(AllHipHop News) Trae Tha Truth and KBXX 97.9 The Box have both agreed to drop lawsuits against each other, over an alleged ban on the Houston, Texas rapper’s music in the local market.According to Houston’s Fox 26, both parties have agreed to walk away from the lawsuit, although no settlement between the opposing parties was reached. Trae’s music was pulled from Houston’s Hip-Hop station, KBXX 97.9 The Box, after an on-air argument between the rapper and host Nnete Inyangumia. over who was responsible for a July 2009 shooting after “Trae Day.” The shooting left eight people wounded. As a result Trae Tha Truth’s music was completely banned from KBXX’s airwaves. The ban on the rapper was so harsh that a number of popular DJ’s, including Brandi Garcia, were fired for playing Trae’s music at parties or events – outside of work. In May, Trae Tha Truth filed a lawsuit against Radio One, KBXX’s general manager Doug Abernathy, program manager Terri Thomas and personality Nnete Inyangumia.The lawsuit accused KBXX of causing damages to his reputation, mental suffering, lost performance revenue, royalties and other damages.

(AllHipHop News) Foxy Brown addressed her recent arrest during a performance at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill in Manhattan last night (July 25th). Foxy Brown, born Inga Marchand, was arrested last week on a felony charge, for another encounter with her rival Arlene Raymond in their Prospect Heights, Brooklyn neighborhood. Brown was arrested after a heated exchange of words with Raymond, in which she allegedly flashed Raymond while shouting “kiss my ass.”According to the New York Daily News, Brown, who pleaded not-guilty to the charges, brushed off the arrest during her performance. “This is what we tell all the haters: You can’t keep a good b***h down,” Foxy Brown told the crowd. “We makes bail.”Brown, 30, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of criminal contempt of court for violating an order of protection. The rapper was ordered to have no contact with Arlene Raymond in May of 2008, after she was convicted of striking Raymond with a Blackberry during a fight in 2007. Foxy also called out her rival on Twitter shortly after her arrest. “I continue to give it to GOD, I’m home baby!!!! Bum b###### aint’ stop nothin’! Sunday, LIVE on stage and I’m stuntin’!” Foxy tweeted. Foxy Brown, who posted $5,000 bail last Thursday (July 22nd), could be sent to prison for seven years for violating the order of protection. Raymond filed a civil suit against Foxy Brown in May of 2008, the same day Brown pleaded guilty to striking Raymond. The civil suit was dismissed in April of 2009, because Foxy Brown was never served with papers. Foxy Brown is due back in court on tomorrow (July 27th). 

(AllHipHop News) Two frustrated Hip-Hop fans have created online petitions demanding Atlantic Records release new projects by Grand Hustle artist Young Dro and Grammy Award winning rapper Lupe Fiasco.The two nearly identical petitions, hosted at PetitionOnline.com, states that fans have been waiting for Dro’s P.O.L.O. (Players Only Live Once) and Lupe’s Lasers “for over a good year now,” and that in each case, the artists in question have stated that the albums are ready.The petitions go on to offer the petitioners’ rationalization for the necessity of immediate releases by both artists.“Enough is enough,” says Lupe petitioner Richard Derrick Barker. “We demand that you stop playing around and give us the album that we have been highly anticipating since the release of The Cool.” Kerrick Thomas bolsters his petition by pointing out that Dro himself has said “he’s ready for the album to come out,” and by listing Dro’s past success.“His first album The Best Thang Smokin [sic] went gold,” Thomas writes. “And it had a platinum single ‘shoulder lean’ [sic] so [you] know he has hits. He’s getting a great response with ‘freeze me’ so can [you] please release the album.”During an interview with BBC 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex on Friday night [July 23], Lupe addressed the petition, which he said had about 9,000 signatures the last time he checked.“You got kids calling up to the record label,” he told Semtex. “I feel great knowing that I have that kind of support. This is some straight, grassroots, Lupe Fiasco fans. Since The Cool came out, I been on tour non-stop for, like, three years. Sold-out world tours, and it amazes people. I guess if they don’t hear nothing on the radio or they don’t hear nothing on the internet, I guess they just feel like people fell off. So I guess it’s like a shock to everybody to see these kids out of nowhere showing major support.”“I think it’s a good look,” Lupe continued. “I thoroughly support it. I’m definitely not baking away from that. I think it’s beyond us now. I think it’s beyond whatever situations that I got with the label  and whatever  situations they got with me or the music. The fans are speaking above both of us. Even for me, it’s kind of a wake up, and I think for the [label] it’s definitely a wake up. But even with all that, shout out to Atlantic Records, shout out to everybody behind the project. Ain’t no love lost, no ill will. I think we just both looking at this now like it’s serious.”The Dro/P.O.L.O. petition has not quite reached the same momentum as the Lupe Fiasco/Lasers petition: at press time, as just 279 signatures have been collected on P.O.L.O.’s behalf. While a date is not attached to either petition, Amir Boyd, the Vice President of Promotions at Grand Hustle Records said that the label first became aware of the Young Dro petition this week, when one of the label’s managers was notified of it via email.“To me, it states the obvious,” Boyd told AllHipHop.com. “People are ready for Dro to drop! They’ve waited long enough. They’ve seen many come and go since his debut. The only thing the petition changes is now, hopefully, the higher ups will see that dude should be a priority.” After announcing his new project in June 2009 via the release of the “L.A.S.E.R.S. Manifesto,” Lupe offered fans the album’s first single, “Shining Down” featuring Matthew Santos last July. However, five months later, in a rumor-correcting rant on his LupeFiasco.com blog, Lupe announced that “LASERS does NOT HAVE A RELEASE DATE YET.” On February 10, just two weeks after the release of the album’s second single “I’m Beamin,” he wrote, “At Rehearsals for the ‘Steppin’ Laser Tour’ kicking off in Australia next week… Playing ‘Lasers’ for the first time in its entirety for the band.”Atlantic Records first announced Dro’s second album in November 2008, with the online release of the LP’s first single, “Take Off,” featuring Young LA.  They collaborated a year later on “I Don’t Know Y’all,” the album’s second single, which has since been followed up with the street release “Freeze Me.”As recently as April of this year, Young Dro said in a Sirius XM Radio interview with DJ Scream that P.O.L.O. would be out this summer.Per his interview with DJ Semtex, Lupe Fiasco is continuing his “Steppin’ Lasers Tour” in support of the album despite its current status. He is scheduled to kick of the Asian leg of the tour on August 4 in Singapore.On July 16, Lupe released In the Jaws of the Lords of Death, the debut album by the punk band Japanese Cartoon, which he fronts under his real name, Wasalu Jaco. The nine track album is available as a free download at www.allsabotage.com.

(AllHipHop News) A special panel in New Orleans, Louisiana that examines judicial misconduct is investigating a judge with ties to rapper C-Murder, who is serving a life sentence for the 2002 murder of a 16-year-old. According to the Times-Picayune, the secret panel is investigating a credible complaint against one of the judges who presided over the case controversial case. According to reports, the court could be investigating the two judges who originally presided over the trial, Judge Martha Sassone and Judge Ellen Kovach. Sassone was running for re-election to the  24th Judicial District Court against Ellen Kovach.Kovach attacked Sassone’s rulings in regards to the C-Murder case in her campaign advertisements during her bid to be re-elected in 2008. Although Kovach eventually defeated Sassone, it was ruled that her campaign crossed ethical lines for using the C-Murder case as propaganda to be elected. Just days after Kovach won the election, she stepped down as the presiding judge over C-Murder’s case. In 2003, C-Murder, born Cory Miller, was convicted of shooting and killing 16-year-old Steve Thomas during a dispute in the now-defunct Jefferson Parish nightclub.The decision was overturned by the Louisiana Supreme Court, when it was learned the prosecutors expunged the criminal backgrounds of various witnesses in an attempt to bolster their credibility on the stand. In 2009, C-Murder was again convicted of the shooting, but controversy broke out once again, win a juror on the case claimed that she voted to convict the rapper, simply because another 20-year-old female juror was badgered for voting to acquit Miller. “That’s when I decided, the judge don’t want to listen to me, doesn’t want to listen to us? I told them, ‘You want him to be guilty? He’s guilty, now let’s get the hell out of here,” said jury member, Mary Jacob.C-Murder, who is serving a mandatory life sentence, is currently planning an appeal of the latest ruling.The rapper claims that the juror in question was forced to convict him and that Kovach’s advertisements also prevented him from receiving a fair trial.

(AllHipHop News) A crowd in Schaumburg, Illinois became rowdy on Friday (July 23rd) after rapper Snoop Dogg missed an appearance. According to reports, Snoop was supposed to perform at the John Barleycom restaurant and club. The rapper’s management said the rapper didn’t feel safe driving from Chicago due to a storm that evening. Police were called to the venue to disperse angry patrons, who had paid $25 a ticket to see Snoop. crowd, although no arrests were made. Club owners are offering refunds, in addition to a free concert featuring Mike Posner next week. Rapper Xzibit is attempting to sell his Woodland Hills, California home. The rapper paid $670,000 for the home in 2003, which features five bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two fireplaces, an in-ground pool and a two-car garage.  According to real estate listings, Xzibit his dropped the asking price of the home to $650,000.  Sean “Diddy” Combs’ Bad Boy Entertainment is disputing a $996,000 bill for allegedly plastering the city with Bad Boy posters. According to the New York Daily News, Combs’ label, along with Remy Ma’s defense lawyer Ivan Fischer are among the targets of New York Finance Commissioner David Frankel, who is attempting to collect over $1.9 billion dollars from thousands companies who owe the city. According to reps for Diddy, a partner company paid the whopping fine over three-years ago, but the city never updated their records. Remy Ma’s defense lawyer owes the city $421,000 in taxes and fines, while rapper/beat boxing legend Doug E. Fresh still owes $191,000 in business taxes.

(AllHipHop News) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member Bizzy Bone has signed a new recording deal with Sumerian Records and is planning a mash-up release of hard rock and Hip-Hop. Sumerian Records’ Founder Ash Avildsen confirmed that his Washington, D.C. based heavy metal label signed the world-famous rapper, who will drop Crossroads 2010 this August. “It’s true and the album is incredible,” Avildsen told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “Anyone who has closely followed the label knows that we have never been one dimensional in the bands we have signed and the records we have released. While we have been making a meaningful impact on the current state of heavy music, the true theme to Sumerian has always been about progressive music, not just metal. Bizzy Bone is one of the most progressive vocalists I have ever heard.”Avildsen said that Crossroads 2010 is the most “polished” work Bizzy Bone has released since his 1998 solo album Heavenz Movie. Crossroads 2010 will feature a variety of artists on the Sumerian Records imprint. Artists like Javier Reyes from Animals As Leaders, Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria, Jonny Craig of Emarosa and Devin Oliver of I See Stars are among the rockers contributing to the album, The first single from the album is titled “So Cool” and is currently available for purchase on iTunes and other online media retailers.“Known in his genre for being the fastest yet the most melodic, the most technical yet the most harmonic, the marks Bizzy has left in music are something I will always love,” Avildsen continued. “The fact that Bizzy and Bone Thugs all booked one way Greyhound tickets to LA and lived on the streets until they were able to get discovered and signed is true artist dedication to their craft. This same spirit is something that has allowed many Sumerian bands to organically build their careers and achieve their dreams.” Sources told AllHipHop.com that Bizzy Bone was in the process of writing his autobiography. The book will explain his early child hood, including his kidnapping as a child and subsequent feature on America’s Most Wanted, his rise to fame with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, his well documented drug use and his struggle to stay sober. A digital-only version of Crossroads 2010 is due online July 27th, while the full album is due for release on August 24th.

