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Rapper LUDACRIS is crusading to get hip-hop fans into baseball.
The Disturbing Tha Peace label boss has teamed up with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim star Torii Hunter to create a new online competition for budding rappers to create a theme song for the slugger.

Hunter says, “Ludacris and I were sitting around and thinking of ways to get urban kids into baseball, and one was through music.”

Hunter will promote the initiative by stepping up to the plate at upcoming Angels baseball games as tracks submitted to the WeMix.com competition are played over stadium sound systems. (KL//IG)

R+B singer NE-YO has forgiven BRITNEY SPEARS for not using any of his songs on her last album - insisting there is no “animosity” between the pair.
Ne-Yo penned six tracks for Spears to record for her hit 2007 album Blackout - but not one of the songs made it on to the final version of the LP.
But the singer/songwriter isn’t bitter about the decision - and is adamant that he can’t feel bad about the snub as he has never met the Toxic hitmaker.
He tells MSNBC.com, “I never met Britney Spears, I can’t have animosity with someone I don’t know. You have way bigger fish to fry, little mama, than me about a couple songs.

“I tried to call her, call her people. They didn’t want to return a phone call, so I said all right, well, I guess I will take these songs that were written for Britney and give them to other people. Time is money.” (LR/WNWCPS/ZN)

JERMAINE DUPRI has blamed the ailing U.S. economy for the closure of his restaurant Cafe Dupri.
The hip-hop producer has been forced to close the doors of the health-conscious eatery - launched in Atlanta, Georgia in 2005 - after failing to turn a profit over the years.
And he insists it is the nation’s dire financial situation which has brought about the establishment’s termination.
Dupri tells AllHipHop.com, “The economy has changed dramatically and people just aren’t eating out as much anymore.
“People are cutting back everywhere and a lot of companies, including Cafe Dupri, are feeling the effect.

“For the past two months business at the Cafe has been down and if the business isn’t making money, I feel it’s a smart move to shut it down. Bottom line: If it doesn’t make money, it doesn’t make sense.”

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Hip-hop mogul DAMON DASH is facing foreclosure on his luxury New York homes.
  Eastern Savings Bank has filed a suit against the Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder, accusing him of falling behind on payments on his two TriBeCa properties.
  Dash reportedly took out a $7.3 million (GBP3.65 million) mortgage on the two homes, but the bank has now filed a foreclosure action against the star - charging him with failing to deliver the $78,500 (GBP39,250)-a-month payments since January (08), according to New York gossip column PageSix.

It is not the first time Dash has faced a financial crisis - last year (07) he was accused of owing the New York tax department $2 million (GBP1 million) in back charges. (LR/WNWCPS/CL)

Bernie Mac is alive and recovering from a bout with pneumonia contrary to many media outlets claiming that he has passed away. His publicist, Danica Smith confirmed on Friday, Aug. 8th that Mac was being treated for the deadly illness at a clinic in his native Chicago, Illinois. Smith insists, “Bernie Mac is still alive and being treated in a Chicago hospital for pneumonia and is expected to make a full recovery. We once again ask that the press respect his privacy and that of his family. Mr. Mac is responding well to treatment and will be released soon. He asked that his privacy and that of his family is respected while he gets well.”

Since 2004, Juelz Santana has been co-signed to Def Jam and Camron’s Dipset Records. With the ongoing feud, Camron has decided to ditch Juelz for good. In a recent interview with New York’s Hot 97 radio DJ Miss Info, Cam’ron revealed, “I sold Juelz’s contract to Def Jam for $2 million.” But Santana insists he isn’t upset about the move - and he has vowed to continue representing the group in his future projects, despite in-fighting among its ranks. His response, “”Yeah, I’m free, and ready to do me. But it’s still Dipset for life. It’s just going to be a new chapter.”