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UPDATE: Gunplay got into it with G-Unit backstage at the BET Hip-Hop awards.

 

The BET Hip-Hop Awards was certainly eventful, as news has emerged that even more conflict took place during the ceremonies.

 

As previously reported, Young Jeezy and Rick Ross’ camps got into an altercation which was followed by gun shots. However, that wasn’t the only extracurricular activity going on. Maybach Music Group’s Gunplay had a fight with G-Unit affiliates backstage.

 

Apparently the event occurred during the Chris Lighty tribute, which featured 50 Cent and Fat Joe sharing the stage.

 

Footage uploaded to WorldStarHipHop of the event is below. Apparently, the man pepper sprayed was Gunplay:

 

 

[September 30]

 

Gunplay also says that he’s unsure if 50 Cent threw a punch during their fight.

 

During last weekend’s BET Hip-Hop Awards taping,Gunplay and 50 Cent’s G-Unit got into it, with the Maybach Music Group rapper going head-to-head with Fif’s crew. To set the record straight, Gunplay called Hot 97’s Cipha Sounds, Peter Rosenberg and K. Foxx to discuss the incident, stating that he wasn’t sure if Fiddy threw a punch during the melee.

 

“I saw the little guy with a bunch of big guys and no words were said. Once I saw him and he saw me, we knew what it was. I laced my boots up and got to it, that’s it,” he said. “I don’t know, he’s so small I didn’t see him do nothing. He’s a little guy. He’s like 3’2. Everybody was over him, so I couldn’t really see him. It’s nothing. I’ve been through it before, and now I’m ready to hit y’all with this music.”

 

He insisted that he would never reconcile with 50 and says that once he has beef with someone, it’s forever. “Ah nah, I don’t shake hands. Never, never, never. I never shook hands with anybody. I got beef with kids in elementary school and if I see ’em now, I’ma jump ’em,” he explained. “[Rick Ross] was laughing, like, ‘Looking good out there little bro.'”

 

 

RELATED: G-Unit Affiliate Mike Knox Says Gunplay “Got Dealt With” In Brawl, Denies 50 Cent’s Involvement

 

G-Unit affiliate Mike Knox says Gunplay “got dealt with” and “treated like a dope fiend” during their BET Hip Hop Awards brawl.

 

After the BET Hip Hop Awards, Gunplay spoke on his own feud with G-Unit members, referring to them as“donkeys.” He also said that if anyone “plays” with him, they “might get gunned down.” Now, G-Unit affiliate Mike Knox has gone on the radio to speak on his involvement in the altercation, saying that Gunplay “got treated like a dope fiend.” 

 

Knox first addressed a video that was released, showing him being hit by Gunplay.

 

“When people are fighting, they usually pepper spray the person that’s being the most aggressive or the biggest person. I was the biggest person. So, he wasn’t pepper sprayed at the time. They pepper sprayed all of us. Everybody tried to run from it. I slipped. Anybody knows if they’ve ever been pepper sprayed before, you can’t see anything, you can’t really talk. You try to get yourself together because you’re caught off guard. I caught a real big batch of it. So, when the video starts, I’m already on the ground and you can see the pepper spray in the air.  Then he jumps up and runs over and starts to hit me in the back,” Knox said in his interview with Hot 107. “If that’s what he felt he needed to do to redeem himself and make himself like he did something, that’s cool. But he got treated like a dope fiend.” 

 

Knox went on to explain that Gunplay was beaten in the brawl.  

 

“The only thing I can tell you is he was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he was acting a certain kinda way that he shouldn’t have been actin’ and he got dealt with as if he was gave a package, a bundle, in the hood and he messed it up or he didn’t pay his credit for the dope that he be using. So, he got dealt with,” he noted. “He got his ass kicked.”

 

Knox went on by saying that Gunplay “was runnin’ from an asswhoopin'” during the Rick Ross/Young Jeezy confrontation but that he “ran into an asswhoopin'” in this brawl. 

 

Knox also added that 50 Cent was not involved in the altercation and that he was there for a more meaningful reason.

 

“People always try to make it look like [50 Cent] is attached to something negative. That’s not his thing. He wasn’t there for that. They fail to realize that this is a very touchy situation. Chris Lighty was his manager for many years,” he said. “You’ve never seen 50 put no beefs aside. So for him to put all that to the side, to do that for Chris and communicate with [Fat Joe], you should know we wasn’t there for [a fight].”

 

Audio of the interview can be heard below, courtesy of PaperChase. 

