T.I. Get Ready

Rapper T.I. (born Clifford Harris Jr.) is headed back to jail early next year to finish serving his jail sentence.The “Whatever You Like” hit-maker was arrested on felony gun charges a year ago and has lost millions of dollars in income because of it.According to MTV, T.I. says he isn’t going out without a fight and plans to be as pro-active as possible while incarcerated.“I ain’t gonna be sitting still doing nothing,” the rapper told MTV. “All those days will be spent speaking to people who are interested in being in the T.I. business... It’s just months of planning. It’s just a long time to roll the project out. The wheels will be turning; just the car ain’t going nowhere.”As far as his album goes, Paper Trail – T.I.’s sixth studio album – is certified platinum.Paper Trail sold 568,000 copies in its first week and debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200.The album has received positive reviews from critics and has been nominated for a Grammy award.

Suge "A Real O.G."

Two felony drug charges and one misdemeanor assault charge against Marion “Suge” Knight were dismissed by a Las Vegas judge.

Prosecutors accused Knight, 43, of assaulting a female acquaintance named Melissa Isaac, on August 27, during a heated argument.

Knight was accused of striking Isaac, who was allegedly found by LVPD officers naked on the side of the road, as Knight stood over her with a knife.

The drug charges stemmed from allegations Knight was also in possession of ecstasy and hyrdocodone.

TMZ.com reports that Knight’s lawyers David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld were successful in getting all of the charges dismissed due to "lack of production in discovery and the failure of witnesses to be subpoenaed."

"God is good, and I've got the best two lawyers in America. Happy holidays," Knight said after learning the news.

The prosecution will now take the case to a grand jury.

Kiss in Gillie Out(i sound dirty)

While Beanie Sigel’s one time rival Gillie Da Kid recently backed out of an upcoming “Brotherly Love Concert” due to schedule concerns, the Broad Street bully has landed another former nemesis to headline the concert.

The Lox’s Jadakiss will join Sigel and other Philadelphia rappers on stage during the concert, which is being presented by Sigel and Nike ACG.

Sigel and Jadakiss engaged in an infamous feud that started after Jadakiss accused Philadelphia rappers of stealing his style in published interviews in 2001.

Jadakiss, who claimed his words were misquoted, was still on the receiving end of a mixtape diss from Sigel.

As a result, both sides released diss records aptly titled "F**k Beanie Sigel" by Jadakiss and "F**k Jadakiss" by Beanie Sigel.

After numerous radio, mixtape and disses on albums, the beef between Sigel along with State Property versus Jadakiss and D-Block teetered on the edge of violence.

The climax came when Jadakiss appeared at a concert in Philadelphia and berated Sigel in his hometown.

Around this time, Jadakiss’ battle with 50 Cent and G-Unit, as well as a host of legal problems for Sigel helped cool the beef.

The pair eventually patched up their relationship and even recorded the “Roc Boys” remix with Roc-A-Fella boss Jay-Z.

Sigel’s “Brotherly Love Concert” is his latest attempt to end old beefs and promote unity in Philadelphia, a city known for its in-fighting amongst various rappers.

Gillie Da Kid was unable to keep a commitment to the concert because he is shooting The King of the Avenue with actor Ving Rhames in Puerto Rico.

Other performers confirmed to take the stage include Freeway, E-Ness, and local artist Reed Dollas, Joey Jahad, and Voka.

The free concert begins tonight (December 11) at 6:00 pm at the TLA on South Street in Philadelphia.


Somebody tell Gillie not to cry!!!

Snowman A'int So Cold

Young Jeezy [click to read] will join The National Lighthouse Foundation today for the Annual Christmas Program at Narvie J. Harris Theme School in Decatur, Georgia. The event is set to take place at 5:30 pm.
As noted, this event goes on yearly, with The National Lighthouse Foundation linking up with celebrities or artists from the community to make sure that children can have gifts for the holidays. The National Lighthouse Foundation is a non-profit organization built on the vision that the nation's children need to be assisted in different ways. Their mission statement explains more.
"Our mission is to positively impact the lives of people primarily through innovative strategies that effectuate change; assisting them in all aspects of life while enabling them to achieve their highest potential as they grow to become confident, competent, and caring individuals."
Jeezy's latest offering, The Recession [click to read], is already in stores and he is currently on tour promoting the album.
Here is the address to the event:
Narvie J. Harris Theme School3981 McGill Drive v Decatur, Georgia 30034

Chiba-whas new

The competition is getting stiff. With four ladies left in the house tensions rise as the girls continue their quest for $100,000 and the title of Miss Rap Supreme. With only a few days left in the house, Chiba decides it’s time to end the feud between herself and Byata. But while in friendly conversation, Chiba let’s the cat out of the bag and admits to using pre-written rhymes in competition, leading to yet more controversy within the house.

After all of the girls except Chiba stumble during their challenge of creating a verse about “peace” for young girls who were once involved in gang violence, questions arise about Chiba’s use of recycled lyrics. Byata, convinced that Chiba’s cheating, tells judges her concerns which are “duly noted” by Serch and Yo-Yo. However, because the freshness of Chiba’s verse could neither be denied nor confirmed she was still labeled the winner of the challenge and given the keys to the ‘Salt-N-Pepa Suite’. Because the competition is down to the final wire, however, she was not given immunity from elimination. This new development proved to be fatal to Chiba; when the girls were given the elimination freestyle topic of the word “Bitch,” Chiba strayed from the subject matter and was ultimately told to “Step off!”

