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Busted: Rapper Jadakiss
Who: Rapper Jadakiss, real name Jason Phillips
What: Arrested on suspicion of weapon possession
When: Early Saturday
Where: Yonkers, N.Y.
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Jay-Z Coming Out of Retirement for New CD
Despite announcing his retirement from the rap game after releasing 2003's 'The Black Album,' Jay-Z isn't going anywhere. Not that he ever did, though.
The hip-hop mogul, who in his "hiatus" became president and CEO of Def Jam, embarked on a world tour and became part owner of NBA's New Jersey Nets, will release a new album, 'Kingdom Come,' this fall
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Diddy Forced to Change His Name
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is pretty fickle when it comes to his name. The rapper and all-around hip-hop mogul has also been known as Puff Daddy and P. Diddy before settling on the current. Britain, however, will have none of that.
A London-based music producer, Richard Dearlove, who's been rocking the Diddy moniker since 1992, sued Combs citing unfair competition
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Busted: Rapper 50 Cent
Who: G-Unit rapper 50 Cent, a.k.a. Curtis Jackson
What: Arrested for traffic violations
When: Friday
Where: New York
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Elton John Wants to Get His Hip-Hop On
That whole Elton John-Eminem Grammy duet in 2001 may have been much more than a publicity stunt or act to make nice. It seems the veteran British rocker is following the yellow brick road all the way to Compton as he tells Rolling Stone of his desire to record a hip-hop album with one of the genre's icons, Dr...
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Snoop Dogg Puts ‘Em In, ‘Coach’
Snoop Dogg is turning family man. The rapper -- known more for his gangsta image than Papa Snoop -- is working on a film that will chronicle his real-life accounts as a coach for his son's youth football team, appropriately dubbed 'Coach Snoop
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Common, RZA Channel Their Inner ‘Gangster’
Hip-hop soul man Common and Wu-Tang rapper RZA will join T.I. in the movie 'American Gangster,' directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.
RZA will play a partner of Crowe's in the 70s crime flick -- based on the story of drug leader Frank Lucas -- while Common and T
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Diddy to be a Daddy Again
Sean 'Diddy' Combs and his longtime girlfriend, model Kim Porter, are expecting their second child. The hip-hop mogul, 36, and Porter, 35, already have an 8-year-old son, Christian, while Diddy has another son with fashionista Misa Hylton-Brim
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Jay-Z Reveals Dates to Save the World
Jay-Z will kick off his seven-week world tour in effort to bring awareness to the world's water crisis on Sept. 9 in Krakow, Poland. The trek, which will be captured by the MTV documentary, 'Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life,' will end Oct. 28 in Melbourne, Australia
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Busted: Rapper Busta Rhymes
Who: Rapper Busta Rhymes, a.k.a. Trevor Smith
What: Arrested and charged with assault
When: Sunday
Where: New York
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