An unconfirmed report alleges that a bankruptcy court judge ordered that Suge Knight’s Tha Records (formerly Death Row) be put up for auction yesterday, and Global Music Group plunked down the $24 mil to purchase Tha Row.
Included in the deal are 20 unreleased Tupac Shakur tracks.

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Sources have reported that DMX has been arrested on a warrant for not having a valid driver’s license in Miami, Dade police say.
Earl Simmons aka DMX, 37, was being held at Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday afternoon. His bond is set at $500.

DC’s own Best Kept Secret Wale released his mixtape  entitled “The Mixtape About Nothing” through www.elitaste.com and 10deep.com. Don’t sleep on this new kid listen to “The Perfect Plan”. Feedback is essential.
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The Hip-Hop industry has a new power couple, as Foxy Brown and Rick Ross is now an item, AllHipHop.com has learned.
Sources from both camps have confirmed that the couple is dating seriously and that Brown, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, is making plans to relocate to Miami in order to be closer to […]

50 Cent and actor Val Kilmer reportedly have become fast friends while filming “Streets of Blood” in Louisiana, both sharing their love for vintage cars.
Kilmer was reportedly stunned however when 50 bought a 1965 Chevy Impala and gave him the keys, the New Zealand Herald reported.
“Val was shocked. 50 is an amazing guy and incredibly […]

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Bow Wow is rumored to be playing a regularly occurring character on HBO’s “Entourage” when the hit show returns this fall.
Reports say the MC will play a comedian named Charlie, who becomes Eric’s (played by Kevin Connolly) newest client.
Bow Wow recently discussed his desire to move out of the music business and further into acting […]

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A bill has been introduced in the California legislature by Kanye West’s cousin Yolanda Anderson that would see patients required to have a physical exam prior to having plastic surgery.
According to an unnamed site, Anderson proposed the bill in response to the death of her aunt and mother to Kanye, Donda West.
Donda West died in […]

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After months of speculation that Island Def Jam/Universal would not actually release Nas’s new album with the title “Nigger,” Nas appears to have finally given in, changing the title to simply “Nas,” a Def Jam rep confirmed to EW.com.
Island Def Jam chair L.A Reid had previously stood by Nas, saying:
“We stand firmly behind and beside […]

50 Cent is now said to be in negotiations with the Rupert Murdoch founded News Corp for a reported $300 million.
According to ThisIs50.com, the deal would go into effect in 2009, in which News Corp would take a large stake in all aspects of the 50 Cent brand — including music, books, concerts, and his […]

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Remy Ma and Papoose are rumored to have officially tied the knot today at a ceremony at Rikers Island Prison, where Remy is currently being held, the New York Daily News is reporting.
Remy and Papoose will each be allowed to have two guests at the ceremony. Remy Ma is currently at Rikers while awaiting her sentencing, […]