(AllHipHop News) Two controversial characters in the latest Transformers series have been axed from the upcoming third installment of the series. Autobot team Mudflap and Skids were the subject of intense criticism shortly after the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The controversial characters, who transformed from compact Chevys, spoke in exaggerated slang, couldn’t read and one even sported a gold tooth. According to director Michael Bay, the pair will not be included in the third installment of the film, which has reportedly gone into pre-production in Sherman Oaks, California. Bay denied the characters were racist.  African-American TV actor Reno Wilson provided the voice for Mudflap, while white actor Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) voiced Skids. “I don’t know if it’s stereotypes — they are robots, by the way. These are the voice actors,” Bay told the AP in defense, shortly after Transformers 2 was released. “This is kind of the direction they were taking the characters and we went with it.” No release date is available for the Transformers 3, which is also filming at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.“There’s going to be a lot of death, human death,” T3 star Shia LaBeouf. “This time, they’re targeting humans…It’s going to be the craziest action movie ever made, or we failed.”

(AllHipHop News) The backlash against producer Solar continues, as the unidentified individual who hacked his Twitter account is conducting full interviews. In a new interview with Vibe, a “female” hacker named only as “Renaldo,” claimed she was exposing Solar in order to defend rapper Guru, who died from cancer on April 19th. The hacker has released a number of shocking documents, including emails that imply that Solar was the author of a controversial “deathbed” letter written by Guru that slighted DJ Premier/Documents also hit the net from Solar’s inbox that revealed he may have been attempting to wrestle royalties away from Guru as he lay in a coma in the hospital. “I’m angry because [of the] things popped off on the Internet about Solar,” Renaldo said. “There were rumors going on about Solar selling Guru’s house while Guru was in the hospital. So when people came forward like Solar’s baby mother, I was like, ‘Let’s expose this guy.’ So that’s why I did it.”And while the hacker stated that she had already released the most damning evidence against Solar, there could be more explosive details on the way that have yet to be revealed “if Solar keeps lying.” “I’ve got a sh**load of pics of him cheating. I don’t think I leaked this completely…. When Guru was in the hospital fighting for his life, Solar sent an email from Guru’s email account to EMI and said, ‘I want to transfer 1K from my bank account to another bank account.’ And that bank account is Solar’s bank account. I’ve got several bank records indicating that he was stealing from Guru. And some documents indicating that all the royalties from EMI went to 7 Grand [his record label].”According to the hacker, it was easy to access Solar’s other accounts, because he had emailed his own user names and passwords to himself. At press time, Solar has yet to respond to interview an interview request by AllHipHop.com. To read the full interview go to vibe.com.

(AllHipHop News) Hundreds of angry Malaysians protested a concert featuring US rapper Pitbull and the recent approval of a gambling license to a gaming company set to do business in the country. Over 300 people demonstrated against the concert featuring the chart-topping Miami rapper, which takes place tomorrow (May 15th). A group of Muslims associated with the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party protested a mosque in the capital’s Malay district. “It’s bad enough that he is named after a dog, but if you watch his video clip on You Tube, his performance and lyrics are against Malaysian cultural norms,” said opposition leader Kamaruzaman Mohamad. In related news, Pitbull announced that he is canceling an upcoming concert in Arizona over the state’s controversial immigration laws. The rapper axed a show slated for May 31st in Phoenix, Arizona to protest the law that makes it a to be undocumented. “I am canceling my show in Phoenix on May 31. How’s the country we luv bcuz of its human rights, freedom, opprtnty — that immigrants built — now deny them?” Pitbull wrote on his Facebook page.

Yesterday and early this morning, DJ Kay Slay and Jay Electronica became embroiled in a heated debate over the latter’s outspoken statements on New York’s bias against Hip-Hop from the South.

The issue began when Electronica conducted a London interview, and revealed that in his younger days he held animosity to the RZA over a statement where he implied that southern rappers were less intelligent and making a mockery of Hip-Hop culture.

“Peace on RZA, that’s my brother,” Jay said. “RZA had a great effect on me via the Wu Tang Clan and the music he did, I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for the RZA and the Wu. But also RZA you said some crazy wild s###, and if you would have seen me at that time we might have had a physical altercation.”

Despite Jay prefacing and ending his comments by saying that he had love for RZA and no longer harbored any ill feelings, DJ Kay Slay took exception with the tone of Electronica’s interview, in particular his declaration that there were several emcees from the South that would “burn n#####” from New York.

“This Jay Electronica dude is getting real disrespectful towards New York n##### these days. If he hates us so f###### much why does he rap like us?” Kay Slay tweeted. “His f###### interview just made my blood boil…Can’t f### with sun no more.”

Later Electronica visited Angela Yee’s Lip Service show, and defended his previous comments while framing the dispute as a case of others being too sensitive.

“I’m not rhyming like nobody, we all got influences. And no disrespect, I love Kay Slay,” he stated. “When I say New York n##### was dissing us and talking crazy s### about us; I’m not being hypothetical, I’m talking about what I experienced…I was real clear in the interview I have super respect for RZA. If it wasn’t for Wu, Nas, BIG, Jeru, Primo, by the way Primo’s from Texas, if it wasn’t for all these people I wouldn’t be the person I am today.”

“Check me on the facts, is what I’m saying true or false?” Jay continued. “My name is Jaree Understanding Allah. I’m on a mission from Almighty God. I ain’t on a mission from Kay Slay or Funk Flex…Nowadays it’s a shortage of men, n##### is acting like f######. N##### get sensitive when you speak how you really feel with conviction.”

At midnight Kay Slay addressed Electronica’s words on his Hot 97 radio show, questioning the timing and sincerity of the New Orleans emcee’s position.

“What happened in the past happened and the South is eating now and you got on. Why you keep bringing up old foolishness and keep throwing New York up?” Slay challenged. “I’m taking offense because when Ludacris came around before his first album dropped, he came to my crib to freestyle. T.I. when he first came out came to my crib to freestyle; he asked me to bring him on BET his first time around. Eightball’s first time when he came to New York, I took him through Harlem. You’re using these people like no one in New York supported the South and everybody was dogging them [and] that never was the case.”

Kay Slay also dismissed Jay Electronica’s belief that he didn’t owe New York’s Hip-Hop scene a detailed explanation, arguing that his current residence in Brooklyn did not entitle him to chastise the region.

“If I go in the South, Midwest, or West Coast talking crazy and somebody asks yo what you meant by that, yeah I do owe an explanation…This is our stopping ground, you’re a guest here!” he detailed. “We need lyricists, [and] I respect you as that. But the way you was talking and I seen your aggression, son I’m aggressive, too! And I’m true and living as well, I got knowledge of self, so I ain’t no savage…You eating now dog, let it go. This is New York, man…I can name 5 rappers from the street that I’ll put on stage with anybody you bring to the table, and I’ll put my bread up, son.”

In both broadcasts, each man appeared to be open to a private discussion to settle matters, if needed.

Jay Electronica collaborated with Sean “Diddy” Combs to release “The Ghost of Christopher Wallace” earlier this month, and is currently working on his debut album.

DJ Kay Slay third studio album, More Than Just a DJ, was released in February.