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In an interview on The Combat Jack Show, Fabolous shrugs off any marriage plans, explains his Twitter hiatus and plans for an album in 2013’s first quarter.

In part 2 of an interview on The Comeback Jack Show’s100th episode, Brooklyn-bred emcee Fabolous spoke openly when asked about his recent hiatus from the public eye. The rapper has recently taken a break from Twitter, where he was one of the most popular rappers with over 2 million followers.

“Certain people didn’t always take my jokes the right way, so I didn’t wanna keep getting into little dumb altercations, or arguments or ray j moments over it,” Fabolous explained.

Twitter isn’t the only place Fab thinks the public’s perception of him has been misconstrued. While he and the mother of his child, Emily Bustamante are happy and raising their son together, he feels that the reality show “Love And Hip Hop” distorted their relationship in the public eye. As happy has they may be, don’t expect to see the two making a trip down the aisle anytime soon.

“The thing about marriage is that, I believe in it but don’t believe in it,” Fabolous added. “I think sometimes people put on that ring and that paper, and it messes up a good thing, because now it’s a different emphasis on your relationship…I like to just build on relationships and make sure you’re in a happy relationship.”

While he has been on a hiatus from social media Fab hasn’t taken a break from making music. On top of the highly anticipated The S.O.U.L. Tape 2, Fabolous has been preparing his next studio album,Loso’s Way 2, for a February release.

“We have some incredible music on there. It’s taking me so long to do it because I really want the right ingredients, I’m really putting together a great album.”

During the interview, which can be seen below, Fab also talks about his previous work with Young Jeezy and Joe Budden. The S.O.U.L. Tape 2 is scheduled to drop November 22.

A Gary, IN police officer was punished over his appearance in a Freddie Gibbs video.

With his Baby Face Killa mixtape garnering universal praise, it looks like Freddie Gibbs is primed to cap off a banner year. But now, in a recent report from The Post Tribune, it appears as if a police officer has been punished over his appearance in one of the CTE rapper’s video.

Patrolman Jason Johnson was recently reprimanded over his appearance in a behind-the-scenes video from a music video shoot for Freddie Gibbs. The video, which is dated to 2009, features Johnson’s patrol car behind used as a prop, as well as a number of people on camera smoking marijuana and displaying gang signs.

As of now, Officer Johnson’s patrol car privileges have been suspended and he has been transferred to garage. He is also expected to take mandatory ethics classes and faces a hearing from the police commission.

“When matters like this arise, our approach continues to be proactive. We are policing ourselves as well as the citizens. We will do everything in our power to ensure that any illegal behavior by Gary police officers will not be tolerated,” said Police Chief Wade Ingram.

Mayor of Gary, IN Karen Freeman-Wilson echoed Chief Ingram’s sentiments, saying, “This goes beyond ethics. This has to do with character. It is our intent to take aggressive measures to confirm what we already know — that the overwhelming majority of the members of the Gary Police Department are hard working and law abiding.”

While it appears as if Freddie Gibbs will not face any punitive measures in the matter, the rapper took to Twitter to discuss the situation. He said he finds it bizarre that the Post Tribune would opt to make the issue a front-page story over the Presidential election.

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I thought it was election today? Why am I on the front page? The city of Gary comin at my head. instagr.am/p/RsbUUJBmPw/
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Lil Wayne missed an important court appearance on Monday due to the two seizures he had and a Dr. ordered him not to fly. The verdict is in from his lawsuit and he has to pay Quicny Jones III$2 million dollars.

TMZ Reports:

Lil Wayne just lost his case against Quincy Jones III over the documentary about the rapper, and even worse for him, he lost the countersuit QIII filed against him.

The jury ordered Lil Wayne to pay Quincy $2,195,000.  Quincy’s countersuit alleged Lil Wayne wrongfully jock blocked the release of the film, screwing up its profit potential.

We broke the story … Lil Wayne never showed up in court for his trial.  The day he was supposed to testify he was a no-show because he had suffered several seizure-like episodes and was prohibited from flying.  As a result, his lawyer was left to show the jury Wayne’s deposition, in which he refuses to answer questions and mocks the proceeding.

