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Rick Ross wrote the following statement concerning his MMG artist Meek Mill who is still locked up concerning his Album that was supposed to be released on September 2^nd. “MMG and Meek Mill have decided to release Dreams worth More Than Money at a future. In true MMG fashion, Meek has dedicated himself to perfecting his sophomore project and it is only right that it should be rolled out exceptionally well. MMG also wants his fans to know that Meek is doing great and he wants to hear from you. So write him at.

CEC Hoffman Hall

3950B D Street

Philadelphia, PA 19124

Robert Williams

PP# 892643

In the meantime, keep looking out for new music from the project, keep supporting Meek and KEEP DREAMING! #MMG4LIFE.”

On August 30, 2012 Hip Hop manager Chris Lighty, 44, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after having an argument with his estrange wife. The founder of Violator Management was found by police lying face up on the basement patio in a pool of blood with a 9 mm pistol by his side. Yesterday (Sept 8th)on an episode of Celebrity Crime Files two of Lighty good friends LL Cool and Busta Rhymes who wrote a tribute song to Lighty title “Chris Lighty” will talk about their suspicion of wrong doing in Lighty death. 50 Cent a client of Lighty and Lighty mother hire private investigator Les Levine to investigate Lighty death. They do not believe that Lighty committed suicide over money, he supposedly owed the IRS $5 million dollars or he will not kill himself over marital problems.

In Evansvill, Indiana on Sunday night the migos were supposed to perform but never did. This was after already being paid 11,000 up front with another 10,000 to pay them after the performance. But police reports say the Migos took the money and left and when the promoters, 41 South, tried to confront the group they had two guns pointed at them. With no arrest made yet the situation is still developing and we will keep you updated.

Mahan sued Jay Z for co-writing credits on allegedly 45 songs. Jay Z has now reportedly filed a law suit to have Mahan’s. “After 14 years of silence, petitioner’s claims (and his attempt to use the federal courts as part of his shakedown scheme) are outrageous and wholly without merit. More significantly, for purposes of this motion, the claims are plainly barred by the three-year statutes of limitations contained in the Copyright Act, and have been for more than a decade,” Jay told Billboard.

Eminems hit single “Rap God” earned a world record from Guinness World Records for having the most words in a hit single. With an astonishing 1,560 words in 6 minutes and 4 seconds with the song being so long for a hit really did help but the fast delivery got Em the top spot.

Having college courses about your music isn’t something songwriters ever strive for, but artist like 2Pac and Bruce Springsteen have achieved it at accredited universities. There is now a college course that centers on the lyrics of Kendrick Lamar called “Good Kid, Mad Cities,” It is being offered this fall at Georgia Regents University. The Professor Adam Diehl says he chose the album because of its focus on social issues. Things like gang violence, child-family development in the inner city, drug use and the war on drugs. A lot of the topics in Kendrick album are hot topics in society today.

During his Yeezus Tour at a concert in Perth, Australia Yeezy took a moment to talk about his highly anticipated collaboration with Adidas. Kanye went on to say “I feel good because we’ve been working hard. We got the new Yeezys, the Yeezy IIIs coming in November. And this is just the beginning,” There are still no images of the new kicks but if they are anything like the previous ones they will sell out very quickly.

Due to his shocking tweets last week, Cee-Lo has been uninvited to headline Gretna Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Green’s comments were said to be “not acceptable”. However that was not the only statement the festival committee had to say, “Our community does not condone these disparaging remarks delivered by Cee Lo Green, and we feel this entertainer does not represent what our festival is about and has achieved over the past 20 years.”  Others didn’t respond to well to Cee-Lo’s remarks, he will no longer be performing at a Washington DC Navy-sponsored concert and TBS has cancelled his reality TV show The Good Life.

Fabolous posted his opinions regard the ALS challenge to Twitter saying: “Such a follow, do what everybody else think is cool so that’s what ima do generation… Shit is sick…,” “Ice bucket challenge became a viral thing to do to look cool.. Bet they cool asses ain’t donate a penny.. “

In regards to Joan Rivers’ death, he also tweeted the following: “For instance all these RIP Joan Rivers shoutouts.. Do u hav remorse or care for her death or just doin it cuz it’s cool to do?”

A member of Migos had lost his gold chain in the crowd, resulting in a fight. Sources say one of the Migo members had gotten their chain snatched from their neck during a performance. After having the chain taken, the member went right for the crowd to retrieve it; fortunately, police were able to stop the fights before anyone got injured.

Chris Brown owns up to his mistakes during an interview with Billboard, “I realize that what I do for a living opens my life to public scrutiny and that I have a responsibility to everyone because of that exposure, I can say that I am only human and I have made mistakes. I can say that I try to live my life in the most true, honest way that I can. I am not perfect, no one is. No one is harder on me than me. No one can please everyone. No one can live in the past and expect to grow. I have been moving forward and hope that I am not defined by just a few moments in my life but all of the moments that will make up my life.”

Working with executive producers Queen Latifa and Irva Gotti, Ja Rule’s reality tv show is said to be broadcasted on MTV. Ja Rule’s show revolves around his home life with his family consisting of his three children. “Family tradition will never be the same again b*tch” Ja Rule says in an announcement of the reality show.

Kendrick can be seeing a million dollar lawsuit in the near future for a song on his mixtape Section.80. Willie Jones III and Eric Reed are claiming that Kendricks song Rigamortis unlawfully uses their 2010 song “The Thorn.” Jones and Reed say they were never paid for the use of the song nor were they given credit. The two want more than a million as well as all profits and rights to “Rigamortis”. We will see how this works out and if they can even be complicated for a song on a mixtape that was released for free online.

Suge Knight said during an interview with TMZ “Even if I did, I don’t think that’s really important, who pulled the trigger and who I seen pulled the trigger, I think that I’m doing extremely well. I’m happy to be doing well and whatever happens, happens.” Knight believes that confrontation is inevitable and he believes that he just has to stay positive and be more aggressive then the people you want to deal with.