 

 

RELATED: Gunplay on 50 Cent Brawl: “Play With Me, You Might Get Gunned Down”

 

UPDATE: Lil Scrappy will now have to report to a probation officer.

 

Lil Scrappy has been arrested for violating his probation.

 

TMZ reports that the Atlanta, Georgia rapper was arrested in his hometown on Monday (October 1).

 

Scrappy was on probation for a 2008 marijuana conviction, and was sentenced to five years probation.

 

He was ordered to abstain from the use or possession or any alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs, to complete an alcohol/rug education program, and to perform 240 hours of community service.

 

Scrappy was also arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, obstruction of officers, and fighting at the same time as the marijuana arrest. He was sentenced to a one-year probation for each offense, which ran concurrently.

 

Scrappy was booked at the DeKalb County Jail. A photo of the 28-year-old rapper is pictured below:

 

 

 

 

The legendary trio behind “Five Minutes Of Funk” and “Friends” are the latest Hip Hop pioneers heading for the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame. U.T.F.O.’s Doc Ice will help bring them in.

 

On October 18th, legendary Hip Hop group Whodini will be inducted into the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame. This ceremony will place Jalil, Ecstasy and Grandmaster Dee alongside the likes of Eric B. & Rakim, LL Cool J, Run-DMC and Public Enemy. The event will take place at the Paramount Theater in Huntington, New York.

 

Doc Ice, of another 1980s New York Hip Hop group, U.T.F.O., will present Whodini with their awards.

 

Whodini, who are often credited as Brooklyn natives, have a career spans over three decades. The Jive/Arista artists made hits such as “Friends,” “Five Minutes Of Funk” and “The Freaks Come Out At Night.” The group released six albums, most recently Six on Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records imprint in 1996. Including Dupri, who began his career as a dancer for Whodini, the trio deeply influenced DJ Premier and Chris Rock, who presented them with a Vh1 Hip Hop Honors award in 2007.

 

Tickets are on sale now for the Long Island Music Hall Of Fame’s Fourth Induction Award Ceremony and Fundraising Gala. General seating tickets for the October 18 Fundraising Gala are $50 and $75, and are available through The Paramount box office at 631-673-7300 or online at ParamountNY.com. Premium VIP seating is available, to include full dinner and show.

 

 

 

Wale says he wasn’t near the Young Jeezy/Rick Ross fight but adds that it was “unfortunate, to say the least.” He also says he had no indication of a feud between MMG and CTE camps.

 

The feud between Rick Ross and Young Jeezy recently developed into an altercation at the BET Hip Hop Awards. There, both camps were involved in an incident that allegedly included gunshots and arrests. While Waledidn’t seem to be involved, he was recently asked to speak about the confrontation by Bootleg Kev due to his alliance with Ross’ Maybach Music Group. 

 

Wale explained that he attended the red carpet for the award show but that he had to leave to perform elsewhere so he was not present for the brawl. 

 

“I heard about it,” he explained. “I didn’t know what was true. Everything was happening so fast, I didn’t know what was going on… I wasn’t nowhere near the whole situation…I really can’t call and say what happened or what should have happened. It’s unfortunate, to say the least.” 

 

He also shared that he had no real indication that a feud existed between the camps.  

 

“That ain’t something that we sit around and talk about, our relationships with other artists,” he said. “We never really talk about nobody but ourselves amongst ourselves. So nobody really knew how deep anything was or how deep nothing is. So, I’m assuming this is something that was just blown out of proportion, for the most part.” 

 

The rest of the interview can be heard below.

 

 

RELATED: Footage Released Of Rick Ross & Young Jeezy Fight At BET Hip Hop Awards

 

Waka Flocka Flame claims that he had to cancel a show because he was banned from Virginia.

 

Waka Flocka Flame is currently on his “Friends, Fans & Family” tour, but he might not make it to Virginia. Last night, Flockavelli took to Twitter to announce that his Virginia shows had been canceled on account of his being banned in the state.

 

 

 

 

After fans responded to his claims that he was not welcome in the state, Flocka said that instead of canceling the shows, promoters wanted to postpone them. It is currently unclear for when the dates have been rescheduled.

 

 

 

T.I. weighs in on the fights that took place at this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards.

 

During this past weekend’s 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards taping, Rick Ross beefed with Young Jeezy and Gunplay tussled with G-Unit. While he wasn’t involved in either brawl, T.I. spoke to Los Angeles, California’s “KTLA Morning News” to discuss the incidents, stating that while he was not aware of the fights, most are caused by “pride and ego.”

 

“I didn’t even know about the fight,” he said. “Men everywhere, we have huge egos and lots of pride. I don’t know that particular incident personally, but most fights that I hear about, it’s about pride and ego. I can’t speak for every case. I don’t know much about this case.”

 

Watch the full interview below (via Rap-Up).

 

 

Corporate Thugz Entertainment rapper 2Eleven says that Game snuck in a dirty shot at Lil Wayne’s birthday bash.

 

While it was hardly the marquee fight event that took place the evening of the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards, it appears that rapper Game got into a scuffle of his own with CTE emcee 2Eleven at Lil Wayne’s 30th birthday party. Now, in an exclusive interview with AllHipHop, 2Eleven explains what actually went down between him and the Compton emcee.

 

Despite TMZ’s earlier report that it was 2Eleven who initiated the scuffle, the Inglewood, CA rapper tells the story differently. He says that Game snuck in a sucker punch on him from behind while he was trying to find his friend in the club.

 

“So I had seen one of my homies, I went to catch him. I walk out the section right, I take five steps outside the section and [Game] comes and hits me from the back of my head,” he recalled. “I turn around and I could see the security like on the way, so I tried to get one off on him. There wasn’t no fight, no words. From what I heard and what I heard on the Internet it’s like I ran up to him and had some words. But man there wasn’t no words. Why would I run up to a nigga that 6’5” with two armed bodyguards with him, talking some shit, with me and my young homie. I’m not even that kind of dude my nigga I sit back and play the cut, I’m on these bitches. Plus we at Wayne’s private party, like c’mon man, you just on some nigga shit.”

 

The bad blood between 2Eleven and Game reportedly stems from an incident between Game and late 2Eleven associate RoseMo700, who assaulted the Interscope emcee while shopping with his son.

 

 

 

BET’s Stephen Hill weighs in on the fights that occurred during the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards and says no gunshots were fired.

The numerous scuffles that took place at the 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards are still making headlines in the world of Hip Hop, and it looks like the controversy surrounding the show isn’t about to dissipate anytime soon. Now, in an interview with Complex, BET’s President of Music Programming and Specials Stephen Hill clarifies what actually went down behind the scenes.

Hill explained that much of the news about Young Jeezy and Rick Ross’ backstage brawl had been blown out of proportion by media outlets. He said that while Rozay and Jeezy’s crews did get into a minor scuffle, neither artist was directly involved. Furthermore, he added that there were absolutely no gunshots fired; that was simply a rumor that spun out of control due to Twitter.

“I think there’s a lot of misinformation that went out. For the Twitter Generation, 140 characters for some people just equals truth – no matter who it’s from, no matter where those people are – whatever you read on Twitter is true,” he said. “There was absolutely an altercation behind the stage, it involved the crews of Ross and Jeezy. Ross and Jeezy passed each other in the hall. There was some shoving – it never turned into a fight. They realized it’s an awards show. They realized we spend a lot of money to make hip-hop look good on TV. Maybe some members of the crew weren’t thinking that way. It was a dust-up, and it was over like that.”

He added, “You heard about gunshots in the parking lot because somebody heard somebody say something, and they carelessly tweeted. Now they may have heard pyro, but no one has said there was gunshots in the parking lot. Police would’ve closed this down a completely different way had there been gunshots. If there’s gunshots, your show’s not going on. Everything comes to a halt. Nothing came to a halt. Again, reckless tweeting.”

A legal battle has ensued between Ludacris and a Dallas coupple named Demitri Brown and Donna Evans-Brown who claim the rapper is infringing on their trademark for the phrase “Disturb The Peace.”

 

Demetri Brown and Donna Evans-Brown filed the lawsuit against Ludacris, his mother Roberta Shields and Disturbing Tha Peace Entertainment, on October 1, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas.

 

According to the Browns, they have been using the name “Disturb The Peace” in commerce since 1988, in the field of audio/video and musical entertainment products.

 

The lawsuit claims that in March 2011, the plaintiff discovered that Ludacris had illegally filed a trademark registration of the infringing name “Disturbing Tha Peace.”

 

The Brown’s claim Ludacris fraudulently claimed that they had abandoned the “Disturb The Peace” mark in order to obtain his “Disturbing Tha Peace” trademark.

 

“Defendants have and continue to knowingly use the name, Disturbing Tha Peace in commerce with actual knowledge that it infringes on Plaintiff’s trademark Disturb The Peace,” the Brown’s complaint states.

