Rapper T.I. had his probation revoked by a federal judge today and was sentenced to 11 months in prison.
T.I. was busted last month on felony possession of a controlled substance ... while he was on probation for a 2009 federal gun possession conviction.
T.I. told the judge he needed help for drug addiction and begged not to be sent back to prison.
We're told one of the officers from Wednesday's jumper incident testified on… Continue
Alicia Keys has been looking ready to POP lately, and early this morning BOSSIP got the news that congratulations are in order! According to our source, Alicia gave birth late last night. As BOSSIP first reported, the child is a baby boy who they did indeed name Egypt.
Soulja Boy may not be the first rapper that you think of when it comes to going hard and busting shots, but in a recent interview with VIBE Magazine, Soulja Boy reveals that he shot and injured someone.
Unbeknownst to many, the Atlanta rapper shot someone who broke into his home.
“I'm thinking if I shoot this n*gga, I can get that gun and shoot all these n*ggas at the same time,” Soulja Boy said in the interview. “So I jumped out, shot… Continue
Rapper Petey Pablo surrendered to federal authorities on Wednesday, for bringing a gun into the Raleigh-Durham International Airport on September 11th, 2010. The rapper was busted by airport security, when they found a stolen 9mm handgun and ammunition, inside his carry-on luggage. According TMZ.com, Petey Pablo will have to go back to court in November to face charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a stolen firearm and attempting… Continue
Sean "Diddy" Combs' group Dirty Money has announced a release date for their upcoming album Last Train To Paris. The album is the debut full-length from Dirty Money, which includes Combs, Kalenna Harper and Dawn Richard. According to a press release, Last Train To Paris will finally be released on December 14th, 2010. The album has already produced a hit single titled "Hello Good Morning," which has already been certified gold. The group is preparing… Continue
An $85 million dollar 2005 lawsuit involving former Philadelphia radio jock and Fabolous is slated to head to court in New York this week. In 2004, Lisa "Golden Girl" Natson was allegedly assaulted by Fabolous' bodyguard, after Power 99FM's annual Powerhouse concert. The incident started when Golden Girl and a friend was on Fabolous' tour bus chatting with Fabolous. When she "asked for a ride to the top of the ramp," the rap star's bodyguard became… Continue
Revered Watts, California lyricist Ras Kass inked a deal with Big Bad 40's record label Zoo Life earlier this week.
Ras Kass is currently in the studio preparing his debut album for Zoo Life, which is distributed worldwide by Fontana/Universal.
“I’ve always been a fan of Ras Kass plus he’s my homey," said Big Bad 40 aka 40 Glocc. "With me gaining the opportunity to have a real label with distribution I automatically want artists with… Continue
Justin Bieber has already conquered the pop world. Now the teen singing sensation is trying his luck as a rapper.
Bieber, under the alias "Shawty Mane," released a video showing off his secret rap skills on his Twitter page Wednesday night.
He announced the video to his more than five million Twitter followers, "speaking in tongues freestyle ... who knew i could rap lol ... my alter ego rap name is Shawty Mane..… Continue
The IRS has decided to auction off a lot of Young Buck's stuff to get their money. Well, in the process they are showing it all on the internet. They are auctioning everything from a pic of Tupac and Snoop to watches to chains.
HERE IS HIS TWITTER POST: I got a Racist border Agent at the Canadian border!! He Denied me Entry! Turned me around & sent me back to U.S.A. He took my passwords & he went threw my cell phone reading text and twitter and emails & went all threw my laptop..THEN TOLD ME THAT MY SINS WERE NOT CLEANSED!!I REPLIED NO!!"MY SKIN IS MY… Continue
Music industry executive/Polo Grounds Music CEO Bryan Leach is facing criminal charges and prison time after he was arrested on Tuesday and found to be in possession of a .380 Kel-Tec handgun with hollow point bullets.
Bryan Leach was a former executive at TVT Records, where he helped nurture the careers of artists like Ying Yang Twins and Lil Jon and The Eastside Boyz.
Leach left TVT in 2006 and launched Polo Grounds Music, which is… Continue
Kanye West has been embarrassingly caught with his pants down in a nude photo scandal, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned. The self-snapped pictures of the music icon, showing his private parts, were reportedly sent to a number of women, and are now for sale and being shopped to various media outlets. RadarOnline.com has seen the two images – both of which leave little to the imagination.
One image shows a nude Kanye from the chest up,… Continue
Atlanta rap star Lil Jon will be one of the contestants on the upcoming season of Donald Trump's hit show, Celebrity Apprentice.
According to TMZ.com, Lil Jon will be featured on the show alongside Survivor winner Richard Hatch, supermodel Niki Taylor and baseball legend, Jose Canseco.
Lil Jon and company will compete for a chance to win a $250,000 contract to run one of Trump's companies in the elimination style competition reality… Continue
Harlem world rapper Huddy Combs (no relation to Diddy) died yesterday in a car accident. Apparently he was driving on the George Washington Bridge with a female and his car hit a tractor trailer truck. He was dead at the scene of the accident. Diddy tweeted about it too. From what I heard, Huddy was a best friend of Cam and Mase from back in the days. He was the dude that got Cam’ron to the hospital when he got shot in 2005. He was also a rapper in… Continue