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The-Dream, real name Terius Nash, and Christina Milian had a rather embarrassing public split last year after the chart-topping producer was photographed on a beach with a new, younger woman. Already separated, the impending controversy and divorce were tabloid fodder for a week or two, yet both parties seem to have largely avoided the public eye since then...

Lil Wayne's Cash Money Records has finally resolved royalty disputes with the producers of two of Weezy's biggest hits. Having reconciled with estranged 'A Milli' producer Bangladesh, who turned around and handed Weezy his hot new single, '6'7,' it is now being reported that Wayne and co...

Swizz Beatz welcomed his first child with wife Alicia Keys only a week ago, but the honeymoon is officially over. Antwann Frost, a songwriter who claims to have co-produced Cassidy's hit 'My Drink 'n My 2 Step,' has slapped Swizzy with a $1...

After almost a decade of repeated legal mishaps, DMX is finally making an effort to tie up the loose ends in his professional life. The Yonkers native, who is currently serving a six-month prison sentence in Arizona for parole violation, filed a lawsuit against Rich Kid Entertainment on Monday, April 26, alleging that the company owes him multiple back payments for his music royalties...

Lil Wayne's disputes with hip-hop producer Jim Jonsin has resulted in yet another lawsuit between the two parties. In April 2009, Lil Wayne sued Jonsin for copyright infringement, when he learned that the Florida-based producer had not secured permission to sample folk singer Karma-Ann Swanepoel's song 'Once' for his mixtape track 'I Feel Like Dying...

There's still no word on the official release date of Dr. Dre's long-awaited 'Detox' album, but in the meantime, the Compton rapper is hitting up his former label Death Row Records for some overdue funds. Dre, real name Andre Young, brought a lawsuit against the reincarnated label -- now, WIDEawake Death Row Records -- in a Los Angeles Federal Court this week...

Last week it was reported that a settlement had been reached between Wu-Tang rapper Ghostface and producer RZA regarding unpaid publishing royalties for their early collaborations. Today, RZA responded to the reports, claiming that while there is no bad blood between any Wu members, things were far from "settled" and that he plans on appealing...