 

The Browns are seeking an injunction, in addition to a cease-and-desist order barring the use of Disturbing Tha Peace in commerce in Texas.

 

Check it out below:

 

 

UPDATE: Jim Jones was initially arrested at a Connecticut casino for engaging in a scuffle.

 

Last night, Jim Jones was maced and arrested after engaging in a brawl in a Connecticut casino.

 

According to TMZ, The Capo was leaving a Diddy-hosted party at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods when an unnamed man approached and began to antagonize him. Jones tried to ignore the man but was punched in the face, prompting him to fight back in what he claims was self defense. Both men’s crews jumped in and the fight became a full-fledged brawl.

 

Police arrived on the scene to arrest Jones, who fought back against the cops. He was then maced and arrested by five policemen.

 

Jones was later released on bond. HipHopDX will keep you updated on the situation as more information comes to light.

 

[February 25]

 

UPDATE: Jim Jones is off the hook in his brawl that took place back in February. According to TMZ, he changed his plea to guilty in the charge of interfering with an officer after prosecutors agreed to drop the two remaining charges. He was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and the case is closed.

 

 

 

Fat Joe and 50 Cent squashed their beef at the 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards.

 

50 Cent and Fat Joe infamously beefed for years, but they publicly buried the hatchet during a tribute to Chris Lighty at the 2012 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Speaking with Hot 107.9’s Q Deezy, the Terror Squad leader explained that Lighty had tried to mend fences between the rappers several times, but it took his passing to finally bring them together.

 

“The same guy who discovered [50] discovered me, Chris Lighty, and Chris Lighty, I owe him everything because I used to hustle big time in the Bronx, and out of 50 of us, I’m the only one who got away because I got legit,” he said. “Everybody else got like 75 years in jail, God bless ‘em. So he literally saved my life. I never could believe I could be a rapper; he talked me into rapping. So he wanted us to make peace forever, but we were just being stubborn and ignoring him.”

 

Joey Crack said that he knew 50 would be part of the tribute, and when he arrived, Fif whispered a few “gentleman-like” things in his ear and they shook hands, thus ending the beef.

 

“I came to do the tribute. I knew 50 Cent would be there, but I came with like, we gon’ do this for Chris. And while we was there, 50 whispered some things in my ear that was gentleman-like. I’m a gentleman. I don’t dislike people. I’m one of the most loveable dudes in Hip Hop, believe it or not. So you know, he just said the right things and a handshake [was] involved and that was that. It’s just two grown men that just said yo, this is for Chris Lighty, this is for Hip Hop. Let’s move on with our lives.”

 

Listen to the full interview below (via ThisIs50).

 

 

 

 

Queensbridge rapper Nas is making sure young people understand the importance of voting in a new Public Service Announcement that was released today (October 2).

 

Nas has teamed with Ourtime.org, a national nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C., dedicated to empowering America’s youth.

 

“The future of this country is in the hands of the young people,” Nas said. “We have the power. We can go to the polls in droves. We can go there in droves to get the person we want, we can do that.”

 

The release of Nas’ PSA comes just one day before the Presidential debates that will take place between current President Barack Obama and his competitor, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.

 

The debates are slated to take place tomorrow (October 3) at the University of Denver, in Denver Colorado from 9:00PM-10:30 PM Eastern standard time.

 

The debates will be broadcast live on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and C-Span, among other cable service providers.

 

Nas said that participating in the last presidential election gave him a sense of power that he hadn’t felt, prior to becoming a registered voter.

 

“Now that I’ve voted I feel so much power that I didn’t feel before,” Nas said. “I feel like I got power, like what I say matters,” Nas said.

 

Check out the PSA below:

 

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Lil Scrappy is taken into custody in Atlanta.

 

Lil Scrappy has been arrested for violating his probation.

 

TMZ reports that the Atlanta, Georgia rapper was arrested in his hometown on Monday (October 1).

 

Scrappy was on probation for a 2008 marijuana conviction, and was sentenced to five years probation.

 

He was ordered to abstain from the use or possession or any alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs, to complete an alcohol/rug education program, and to perform 240 hours of community service.

 

Scrappy was also arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, obstruction of officers, and fighting at the same time as the marijuana arrest. He was sentenced to a one-year probation for each offense, which ran concurrently.

 

Scrappy was booked at the DeKalb County Jail. A photo of the 28-year-old rapper is pictured below: