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Pitbull Sued for Australia No-Show

Miami rapper Pitbull is being sued by an Australian promoter for allegedly no-showing a 2008 tour.

 

The suit was filed last week by Suave Productions, and the rapper was served with a Statement of Claim.

 

The company states that Pitbull (Christian Perez) skipped the event despite receiving half of his concert fee upfront.

 

According to Suave Productions representative Jamie Fernandez, Pitbull’s actions were a blatant violation of their signed business agreement.

 

“It’s unfortunate that it had to come to this. I am a huge Pitbull fan. I’ve always been the first person in Perth to play his music, but justice must be done,” Fernandez told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “He can say whatever he wants about why he did not get on the plane but we would rather leave it up to the courts to decide who failed to fulfill their end of the contract.”

 

Furthermore, Suave Productions sees Pitbull’s actions as a slap in the face, claiming they made every reasonable accommodation possible for the proposed international date.

 

“We did everything we could to make him happy, sometimes even going that extra mile in order to meet his demands,” Fernandez explained. “But yet he still refused to get on the plane. Not only that, he also failed to notify that he wasn’t coming and also kept half the money for doing nothing at all.”

 

A court date is pending for the lawsuit.

 

Pitbull is scheduled to release his fourth studio album, Rebelution, on September 1.

 

It features appearances from Lil Jon, Slim of 112, Akon, and B.o.B.

 

At press time, the Miami emcee could not be reached for comment.

Hexmurda Wishes You…MANY MORE!

[Hexmurda is a columnist for AllHipHop.com. His views don’t necessarily represent those of AllHipHop.com, but this one is pretty close to how many of us feel, you know minus the grammatical brutality.]

Well, kiddies it’s that time of the week again. Yup, I’m back.

Two columns down and I haven’t received my pink slip (yet). I’m not

gonna get too comfortable though, because I’m sure S&P (that’s

‘Standards & Practices’, all you internet CEO’s should learn that one.

Write it down next to ‘First Week numbers’ ans ‘distribution’, it’ll make

you sound smart at your next shareholders meeting) is just itching to

tell Jigsaw to end his Ex-Offender Outreach experiment and pull the plug

on “the dude who says ‘N***A’ all the time.”

 

Like I give a f**k, n***a.

 

This was supposed to be an easy week for me.

Talk some s**t about Real & Chance, (the 2009 Shabba Doo &

Boogaloo Shrimp), lock in with Diddy & his band, and figure out if

(Lady?) Gaga is playing “The Crying Game.”

As usual, it never works out the way it should.

 

F***ing Hip-Hop supposedly had a birfday or some s### last week. (Click here to read the AllHipHop Report on Hip-Hop’s birthday.) Nobody

else really said s**t about it, so why should I, right?

 

Somebody in the Bronx (I hope it was Kool Herc, ’cause he would know)

said so, so I gotta take their word for it.

Trust me, I didn’t even want to write this s**t. The last thing I wanted

to do is write some long-a** piece chronicling Hip-Hop.

 

F**k that.

 

Ya’ll know the story already. And if you don’t know, go rent “WildStyle”

and “Beat Street.”

 

I’m sure you guys can figure it out.

 

Alas, I get all ready to send in my bulls**t little blurbs about

“Hip-Pop” culture and a funny thing happens.

 

I have a g###### epiphany. F**k.

 

The strangest f**king epiphany in the whole history of f***ing

epiphanies.

 

And what’s the catalyst for this 1000 watt light bulb goin’ off in my

dinosaur sized brain?

 

N.W.A.

 

“Always Into Something”

 

Yup, in the car riding down the street, listening to “Always Into

Something,” and Sha-Pow! Right there in my mind’s eye, I saw what I had

to do.

 

Wait, let me be a little more clear.

 

Riding down the street in a f***ing SmartCar in Barcelona, Spain

listening to “Always Into Something.”

 

On the radio.

 

With cussing and everything.

 

Two questions popped into my head, “Why the f**k are they playing N.W.A

on commercial radio, and what the f**k am I doing in Spain?”

