Corinne Bailey Rae: Uumm…I think it would be music. I was 15 when I first played in a band and I played in a pub, and have people come up to you didn’t know and tell you I really like your song–to me it was amazing! Make-up stuff in your bedroom and that just came out of your head, and being in front of eighty or ninety people. When I was 15 or 16 I knew this was what I wanted to know. Everybody I knew was in a band the aspiration was my friends. As, I got older obviously they have dropped out the band doing other things and getting other jobs. But, I still felt like music was what I really wanted to do. Music is really what I want to do, singing and really expressing myself and working with musicians. I just thought this was fun and I really like to do this and I thought of it as my life and writing songs for a living.

AllHipHop.com: What’s next for you?

Corinne Bailey Rae: I really enjoyed producing this album. It was my first experience in production. I learned a lot from hassling people from my first album; and asking questions, looking over the shoulder, getting a bit involved. I know how I want the album want to sound, which bass player, which drummer I want to use and how I want to build it up in layers. This great singer-songwriter John MacCallum, I really want to produce his album. I think that would be different. I really want to write music for a small independent film. I really would like to record a jazz record when I get a bit older and more experience, I’ll just enjoy it. I feel like there a lot of possibilities. I enjoy being around a lot of creative people. 

AllHipHop.com: What is your favorite thing/attraction to visit when in you’re in the states?Corinne Bailey Rae: I guess I do, I really do like New York. I guess going into shop and record shops. It is such a huge place. I just feel, it is just exciting it is such a big place you can be anonymous and eccentric—and I like that. I feel like other places you have to bring yourself in because people might think you are trying to draw attention to yourself but, you are not, you are just trying to express yourself. I like that about New York.

AllHipHop.com: I see that you’re touring when do it start and end?Corinne Bailey Rae: The tour starts, I think on the seventh of April in Canada. And then it comes to a lot of major American cities and St. Lucia at the Jazz Festival. I will be over here for about seven weeks.

AllHipHop.com: Is there anything else you want to add to the interview?

Corinne Bailey Rae: Uummm…I am trying to think of it. I think we covered most of it in the interview and how this album was different. I really wanted this record to be about self-expression. I wanted not to think about what others expect and what I am trying to say and the album came about in a very natural way.  I think its important to do that, follow your heart and follow your instincts, instead of being someone who is a careerist and build on success. I really wanted to walk into the project with freedom and I have been able to do that.

 

 

Rapper DMX’s Wife Tashera Simmons Dropping Tell All Book

(AllHipHop News) DMX’s wife Tashera Simmons will reveal the intimate details of her life with the rap star in a new tell all book.

Representatives for Tashera Simmons have confirmed with AllHipHop.com that a tell all book titled Strength of Woman is in the process of revealing a “not so glamorous life” in the autobiographical work.

As “Mrs. DMX,” Tashera was prominently featured in DMX’s reality show DMX: Soul Of A Man, which chronicled his turbulent life in 2006. DMX has been arrested every year since 1999, on multiple charges, ranging from impersonating a police officer to animal abuse.

Additionally, the rapper, who has been married to Tashera since 1999, has been hit with several paternity suits over the years.

In 2004, a woman from Buffalo New York and another from Baltimore, Maryland accused him of fathering their children.

In January of 2008, DMX was ordered to pay $1.5 million dollars to the Baltimore woman, after he accused her of raping him in an interview with Sister2Sister magazine, in response to the woman’s paternity claims.

DMX was also the first artist in history to have five consecutive #1 debut albums on the Billboard Top 200 Charts.

It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998), Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (1998), And Then There Was X (1999), The Great Depression (2002) and Grand Champ (2003) each topped the charts when they were released.

He’s also a prolific actor with major roles in movies like Belly, Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds.

“She will be talking about her experience with her family and trying to hold them together through the DMX journey,” a representative for Tashera told AllHipHop.com. “Her story is a stellar, heart wrecking, powerful, firsthand account of survival and family strength in a chaotic life and the fame that came with that life.”

Hip-Hop Rumors:Old School Biggie Rumors! Kanye West and Pete Rock? Alfamega Disses T.I.!