(AllHipHop News) Producer/mogul Dr. Dre is being sued for millions of dollars for breach of contract, for allegedly failing to pay the bill for recording services. Paramount Recording Studios is suing Dr. Dre, born Andre Young, for $1,220,500, for breach of contract, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday (July 23rd). Dr. Dre has recorded at Paramount for at least ten years, allowing him to receive a cheaper rate for recording at the studio. According to the lawsuit, Dr. Dre and his record label Aftermath Entertainment allegedly rented the recording studio from April 2009 until June of 2010. Paramount claims that they were never paid for the dates in questionDr. Dre agreed to settle the bill with Paramount Recording Studios by July 13th, but failed to do so, resulting in the lawsuit. Dr. Dre is putting the final touches on his highly anticipated album, Detox. His label, Aftermath, currently has the #1 album in the country, as Eminem’s album Recovery has been at the top of the charts for the past four weeks.

(AllHipHop News) B-Boy Pioneer Crazy Legs is prepping for the upcoming Rock Steady Crew 33rd Anniversary with a weekend full of star studded events. “Friday (July 30th) we will kick off the anniversary at Libations, then Saturday (July 31st 3pm-9pm) we will have the annual battle,” Crazy Legs told AllHipHop.com. “The crew and soloist winners will be flown to London to represent North America at the Sony Ericsson UK B-Boy Championship World Finals.”The battle, which takes place at the Altman Building in Manhattan, will be followed that evening by a Funk Styles party hosted by Crazy Legs and presentation of the SPY Award to this year’s honoree, MOY.Though B-Boy culture is now an international phenomenon, Crazy Legs feels that overseas, there is a broader public support for the art form. “This year I am funding the Anniversary events out of my own pocket. But in Korea they have grants just for B-Boys, they even have training facilities set up for them.”Sunday, August 1st from 12pm – 9pm will be the Rock Steady Anniversary concert which will feature performances by Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Kurtis Blow, Artifacts, Lakim Shabazz, Black Sheep, 9th Wonder, and numerous surprise guests.The free concert is taking place in Lincoln Park in Newark, New Jersey. Crazy Legs plans to give back to the community by promoting the Rock Steady for Life concert as a charity event.“I want every one to know that Sunday’s event is also a food drive and I encourage everybody to bring canned foods which we can distribute to needy families.”A B-Boy since 1977, Crazy Legs has gone on to be featured in major motion pictures over the years. Currently, he is the DJ and host for his own cooking show called “Lunch Breaks,” which airs daily from 2pm to 4pm Monday through Friday, streamed live on www.crazylegsworkshop.com.The show features guests like Grand Wizzard Theodore, Pop Master Fabel, Kenny Dope, and others who cook delightful dishes during the program. “The best meal so far was with ATS (Rock Steady Crew member) who is a Japanese B-Boy but also a chef,” Crazy Legs told AllHipHop.com. “He made some traditional Japanese food that was amazing. It was so good we got all quiet for a minute just eating, it was delicious!”The world famous Rock Steady Crew continues to be highly visible in film and television appearing in America’s Got Talent, Step Up in 3D, and Bouncing Cats most recently.

