Bow Wow has to dig up $80,000 to pay a French porn star after a judge ruled he used her video footage without her permission.
Celine Tran a.k.a. Katsuni sued the Cash Money rapper/106 & Park host in July 2012 for using footage of her pole dancing in The Electronic Conspiracy music video "Conspiracy Strip Club" for his own video "Drank in My Cup."
According to TMZ, a federal judge ruled in Katsuni's favor and ordered Bow Wow to pay $79,346.07 in damages and attorney's fees. The rapper was also ordered to stop using the footage immediately.
Take a look at both videos below.
THE ELECTRONIC CONSPIRACY FEAT KATSUNI "CONSPIRACY STRIP CLUB"
Papoose is out on the road putting in work promoting his upcoming album, The Nacirema Dream. In this radio tour vlog Pap makes a pit stop in Greensboro, North Carolina to visit 102 Jamz.
Check that out and watch the Brooklyn emcee spit a freestyle.
The Nacirema Dream is in stores March 26th. Pre-order your copy now from Amazon and iTunes.
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DJ Whoo Kid sat down with Montreality for an in depth interview recently.
The G-Unit record spinner and popular radio personality talks about what kind of student he was in school, his first job, his first major purchase, Chris Lighty, the key to success, bringing humor to G-Unit, his fetishes, why 50 Cent is a "Street King Immortal," 50's next single, memories of Nate Dogg, Pimp C and Proof, Russell Simmons doing drugs, LL Cool J getting beat up as a kid and more.
Here is the official music video for N.O.R.E. a.k.a. P.A.P.I.'s latest single "Built Pyramids" featuring Large Professor. Off of N.O.R.E.'s upcoming album "Student Of The Game" album dropping April 16, 2013.
Beyoncereleased a new single yesterday titled "Bow Down/I Been On." In it the singer curses, using the words "b*tches" and "sh*t," which caused a stir among some of her fans.
Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg tells B's stans to calm down.
"There's so many women stans out there. Grown women who run around the second Beyonce does anything and start quoting, and hash tagging and acting like you're her," Peter said. "Chick you ain't Beyonce. You're just some chick who has a hero, even though you're older than she is. Beyonce curses and it was a plan. Everything about Beyonce, God bless her, is contrived, made up and overexposed. The plan was for Beyonce to curse and what are we doing? Talking about Beyonce cursing."
Beyonce is back and telling b*tches to clear the lane in her latest release. The track starts off with the HiT-Boy-produced "Bow Down." At the 1:09 mark, the Polow Da Don, Timbaland, and Planet VI-produced "I Been On" kicks in.
"I Been On" pays tribute to Beyonce's Houston roots with a chopped and screwed sound. In it she salutes Willie D of the Geto Boys and the late Pimp C of UGK.
HipHopSince1987's30 For Thirty freestyles would not have been complete with locking down some bars Philly's top goon, AR-AB and his OBH Records artist Dark Lo.
30 days, 30 freestyles, 30 different rappers. All shot & edited by Rick Dange.
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With reports circulating that Lil Wayne's recent seizures may have been brought on by a "sizzurp" drinking binge, KTLA takes a look at the concoction that has becomes increasingly popular.
"Sizzurp" is cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine. It is known by various names like "lean," purple drank," "drank" and "Texas tea." It is often mixed with Sprite or Mountain Dew, along with pieces of Jolly Rancher candy.
It originated in Houston, but quickly spread across the country as artists like Three 6 Mafia, Beanie Sigel, 2 Chainz, Weezy, Future, Kreayshawn, Gucci Mane, Drake and others started to glamorize it's use in their songs.
Like any other drug, sipping "lean" can have deadly consequences.
Pimp C and DJ Screw both died after overdosing on the drug.
“Codeine is in the same class of drug as morphine, people like to take it for getting a body high or a sense of euphoria," Pharmacist Julie Chen told KTLA. “Codeine can kill.”
