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Fake Four Records Owner Ceschi Ramos Serving Time For Drug Conviction

By: Grouchy Greg Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) Updated Category: MOBILE
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(AllHipHop News) Ceschi Ramos, musician and owner of Fake Four Records, started serving an 18- month prison sentence yesterday (September 4).

The jail time stems from a drug bust on Christmas Day 2010, where Ceschi was charged with purchasing over 100 pounds of marijuana that was shipped cross-country from California to Connecticut, colorfully wrapped as Christmas gifts.

A plea bargain helped Ceschi avoid a 5–7 year sentence for the conviction.

Since yesterday, an IndieGoGo web page started by Ceschi’s brother, David Ramos has raised over $15,000 to help with legal fees and administrative costs for the record label during Ceschi’s prison term.

Ceschi says, “In the end, nearly 3 years later, I’ve been left with nearly $50,000 in legal debt. My best option was to accept a plea bargain compared to the 5 to 7 years I was facing.”

Fake Four records is a popular independent record label specializing in Experimental Hip-Hop which has released dozens of acclaimed albums by artists such as Myka 9, Blue Sky Black Death, Dark Time Sunshine, Open Mike Eagle, and Busdriver.

“Your support over the past 24 hours has been overwhelming. My brother now has an additional government issued number to add to his tax i.d., Social Security, and driver’s license numbers. In other words, he has been processed, now has an inmate number, and hopefully I will be able to see him today,” added Ceschi’s brother David Ramos. “I can’t express the magnitude of appreciation that my family and I have for all of you right now. Beyond the financial support, you have proven that Ceschi has influenced and positively impacted so many people with his music, Fake Four, and just being who he is. He is not just another prison number to all of us.”

Check out this Youtube video of Ceschi speaking on the situation:

Meek Mill Disses Cassidy on "Kendrick You Next" + In-Studio Performance (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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“You had a dog house with a dog house in the backyard/Now you live in the doghouse in the backyard.”

Meek Mill has started his proposed “coming at everyone’s head” threat he proposed with a new diss song towards Cassidy  entitled “Kendrick You Next”.

Meek raps for over five minutes on an assortment of beats including  Junior Mafia’s “Get Money”, Notorious B.I.G.’s “Who Shot Ya?”, Nas’ “Ether” and 50 Cent’s “Wanksta”.

DJ Enuff and the entire #ThatsEnuff crew were in the studio with Meek last night (September 4th) for a listening session of his upcoming mixtape Dreamchasers 3. 

Check out a short behind-the-scenes video of the making of “Kendrick You Next” and then stream the song below:

2 Chainz Cancels Brooklyn Concert, Will Appear On Cipha Sounds' Improv Show

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) 2 Chainz tells no lies but does have to alter a promise. 2 Chainz has cancelled his scheduled September 15th performance at Williamsburg Park in Brooklyn, NY.

Citing  “unforeseen scheduling conflicts” as the reason for the cancellation, 2 Chainz and the show promoters will offer full refunds to ticket holders.

While 2 Chainz will not be hitting the Brooklyn stage, he will leave his mark on New York City as he will appear on Cipha Sounds’ hilarious Hip Hop improv show Take It Personal this Friday (September 6th) at 9pm.

Tickets for the show are available here.

2 Chainz sophomore albums B.O.A.T.S. II will be available on September 10th. 

Swizz Beatz Talks Feeding Only Muslim Inmates At Rikers Island + More (VIDEO)

By: Keith Nelson Jr (@JusAire) Updated Category: Headlines
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(AllHipHop News) Ruff Ryders have a long and storied history with both music as well as prison. Swizz Beatz stopped by Cipha Sounds’ Take It Personal Hip Hop Improv Show last Friday (August 30th) and told a few stories of himself and formerly incarcerated Ruff Ryder affiliate Sean Cross.

In the video, Swizz explains how he once visited Sean in Rikers Island who was serving time for a conspiracy charge in the second degree. Swizz says it was during the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr and after meeting with Sean, he fed all the Muslim inmates.

Cipha Sounds’ Take It Personal is every Friday at 9pm at the UCB Theatre on East 3rd St.

Check out the video below as Swizz also talks about how Sean Cross was arrested for a “kilo of cocaine in the basement”: