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Former Def Jam artist, Lady Sovereign was jailed in Australia this past weekend, after spitting at a nightclub doorman. The UK grime rapper and self-proclaimed "biggest midget in the game" arrived in Australia to perform five dates on the Parklife festival tour, but she apparently only got so far as a Brisbane gay club before getting extremely intoxicated, and hocking a loogie in a nigh

Although DMX was released from prison in May, the 38-year-old rapper is still being barred from seeing his beloved dogs. "I can't have dogs for two more months," DMX told TMZ. "I'm on probation. I got two more months to go then I can have my dogs back...

90's rapper Coolio caught a lucky break this week, avoiding jail time for his recent crack possession and battery charges. The California entertainer, famous for living in a 'Gangsta's Paradise,' faced three years in prison if found guilty on the charges, stemming from a March 6 bust at LAX, where officials found crack cocaine and smoking paraphernalia in the rapper's luggage...

Rapper/producer John Forte, who was recently pardoned by George Bush, has written an article for former New Yorker editor Tina Brown's website, Daily Beast. The story, entitled, 'How I Went From Prep School to Prison,' describes the rapper/producer's childhood in Brownsville, Brooklyn, likening his experience to growing up in Beirut...