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(AllHipHop News) A lawsuit has broken out between Rap-A-Lot Records and Pimp C's wife Chinara Butler, over unreleased recordings by the deceased rap star. Rap-A-Lot Records 2K filed the lawsuit against Chinara Butler in the District Court of Harris County, Texas. According to the lawsuit, Pimp C entered into an agreement with James Prince and Rap-A-Lot Records in October of 2000. Under the agreement, Pimp C agreed to record exclusively for Rap-A-Lot, which would be the sole and exclusive owner of all copyrights in the masters recorded by Pimp C. The lawsuit claims that when Pimp C passed away in December of 2008, his wife Chinara was appointed as the independent administrator and sole representative of Pimp C's estate. Shortly after the rapper's death, Rap-A-Lot and Chinara Butler also amended the agreement. Under the amended agreement, Butler was allegedly supposed to deliver 10 masters to Rap-A-Lot Records. Tensions between the two parties ca...

(CNN) -- Comic Tracy Morgan returns to Nashville on Tuesday to apologize to those he offended when he went on an anti-gay rant during a stand-up comedy routine. Morgan will be in the city with members of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) to deliver a face-to-face apology to people who were in the Ryman Auditorium and to work with the Tennessee Equality Project, GLAAD said. "By not only apologizing, but sending a message of support for gay and transgender people, Tracy will help many realize that no one should be treated differently or subjected to violence," GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios said. Morgan is a star of the hit NBC sitcom "30 Rock" and a "Saturday Night Live" veteran. Celebrities react to Morgan controversy Details of Morgan's anti-gay remarks, delivered during a June 3 show, emerged after an audience member posted them on a Facebook blog, which was picked up by Jezebel magazine. "He mentione...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The young man kicked off a flight at San Francisco International Airport because of his saggy pants says he is embarrassed by all the negative attention. Deshon Marman, 20, says he feels sorry for all those inconvenienced by the disruption the incident caused. He says he is trying hard to be a role model to young kids in the Bayview District, where he grew up. "I really want to apologize to the passengers of Flight 488, you know; I never had any intentions of interrupting the flight," Marman said. Marman believes the crew on the flight overreacted to his comfortable traveling attire -- a windbreaker and pajama bottoms. The gate agent told him to pull up his pants as she took his boarding pass. The airline told ABC7 his "pants were below his knees, exposing his underwear." Marman refutes that claim. "My pants were actually not below my knees or my buttocks, you know, they were slightly below my waist," he said. "As I...

(AllHipHop News) Tone Loc's Father's Day celebration got off to a rough start this weekend, after the world famous rapper was arrested for a physical altercation with the mother of his child. Tone Loc was arrested Saturday afternoon (June 18th) after an altercation with the woman around 2:45 PM at an apartment complex in Burbank. TMZ.com reports that Tone Loc was arrested in connection for his role in the assault and was taken to jail. He is currently being held on $50,000 bail and has yet to be released as of press time. In addition to his hit singles "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina," Tone Loc has done voice over work in movies like "King of the Hill," and "Chowder." Tone Loc has also had featured roles in hit movies like "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "Titan A.E." and others.

(AllHipHop News) Two men associated with music manager James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond have been charged with the murder of an associate of superstar rapper 50 Cent, after he allegedly smacked Rosemond's teenaged son in March of 2007. Lowell "Lodi Mac" Fletcher was gunned down in September of 2009, shortly after he was released from prison for assaulting Rosemond's son with G-Unit associate, Tony Yayo. Federal investigators believe that Rosemond hired two men to murder Fletcher in retaliation for the assault on his son, which occurred on West 25th street in Manhattan, just blocks away from Violator Management, which handles the careers of 50 and Tony Yayo. Henchman's son was wearing a Czar Entertainment shirt and walking to the offices of Rosemond's Czar Entertainment, which is on the same street as Violator's headquarters. Fletcher along with Tony Yayo were accused of accosting and smacking Rosemond's son. Fletcher was ...