 

Two questions, same answer.

 

Hip-Hop.

 

And it’s not like that N.W.A. cut was some Super Hip-Hop joint like

“T.R.O.Y” by Pete Rock and CL Smooth or something.

 

It’s not even my favorite N.W.A record.

 

S**t, Cube wasn’t even on the joint.

 

Cube wasn’t even in the group anymore.

 

It was just the fact that a group like N.W.A., which had it’s own

critics on our side of the water, made music powerful enough to be

played over 17 years later, in another non-English speaking country.

 

Hip-Hop.

 

Hip-Hop had me all the way on the other side of the world, and Hip-Hop

had a 17-year old record on the radio enabling MC Ren and Dr.Dre to talk

s**t to Spaniards.

 

I couldn’t ignore it.

 

Some people call that type of thing, “A SIGN.”

 

I call it, “F**k, now I gotta re-write my AllHipHop News column.”

 

How in the f**k was I going to write a column for “AllHipHop.com” and

not shout out Hip-Hop?

 

AND it just had a BIRFDAY?

 

F**k, what a quandary.

 

I don’t like getting into all this Real Hip-Hop/ Hip-Hop purist/Hip-Hop

elitist bulls**t. (I’m an elitist because I like my rappers to be able

to actually rap?)

 

So this ain’t that.

 

This is about respecting the music, culture and lifestyle that means so

much to so many.

 

I don’t give a damn if you’re a fan of Rakim or Gucci Mane. I’m not

drawing a line in the sand today.

 

This is for everybody.

 

If you ever heard a Hip-Hop record that gave you goosebumps that you

played until either the tape popped or the words faded off the cassette,

say “Thank You.”

 

If you ever tagged something, ANYTHING with a can of Kryleon or with a

Sharpie, say “Thank You.”

 

If you ever almost broke your damn neck trying to do a “windmill/

helicopter,” say “Thank You.”

 

If you ever made a muthaf***ing dollar due to Hip-Hop,(even if it was

from selling bootlegs) you should bow your f***ing head and say “Thank

You.”

 

If you ever got up on a stage in front of either two or two million

people on some Hip-Hop s**t, say “Thank You.”

 

Be grateful, because this s**t aint owed or promised to us. Hip-Hop has

made a few dudes wealthy, a lot of cats rich, and has given a whole

generation an identity. It gave us our own CNN in AllHipHop, our own

journalists, our own heroes, our own villains.

 

Our own voice.

 

It gave us something to call OUR OWN.

 

It was ours.

 

We claimed it, we coveted it.

 

We became very familiar with Hip-Hop. And that’s where we f***ed up.

 

Familiarity breeds contempt.

 

So we began to neglect it.

 

And disrespect it.

 

And abuse it.

 

We started f***ing Hip-Hop up. (Well, I didn’t. You know, ’cause I’m an

elitist and all.)

 

You know what I mean, and you know who you are.

The quest for personal gain overrode the quest to make the dopest

record.

 

Hip-Hop stopped being “F**k the police”,”s**k my d**k”, “f**k yo’ mama”

music, and it turned into f###### elevator music.

 

That’s un-f***ing-acceptable.

 

I dig Samuel L.Jackson, but I’ll be damned if I want to see him “Crank

Dat.”

 

I don’t wanna see Tom Cruise doing Young Joc’s “Motorcycle” dance any more than I would

wanna see Ellen Degeneres Crip Walking or doin’ the Earl Flynn.

 

That s**t isn’t for THEM.

 

They’re supposed to turn up their noses and cross the street when they

see a n***a rocking his headphones rhyming along outloud, not walk up to

him like, “Ooohhh, can I listen?”

 

We’ve allowed Hip-Hop to become commercialized and marginalized.

 

I can remember when n****s used to bang on the table or beatbox to

supply the rhythms for an MC. When n##### rhymed in ciphers for free

because they loved it, and because they were NICE.

 

Now everydamnbody got an MPC, Protools, Reason, Logic, or Fruity Loops,

and a f***ing two-page business plan.

