Teen Hip-Hop duo, The New Boyz, have capitalized off of a buzz worthy dance craze with the release of their debut single, “You’re A Jerk”.

The California natives, however, do not take credit for the new dance phenomenon. They cite Los Angeles as the birth place.

“We did not create the Jerk,” Ben J. told AllHipHop.com. “We wanted to learn the dance, because we saw the potential that the dance had. When we learned it in Los Angeles, we saw it becoming big.”

With influences such as Jay-Z and Eminem, Ben J and Legacy affirmed their sexuality and addressed the homosexuality claims from their fashion style choice of wearing the trendy male-skinny jeans.

“We ignore that,” added Legacy. “We’re doing us. We’re focused on us. We don’t down anyone for having their own style.”

The New Boyz’s debut album, Skinny Jeans & A Mic, will be released on September 15th through Asylum/Warner Bros Records.

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Superstar Lil Wayne continues to remain active, as the rapper verified his work on a new Carter album and the completion of his rock LP The Rebirth.

In an interview on Big Boy’s Neighborhood radio show, Wayne detailed the current status of his latest projects, and which one fans can expect first.

“The Rebirth is actually finished. I’m never finished with The Carters; I’m always working on those,” Wayne explained. “We just don’t want to drop nothing right now because of the Young Money thing. I don’t want to overshadow them. I need them to shine [and] it’s their time. We have a new Young Money single called ‘Girl You Know.””

Addressing rumors, Wayne cleared up the whisperings regarding his relationship with actress Lauren London.

“[Lauren] is very fine, sexy, [and] very pregnant, yes,” Wayne clarified. “That’s not rumors, that’s a kid! That’s a child, a life! You don’t hide from that.”

With Young Money’s roster quickly expanding, Wayne revealed information on when the public can expect Drake’s anticipated debut.

“Man, that boy clumsy, this dude fall every 5 minutes! He’s like the coolest dude on the songs but he can’t walk a straight line! Nah, I’m just playing,” Wayne joked. “Next Drake is dropping an album. Most likely this year or the top of next year. But he’s crazy, it doesn’t matter. But he’s crazy. He can drop in the next two years and it still is going to be the hottest.”

At press time, Wayne has not disclosed a set release date for The Rebirth.

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While his major label debut remains in limbo, West Coast G-Unit representative Spider Loc will add one more performance to his growing resume as an actor.

The Compton-native will join the cast of popular TNT drama Saving Grace for the show’s summer finale tonight (August 18) at 10pm EST.

Spider, born Curtis Williams, will appear in the Oklahoma City-based police drama as Marquise in an episode titled “Am I Gonna Die Tonight?”

Details about the character or how he relates to the title character, Police Detective Grace Hanadarko, played by Academy Award winner Holly Hunter, have not been released.

Since making his debut in 2004 in the heist comedy Bank Brothers, Spider Loc has appeared in several high-profile television shows, including Showtime’s Weeds, CBS’s Numb3rs and a two episode arc on CBS’s Cold Case.

Despite immediately landing rolls on a-list shows, Spider says he hasn’t been able to fully explore his talent.

“It’s been natural for me to clown or mimic people, thoughts, and ideas all my life,” the 30-year-old told AllHipHop.com. “I haven’t really gotten the chance to display the range of my ability since the street image [of] my music career seems to lead agents into a path of type casting me. “I’ve just recently began to deny different things and make a demand for a broader choice of characters,” the rapper revealed. “Initially it’s like “f**k it, it’s a check.” And it’s still “f**k it’s a check,” but it’s like “F**k that, where the other checks?” It’s not the only check I want.”

Continuing his search for more challenging material, Spider Loc will appear in two movies this year – the crime thriller Rollers about a group of Arizona State University students who operate a major drug ring by night; and the romantic comedy Doesn’t Texas Ever End, which is currently still in production. Next year he is set to appear in the satire Hollywont.

“I’m anticipating the opportunity to explore deeper into my ability as an actor,” Spider shared. “It’s funny because now that I have acted a handful of times, I watch TV and movies from a whole other angle. Instead of focusing on just the story, I’m constantly aware and thinking about the fact that they are repeating lines, that there are a lot of more people in the room that we don’t see, and I’m critiquing the actors on their performance.”

The Hollywood aspirations have not taken the gritty rapper away from his music. He is currently prepping the release of his 20-th mixtape in as many months, in an effort to bypass the “traffic jam” created by label bureaucracy.

“At this point, I’m looking at the rap game like I did before I got a deal,” he explained. “What I mean by that is every time I got into a position to battle a n***a or to display my MC’in skills, I not only wanted to say the dopest s**t, but also have more of it than anybody else…just wondering when folks are gonna take the time to listen and keep it real and give me more than Crip credit. I fully fulfilled the requirements to hold that title, it was far less difficult to do than most may imagine. There is so much more to Spi than that.”

Spider Loc’s full “Mixtape a Month Madness” catalogue can be found online at www.spiindastreets.com.

