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A former female assistant of Katt Williams claims she was hospitalized for three days after the comedian physically assaulted her.

In legal documents obtained by TMZ, Angela Triplett-Hill alleges the 44-year old "Friday After Next" star became irate because she took a phone call while they were on the Los Angeles set of a film in 2014.

Williams reportedly ordered her to get inside a van with him, but she resisted out of fear because she had witnessed him beating other women in the past

Triplett-Hill says he called her a bitch. She responded by telling him he "was bigger than that," which only made Williams more enraged.

At that point, he allegedly hit her in the face, slammed her to the ground and knocked her out.

She's suing Williams for more than $1 million.

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Project Pat keeps his "Street God 3" nixtape ringing by releasing an official music video for the Ric and Thaddeus x Big Trill-produced song "It's Over" featuring Coco Vango and Big Trill. You can grab the project now from Datpiff http://www.datpiff.com/Project-Pat-Street-God-3-mixtape.793562.html

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Kurupt and Daz Dillinger, together known as Tha Dogg Pound, release an official music video for "Gangsta Boogie" featuring Wale. This DJ Chose-produced song is the title track off of DPG's forthcoming album, which is scheduled to be released in September.

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Smack and the Ultimate Rap League recently held their "Unfinished Business 2" event. One of the most anticipated battles was Big T vs John John Da Don.

Watch these two go bar-for-bar and let us know who you think won?

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro.

The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about an ongoing probe.

He said that around 6 a.m. on Sunday, Lochte, along with fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen, stopped at a gas station in Barra da Tijuca, a suburb of Rio where many Olympic venues are located. One of the swimmers tried but failed to open the door of an outside bathroom.

A few of the swimmers then pushed on the door and broke it. A security guard appeared and confronted them, the official said.

The official says the guard was armed with a pistol, but he never took it out or pointed it at the swimmers.

According to the official, the gas station manager then arrived. Using a customer to translate, the manager asked the swimmers to pay for the broken door. After a discussion, they did pay him an unknown amount of money and then left.

The official says that swimmers Conger and Bentz, who were pulled off a plane going back to the United States late Wednesday, told police that the robbery story had been fabricated.

Lochte first lied about the robbery to his mother, Ileana Lochte, who spoke with reporters, the police official said. That led to news coverage of the incident and prompted police attention.

A police news conference was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.

Lochte's lawyer, agent and father did not immediately return messages seeking comment from the AP.

USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said late Thursday morning that Lochte's teammates were scheduling a time and place to meet with authorities.

"All are represented by counsel and being appropriately supported by the USOC and the U.S. Consulate in Rio," Sandusky said.

The swimmers could face punishment — probation, suspension, a fine or expulsion — under USA Swimming's code of conduct, which prohibits dishonesty or fraud. It was not immediately clear if the organization planned to act.

Mario Andrada, a spokesman for the Rio organizers, said he was relieved that the story had turned around.

"Let's give these kids a break. Sometimes you take actions that you later regret," Andrada said. "Lochte is one of the best swimmers of all-time. They had fun, they made a mistake, it's part of life, life goes on, let's go."

The situation escalated Wednesday when Conger and Bentz were pulled from a flight at the Rio de Janeiro airport amid uncertainty over what truly took place during the late-night outing after Olympic swimming wrapped up at the Rio Games.

Journalists surround American Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz, left, and Jack Conger, center, as they leave the police station at Rio International airport early Thursday Aug. 18, 2016.

Court officials had called for the four swimmers' passports to be seized, but Lochte already had returned to the United States before authorities could enforce the decision.

Representatives from the U.S. consulate arrived at the airport shortly after the swimmers were stopped from leaving the country Wednesday night.

Brazilian authorities continued pressing the American swimmers over the ever-changing account of the robbery. Police said the swimmers were unable to provide key details in early interviews and they found little evidence to support the robbery claim. The swimmers said they had been intoxicated and could not remember what type and color of taxi they rode, where the incident happened or what time the events occurred, police said. The police official said officers grew suspicious when they reviewed security video of the swimmers returning to the athletes village and saw them wearing watches.