 

And almost everydamnbody sucks.

 

And almost NOBODY is “nice.”

 

I understand, trust me.

 

This is Big Business. There’s a lot of money at stake. Everybody wants

their piece of the proverbial pie.

 

Man, f**k that pie.

 

If you’re trying to do this music s**t in hopes of getting rich then

you’re in the wrong business for the wrong reasons.

 

This is MUSIC.

 

The soundtrack to our lives.

 

It should mean more than a check.

 

Hip-Hop supposedly had a birfday, so I guess we should get on our

grown-up s**t.

 

You know, throw out the sports jerseys and white tees, put your Ryan

Kenny button up on, pull up those britches (yup, I said “britches”,

n***as) and get a glass of Ciroc & lemonade (cause Puff said so.) I

don’t know when n##### switched from being Hip-Hop renegades to becoming

Hip-Hop conformists.

 

F**k that, too.

 

Take the music back.

 

Don’t let me or anybody else tell you what the f### Hip-Hop is. If you

wanna wear gators and listen to Suga Free, that’s up to you, pimp. If

you’re a “dirty boot n***a” who listens to M.O.P. or Sean Price, do that

s###. If you’re a rap nerd who wants to sit at home all day and try to

dissect how Dilla chopped drums, knock yourself out. F**k it, I’m on my

solidarity s**t today-if you wanna wear jeans so tight that they lower

your sperm count, go raid your little sister’s closet, and do your

thing. F**k it.

 

If that’s your Hip-Hop, hold it down. But be warned, there’s a new

history being written.

 

A history filled with robot-voices, corny late night commercials with

rapping car salesmen and rappers who flat-out CAN’T RAP. It’s inevitable

that will be part of Hip-Hop’s legacy, but we can’t allow it to be THEE

LEGACY.

 

This music/culture has provided a means for a lot of n***as to survive

and make a decent living. I feel both honored and blessed to be a part

of it.

 

So do what you gotta do, but don’t take Hip-Hop for granted.

 

Respect it.

 

Protect it.

 

F**k it, I’ll say it, “Love it.”

 

So HappyF***ing Birfday, Hip-Hop.

 

I hope somebody gives you a faded cassette tape.

 

“Always Into Something” – N.W.A.

 

 

“Happy Birthday” – Hip-Hop Harry

 

 

City Official Protests Gucci Mane Show In Albany, GA

Gucci Mane may be one of the hottest entertainers around, but the Atlanta hitmaker is receiving a cold shoulder from an Albany, Georgia, city commissioner.

 

Gucci Mane is scheduled to perform August 29 at the Albany Civic Center. Despite fans’ anticipation for the show, city commissioner Bob Langstaff is less than thrilled with having the rapper take the stage at the venue.

 

“I’m appalled…what do you need from me to keep this “entertainer” from performing at Albany’s Civic Center?” the commissioner wrote in an e-mail to Albany City Manager Alfred Lott and Civic Center Director John Mazzola while referencing Gucci Mane lyrics he found online. “This is not appropriate for our civic center.”

 

Langstaff’s disapproval was countered by the concert’s promoter, Gilbert Udoto, who was taken aback by opposition to an event designed to bring attention to the civic center as well as eager ticket buyers.

 

According to the Odyssey Records owner, city officials came to him with hopes of bringing a big show to Albany.

 

“It’s big. We haven’t had an artist of this magnitude in a long time,” Udoto told WALB News. “They talk about the Civic Center. You know we have not brought any acts here. Now we have an act that can sell tickets and now this is what we get.”

 

The upcoming Gucci Mane concert comes amid a wave of professional highs for Gucci Mane, who is gearing up for the release of the follow-up to his 2007 album, Back to the Trap House, this year.

 

In addition to his success as a solo artist, the rapper has appeared on remixes for the Black Eyed Peas (“Boom Boom Pow”) and Mariah Carey (“Obsessed”) as well as “Break Up,” the hit single from R&B crooner Mario.

 

Although he is aware that Gucci Mane’s lyrics can be offensive to some, Udoto was adamant that the rapper’s music is an exercise in free speech.