(AllHipHop News) Houston, Texas rap star Devin the Dude and Jacksonville, Florida, comedian Lil Duval will play the lead characters in a new film titled Hillbilly Highway.The movie, which is being produced by Eddie Griffin, is currently wrapping up filming in Atlanta, according to director, Damon “Coke” Daniels. Hillbilly Highway follows the antics of two marijuana-loving brothers, Earl and Ray Ray. The pair embark on a journey in search of a mythical highway in Kentucky, which they believe leads to “marijuana nirvana.” On their quest, they end up in the middle of a feud between the “Gatfields” and “McCroys,” based off the legendary feud between real-life families, the Hatfield and the McCoys. When they defend “Paw Gatsfield’s” only daughter, the pair are granted entrance into the Gatsfield’s mountain stronghold.When Paw discovers that Earl and Ray Ray plan to run away with his valuable “crop,” a horde of hillbillies chase the pair out of Kentucky. “Hillbilly Highway is really going to take people by surprise,” Eddie Griffin promised.  “We have a fantastic team and working with Damon “Coke” Daniels has been a great experience. I can’t wait for the camera to stop rolling so I can see the finished product.”Hillbilly Highway will also feature appearances by Tiny Lister. Jr, Erik Estrada, Gary Owen, Tommy Ford, Keith David and others. “I’m building an urban comedy brand similar to what Tyler Perry did, but much more raw and edgy,” said Damon “Coke” Daniels, who created, wrote and directed Hillbilly Highway.

(AllHipHop News) Drake thanked his fans for helping his debut album Thank Me Later

sell over 1 million copies since its release on June 15th. The rapper

tweeted a message expressing shock at the fast sales pace. “Thank you to

everyone who allowed us to go platinum on a debut album! WOW,” Drake

tweeted. The rapper is also resuming his touring schedule when he

launches The Light Dreams and Nightmares Tour featuring The Clipse in

Miami. The tour kicks off September 21st in Miami and winds down

November 4th at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.

Dates are listed below:

Sep. 21 – Miami, FL @ James L. Knight Center

Sep. 28 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall

Sep. 29 – New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall

Oct. 2 – Washington, DC @ Dar Constitution Hall

Oct. 6 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre Atlanta

Oct. 13 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre

Oct. 14 – Chicago, IL @ The Chicago Theatre

Oct. 19 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre Detroit

Oct. 21 – Wallingford, CT @ Toyota Presents the Oakdale Theatre

Nov. 2 – Denver, CO @ Wells Fargo Theatre

Nov. 4 – Universal City, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk

Producer/turntablist Cut Chemist is preparing to release a new project titled Sound of the Police. The new album is nod to Boogie Down Productions’ classic single of the same titled. The album is a live mix CD highlighting music from and inspired by Africa and South America. Cut Chemist, who helped found Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli, created the mixtape using one turntable, a mixtape, a loop pedal and all original vinyl pressing.  Cut Chemist’s album Sound of the Police is due in stores July 27th via the A Stable Sound imprint. Independent Hip-Hop group Atmosphere will tour the United States this September and October with Rhymesayers label-mates Blueprint, Grieves & Budo and DJ Rare Groove. The rappers will perform 23 dates as part of the “All My Friends” Tour, which will introduce Atmosphere’s solid fan base to Grieves & Budo, the most recent signees to the Rhymesayers label.ATMOSPHERE TO ALL MY FRIENDS TOUR DATES:9.08- Madison, WI        Orpheum Theatre9.09- Milwaukee, WI        Riverside Theater9.10- Indianapolis, IN        The Vogue Theatre (with Mudkids) *9.11- Covington, KY        Madison Theater9.12- Grand Rapids, MI    Intersection9.15- Bozeman, MT        Gallatin County Fairgrounds9.16- Missoula, MT        Wilma Theater9.17- Missoula, MT        Wilma Theater9.18- Spokane, WA        Knitting Factory9.20- Boise, ID               Knitting Factory9.21- Bend, OR               Midtown Ballroom9.22- Eugene, OR         McDonald Theater9.24- Chico, CA             Senator Theatre9.25- Reno, NV              Knitting Factory9.27- Arcata, CA             Arcata Community Center9.28- Sacramento, CA     Sacramento State Union Ballroom9.29- Santa Cruz, CA        Catalyst10.01- Las Vegas, NV        House of Blues10.02- Salt Lake City, UT    In The Venue10.04- Rapid City, SD        Dublin Square10.05- Sioux Falls, SD       Sioux Empire Expo Building10.06- Des Moines, IA       People’s Court10.07- Chicago, IL             Congress Theater