DISCLAIMER:

All content within this section is

pure rumor and generally have no factual info outside of what the

streets have whispered in our ear. Read on.

BIGGIE RUMORS

I was thinking of taking the day off in homage to Biggie, but I have a lil something for ya. Sometimes I wonder how Biggie Smalls would fare in this modern internet world. Both BIG and Pac for that matter. But, I was thinking about a rumor in particular. Back in the day, there was a rumor that Biggie had tied up Starang Wondah from the Boot Camp Clik and like held him for ransom or something. Honestly, that’s what was going on, but that rumor is not fully true. What happened was the video for “No Fear” got Biggie p##### at Starang Wondah, because there was a Biggie Look-A-Like in the video in an unflattering manner. BIG didn’t like that so he sent some dudes to meet Starang at D&D Studios. After the dudes beat him up a bit, they reportedly Biggie on the phone and he told the Starang not to mess with him any more. After that, Starang rapped about it saying, “like when I was up in D&D i caught 2 or 3 stitches / I was still gettin b***hes at The Tunnel takin’ pictures.” The 90’s were wild! Here is that video for “No Fear.”

MR. SCARFACE IS BACK!

Oh yea, buddies, Mister Scarface is not retiring after all. I know after his last one, the underrated Emeritus, ‘Face was calling it quits. Nope. From what I understand the H-Town legend is fast at work on a new album. Furthermore, I am hearing that Face and Mia X will be on the album together as well. I’m glad he didn’t try to get Nicki Minaj! Whew!

ALFAMEGA IS BACK TOO!

Damn, son! Alfamega didn’t waste a second to get it going with old friend T.I. He’s got a new song called “Greenlight” and he’s p#####!

“A lil something to let the ’Queen’ know the muscle ain’t shook/ If you try to respond, you gone get your crown took/ N***a you ain’t hard, your persona is so fraud/ And the day you crossed me proved you ain’t that smart…Ain’t but 3 real n***as still left in Pimp Squad…that’s Mac, Dro and Doug because n***a you a broad…Tip you know what it is and you know what I do, I’m the muscle lil ni%%a, the one who protected you… Shawty Lo almost took yo ass out the game.”KANYE WEST / PETE ROCK COLLABO?

Remember last year? There were rumors that Pete Rock and Nas were going to get to doing some work? Never happened for some reason. Instead, Nas went the way of the Rasta. Well, the fact is I have a rumor that may hold you down until the previous one comes true. Somebody I know told me that they ran into Pete Rock out in Hawaii and got the shock of a life. The first shock was actually seeing the OG out there, but the second was to find that Pete is working with Kanye West on this new album that’s coming out! There are some other rumors that suggest Kanye is also working with DJ Premier on this upcoming album, supposedly called Good A$$ Job.

SEE YOU SOON, BUDDY!

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

Tiger Woods may be out of the dog house already! Being worth billions has privileges. He was recently seen kissing his wife around their mansion.

I heard Facebook has banned sex offenders from using their service. I also heard a rumor that Facebook is going to charge people to use it soon.

Mike Vick is trying to leave the Eagles. But I am hearing he may be the starting QB if the Donavan McNabb rumors are true!

Lucky Jamie Foxx! Dude is reportedly dating Stacey “Dashing” Dash! Dag, B. These older chicks are looking better and better.

Trey Songz has denied the gay and bi-sexuality rumors.

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY

Oh man…people are stupid! My homey Al Harris sent me this one. There is a family, man and wife, and their house somehow was set on fire by accident. What do most people do when their house is on fire? Call the Fire Dept or 911, right? No. These people decided they wanted to sidestep the $300 or so dollars that it would cost to dispatch the fire services. So they tried to put the fire out on their own. OH BOY. So they didn’t pay the $300, but they lost their home and valuables.

DON’T FORGET THIS FAIL!

This dude from “Stomp The Yard” took a huge fail…I mean fall. Sheesh!

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SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

The world is ending! Wait until you see this one, ripped straight from the Associated Press:

OWENSBORO, Ky.- A Kentucky woman is in trouble for using breast milk as a weapon.

A woman in jail for public intoxication is accused of assaulting a jailer by squirting breast milk at her. Toni Tramel, 31, was arrested Thursday on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication. But as she was changing into an inmate uniform she squirted breast milk into the face of a female deputy who was with her.

Tramel now faces a felony charge of third degree assault on a police officer. Her bond was set at $10,000.

I have no words for this one. Thanks, Latesha!

NEW IRON MAN 2 TRAILER!

Don Cheadle FOR THE WIN!

SHAME ON YOU DAN…

It’s the small lil things like this that make you say, “Dan Rather is a racist too?”

HOLLA AT ME!

MIKE TYSON, WE

LOVE YOU!!!

They keep us talking, but if we stop talking about

them then they should worry!

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The Evolution Of Roscoe Dash

Roscoe Dash is one of several upcoming rappers in Atlanta that have had the club scene on smash over the past year. Now artists like the three-man trio Travis Porter, Waka Flocka Flames, Alley Boy and Roscoe Dash are leading a new generation of Atlanta rappers with a brand new sound. Roscoe Dash began simply as “Jay Johnson,” battling other rappers as a student in middle school. He dropped his first mixtape in 2007, collaborated with other rising artists and gave away copies of his mixtapes to get his fan base up. Read up on Roscoe Dash, his issues with Travis Porter and the story behind his massive hit record “All The Way Turnt Up,” which now features Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em.

AllHipHop.com: Whats good man?

Roscoe Dash: Out here in Atlanta, we just got back from New York, doing the Rip the Runway with BET. It was crazy, it was a very different experience, I’ve never done anything like that befor so it was a big moment for me.

AllHipHop.com: Yea man you are having a lot of success right now. A big time for your music right now man

Roscoe Dash: Yea man I just am trying to do something different right now. Have you heard the “Show Out” record yet? Yea that one is doing real well in Atlanta right now, that’s #2 on the radio now and we are going to shoot a video for that at the end of the month.. The “All the Way Turnt Up!” is #8 on the countdown right now.

We are working on a few mixtapes right now. The first one is called “Can’t The Lambo” that will be out the 15th of March. Then we have another one coming out with Wacka coming out later on this month, maybe at the beginning of next month.

AllHipHop.com: You said the mixtape is called “Cant Catch the Lambo”? You already pushing a Lambo now?

Roscoe Dash: Yea, you know Polo is looking out so and I’m gonna be soft up for the summer

AllHipHop.com: Talk about MMI and explain what you got on deck for the fans in the next year. Who are some of the artists that you have lined up? I know you already have plans for them.

Roscoe Dash: Me and MMI just launched a new website called www.mmitakeover.com. You know its just a way for the fans to keep up with everyone in the MMI family. That’s me, KE, LA the Boomman, Nico, Calio, the list goes on, but we really just want to make it something more and bigger than just an indie label. You know what I’m saying?”

We linked up with DJ Cut Throat, who runs the “I Love My Plug” movement. That’s who’s doing the “Can’t Catch the Lambo”, and we are going to do a collaboration mixtape with Waka Flocka and I believe DJ Holiday. So that will be out next month. We really are just trying to flood the streets with music before the album comes out. We got a could of viral videos that we are putting out. Build up some anticipation until the album comes up. We just want to keep people in the loop with what’s going on.

AllHipHop.com: “All The Way Turnt Up” is getting played just about everywhere in the country at this point, but when you look up the song on the internet, it appears there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the song. Travis Porter and his crew were seen performing the song without you. I know you have talked a lot about that but can you comment on that and explain your relationship with Travis Porter at this point?

Roscoe Dash: Basically, I did the song by myself way back in January last year. I thought the song was going to be really epic, it was going to be something that was really big, so I wanted to sit on it and make or release it when everything else was on the decline. Waka Flocka had the “Oh Lets Do It,” Yung LA was out with the Futuristic movement as well as J Money and the whole Shoppe Boys movement, I just wanted to catch it when everything was coming down.

In the midst of me doing all of that, I ended up linking up with Travis Porter and let him on my song because of my cousin “YT,” he was on the end of the version with Travis Porter, he was an investor in their group.