 

“It’s no different from other artists,” he said. “It’s played on the radio all over. He’s the hottest artist.”

 

Gucci Mane’s status as a popular artist resulted in a costly effort to bring the rapper to Albany for Udoto as $40,000 was spent to ensure the entertainer’s appearance.

 

The commissioner stated in his e-mail that he would like to call a special meeting to adopt policy guidelines for future performers, if his issues with the rapper cannot be resolved “in-house.”

Hip-Hop Rumors:The Nick Cannon Eminem Diss Is Here! Omarion Kicked Outta Young Money! Trina Dissing Kenyon?

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.

THE DAILY TWO SENSE

 

I don’t know how many Slaughterhouse records were shipped, but I am getting a lot of people that couldn’t find the SH CD. Here is one example of many emails that got from Justin.

 

I’m in the army so I’m living in TN about an hour out side of Nashville, it took me all week to find the Slaughterhouse cd I went to atleast 10 stores to some that only sell Hip-Hop and they didnt know who it was or if they would have any in. I think that could be hurting their sales.

 

YA THINK??? Thanks Justin!

 

Anyway, the rumors are pretty light today! Still, here is what I got…I mean, have.

 

Email me at [email protected]!

 

OMARION IS KICKED OUT OF YOUNG MONEY

 

Looks like bad news for ol’ Omari! Seems like somebody has leaked a new song with Wayne and Omarion and forced somebody to “out” his real status. This is what I got in my inbox. The song is called “I Get It In” and it features both dudes, but Mack Maine sent out a blast that set the record straight. He said, “ATTN: Omarion is no longer Young Money…the song day leaked ft. Wayne is not official..good luck 2 him in his future endeavors..no further comments.” Now, this is what I am curious about…did Bow Wow joining result in O getting the boot. I can’t recall fully, but didn’t they have some sort of beef?

 

Anyway, here is the odd side of it. My homey J Smooth saw Wayne and the crew at the recent stop (I think Los Angeles). He said they brought Omari out on stage and even introduced him as the latest member of Young Money. Man, they went so far as to let him do a Michael Jackson dedication with a MOONWALK. AND, now…he’s no longer on. I smell a rat!

 

TRINA DISSING KENYON?

 

Rumor has it, this song is devoted to Kenyon Martin, Trina’s baby boo. It would seem like he has a penchant for strippers and “jawns.” So…check it out.

 

 

SPEAKING OF BEEF…

 

Mistah Fab and Julia Beverly of Ozone are/were beefing on Twitter. Fab accused her of going down on rappers for interviews and having sex for exclusives. Obviously, she denied these allegations. He says he knows the rappers she slept with…and she says no. He also alleges some form of racism to her. I mean, who knows. It all seems a bit juvenile to me. By the same token, I don’t know what they are beefing about.

 

HERE IS THE NICK CANNON DISS

 

After listening to it, I cannot determine if this is real or fake. My gut is that this is somebody’s idea of fun.

 

 

UNRELEASED EMINEM SONGS RELEASED!

 

Back in the day, Eminem was a rapper that sucked. Now, he’s ill. Here are some of the old, sucky raps.

 

“Foolish Pride”

 

 

Eminem ft Chaos Kid – “Artificial Flavor”

 

 

Eminem ft Choas Kid – “Unrealistic Graphic”

 

 

Eminem ft Chaos Kid – “Poo Butt”

 

 

ILLSEED’S QUICKIES

Not looking good for Michael Jackson’s doctor. They are charging him with manslaughter.

 

Whitney Houston will appear on Oprah’s show in September.

 

Pitbull got the Key to Miami!

 

The news of Big Boi going to Def Jam seems to be wrong. He has refuted the idea altogether.

 

Looks like that 15 year old I talked about yesterday is going to press charges against Lil Wayne’s bodyguard.

 

Similarly, Beyonce and Jay’s bodyguard is going to catch a charge from Croatian police after that fight with paps. They threw a camera at him! LOL! I think you deserve to get your tail beat for buggin’ like that.

