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– Chris comes to the hood and hangs out with them
– He shot a music video in the neighborhood … and even included some of them in the vid

A group of Chinese website is being sued by Beats Electronics for making billion of dollars by selling counterfeit Beats Electronics headphones.  It is said that the fake headphones has generated $135 billion in revenue. The fake headphones has an “b” logo that is also feature on Beats Electronics headphones.  The lawsuit want to stop the sale of the fake headphones and to take ownership of the fraudulent domain names that sell the headphones.

In a video recording Lil Wayne speaks about the seizure he suffered at a Cash Money Show a few years ago.  The rapper speak about the elaborate concert performance which included arriving on stage in a helicopter, the Hot Boys were being wheeled out to the middle of the arena in laundry cart and then they would sneak onto the the helicopter unbeknownst to the fan.  He also mention the oversize Cristal bottle (30 to 40 ft in the air) on stage that shot water at the audience.  During his performance Wayne was making it rain well before he was featured on Fat Joe record “Make It Rain”. The show also included Baby and Mannie Fresh coming out of a big ass diamond Rolex.  This was back in the day when shows and production for show would go over the top.  During mid performance of one of the show Wayne suffered a seizure and passed out on stage, the seizure was caused by heat flashes.  Wayne said “I caught a fuckin heat flash and bong I just dropped on stage.  He eventually got better but he had to miss three or four shows because doctors told him he should not be on stage.  Even though Wayne was not there they played his song every night.

Over the past few month Dame has been calling various corporate leaders “culture vulture” because of the way they treat Hip Hop culture and the Hip Hop artist. Although the outspoken Dash is not totally against teaming with corporations.  In a video conversation Dash said I’m not saying you can’t work with corporate. You just can’t work for corporate. There is an option. I’m not saying I won’t work with corporate. I hear some people saying, “Well, you wasn’t saying that when they was giving you…” They didn’t give me s**t. We were partners. We put money in that s**t. You acquired something that we f**king brought value. You didn’t give me nothing. Y’all wasn’t f**king with us when we wasn’t rolling.

Hot 97, Peter rosenberg has apologize on video to Chuck D for calling him a internet troll and not contributing to the culture in recent years.  After he made the statement about Chuck many people in the Hip Hop community including Dame Dash and Jay Electronica called Peter out publicly.  On his show Peter mention going to see “Do The Right Thing and hearing  Public Enemy “Fight The Power” then he said  “That wasn’t the first time I heard Public Enemy, but that was the first time Chuck D’s voice truly affected me. So to think that 25 years later I would have a voice in this culture that some people would actually listen to a little bit is truly a blessing. Something I’m very thankful for. To have used that voice in any way to show what was perceived as public disrespect to the great Chuck D is something that I am truly regretful for.”

On July 7th the CIA tweeted about Tupac location. Here  is what the tweet post said “No, we don’t know where Tupac is. #twitterversay,”  The 1996 murder of Tupac in Las Vegas remain unsolved, in May Suge Knigh former Death Row Records owner believes Tupac is still alive.  Suge said  “Why you think nobody been arrested if they said they the one killed Tupac,” Knight said at the time. “Because Tupac not dead. Tupac not dead, nigga. If he was dead they’d be arresting those dudes for murder. You know he somewhere smoking a Cuban cigar on an island somewhere.”

On July 7th the CIA tweeted about Tupac location. Here  is what the tweet post said “No, we don’t know where Tupac is. #twitterversay,”  The 1996 murder of Tupac in Las Vegas remain unsolved, in May Suge Knigh former Death Row Records owner believes Tupac is still alive.  Suge said  “Why you think nobody been arrested if they said they the one killed Tupac,” Knight said at the time. “Because Tupac not dead. Tupac not dead, nigga. If he was dead they’d be arresting those dudes for murder. You know he somewhere smoking a Cuban cigar on an island somewhere.”

Solange has finally address the elevator attack on her brother-in-law Jay Z back in May.   In  a recent interview she refers to the incident as “that thing”  she said  “What we had to say collectively was in the statement that we put out, and we all feel at peace with that.” Solange sister Beyonce had issue a statment previously which stated

“As a result of the public release of the elevator security footage from Monday, May 5th, there has been a great deal of speculation about what triggered the unfortunate incident,” she said at the time. “But the most important thing is that our family has worked through it. Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family. “The reports of Solange being intoxicated or displaying erratic behavior throughout that evening are simply false,” the statement continued. “At the end of the day families have problems and we’re no different. We love each other and above all we are family. We’ve put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same.”

Over the weekend Rich  performed a concert in Racine, Wisconsin during the performance Rich bent down and hit a person in the face because the person was trying to pull himself on stage by using Riches arm.  This is what Rich had to say about the incident.  “To set the record nobody save me. I slapped that nigga by myself.  I do salute Chiraq for having my bak.  But ain Neva been a fucknigga.  This is not the first time there has been violence at Rich performance, in March two people were killed outside his New Orleans show, and there has been shooting at his events in Ohio and Missouri over the last year.  On July 24th Rich will join Wiz Khalifa’s “Under The Influence Of Music” Tour.

Rapper Lil Wayne is being sued by the original owners of youngmoney.com which is the name the rapper is using for his website.  According to documents the site name was sold to the rapper for $600,000 but $250,000 is still owed.  In the original agreement it stated that is Youngmoney did not make payments on time then the name will be returned to the initial owners.

Drake and Kanye were to be co-headliner at the Wireless Festival in London.  Due to illness and doctor orders Drake had to cancel his performance. Kanye still went on with his performance and on the second day of his performance Kanye paid tribute to Drake by playing three of Drake songs “Trophies”, “We Made It” and “All Me”.  Drake later went on Instagram to thank Kanye.  He said “Man I appreciate Kanye playing ‘Trophies’ at Wireless so much,” “I want to be at all the shows more than anything in the world right now. I just keep watching the video over and over. Slow motion for me right now but I promise all the fans an incredible experience as soon as I am back. I am so sorry once again I love you all dearly. Thank you Ye for giving me that joy tonight.”