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Ghostface Killah and his label, Sony Music Entertainment are in hot water after being served with a lawsuit by Hollywood composer Jack Urbont for sampling the 'Iron Man Theme,' Rollingstone.com reports. Urbont's song, which was written for a cartoon show in the '60s, was sampled twice on Killah's 2000 album, 'Supreme Clientele...

Besides being a renowned producer, thanks to his exploits with the Wu-Tang Clan, the RZA is also a capable actor. The rapper-beatmaker-turned-thespian is in negotiations to join the sequel to the 'G.I. Joe' film. According to the Hollywood Reporter, if RZA joins the Paramount-produced film's cast, he will be playing a martial arts expert named the Blind Master, who, in the past, trained the charac

Legendary Los Angeles drug kingpin "Freeway" Ricky Ross has tapped Snoop Dogg to score the soundtrack for his upcoming biopic. In a video recorded during a recent studio session, the Doggfather and the notorious drug trafficker discussed Snoop's involvement in the film, which was reportedly written by 'Blow' director Nick Cassavetes...

File this under headlines we never thought we'd write: 50 Cent's choice of hairstyles has really turned heads over the past year. Appearing at the premiere of his dramatic new film 'Things Fall Apart,' at Paseo Herencia in Aruba on Tuesday (June 14), the G-Unit rapper-aspiring film mogul proudly debuted a surprising new look, wearing a longer than usual, texturized perm and beard to match... Read

R&B singer and actor Fantasia Barrino has been cast to star as Gospel great Mahalia Jackson in an upcoming biopic and stand to make a pretty penny if it is successful. The title of the film is 'Mahalia' and is based on Jules Schwerin's 1993 book 'Got To Tell It: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel' reports the New York Post. So...

Oscar and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson has been confirmed to play a part in the screen adaptation of 'The Three Stooges.' According to the Hollywood Reporter, Hudson will play the part of one of three nuns who run the orphanage where the stooges -- Larry, Curly and Moe -- grow up...

Soulja Boy doesn't live the life of your average 20-year-old. In just four short years, he's taken what started out as a simple teenage rhyme and turned himself into a millionaire entrepreneur. Transitioning from potential one-hit wonder to a money-making machine before he can even drink legally has been a steady climb for the young rapper...

Hip-hop mogul 50 Cent has been cast as a blind DJ in 'Odd Thomas,' a supernatural thriller based on an adaptation of the Dean Koontz novel of the same name. While 50, born Curtis Jackson, is no stranger to the silver screen, 'Odd Thomas' marks his first foray into the world of the supernatural, playing the role of Shamus Cocobolo, a blind DJ who helps clairvoyant cook Anton Yelchin uncover a satan

Having seamlessly made the transition from conscious rapper to actor in films like 'American Gangster,' 'Terminator Salvation,' 'Street Kings' and 'Just Wright,' Common will now be taking a new executive role, as producer and star of indie film 'L...

Actor-filmmaker Michael Rapaport, the director of the controversial A Tribe Called Quest documentary, 'Beats Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest,' has addressed the group's recent MTV interview, in which they accused the film's producers of malicious intentions and failing to honor their requests...