 

Blogger beware. A model recently sued a blog for defamation and won. If you don’t know anything about slander or defamation, look that up.

 

They are saying the Lebron James may have planted another seed in his girl. If this is true, this would be number three.

 

Biggie’s daughter just turned 16 and celebrated it in honor of her daddy. Crazy how time flies. Kid Cudi performed.

 

SIGNS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END

 

This is really isn’t a sign of anything other than nothing has really changed. The Top 10 most racist moments in TV history. Check it.

 

 

EPIC FAIL OF THE DAY!

 

I remember a day when dances came about organically and THEN the song about the dance came. Well, now people just make dances just got make dances. A dance called the “Tina Turner?” I’m sorry. Its not working.

 

 

TIME FOR MISS MOUTH

 

If you like Miss Mouth, can you let me know! Give me and her some honest feedback on how she can better serve you! As you know, this is a trial period, but I want to give her an honest shot. Her views do not represent illseed or AllHipHop,com.

 

Yesterday, I was asked to define my term “Smash Bunnie.” (DJ Nuff Said, Detroit MI) I can’t really give you a definition because it is subjective to its user. But a sure indicator of a “Smash Bunnie” is a girl that tells you that she “doesn’t get along with other chicks” and that most of her “friends are male.” I hope that helps babes J

CI CI.

 

Last week I reported that Jordin Sparks would be opening up for Britney Spears for her Circus Tour. But I had absolutely no clue that she was replacing Ciara. That is the best decision Britney’s team could’ve made. Ci Ci knows how to tear down a stage! Folks would’ve left after the opening act. Ciara would have had all of those little Spears stans thinking “Britney Who?”

 

VH1 REALITY TELEVISION

 

I am always watching television, particularly reality TV. Did anyone else see that crazy broad Aloha flip out on Real & Chance? I was rotflmao. Aloha is from Hawaii and she ate raw Salmon straight from the fridge. Real told her that she “lives on the main island now and that she needs to domesticate herself.” I could not stop laughing. I don’t know about you all, but I can’t understand why anyone would go on that show with the intention of dating “Chance.” He is such an overgrown child and flaming homosexual. But Real is a cutie and I could braid his hair all day! Besides what’s the deal with eating raw Salmon? That’s the only way to eat it.

 

TYRA BANKS

 

Tyra has some nerve, ya know! She is on a campaign to stop women from wearing weave. She plans to go “all natural” on the new season of her talk show. Tyra kills me with her “holier than thou” tirades. She has been quoted as saying “weave is slave hair.” I don’t mean to burst her bubble but white women have mastered the art of wearing weaves. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been rocking my natural for over a year, I just don’t like how hypocritical she is being. Maybe she just wants to level the playing field with all the “young blood” in Hollywood.

 

B.E.T REALITY TV

 

I am so waiting for Nefee and Frankie’s crazy azzes; in the meantime I’ve been watching “Tiny & Toya.” At first “Tiny & Toya” was really hard to watch because of their hard accents, but I have really become a fan. I was really offended Tuesday, when that book agent told Toya “watch out Keyshia Cole.” As black women we tend not to get along already, do we really need this dude fueling the fire? I wonder if he was saying that because Toya’s mother is addicted to drugs also. Whatever his reason, I DIDN”T LIKE IT. Toya is such a sweet girl and Tiny is a wonderful friend to her. They have such a beautiful friendship.

 

***COONERY ALERT UPDATE***

 

Chima was actually tossed from “Big Brother” because of her explosive temper towards the other houseguests. She also threw a $4000 microphone into the swimming pool.

 

MICHAEL JACKSON

 

Even though Jermaine Dupree and Janet Jackson are allegedly no longer an item, he is still p##### off at the mainstream media’s portraying of MJ, particularly GQ Magazine. I have to agree with JD. GQ Magazine allegedly has MJ on the cover of it’s magazine with the caption “When Michael Was Cool.” When was Mike not cool? Is it me or have white folks been gunning for Mike ever since he purchased the Beatles’ catalog. Typically when someone dies the media focuses on the good aspects of their life, but with Mike they are doing quite the contrary. I was watching his funeral and some idiotic reporters out in Cali were complaining about taxpayer’s dollars being used for his burial. It’s freaking Michael Jackson dude; he entertained the world and changed music forever! Didn’t he deserve it? I also heard that Fox News is reporting that MJ’s cardiologist may be charged with manslaughter soon.

 

HOLLYWOOD

 

Actress Zoe Saldana is starring in the new movie “Avatar.” This is a good look for her. Avatar should be a box office smash because it has a production budget of over $300 stacks.

 

THE ROYAL COUPLE

 

Bey & Jay’s bodyguard got into a brawl with the paparazzi. He should have let Bey handle it. I saw her in “Obsessed” and Beyonce can “throw hands.” Check out the footage below.

 

 

DRAKE GAY RUMORS

 

Photos have recently hit the net of your favorite T. Dot rapper that are leading folks to speculate that he may be a “mud wrestler.” (And if you like that reference well I’ve got plenty) I honestly don’t believe that Drake is gay. I just think that he is taking his impersonation of Kanye West to “a whole notha level.” Kanye West has gay rumors and now Drake has gay rumors! Has Drake really been linked to singer Trey Songs? But I finally broke down and listened to Drake’s entire mixtape. I must admit that it was hot.

 

LATA GATAS

 

MM

 

NEW JAMIE FOXX!

 

 

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Tour Log: Mos Def and Jay Electronica Rock ATL

Hours before Mos Def and Jay Electronic hit the stage in Atlanta; a line had formed outside the Tabernacle venue. An elderly cop rode up on one of those electric-powered 2 wheel scooters, and addressed the early attendees as to what they could expect tonight.

 

“Hey, y’all might learn something and get some culture tonight,” the cop began in all seriousness. “This isn’t that ‘my hoe, I kill cops’ Hip-Hop!”

 

The dumbstruck crowd watched as the elderly officer sped off as quickly as he appeared. That short encounter crystallized the mass appeal of Mos Def, a multi-talented artist whose equal skills in reggae, blues, soul, and emceeing have found an eternal home in the melting pot that is Hip-Hop culture. And with one of the genre’s best kept secrets in Jay Electronica by his side, the Mighty Mos Def made a memorable ATL stop as a part of the nationwide Ecstatic Tour.

 

The ATL audience was a nice mixture of street, cosmopolitan, young, and middle-aged Hip-Hoppers. However, the various side conversations confirmed that many were not up on Jay Electronica outside of the fact that he’s the father of Erykah Badu’s latest child.

 

Even with that disadvantage, Jay succeeded in winning the crowd over with the visceral imagery and allusions on tracks like “Dimethyltriptamine” and “A Prayer For Michael Vick and T.I.”

 

Knowing that sound systems often stifle lyrics at shows, Jay made a point to cut off the beat during his more well-known freestyles to make sure the uninitiated remembered him solely for his lyrical dexterity. His blending of religious symbolism (NOI/5%, Christianity etc.) and conspiracy theories (Kennedy Assassination) elicited audible wows on cerebral-heavy selections like “My World (Nas Salute)” and “Abracadabra.”

 

 

Unfortunately, time constraints prevented Jay from performing the full 9 minute version of his magnum opus “Eternal Sunshine (The Pledge).” Still, the New Orleans native got the crowd cheering by completing the first movement, which name drops 50, Wayne, and Jeezy as artists used by the radio to marginalize the diverse sounds of Hip-Hop.

 

 

Mos Def began his set by utilizing drum instrumentation as the backbone for a brief interpolation of his standout album tracks. The format was reminiscent of Nas’ I Am intro, and the Brooklynite teased songs like “Fear Not of Man” and “Casa Bey” before settling on a stirring rendition the blues-inspired number “The Boogie Man Song.”