2 Chainz spoke with Vibe in 2011 about his syrup drinking habit.
"I think people should be very careful because its addictive and can be fatal. You need to be your own individual. People are naturally curious about things but there comes a [point] where you need to let that go and that’s my opinion," Tity Boi said. "I’ve probably been drinking since maybe 2007 so it’s a little different for me because it wasn’t well- known but the truth about promethazine/codeine is that it’s a pharmaceutical drug. No one makes it in a tub or anything .Moderate use is cool but I think that’s hard for people to do that but I definitely don’t promote people using it."
Wayne told MTV in 2008 that it's impossible to quit a syrup habit cold turkey.
"Do your history, do your research. It ain't that easy — feels like death in your stomach when you stop doing that sh*t," Wayne said at the time. "You gotta learn how to stop, you gotta go through detox. You gotta do all kinds of stuff. Like I said, I'm a selfish-a$$ n*gga. I feel like everything I do is successful and productive. It's gonna be hard to tell me I'm slipping. It's hard to sit and tell a n*gga 'Stop.' 'F*ck, how can we tell this n*ggaa to stop when every f*cking thing he do is successful? This n*gga is making progress. He just went and talked to kids and that sh*t was amazing.' Feel me? So what am I doing wrong?
"Let me do me. Everybody's got their thing," he continued with frustration. "Why focus on me? Don't compare me to no one. Don't compare me to no one who has passed, and why they passed. I can walk out this b*tch right now and get hit by a bus. Don't judge me. You wanna judge me, put on a black gown and get a gavel. Get in line with the rest of them that's about to judge me. I got court dates every other month. It's me against the world — that's how I feel."
“Anytime a substance that can be so dangerous is popularized through music or our culture, it becomes something that we need to be very worried about,” DEA Sarah Pullen told KTLA.
Young Money's Mack Maine links up with his boss Lil Wayne and Talib Kweli to film an official music video for "Celebrate." The track is featured on Talib's mixtape, Attack the Block.
Thisis50 & Young Jack Thriller recently spoke with Young Scooter for an exclusive interview.
He says he better be on the next XXL Freshman cover otherwise rap ain't real, thanks the streets for his buzz, talks about the Black Migo Gang, confirms he is not signed withGucci Mane, speaks on the remix to "Columbia", rapping with Maceo back in the day, being in the studio with Future, says there is a lot of fake rappers, shares his influences, upcoming street album "Juug House", his mixtape with Gucci Mane "Free Bricks II" & much more!
Big Sean continues his conversation with DJ Semtex. Sean discusses his upcoming Hall of Fame album, making a conscious decision to not make an album that catered to a specific audience, the features he secured from Nas and Common, plus his European tour.
2 Chainz continues to promote his debut solo album, Based On a T.R.U. Story. The Atlanta rapper decides to release a music video for the project's latest single, "Crack," produced by Southside.
Oakland's Mistah Fab drops off an official music video for his song "They Ain't Listenin." The song is off of his latest project, I Found My Backpack 3. Produced by @LTbeats. Directed by @WFJamesWade
Chicago, Illinois emcee King Louie is back with a brand new music video for his song "Band Bation." The clip was directed by Directed by Verluxe. Produced by Nez & Rio.
Last Kings Entertainment artist Honey Cocaine is gearing up for the release of her new mixtape Thug Love on March 31st. The Tyga protege' drops off the third leak from the project. The DKevrim-produced "Middle Finger."
Juelz Santana jets from New York City down to Miami in his latest vlog. The Dipset rapper links up with Yo Gotti for a session in a South Beach studio where the two record the Non Stop-produced record "Clickin." The song appears on Juelz's God Will'N mixtape.
Santana also enjoys the Miami night life and shoots a music video for "Everything Is Go" with Wiz Khalifa. Later he takes in a Wiz concert where he meets up with Trina and Juicy J.
HipHopSince1987 continues on day 17 their 30 For Thirty campaign by linking up with Meek Mill'sDream Chaser Records artists Louie V Gutta and Lil Snupe. Watch the two of them go in a capella.
Be on the lookout for the rest of the series as HHS1987 presents 30 days, 30 freestyles from 30 different rappers.
Producer Drumma Boy just released his new 2K13 Spring Bling Playlist mixtape. One of the tracks on the project is a new Future song titled "Usual." Peep that up top.
You can pick up 2K13 Spring Bling Playlist now on Datpiff.
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