In a statement to AllHipHop, Dexter Isaac calls Jimmy Henchmen a government informant and takes responsibility for robbing and shooting Tupac Shakur in 1994. In 1994, Tupac Shakur was shot during a robbery while entering New York’s Quad Studios. After sustaining five gunshot wounds, Shakur would check himself out of the hospital and attend the sexual abuse trial that would send him to jail one year later. Until his death, ‘Pac maintained that Notorious B.I.G. and Sean Combs were somehow connected to the shooting. He named former B.I.G. associate James “Henchmen” Rosemond in the song “Against All Odds.” On Wednesday, Dexter Isaac told AllHipHop.com that Rosemond paid him $2,500 to rob Shakur. In addition to claiming Rosemond was a government informant, Isaac also cast doubt on Sean Combs. Rosemond the onetime manager of Game, Shyne and Gucci Mane, is currently wanted by the DEA. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif “In 1994, James Rosemond hired me to rob 2Pac Shakur at the Qua...

(CNN) -- A man from the Philippines was certified as the world's shortest man this weekend as he reached his 18th birthday, Guinness World Records announced. Junrey Balawing of Sindangan in the southern Philippines is 23.6 inches (60cm) tall, making him nearly three inches shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar of Nepal. Balawing was born a normal size, his family said, and they did not notice anything unusual about him until he was about 4 years old and his peers grew more than he did. He has not grown since his first birthday, his parents told Guinness. They are too poor to investigate what medical condition prevented him from growing taller, Guinness said. But they call him "their lucky charm," saying his father Reynaldo, a blacksmith, had been unemployed until he was born, then found a job after his birth. "He needs my care every minute of every day. Junrey can only walk with some help and he can't stand for too long bec...

(CNN) -- Eight people injured by the devastating Joplin, Missouri, tornado have contracted a rare fungal infection, and three have died, officials said Friday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting state and local health officials, who are investigating the cases. All three individuals who died had serious injuries, as well as fungus, Jasper County Coroner Rob Chappel said. One of the deaths was caused by the infection, called mucormycosis, but the cause of death for the other two victims has not been determined, he said. All eight patients sustained multiple injuries and secondary wound infections, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The infection can occur when dirt, vegetation or other material becomes lodged under the skin. The death toll from the May tornado stood at 151 on Friday. CDC researcher Dr. Benjamin Park told CNN that in most cases, people with weakened immune systems inhale spores and develop sinus...

CNN Tracy Morgan's character on the hit show "30 Rock" is often taken to task by his boss for insensitive remarks, and now the actor finds himself in hot water over homophobic remarks. According to Jezebel, Morgan went into a rant during a comedy show on June 3 in Nashville, Tennessee, and reportedly made several anti-gay statements including saying "how he'd stab his son to death if he said he was gay." The site links out to a note on the Facebook page of Kevin Rogers titled "Why I No Longer Like Tracy Morgan" in which Rogers details what he said happened at the show. "The sad thing is that none of this rant was a joke," Rogers writes. "His entire demeanor changed during that portion of the night. He was truly filled with some hate towards us." The venue where the show was held, Ryman Auditorium, issued the following statement to CNN regarding the incident: “The Ryman Auditorium regrets that people were offended ...

(CNN) -- Police are searching for a man who they say sexually assaulted a woman after she used her cell phone to record the suspect burglarizing her Oakland, California, home. Police released the cell phone footage to the media Wednesday, hoping to identify the man who attacked the 28-year-old woman a day earlier, said Officer Holly Joshi, an Oakland Police Department spokeswoman. The woman, whose identity is being withheld, was at home when she heard a loud noise, according to police. She went to find out what caused the noise when she saw the man in her hallway. The woman managed to capture 13 seconds of footage that shows a man carrying a box of electronics down the hallway of the woman's home. The woman can be heard on the video asking the man to leave. "He mumbles something like OK, bye," Joshi told CNN affiliate KTVU. "But what we do know is that the suspect did not leave after that. He did stay. And he did sexually assault the victim." Jos...

(CNN) -- Mexican authorities on Thursday are following leads on a grisly find from the night before -- 21 bodies, some with signs of torture -- strewn in five separate locations on the outskirts of Morelia, Mexico. Some of the bodies had signs of torture, and other bodies not any, Michoacan state attorney general's office spokesman Jonathan Arredondo told CNN. At least three bodies had bullet wounds and signs of strangulation, he said. The bodies were found just outside several exits to the central Mexican city. Authorities found three piles of five victims each, and two piles with three victims each, Arredondo said. There were notes found at each location, but authorities did not immediately reveal what they said or if any group claimed responsibility. Despite the similarities at the five locations, Arredondo said it was still unknown if all the bodies were linked. Morelia is the capital of the state of Michoacan, which is the territory of the violent Familia Michoa...

(AllHipHop News) After years of trying to get a Tupac Shakur biopic made, fans rejoiced last year when it was announced that director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, Brooklyn’s Finest) would be helming a feature-length film based on the life and times of one of the greatest rappers, poets, and personality’s of all time. Today, that is no longer the case. The Los Angeles Times reports that Fuqua has left the "Tupac" biopic to direct Dreamworks Pictures’ Southpaw, a boxing project written by “Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter and starring Eminem ("8 Mile"). No reason was given for Fuqua’s departure. "Southpaw" tells the story of a left-handed welterweight (Eminem) whose quick rise to stardom turns into a life of trials and tribulations that he must overcome to reclaim his crown. Currently there is no start or release date, but one can expect the film to arrive in theaters no earlier than 2012. Southpaw writer Kurt Sutter said: "I took ...

New York (CNN) -- Hip-hop artist Ja Rule is expected to turn himself in for a two-year prison sentence Wednesday morning in New York, his publicist said in a statement. The rapper, whose real names is Jeffrey Atkins, pleaded guilty in December to attempted criminal possession of a weapon after police found a loaded semi-automatic firearm -- with the serial number scratched off -- hidden in the backseat of his luxury Maybach sedan, according to a statement from the Manhattan's district attorney. The incident occurred on New York's Upper West Side in July 2007, the statement said. Atkins is expected to surrender at about 10:30 a.m. ET Wednesday. He will be sent to New York's Rikers Island before getting assigned to another facility in upstate New York, said his publicist, Courtney Barnes. In the months leading up to his surrender date, Atkins has been putting the finishing touches on a new album -- his first in six years -- that is scheduled to be released later this...

A bizarre auto accident involving two vehicles and a bear has left two people and the bear dead, Canadian authorities told news outlets. Police in Quebec said a 300-pound male black bear wandered onto a road and was struck by an eastbound Pontiac Sunfire. The impact sent the animal hurtling through the air, where it smashed the windshield of a westbound Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle and went out through the back window, regional police spokesman Officer Martin Fournel said. "It was a 300-pound bullet," he said. The SUV's 35-year-old female driver and a 40-year-old man sitting behind her were killed; a 28-year-old front-seat passenger suffered minor injuries, Fournel said. In the Pontiac, neither the driver, a 23-year-old man, nor his 19-year-old male passenger was hurt. No alcohol or drugs were involved, and police are still trying to determine each vehicle's speed in the 90 kph (56 mph) zone, Fournel said, adding that charges are unlikely. ...

(AllHipHop News) Karrine "Superhead" Steffans is working on a new documentary about her life, as well as a new book about sexuality that's due for release in August. In a clip circulating on the Internet, Steffans makes the shocking claim that her best-selling novel, "Confessions of a Video Vixen" was completely fabricated. The book, which was co-authored by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Karen Hunter, caused controversy when it was released in 2006, because of all the inside information revealed about various rappers and their sexual habits. In the clip, Steffans can be heard saying that "Confessions of a Video Vixen," which was published by Harper Books, was entirely fabricated. "The vixen doesn't exist... It was all fabricated I didn't even name my books," Steffans admitted. "'Confessions of a Video Vixen,' I would've never named that book that. That's somebody else's name." Steffans, who...

(CNN) -- An eyewitness to a fatal police shooting in Miami Beach last week claims police officers attempted to confiscate the video he filmed of the incident, and even crushed his phone underfoot in an attempt to destroy the recording. Narces Benoit says he just happened to be in the area driving with his girlfriend when police fatally shot an erratic driver early Memorial Day morning. He said after the disturbance started, he pulled over his truck, and started recording with his cell phone camera capturing the shooting. "When he noticed me recording, one of the officers jumped in the truck, put a pistol to my head," he said. "My phone was smashed - he stepped on it, handcuffed me." Juan Sanchez a detective with Miami Beach Police Department said he could not comment on how officers that night handled eyewitnesses who may have filmed the incident, because the matter could become the subject of an internal investigation or a civil lawsuit. But Sanchez...

New York (CNN) -- Former NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress was released from a New York prison Monday after serving 20 months on a weapons charge stemming from a shooting incident at a nightclub. The former New York Giants player accidentally shot himself in the leg with a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol he was carrying in his waistband. The incident occurred in November 2008, in the VIP area of the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan. Burress was not licensed to carry a pistol in either New York or New Jersey, where he lived. In August 2009, he pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted criminal possession of a weapon and agreed to serve two years under a plea agreement. He spent the last 20 months at the Oneida Correctional Facility in Rome, New York. Burress became a hero to New York Giants fans in the 2008 Super Bowl when he caught the game-winning touchdown pass from quarterback Eli Manning with 35 seconds remaining in the game. The following season, Burress' car...

Nineteen years and four championship rings later, Shaquille O’Neal is finally calling it quits. O’Neal spoke directly to fans through Twitter last night in a short video about his decision saying, “We did it. Nineteen years baby. I want to thank you very much. That’s why I’m telling you first. I’m about to retire. Love you -- talk to you soon. “ After years of battling knee injuries and a recent reccurring Achilles problem, the 39-year-old athlete claims time has caught up him. O’Neal , known as Shamroq in Boston, signed a two year contract with the Celtics last year, but his chronic Achilles injury will keep him from fulfilling the deal. "I really, really thought about coming back," he said, "but this Achilles is very damaged and if I had [surgery] done the recovery would be so long we'd have same outcome as this last year -- everyone sitting around and waiting for me. Fans may have been shocked by the announcement, but not as surprised as his team. The sp...

Rancho Palos Verdes, California (CNN) -- The next version of Windows will look a lot like Windows Phone 7. But the familiar PC design is still there under the hood. Microsoft unveiled the design for Windows 8 at the All Things Digital conference here on Wednesday. The software giant plans to provide a more extensive demonstration at a conference for application developers in September. Windows 8, which may not be the final name for the operating system, won't be available in stores this fall, as optimists had predicted, said Steven Sinofsky, the Windows division president. Analysts expect it to be released next year. The vast majority of PCs sold run Windows, but the tablet market currently belongs to Apple. Microsoft put a large focus on tablets during the Windows 8 presentation. Microsoft has been taking stabs at tablet PCs over the last decade. The company failed at its attempts to effectively adapt the Windows desktop, Start menu and all, to touchscreens. In a gran...

(CNN) -- Rescue workers went house-to-house, building-to-building early Thursday searching for survivors after tornadoes cut a deadly and destructive path through western Massachusetts, officials said. At least four people were killed and 40 injured when at least two tornadoes touched down in portions of Springfield, Mayor Domenic Sarno said. Officials were investigating reports at least two more tornadoes touched down in and around the city, which is the third largest in Massachusetts. "We are in triage right now," Sarno told reporters late Wednesday. "We are in life-saving mode." As many as 19 communities reported tornado damage by Wednesday night, said Gov. Deval Patrick. At least one person was killed in Springfield, two in nearby Westfield and one in Brimfield, about 20 miles east, he said. The governor declared a state of emergency as the storm system that spawned the tornadoes moved east, prompting storm watches all the way to the Atlantic coa...

(CNN) -- In the cyber war being fought across international boundaries, the recent Gmail hack of top U.S. and South Korean officials makes one thing clear, analysts say: the bad guys are winning. "The short answer is our side is losing," says Thomas Parenty, a computer security specialist and former employee at the U.S. National Security Agency. "Defense is much more difficult than offense (against cyber attack); to defend against attack, you need to block all ways in; in offense, you only need one way in." On Wednesday Google announced that hundreds of Gmail accounts were compromised in a "spear-phishing" assault -- targeted attacks that duped victims into revealing their Gmail passwords through e-mails that pose as people or companies known to end user. Attackers secretly reset settings to copy and forward all e-mails. "The goal of this effort seems to have been to monitor the contents of these users' emails," wrote Eric Grosse, ...

(CNN) -- Saying it is "unfair for Florida taxpayers to subsidize drug addiction," Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday signed legislation requiring adults applying for welfare assistance to undergo drug screening. "It's the right thing for taxpayers," Scott said after signing the measure. "It's the right thing for citizens of this state that need public assistance. We don't want to waste tax dollars. And also, we want to give people an incentive to not use drugs." Under the law, which takes effect on July 1, the Florida Department of Children and Family Services will be required to conduct the drug tests on adults applying to the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The aid recipients would be responsible for the cost of the screening, which they would recoup in their assistance if they qualify. Those who fail the required drug testing may designate another individual to receive the benefits on behalf of their children. Short...