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Rapper Lil Wayne is facing legal action over accusations he has copied  The Rolling Stones in one of his songs.
Bosses at music publishing firm Abkco Music Inc. allege the star has released an alternate version of the British rockers’ hit Play With Fire, which the label owns the rights to, without their permission.

And they’ve branded Lil Wayne’s track an “explicit, sexist and offensive” rendition of the 1965 tune, according to the lawsuit obtained by TMZ.com.

The company is suing for copyright infringement and seeking unspecified damages.

I would have to assume that Lil Wayne is getting a good understanding of the phrase “more money, more problems!”

Executives at a U.S. publishing company has launched legal action against Foxy Brown and Lil Kim accusing the rappers of failing to deliver books they were paid to write.

Lawyers for Simon + Schuster Inc filed papers on Thursday claiming Brown was paid $75,000 to deliver a book about her life, titled Broken Silence, by February 2006.
Lil’ Kim has been accused of taking a $40,000 payment for a novel which was due for completion in June 2004.

After signing the book deals, both women were sent to prison.  Lil’ Kim was jailed for a year in 2005 for lying about a shooting, and Brown spent eight months behind bars for violating her probation, stemming from a 2006 assault conviction.  She was released in April.

The New York-based publishing company is seeking remuneration for the advance payments which were awarded to the two artists.

Nas-As he joined protesters to participate in a protest against bosses at U.S. TV network Fox this week – branding their news reporting “racist” and biased.

“Hell yeah, I’m a part of it!’ This is a network that’s been going after rappers … yet (Fox political commentator) Bill O’Reilly uses the phrase ‘lynching party’ for a woman. That’s the worst term I’ve ever heard to disrespect a woman, and he says it on television. And he doesn’t like rappers? Wow.”

Nelly-In response to his Pimp Juice Energy Drink Expanding it’s line to Europe

“We expect much success in France due to its lively hip-hop scene and love of basketball.

Side Note:French Pimp Juice is currently being offered in stores and in Paris with further distribution to occur in September to coincide with Nelly’s next album release, Brass Knuckles.”

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Barack Obama is rumored to be introducing Kanye West at a performance at a Chicago festival in a bid to appeal to hip hop fans. Apparently, Obama has a slot free in his schedule to appear at the three-day Lollapalooza festival and is expected to make a brief appearance onstage. The politician recently told U.S. TV show What’s In It For Us, “I’ve met with Kanye. And I’ve talked to other artists about how potentially to bridge that gap. I think the potential for them to deliver a message of extraordinary power that gets people thinking is massive.” The Lollapalooza festival takes place in Chicago, Illinois’ Grant Park from August 1-3rd.

Ashanti has just landed a gig as a tourism chief in NY. As an ambassador of Nassau County, she was given an orange blazer with a tourism patch by County Executive Thomas Suozzi at a news conference at the Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan on Tuesday. The tourism campaign pitches Nassau as  ”The Island Next Door.” In an interview, Ashanti says, “It is amazing to be asked to give something back to the community.”

What she needs to do is give up that blazer and sport one them sexy dresses she is always caught in. I will buy a couple of whatever she selling, pitching, renting, borrowing, holdin’, etc-Nassau here I come!!!