 

Although his experimental LPs The New Danger and True Magic received mixed reviews, the rock elements translated well live and prevented the monotony that sometimes accompanies unimaginative, straight Hip-Hop sets. The pulsing drums of “Ghetto Rock” kept the crowd bouncing, and Mos maintained the eclectic atmosphere by dropping classic reggae tunes (Musical Youth’s “Pass the Dutchie”), and even covering a Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean.”

 

 

He received his strongest reception when going back to songs from the acclaimed Black Star album and his debut LP Black On Both Sides. Ever the student of history, Mos preceded his hit “Ms. Fat Booty” with the original Aretha Franklin sample (“One Step Ahead”) before switching the rhythm mid-song to the Jackson 5’s ubiquitous “It’s Great to be Here.” Despite the absence of rhyme partner Talib Kweli, Mos had no issues rocking and Talib’s verses on the classic singles “RE:DEFintion” and “Respiration.”

 

In all, the old cop was right. Tonight was a concert that showed Hip-Hop in rare form, far elevated above the mundane, uninspired offerings that plague much of the culture’s mainstream sound. And with Jay Electronica and Mos Def planning a joint album, fans can be optimistic that this tour is just a taste of the great music to come.

 

AHH Stray News: Bloomberg Says No 50 Cent, Pitbull, Lil Wayne, BP3 Tracklist

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently addressed public concerns regarding a 50 Cent concert during “Family Day” on August 30th in the rapper’s former Southside, Jamaica Queens, neighborhood. The New York Post reported that residents are in fear due to threats of violence against the rapper. According to Mayor Bloomberg, 50 Cent will not be performing. “Our understanding after talking with 50 cent is he has no plans to perform once-so-ever,” the Mayor said, flanked by New York Governor David Paterson. “He might go [50 Cent] but he’s not going to perform. And you can rest assured that our police department will maintain decorum or keep people safe. And if we don’t think we will make sure it doesn’t take place. We’re not going to put peoples live in jeopardy. If people want to get together and have a rap concert, there’s nothing wrong with that. They have to understand there’s a standard of conduct that we expect.” The Mayor then joked that he did not plan on attending the concert.

 

Pitbull will receive the key to the city of Miami during a ceremony today (August 19). Pitbull, 28, is being honored at the Miami City Hall. The rapper will receive the key to the city from commissioner Tomas Regalado. Pitbull is currently planning to release his fourth album, titled Rebelution. The album features the rapper’s#### single “Calle Ocho” and the latest, “Hotel Room Service.” Pitbull’s album Rebelution is due in stores August 31.

 

Lil Wayne was questioned by police last week after a concert in Arizona. According to TMZ.com, a 15-year-old boy has filed a police report, claiming one of the rapper’s bodyguards assaulted him during a confrontation in an apartment complex in Arizona. Police claim that Lil Wayne’s tour bus stopped in an apartment complex in Phoenix, after a concert at the Cricket Pavilion. Local’s in the apartment became aggressive and began pelting the buses with bottles and rocks, when they noticed women getting on and off the buses. At least one shot was fired during the melee, which left the young boy with bruised ribs. Lil Wayne’s representatives have not commented as of press time.

 

The track listing for Jay-Z’s highly anticipated album Blue Print 3 track listing recently hit the Internet. The album boasts an all-star lineup that includes Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Pharrell Williams, Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys and newcomers Drake, J. Cole and Mr. Hudson. The track listing to Jay-Z’s Blue Print 3 is listed below. The album is due in stores September 11.

1. What We Talking About (featuring Luke Steele of Empire Of The Sun) 2. Thank You 3. D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune) 4. Run This Town (featuring Rihanna and Kanye West) 5. Empire State Of Mind (featuring Alicia Keys) 6. Real As It Gets (featuring Young Jeezy) 7. On To The Next One featuring (Swizz Beatz) 8. Off That (featuring Drake) 9. A Star Is Born (featuring J. Cole) 10. Venus Vs. Mars 11. Already Home (featuring Kid Cudi) 12. Hate (featuring Kanye West) 13. Reminder 14. So Ambitious (featuring Pharrell) 15. Young Forever (featuring Mr. Hudson)video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsfree video player