Irv Gotti's Star Studded Funeral

Two weeks ago Murder Inc. Records founder, Irv Gotti, passed away age 54 [click here if you missed that]. 

This week Hip Hop royalty turned out to pay tribute at his funeral...

Ashanti and Nelly Backstage at Phillips Arena

Ashanti shares behind the scene pics and performance clips from her and Nelly's recent show in Atlanta...

Lloyd Banks Trolls Fans with Retirement News

G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks announces his retirement and then takes it back...

50 Cent Cuts Off G-Unit

50 Cent claims he spent $8.5 million dollars of his own money to take a lot of the rappers on his most recent tour so that they could bring their entourages - and so that everyone could travel comfortably. Plus he gave them $500,000 or $300,000, whatever they wanted he says, "Just 'cause they want $300,000 more to make what they are doing at the time comfortable." But the gravy train is over. Fif had a meeting with Laze representing M.O.P., Havoc and Prodigy, Lloyd Banks, Young Buck, Spider, Olivia and Sha Money and he broke it down telling them he wouldn't be assisting them financially anymore. Plus he was mad cause at the meeting he was the only one wearing G-Unit sneakers when everybody on the label gets paid to wear them.

With Fifty throwing around money like that, I see why his baby mama thinks she's entitled to more than $25,000 a month.

(NY Daily)

Hot 97 Knows How To Throw A Party

Remember Hot 97 Summer Jam?

Well, that ain't got nothing on the Hot 97 Back to

School Jam! First, they was frontin' on the talent.

T.I. was billed to play, but cancelled. That wouldn't be

so bad, if they had told anybody. People didn't find out till

they were walking to the venue and saw signs posted.

Young Joc performed and few local acts, but then,

according to reports, the show kinda disovled for about an hour.

Finally 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks and G Unit hit the stage. Lloyd did

one song, then they cut the mikes on 'em. 50, true business man,

(you gotta know he already got paid for the show) shrugged

his shoulders and walked off the stage.

Then came DMX

The Dog was 15 minutes into his set when they cut the mikes.

Why they do that?

You know X started cussing at the sound man, then

dove off the stage on top of him. That shut the show down

completely. Foxy Brown and Jim Jones never made it to the stage.

On a side note, a rapper on Jim Jones' Birdgang Records

was arrested in a murder robbery plot, read about it here.

(source)