Plies

Five years after a shooting at a Gainesville, Fla. Plies performance left five concertgoers injured, a verdict has finally been reached in the $10 million civil suit against the 'Shawty' rapper. Following seven days of testimony, the jury deliberated for eight hours and found Plies, born Algernod Lanier Washington, and his brother, Ronell Levatte, civilly liable for the 2006 club shooting, awardin

Plies has let his temper get the best of him. While performing in a club in Orlando, Fla., the Sunshine State native was pelted with a cup, prompting the rapper to go on an angry tirade. But things took a turn for the serious when the hotheaded spitter threatened the offender with physical violence, promising to shoot up the club...

DMX recently called Plies one of the worst rappers in the game. "The worst? I'm sure I don't even know who the worst is...he has to be one of the worst. Bruh bruh? Are you serious?! How do you even fix your mouth to say that or spell that?" he said in a recent interview...

Plies could barely wait three months after releasing his 'Goon Affiliated' album to drop a new mixtape. Hitting the Internet earlier today, the Florida-based MC's new tribute to all things "real" is entitled 'You Need People Like Me' and features a mixture of southern bangers, sexually charged jams and a tribute to incarcerated rapper Lil' Boosie...

A judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit filed against Plies and his music label, Big Gates Records, that alleged both had profited from a 2006 shooting at a Gainesville, Fla. concert. The concert, which also featured incarcerated rapper Lil Boosie, took place at a venue called Club 238, where members of Plies' entourage, including his older brother and business partner, Big Gates, allegedly fired s

Diminutive goon Plies is taking his recent chart-topping collaboration/remix with Usher ('Hey Daddy') to another level and, in a recent interview, the rapper admitted that he'd love to team up with Susan Boyle next. "I always bring this up to people and they think I'm just teasin'‚ but Susan Boyle is probably at the top of my list," ' Plies told Us Weekly when asked who he'd like to jump

Plies was scheduled to perform at VH1's 2010 'Hip Hop Honors' -- which was filmed in NYC on Thursday night (June 3) -- but the Florida rapper decided to bail in favor of a meet-and-greet with his fans. Enthusiasm for the televised event has been lukewarm at best...

Florida rapper Plies has announced an interesting promotion for his upcoming album. The 'Plenty Money' rapper will be holding a contest for "everybody who's been supporting me since my mixtape days, all the way to 'Da Realest' to my brand new situation, 'Goon Affiliated' due May 25," as he told MTV...

A 2008 civil lawsuit filed against Florida rapper, Plies, is gaining some national attention as the plaintiffs made a move this Wednesday (March 3) to include the rapper's brother and his label, Big Gates Records in the suit. The lawsuit stems from a 2006 dispute in a Gainesville, Florida nightclub which erupted into gunfire leaving five clubgoers with gunshots wounds...

Artist: Plies feat. Keri Hilson Song: 'Medicine' Why You Should Watch: Hilson plays the sexy nurse as Plies aka Dr. Goon raps about giving a dose of medicine in the video for the Fort Myers' rapper latest single. Watch the video after the jump...