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Miami rapper Flo Rida's former manager, J'Von "4Mill" Thomas, has announced plans to launch his own career as an MC. An industry vet, Thomas began his career in 2000, when he signed with Warner Brothers as a producer. He went on to establish Poe Boy Entertainment, continuing his work as a producer, engineer and promoter, before signing and overseeing Flor Rida's career...

It seemed well beyond rumor that Diddy was back in the management game and had picked up two of hip-hop's most commercially-viable clients -- Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj. Rick Ross even confirmed the deal in a recent announcement. Yet last night Diddy got on UStream to set the record straight and end the speculation...

Since the saucy Queens rapper NIcki Minaj just fired her manager and rapper Waka Flocka Flame's mother, Debra Antney, we expected a big announcement about her new situation, but we didn't expect ... Diddy. The Young Money rapper is rumored to have hired the rap mogul as her new manager...

Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj has been making some interesting career choices lately. Having just dropped out of Rihanna's 'Last Girl on Earth' tour at the very last minute, Minaj has reportedly fired her manager, Debra Antney. Antney, the CEO of So Icey/Mizay Entertainment, also manages popular rapper Gucci Mane and is the mother of So Icey artist Waka Flocka Flame...

On Monday, Jan. 11, former Clipse manager Anthony "Geezy" Gonzalez was handed down a 32-year federal prison sentence, after pleading guilty to being the ringleader of a $20 million drug conspiracy. According to an 82-page indictment by the prosecution, Gonzalez organized a distribution network which moved over a half-ton of cocaine and a ton of marijuana since 2003 ...

Recently-recruited Cash Money rapper Bow Wow has decided to go the independent route and manage himself, according to a recent post from his Twitter account. "I'm firing all managers. I'm taking the Ray Allen approach," the rapper tweeted, in reference to the self-managed NBA player...

According to reports, the assault charges filed by blogger/personality Perez Hilton against the Black Eyed Peas' manager Liborio Molino were dropped on Wednesday (Nov. 18). Molina issued an apology to Hilton, who claimed Molina punched him in the face outside of a Toronto nightclub on June 22, after Hilton called Peas rapper Will...

A video of "young and sexy" Chicago rapper Yung Berg getting punched while standing in front of a retail store in Los Angeles has just surfaced. The clip, which is difficult to make out, shows the rapper and over a dozen others engaged in a melee on the street, during which time Berg is punched several times...