Lil Kim was voted off of the popular dance show Dancing With The Stars yesterday evening (May 5), just before reaching the semifinals with partner Derek Hough.

Despite receiving high scores from the judges, Kim came into this weeks show with the second lowest score of 52 out of 60 points.

Before being eliminated Lil Kim and Hough did the Waltz as well as the Salsa during their performances.

It came as a surprise to the judges and audience a like that Kim was eliminated, despite contestant Ty Murray delivering the worst performances in the nine weeks the show has aired.

Kim’s elimination from the show prompted the host Dancing With The Stars host Tom Bergeron to state that the evening had went terribly wrong.

About Kim’s performances on the show, Simon Cowell – like judge Len Goodman stated the rapper “has been one of the best dancers” to ever appear on the show.

“This is one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever experienced in my life. because I brought people who never watched the show,” Lil Kim said.

Lil Kim recently premiered a music video for her new single “Download” featuring T-Pain and Charlie Wilson.

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Newly uncovered court documents are calling to question the authenticity of self-appointed “Grand Hustle Muscle,” rapper Alfamega. A 1997 court order signed by United States District Judge J. Owen Forrester indicates the Atlanta rapper’s 1995 prison sentence was shortened after he served as a Drug Enforcement Administration informant and testified as a government witness in a high profile case.

Alfamega, who has made no secret of his criminal past and lengthy prison sentence, was sentenced to a federal prison term of 110 months in September 1995, after being found guilty of selling weapons to an undercover federal agent. According to documents published by TheSmokingGun.com today (May 5), following his sentencing, Alfa, born Cedric Zellars, contacted the United States Attorney’s office via his attorney Dwight Thomas, to offer information regarding “the illegal activity of several individuals within the City of Atlanta.”

Upon agreeing to cooperate with authorities, Alfamega was debriefed concerning the information he had to provide. He would go on to become a major asset for the prosecution in the trail of accused heroin trafficker Ali Baaqar, who stood accused of conspiring to distribute heroin in Atlanta and surrounding counties.

In October 1996, based on the testimony of several witnesses, including Zellars, Ali Baaqar was convicted of all charges.

Following the trial, Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie Gabay-Smith petitioned the courts on behalf of Alfamega, requesting that the rapper’s sentence be decreased, in light of his cooperation with the government. On July 25, 1997, Judge Forrester effectively reduced the sentence from 110 months to 92, therefore shaving off a year and a half.

Coincidentally, Dwight Thomas, the attorney responsible for brokering this arrangement with federal prosecutors, was one of the attorneys who represented Grand Hustle co-founder T.I. in his weapons case nearly ten years later.

Alfamega’s Grand Hustle/Capitol Records debut, I Am Alfamega, was scheduled for release on January 13, a date which was already three months after it’s original October 2008 release date.

At press time, a new release date had not been set.

Jay-Z’s superstar presence was not enough to make a recent Arizona Stadium concert a success, as event promoters confirmed the show posted a loss of $917,000.

The Last Smash Platinum Bash was organized by the Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA), who paid Jay-Z $750,000 to co-headline the event with pop star Kelly Clarkson.

The strange pairing was not enough to entice potential concertgoers.

Arizona Stadium, which is known for football, had not hosted a concert in 32 years.

According to estimates, the student union gave away over 4000 tickets in hopes of securing valuable marketing deals with newspapers and radio stations.

Despite these issues, ASUA president Tommy Bruce blamed the failure on the Recession.

“Nobody predicted the economy would be the way it is now last May,”

he told the Arizona Daily Star.

In total, the concert cost $1,420,000, while tickets and merchandise purchases only posted $503,502.

The loss forced the ASUA to empty its$350,000 cash reserve to cover the debt.

According to the Arizona Daily Star, the Arizona University’s bookstore will assist the ASUA in paying off the debt through another established emergency fund.

As a consequence, the UA Bookstore organization will also lower its contributions to the student group by $570,000 over the next 5 years.

At press time, Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 is tentatively aimed at a September 2009 release date.

50 Cent was cleared this week of foul pay in the May 2008 blaze that destroyed his $1.4 million Long Island mansion. The mogul confirmed the verdict on his social networking site thisis50.com, stating the New York police department and insurance investigators determined there was “absolutely no proof or evidence” that 50 caused the fire. 50 Cent, real name Curtis Jackson, came under suspicion after his son’s mother Shaniqua Tompkins accused him of committing arson. Just weeks prior to the fire, 50 Cent had a successfully secured an eviction of both Tompkins and his son. Although Tompkins and Marquise were present at the time of the still undetermined blaze, both were able to escape without serious injury. Last April, Tompkins filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming that 50 Cent had promised her legal ownership of the home prior to closing. At the time, the property was estimated to be worth 2.4 million. The fallout from this situation sparked a feud between 50 and Miami rapper Rick Ross, who ridiculed the Queens emcee over the arson allegations with the track “Mafia Music.” At press time, 50 Cent is working to secure a release date for his much-delayed fourth studio album Before I Self Destruct