As it has been highly publicized over the years, Juvenile left Cash Money in the mid 2000′s due to issues about not being compensated properly. Now, Juve explains why he left the label and also comes out and says Lil Wayne had the same issues with the imprint, and he also wanted to leave with him, but was scared to break away from Baby and Slim.

In a recent interview with Complex, Juvenile spoke on leaving Cash Money, and Lil Wayne wanting to leave.

Juvenile addresses leaving Cash Money:

My reason [to leave Cash Money] is the same reason most artists leave their label—money. The music business is like the sports business. We use entertainment agents, entertainment lawyers. The only difference is they play sports. We all try to operate a certain way. When you put in that much work, you should be compensated for it. I’m number one on this station, number one on that station so I checked the contracts and went back over the paperwork. I was naïve in the beginning, I didn’t want anybody telling me anything because, hey, you didn’t help me get this situation and you’re on the outside. I should’ve listened because they had me in a contract that I’d still be in. There was no future for me in the contract.

As the interview continued, Juve revealed that Lil Wayne wanted to leave Cash Money with him:

When Wayne was trying to leave Cash Money [in the mid 2000s], same thing. He was trying to find out how did I leave, what did I do, he wanted to see my paperwork. I was like you can see it, but you’re gonna have to pay me for it now because now I know you ain’t with me. You’re own your own because I’m definitely on my own. If you want the paperwork and help from my end, I need to be compensated for it. [He never paid for it].

The former Cash Money rapper adds that he believes that Lil Wayne got cheated out of his money, and that he still isn’t getting what he deserves:

Still up to the day, Wayne really got beat out of all his money and took another contract. That’s the part I never understood. I was signed to Atlantic and Jay-Z was excited about that because now we was about to get our own money. That’s what I really wanted. I wanted him to leave. All of a sudden he signed back I’m like, ‘Damn, what type of deal he got working?’

He adds:

If you notice the Young Money/Cash Money imprint, some of the stuff that need to say Young Money don’t say Young Money. I know Baby and I know Ronald [“Slim” Williams]. They ain’t giving up power of their company. They don’t care how big Wayne gets, they not giving up. If I didn’t get it, he ain’t getting it.

Juve believes Lil Wayne didn’t leave Cash Money, because he was scared:

I thought he was scared [that’s why he stayed]. That’s how I took it. I was like, ‘You don’t have to be scared.’ I’m really from the projects. No disrespect to them, but I’m 10 times more street than they are. They would never go to some of the places I’d go, they’d never turn some of the corners I turned because they’re not like that. It’s two different ballgames. So I’m like, ‘Don’t let them niggas intimidate you. Don’t let that looking hard shit intimidate you because nigga I’m really with it. If you wanna leave, leave. You’re with me now, not them.’ One thing led to another and he signed back, but I took it as he was scared.

Head over the Complex to read Juvenile’s full interview “Juvenile Talks Leaving Cash Money, How Ice Cube Helped Him, and Claims Lil Wayne Got Ripped Off” [here].

Newspapers, blogs, the internet and social media have been having a field day with the beef between 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather Jr. Could it all have been a big act?

As we previously reported, 50 and Floyd had a very public fallout on Twitter a couple of days ago. There were a lot of personal attacks in their war of words. This morning 50 took to Twitter to say that it was staged to get people talking about Floyd because no one was giving the boxing champion the attention he wanted after his recent release from jail.

Now the G-Unit boss has grown tired of the games and is not willing to participate in them anymore.

“I’m sick of all this nonsense Floyd asked me to act like were fighting cause no one was paying any attention after his 60 days,” 50 wrote. “Domestic violence is very serious my apologies,my grand mother said we need to stop playing I’m done sorry. I know some of the things we do in hip hop for shock value are wrong. He just wanted some attention. Floyd is like a brother to me. I always tweet things for him like follow his fiancée and help promote him but one. I’m done with please don’t ask me about it. He just called he mad I said something about domestic violence. He just want be in music. You ever hear him RAP? lol.”