This week, HipHopDX spoke with the Georgia femcee to get the real scoop on whether or not she cheated in competition, her beef with Byata, working with on The Juice Crew movie., and the near fatal car crash that forced her to now keep her left eye covered.

HipHopDX: How long have you been rapping for?
Chiba: Oh, I’ve been rapping since about 200 or 2001. After my car accident I really got into writing music just to express everything that I was going through at that particular time. I just thought about a lot of things because after the car accident I couldn’t go outside for about a year. So I started thinking about my talents that I wanted to bring out.

DX: Can you tell us a little more about that fateful day of the car-crash?
C: I went out with a couple of people I didn’t really know too well. Something was put in my drink and the guy was trying to take me to wherever he was trying to take me to, and he crashed into a utility pole and I went through the window. So now I have to wear sunglasses because I can’t close my left eye. It doesn’t close completely and it’s very sensitive to light. And also stuff gets into the eye and irritates it because I can’t blink. So people always think [I cover my eye with sunglasses or my hair] because I’m trying to hide my scar, but it’s not that; I’m protecting the vision that I have left in my eye. If I don’t wear glasses stuff is constantly getting in my eye.

DX: I read on your MySpace that you’re working on your own label and publishing company called Jerzey Peach Records. Can you speak that project?
C: Yeah, that’s basically something that’s gonna happen once I get myself situated. I have to build things up so I can work on that. But right now I’m just trying to get signed with a big label so that later on I can be established enough to start Jerzey Peach Records.

DX: Ok. Well moving on to the show, what do you think was the beginning of the end for you and Byata?
C: I think it was when I won the first challenge.

DX: So you think it was a jealousy thing?
C: Oh yeah. Definitely. Plus, she let other [contestants] come in and change the bond that we had. Reece, for instance, she saw how close me and Byata were getting, and she didn’t like that so she wanted to break it up. I was really hurt by that because I really had strong feelings for Byata; we connected more than any other girls on the show. And it hurt me that she let someone else come in and take that.

DX: On the show, you had a conversation with your daughter back home. Was she the only reason you wanted to make amends with Byata or had you thought about it before?
C: It’s something I thought about on my own, but once I spoke with my daughter it really [affected me].

DX: Later on while you were talking to Byata and Reece you admitted to using pre-written rhymes. Do you think that was fair, especially since Khia got kicked off for the same thing earlier in the competition?
C: Yea but Khia [click to read] used verses from records she sold. In our contract it said we could use whatever we had as long as it hadn’t been sold or copy written. So when we were doing certain challenges other than elimination, I did have something that was already written and the producer’s had no problem with that. And if that was the case then they woulda been kicked me off of the show.

DX: Do you think any of the other girls were using pre-written rhymes?
C: Of course they did! They just wasn’t woman enough to admit it! And once I did admit it Cherry was like, “I didn’t know we could use stuff we already had!”…well, y'all didn’t read your contracts! The producers said “Chiba, there’s $100,000 on the line. If you got something that’s hot and fits the topic; use it.” The only time you couldn’t use something you already wrote was for elimination freestyles. That’s what Khia did, she used somethin’ that she had already sold records to for elimination.

Charlie Is Back

Philadelphia native Charli Baltimore has become a recognizable name, face and voice in Hip Hop over the last decade, despite never releasing an album. Originally signed to Lance "Un" Rivera's Untertainment along with Cam'ron in the late '90s through her romantic affiliation with Notorious B.I.G., the rapper had a star-studded, highly-promoted Cold As Ice album in 1999, which was never released.

After four years away from Hip Hop, Baltimore reappeared in 2002, this time with Murder Inc. Records. There, she worked with Irv Gotti, Ja Rule and Lloyd on several songs, but never released an album. Following this, she had a brief stint with The Game's Black Wall Street Records, before independently venturing into the studio with producer Scott Storch.

In a recent interview with Sub Zero DVD, the rapper was filmed working in Murder Inc. Studios. Asked if she was re-signing to the controversial imprint, Baltimore said, "We workin', we doin' some things. Obviously, you see that I'm here, so it's all good. We're definitely working. We're gonna keep it a lil' controversial for right now; I don't want to give too much away."

Charli Baltimore has spent recent years handling the career of her daughter India, who is part of Ford Modeling, and will be appearing in an upcoming Abercrombie & Fitch campaign.

With her new single "Lose It" having touched airwaves in her hometown, the rapper hopes that the Scott Storch-produced song will be considered by radio.

Plies In 1o Million Dollars Lawsuit

Rapper Plies, born Algernod Washington, is one of several defendants in a lawsuit filed by five attendees at a 2006 Plies show.

The five plaintiffs were injured during a shooting at the show, and are seeking $10 million in damages.

"If they're suing Mr. Washington, they're suing the wrong person," said attorney Robert Rush to the Gainesville Sun. "He does not have legal liability. It is not an entertainer's job to provide security for a club where the entertainer is performing."

Plies' record label, Slip-N-Slide, and 283 West, the venue where Plies performed that night, are also named in the suit. The suit alleges negligence on the part of the defendants. Reports indicate that members of Plies' entourage - the rapper's brother, Ronell Lavatte, and Tory Carnegie - fired into a sold-out crowd after Plies' microphone was cut off, in order to let Lil' Boosie on stage.

Lavatte and Carnegie were accused of firing at least three rounds and were charged with attempted murder. Police found five loaded firearms and rounds of ammunition in their vehicle.