(AllHipHop News) Nashville, Tennessee rapper Young Buck recently took aim at 50 Cent, revealing the Queens-rapper is still feuding with him and attempting to destroy his career. Young Buck was once a member of 50 Cent’s G-Unit collective. Under his tenure with 50’s G-Unit Records, the rapper was featured on the hit album Beg for Mercy, while his follow-up, Straight Outta Cashville went platinum. But Young Buck was unceremoniously kicked out of G-Unit for allegedly being disloyal to the group in April of 2008.50 Cent has been at odds with the Nashville rapper ever since. According to Young Buck, 50 Cent is blackballing him from the rap game and preventing him from working with other artists, due to his contractual obligation to G-Unit. “His reaction, being so harsh, is to basically stall me out to a position where I lose everything, to where my numbers drop,” Young Buck told the Nashville Scene in a new interview. “Because if you don’t have a new product out, then you can’t go get the big dollar for your shows. [He wants] to pretty much destroy my life from a silent-sided way of doing things. That’s his angle, and my contracts allow him to be able to do that.”Young Buck stated that he is still very much in demand as an artist and has had the opportunity to work with a variety of artists, including longtime affiliate Lil Wayne. But 50 Cent is allegedly preventing Young Buck from making guest appearances, which would raise his profile in addition to putting money in his pocket. “The problem is, I go to be a feature on their hit record, and then they have to go to 50 Cent to clear me on the record, and he says, ‘No.’ And they’re looking like, ‘Well, damn’ — cause if it wasn’t for that I would probably be on every record that’s out right now, cause everybody and their mama reaches out and gives me support,” a frustrated Young Buck said. Despite the allegations against 50 Cent, Young Buck is continuing to push forward with his career. In addition to releasing a variety of mixtapes, the rapper’s Young Buck Foundation will host a Celebrity All-Star weekend from August 27th-29th, to raise money for flood victims and for children who need school supplies.

(AllHipHop News) It seems like Rick Ross’s song “B.M.F.” has long legs, as the song is making headlines across the net once again.Black Mafia Family (B.M.F.) founder Big Meech’s mother recently touched upon the issue during an interview on Atlanta’s V103 radio station with the Frank and Wanda Morning Show.During the interview, Ms. Lucille Flenory spoke about her son and his legacy as a one of the lead members of criminal enterprise called  B.M.F. Meech ran the enterprise with his brother Terry “Southwest T” Flenory. Their mother spoke about how the family is coping with her two sons being incarcerated and how Big Meech felt about the song B.M.F.“I had no problem with the song. I understand that this is an artist doing his thing.  You know what I’m saying?,” Ms. Flenory stated.  “So I had no problem with the song. I felt this was a way of acknowledging Meech and keeping his name out there.  Not making him one of the forgotten souls.”According to Ms. Flenory, Big Meech also loves the song. “One of our friends in the ATL played the song for Meech over the phone and he listened to the song and he really loved it,” Ms. Flenory continued. “He appreciated the song.  He said the guys in prison were ranting and raving about the song.”Federal prosecutors found Big Meech, born Demetrius Flenory and his brother guilty of running a massive, multistate cocaine ring, which distributed thousands of kilos each month.  Meech is a brilliant man and he had a great business sense,” Ms. Lucille Flenory said.  “I feel like I did what the Bible said and I raised my kids in church and I gave my kids the best life that I could give them. “Meech is family oriented. He loves his family out here (ATL), that he made and he loves his blood family.” She added, “I have a lot of respect for my son because he has great character,  he’s a man of integrity and he is very loyal.”   Young Jeezy recently made a song called the “Real B.M.F.” in which Big Meech is quoted over the phone calling out imitators and others trying to impersonate the B.M.F. legacy and its credibility in the streets. The government claims the brothers entered into the drug game as teenagers in Detroit and grew BMF into a national drug ring, which smuggled cocaine in from Mexico in jets and luxury vehicles outfitted with secret compartments.