It’s called a volume switch, Ohio, and someone in Jay-Z‘s backing band forgot to use it on Monday at a packed rally in Columbus, where Hova was opening up for President Barack Obama on the eve of election day.

“I changed the lyric,” Jay-Z said while setting up an improvised — and uncleared by Secret Service, he joked? — version of “99 Problems” that swapped out “Bitch” with “Mitt.” As you’d expect, Jay stuck to the new lyric but the same couldn’t be said for the backing track, which blasted the unfortunate “bitch”-es during each chorus.

“I got 99 problems but a bitch/Mitt aint one.”

Gaffes-that-came-too-late-in-the-campaign aside, Jay rocked a brief but energetic set for the flag waiving crowd, playing such favorites as “Run This Town” and “Encore,” during which he swapped out the usual chants of “Hova! Hova!” with “Four More Years!”

Jay’s opening act was Bruce Springsteen, who has become a familiar presence on the campaign trail over the past week. Performing songs including “No Surrender” and “Land of Hope and Dreams,” Springsteen also did his own version of a stump speech and his “campaign theme” for Obama, called “Forward and Away We Go.”

“I kissed your sister then I kiss your mama; Usually this time of the day I’m in my pajamas; Well let’s vote for the man who got Osama; Forward and away we go!”

Springsteen had a sense of humor about the simplistic lyrics, saying, “That is how you can get to where I am today. That kind of songwriting.”

After Obama, sounding hoarse, gave his closing argument stump speech, his rock star friends emerged from behind the scenes for a curtain call. Check out original photos from Billboard here .

Fresh off the dissolution of The Money Team, 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather exchange verbal jabs on Twitter.

As if it wasn’t already apparently when he dismantled The Money Team earlier this week, but 50 Cent’s relationship with boxer Floyd Mayweather has been quickly deteriorating over the past few months. Now, it appears as if the two have aired out their issues on Twitter.

The spat between the former friends began with Fiddy taunting Mayweather, saying boxer Yuriorkis Gamboa – who is signed to Fif’s SMS Promotions company – wants to fight the undefeated boxer. Fif’s jabs then turned personal, calling Mayweather broke and saying that he’s running away from a fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather responded to 50 with a slew of insults of his own, calling him a “male boxing groupie.” Topping off his barrage of disses, Mayweather attacked Fif’s career, saying that his relevance in the industry is dwindling and that the likes of Rick Ross and Lil Wayne have taken his spot.

Natina Reed‘s funeral is being held today in her hometown — and TMZ has learned that rapper Kurupt, the father of her son, is covering all the expenses.

Reed — who passed away on October 26 after she was struck by a car — is being laid to rest at the Abundant Life Church in Lithonia, GA.

According to our sources, Kurupt — the father of Reed’s 10-year-old son Tren — is footing the bill for service as well as for the gathering after.

We’re told Tren will remain in Kurupt’s custody — like he has for the past four years — and that Kurupt hopes Tren will maintain a close relationship with Reed’s family.

Chilli and T-Boz from TLC, rappers Big Boi, Daz and Snoop Dogg (or whatever he’s calling himself these days) are all expected to be in attendance today … as well as members of Reed’s R&B group, Blaque.

Nicki Minaj talks about her upcoming reality series and says the mini-series will show “the good and the bad.”

YMCMB starlet Nicki Minaj recently sat down with British talk show host Alan Carr while touring in the UK. During the Interview, Nicki spoke on her upcoming re-release of his sophomore LP Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up, due out this November 19. She explained that the project is more akin to an EP release given the eight new songs she record for it, and revealed that she plans to film the music video for her next single off the LP in London.

“It kind of is [a new album] because some people  put out an EP with eight songs, and [Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up has] eight brand new songs,” she said. “I’m going to drop my first single for it tomorrow or the next day…this is a ‘Chatty Man’ bloody exclusive! I have to say for the single, I’m actually going to shoot the video in London.”

Nicki also discussed her upcoming three-episode reality series for E! Network, titled “Nicki Minaj: My Truth.” She explained that the show is going to be a very honest portrayal of her life, highlighting both the good and the bad moments in her career.