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In a recent interview with AllHipHop.com, Philadelphia-bred rapper Freck Billionaire and his personal manager Animal Steele responded to the comments made by Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Mayweather, who signed Freck to his Philthy Rich Records, claimed that Freck Billionaire knowingly joined his company though he was already in another contract.

The boxer also alleged that the rapper stole a diamond watch. In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Freck Billionaire responded to Mayweather’s remarks.

“Since you really at the bottom of your heart don’t wanna see anyone around you with anything, I’ll send a courier to you with my watch. Maybe you can use it to lure in your next victim,” Freck told AllHipHop.com.

Freck and Animal Steele both claim that the watch in question was a gift given to the newly signed rapper by Mayweather.

“The watch was a gift from Floyd to Freck. It symbolized the business arrangement that we were all heading into together. Floyd’s out of control ego hindered any chance of success. We decided to weather through the storm and every time that Freck received any shine, all progress came to a screeching halt,” said Steele.

In a recent AllHipHop interview, Mayweather charged the watch was stolen and attempts to recover from Freck have failed.

Mayweather said, “We were working with an artist named Freck Billionaire. When he came aboard we asked if he had any contracts and he said no. Come to find out he was signed with somebody. The guy was trying to sue us and Freck stole one of our watches and left. So we’ve been looking for Freck Billionaire but he’s been ducking and dodging us. He stole a diamond watch and left.”

Steele also claims that Mayweather was trying to break Freck apart from the rap group Street Family, which also consists of Fabolous, Paul Cain and Red Café.

“Once Floyd made it obvious that he didn’t want Freck affiliated with Street Fam and more specifically Fabolous, the line was crossed. It was Floyd’s “Philthy Rich or die” attitude that forced us to make a move back east. After all it was Fab’s guidance and leadership that put us on the map in the first place. At the end of the day our loyalty is to Street Fam and our personal relationship with Fabolous,” continued Steele.

In May it was reported that a Long Island-based company, Just for You Entertainment, was suing Mayweather, claiming that he stole their artist– Freck Billionaire.

“As far as the allegation of a prior commitment is concerned, we all know that if Floyd had any true intentions of working on a Freck Billionaire project, his capital could’ve gotten to the bottom of any situation.”

Freck continues to receive support from Brooklyn rapper Fabolous who featured him on his new album Loso’s Way on the track “There He Go” alongside Paul Cain, Red Café.

Last week Freck released his latest mixtape This Is Family Pt.2, which features Fabolous and Red Café, among others.

Ismael AbduSalaam contributed to this report.

The Young Money camp has issued a statement explaining the last minute cancellation of the Western Canada leg of the America’s Most Wanted Festival Tour.

Concertgoers who arrived at GM Place in Vancouver, British Columbia on Monday (August 17) expecting to see performances by Young Jeezy, Soulja Boy, Pleasure P, Jeremih, and headliner Lil’ Wayne were told at the door that the high profile concert had been cancelled, with no formal explanation given.

While early speculations suggested one of the performers had been detained at the US/Canadian border, Wayne’s label has revealed a much less complicated reason.

“Lil Wayne, due to illness, was advised by his doctors to cancel the Young Money Presents America’s Most Wanted Festival tour stops in Western Canada,” the Cash Money imprint said in a statement. “The tour was scheduled to come through Vancouver and Edmonton on August 17 and 18. Wayne, his band and crew arrived in Canada with full intention of performing, but were forced to cancel the dates due to doctor-mandated rest. [The] Young Money Presents America’s Most Wanted Music Festival will continue their tour routing and extends an apology to the fans for the cancellation.”

The tour is scheduled to resume on Thursday (August 20) at the Fiddler’s Green Ampitheatre in Denver, Colorado.

Originally scheduled to wrap its 22-city run in Dallas, Texas on August 23, the America’s Most Wanted Music Festival tour was extend to include ten more cities, ending in Sunrise, Florida on September 6.

An additional date has since been added, bringing the tour to a close in Birmingham, Alabama one day later.

Fans have been waiting patiently for years for a new Outkast album.

According to Big Boi, the long-delayed project has finally started to be work on.

In an exclusive interview with AllHipHop.com, Big Boi confirmed that one of the acclaimed duo’s latest efforts will be a part of his forthcoming solo album.

“I got the album coming out in a few months, Sir Lucious Leftfoot: Son of Chico Dusty,” Big Boi explained to AllHipHop.com. “The new single will be a song called ‘Looking for You’ featuring Andre 3000 and produced by Erik Sermon the Green-Eyed Bandit.”

Regarding their 7th studio album, Big Boi maintained that the plan is still to drop the LP following both their solo efforts.

Also, the Atlanta emcee remained tight-lipped on giving too much information on the still developing direction of the project.

“For all you Outkast lovers the album is coming. I’m tired of talking about it and know y’all are tired of hearing me talk about it. But its coming and the album is fire!” Big Boi exclaimed. “The Kast album is top secret but Organized Noise had done the first couple of beats off there. We got Dre working on his solo so we’re going to help him tighten that up. The Kast album is coming, then we got the Goodie Mob album coming, and then the Ceelo-Goodie album so it’s Dungeon Family for life!”

Outkast’s last album was the ambitious 2003 double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which spanned the hits

“The Way You Move” and “Hey Ya!” on its way to selling over 10 million copies.

Big Boi is currently performing as part of the nationwide Rock the Bells Tour.

At press time, there is no tentative release date or title for the new Outkast album.

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In less than one month, fans of M.O.P. will receive the group’s first official Hip-Hop album in nearly ten years.

In a recent interview, co-founder Billy Danze exclusively revealed the release date for the group’s forthcoming E1 Records debut.

Originally scheduled for a June 2009 release, The Foundation is now set to hit stores on September 15.

The album features production by Alchemist, DJ Premier, Statik Selektah and Jake One, as well as guest appearances by Heltah Skeltah, Jadakiss, Beanie Sigel, Styles P, Redman, and Busta Rhymes, who graced the project’s lead single “Blow the Horns.”

“If you understand what’s going on, if you understand real dope music,” Danze told AllHipHop.com. “If you want some dope s**t to help get you out this dope music recession – ‘cause we getting all this wack s**t now, pick up that album September 15.”

Since parting ways with G-Unit Records in 2008, both Billy Danze and longtime rhyme partner Lil’ Fame have kept busy. Aside for steady performances as a duo, including this summer’s Rock The Bells Tour, which concluded in San Francisco on August 9, they’ve each gone on to establish themselves individually.

Though he plans on releasing a solo project, Fame has been honing his skills as a producer, amassing a resume that includes Wu-Tang Chamber Music, released in June.

Danze, who has released several solo tracks online, is much closer to the release of his own solo project, he says.

“It’s been working, I been getting a lot of good feedback,” he explains. “I got Alchemist on the production, Lil Fame, my man Tommy T. DJ Premier’s gonna slide me some s**t in a minute. It ain’t all the way done yet, I’m about halfway done, working on all the features.”

While the combined five years on the rosters of Roc-A-Fella Records and G-Unit did not yield an official M.O.P. studio release, the fans received new music and remixes through several compilation projects, including 2004’s Mash Out Posse, a collaborative effort with rock band Shiner Massive.

Despite a certain amount of frustration, both Billy Danze and Lil’ Fame maintain they hold no ill feelings towards 50 Cent, Jay-Z or Dame Dash.

“50 was a fan like every other label that we signed to after the first deal we had with Select [Records],” Danze stated in a recent AllHipHop.com interview. “Every other situation after that, was because the people [signing the deal] was fans. As far as 50 goes, they never tried to change us. Dame Dash, same thing.”

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The independent, unsigned and underground will take center stage as rap pioneer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels joins a slew of entertainers who will be honored at this year’s Underground Music Awards.

The annual event, scheduled to take place August 23 at BB Kings concert hall in New York City, will feature a tribute to DMC as well as performances from the Run-DMC member and Freeway, among others.

As a UMA honoree, DMC joins an esteemed group that includes legendary Hip-Hop artists such as Slick Rick, MOP, Grandmaster Flash, The Force MD’s, Kid Capri, DJ Red Alert, Marley Marl, MC Shan and Kool G. Rap.

Described as the “biggest and brightest national award show for indie artists,” the 2009 Urban Threshold Urban Music Awards is noted for celebrating the achievements and culture of independent Hip-Hop, R&B, gospel, and reggae music and fashion.

Past award winners include current underground sensations Saigon, Remy Ma, Sha Stimuli, Styles P, Mims, Papoose, Joell Ortiz, Maino, Serius Jones, Graph, Killah Priest and Cormega.

In addition to honoring underground artists and supporters, the UMAs serves as an opportunity for music professionals, artists, DJ’s, fans, media outlets and others to network and build relationships with each other.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for the seventh annual Underground Music Awards. General admission tickets for the event are $40, while V.I.P. tickets are $ 80.

Tickets may be purchased at the BB Kings box office in Times Square or online at www.undergroundmusicawards.com or www.Ticketmaster.com.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana rapper Lil Boosie has announced that his new album Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz, will land in stores this September.

The album is the follow up to Boosie’s 2006 debut Bad Azz, which was certified gold behind hit tracks like “Zoom” featuring Yung, Joc, “Wipe Me Down (Remix),” and “Set It Off.”

The new album features guest appearances by Trill Entertainment label mate Webbie, as well as Young Jeezy, Trina, Bobby V., Fox, Lil Phat and Mouse.

“With [Superbad] I’m still hittin’ ’em from all angles,” Boosie said in a press release. “I got the women songs, I got the gangsta songs, I got the love songs; something for everybody. It’s just a classic album.”

In related news, Lil Boosie is slated to star in Ghetto Stories: The Movie, which will be released later this year.

“Better Believe It” featuring Young Jeezy is the first single from Lil Boosie’s new album Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz, which is due in stores on September 15.