So, we were going to the club one day and I let one of the members of the group, which is Strap, he heard the song and he wanted to get on it. I though it would be a good move for me, since they had a bigger brand than me and even if people didn’t know the members of the group or anything about the group they knew the name. So I let him get on the song and they ended up releasing it on their mixtape, which is called “Im a Differenter 2”. They released it August 1st of 2009 and it was released as a Travis Porter ft Atl and YT. So they put my name on there before I changed my name to Roscoe.

Basically it got pushed on YouTube as a Travis Poter record and once things hit Youtube they posted over and over and over again, and eventually I just got dropped and it was just Travis Porter – “All the Way Turnt Up”. They never told people, ‘this not our song. This is Roscoe’s song.’ It was my song and they were featured on it. They went around doing shows and telling people they did the song and never told people that I was the one that made the song, and telling people that I just did the hook for the song or whatever the case may be and taking money and everything else and a lot of other stuff.

I don’t feel any type of way about it, but its just like I wouldn’t have a problem with them performing the song if I was getting my cut for the performance and if they were to say, “this is Roscoe’s song” then we wouldn’t have no issue with it at all.

AllHipHop.com: Have you had any contact with them at all?

Roscoe Dash: Not recently, no it’s been about 3 or 4 months since I talked to them. I tried to keep it in on some call and lets work it out. We tried to work stuff out with their team, and make it a mutual agreement where everyone is satisfied, but they were really just trying to ask too much and they were trying to muscle us off the song and saying that they were the ones that made the song what it is and this and that. But I feel like if you don’t a hook or first verse on the song then you don’t have a song. We just cant coexist on that, so we just had to go our separate ways.

AllHipHop.com: How did you link up with Soulja Boy and do you have future plans with him?

Roscoe Dash: Yea KE on the Track my producer who did the “All The Way Turnt Up” beat and as well as my follow up “Show Out”, “Swag Surfin”, J Money’s “First Name, Last Name”, Soulja Boy’s “Patriotic” record. He did all those beats and he is real cool with Soulja. Soulja actually Tweeted that he wanted to get on the remix 2 weeks before and then we kind of just put two and two together and we have another version of the official remix coming out soon.

AllHipHop.com: Also man everybody wants to know, Soulja Boy was seen wearing the Yung Berg chain. Have you seen the Yung Berg chain?

Roscoe Dash: Oh man, I haven’t seen it personally but I am definitely going to ask him about it though.

AllHipHop.com: Aight man, get back to me on that one. In other news, I also heard you are working with the Dungeon Family?

Roscoe Dash: I’m working with their producer Rico Wade and we’ve been working on some stuff, and I am trying to push to get Andre feature on one of my songs. Be on the look out for that, and no telling with that. Rico is a real cool cat and works hard. He has his own lane with the beats. No matter what year it is he always brings that old school feel of hip hop so I definitely need to get some of that on the album as well

AllHipHop.com: So is there any release date that you guys have set for the albums release?

Roscoe Dash: Its May 11th and its called Ready Set Go.

AllHipHop.com: Are there any other projects or features that you are going to be looking forward to until the album comes out?

Roscoe Dash: We are doing the BET Spring Bling March 25 in West Palm Beach and we have another video coming out for the record coming out. I am real excited about my Twitter. @Roscoe_Dash.

Trill Exec’s Escape Attempted Murder Charges Over Rapper’s Shooting

(AllHipHop News) Serious criminal charges filed against two Trill Entertainment executives have been dropped according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

Melvin Vernell Jr. and Marcus Roach were charged with attempting to murder local rapper Bruce “Beelow” Moore on July 4, 2005, in front of his store, Shop Smart Music and Fashion.

Sources told AllHipHop.com that Beelow was shot because his store was allegedly bootlegging music by artists on the Trill label, including Baton Rogue rapper Lil Boosie.

Yesterday (March 8), a judge ruled that prosecutors waited too long to try the pair on the charges of attempted second-degree murder, armed robbery and illegal use of weapons.

The attempted murder charge and the armed robbery charge were the most serious offenses the men faced, as both carry a mandatory sentence.

Both men have been free on $350,000 bond since May of 2008 and placed on house arrest from 7PM – 7AM.

Beelow, who returned fire in the altercation, survived the shooting.

Prosecutors are expected to appeal the ruling.