“You’ll see the real shit – it’s time. I can’t have people thinking it’s just this Barbie thing,” she said. “We can joke here [on stage], but back there [back stage], I have to be on phones with people and it’s important they take me serious[ly] and they know that I mean business. I did have reservations about certain scenes, I was like, ‘Oh, no! I look crazy,’ but you know what, you’re going to see the good and the bad.”

You can always catch Bun B in a fresh pair of kicks, but the Trill OGiss also cognizant of the fact that many people can’t even affordshoes. The Texas rap legend has been named the ambassador of Sole Drive, via BlackCelebrityGiving, a charity with the goal of raising 20,000 pairs of shoes to be donated to the needy across the world.

“As much as I love shoes, it doesn’t hold a candle to the love I have for the people of this world,” said Bun B in a statement. “Especially those who can’t necessarily help themselves. Partnering with Sole Drive makes nothing but good sense to me. I’m proud to be a part of this movement.”

The campaign kicked off in September and is powered bySnoball.com, which allows fans and supporters to donate new and gently used shoes that will be distributed to 20 select charitable organizations around the world.

Back in August, to celebrate the second annual “Bun B Day” and the “Pocket Full of Stones” rapper celebrated by hosting a food drive.

Find out more about Black Celebrity Giving here

There may be a recording that Cee Lo Green wishes his voice was not on.

Meek MIll says he wants to battle Cassidy or Murda Mook and asks for $100,000 or more for the battle to take place.

With a new album out and his profile at an all time high,Meek Mill says he wouldn’t be scared to enter the Battle Rap arena. In an interview with The Warner Sound, Mill explained that he has battled about 1,500 people in his life, adding that he’d go toe to toe with Murda Mook orCassidy.

“I ain’t scared to do it,” he said. “I was the first to do two tours without really having an album out. The first to do three million downloads in an hour or two. The first to jump back in the ring to battle. One of the first to be rocking arenas when people in cities never even heard of me. Why not be the first to jump back in the ring and do my thing? It’s what I love.”

He also explained why he has no fear of losing in a battle.

“I don’t think you could damage me in no type of way where I would lose that bad where somebody wouldn’t want to buy my albums or participate. I don’t even have polans on losing…Since [being 13], I never ever lost a battle. I’ve probably battled 1,500 people in my life.”

Mill went on to share that he feels he can take Battle Rap into a different level, where emcees get more compensation for their work.

“I’m a leader. I don’t follow people. We have a lane to take this to another level where a whole ‘nother money circuit could open up. I’m a leader. I’m willing to take that leadership and when I take that leadership, don’t be mad when I’m the only one getting that leader money.”

So, how much would it take for Mill to battle? The MMG emcee says he’d need a check for $100,000 or more.

“You gotta have $100[,000] or more. I can’t do it for free. That ain’t my lane…Win, lose or draw – just for even stepping on the court.”

In the end, he also shared a short list of potential battlers.

“I’d do Cassidy and Mook right now.”

With the NBA season in full gear, Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame has dished out his issues with Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant and defending Miami Heat champion LeBron James.Although he gave Bryant an edge over King James, Flocka made sure to let the world know he cannot ride for either NBA superstar.

Doctors order Lil Wayne to stay on the ground following last week’s mid-flight seizures.

Last week, Lil Wayne gave his family and fans a scare when he experienced seizure-like symptoms two times in under 24 hours during a flight. Now, accoridng to XXL, Weezy F’s doctors have ordered the rapper to stay on the ground following the ordeal.

XXL reports via TMZ that doctors have advised Lil Wayne to travel by ground transportation and not by plane following his medical situation last week. The YMCMB impresario has been recovering at his mother’s house in Louisiana since the event, and is expected to travel back to his Miami home via bus.

As previously stated, Wayne suffered from seizure-like symptoms twice during a 24 hour period reportedly due to severe dehydration and migraines. G.O.O.D. Music rapper 2 Chainz  recently spoke to MTV about Weezy’s ordeal and said that Wayne was “straight” following the crisis.