The office of Judge Keyla Blanc, who ordered the passports seized, said there were discrepancies in the statements by the swimmers.

Lochte had said he was with Conger, Bentz and Feigen when they were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi by men with a police badge as they returned to the athletes village from a party several hours after the final Olympic swimming events on Saturday.

NBC reported Wednesday night that Lochte backed off some of his earlier claims, saying the taxi wasn't pulled over by men with a badge but rather the athletes were robbed after stopping at a gas station. Lochte also said the assailant pointed a gun at him rather than putting it to his head.

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Authorities said that after the incident, the swimmers did not call police; officers began investigating after they saw media reports in which Lochte's mother spoke about the incident.

Lochte's attorney, Jeff Ostrow, previously said there is no question the robbery occurred.

"Why would anybody fabricate anything?" Steve Lochte said. "It's just ridiculous."

Lochte told USA Today that he and his teammates didn't initially tell U.S. Olympic officials about the robbery because "we were afraid we'd get in trouble."

Steve Bentz, father of Gunnar Bentz, when reached by phone late Wednesday night, said: "I really don't want to say anything," and hung up.

The British Olympic team said Thursday one of its athletes also was robbed in Rio. The British Olympic Association was responding to a Guardian report that the unnamed athlete was held up at gunpoint after a night out. The BOA declined to say if the incident was reported to police.

While he's medaled often in the Olympic pool, Lochte's accomplishments have long been overshadowed by teammate Michael Phelps — the most decorated Olympian in history. Lochte won a gold in Rio in a relay race alongside Phelps.

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Contributing to this report were AP reporters Peter Prengaman, Chris Lehourites, Pauline Arrillaga and Renata Brito in Rio de Janeiro, and Steve Reed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Young M.A. looks like the next big artist coming out of New York City off the strength of her red hot single titled "OOOUUU" and fire freestyles.

Check out her remix of Monica's "So Far Gone" up top or stream on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/youngma/young-ma-so-gone-freestyle

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Tory Lanez hooks up with producer C-Sick for a new tune titled "Diamonds." This track didn't make the final cut of his forthcoming album "I Told You So," which drops August 19. Pre-order it now on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/nz/album/i-told-you/id1137094934

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Sounds like Mac Miller's got him one with his new collaboration with CeeLo Green titled "We." This is off of Mac's forthcoming album, "The Devine Feminine," out September 16. Pre-order it now from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-divine-feminine/id1137965822

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Danny Brown drops off "Pneumonia," the latest single from his forthcoming album titled "Atrocity Exhibition," out on 30 September via Warp Records.

Preorder on Vinyl, CD and Digital – http://s.warp.net/atrocity-exhibition
Stream "Pneumonia" – http://s.warp.net/db-pneumonia

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Check out the London On Da Track-produced collaboration between T.I. and Young Thug titled "Bobby Womack." This is off of 3rdy Baby and Muzik Fene's "Margiela Music 3" mixtape, available now on LiveMixtapes http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/40687/margiela-music-3.html

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M.I.A is preparing to release her fifth studio album titled "A.I.M." on September 9. Zayn Malik and Dexta Daps are featured.

A.I.M. Tracklist:

1. Borders
2. Go Off
3. Bird Song (Prod. Blaqstarr)
4. Jump In
5. Freedun (Ft. Zayn Malik)
6. Foreign Friend (Ft. Dexta Daps)
7. Finally
8. A.M.P. (All My People)
9. Ali R U OK? 
10. Visa
11. Fly Pirate
12. Survivor
13. Bird Song (Prod. Diplo)
14. The New International Sound Pt. 2
15. Swords
16. Talk
17. Platforms

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— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) August 18, 2016

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YG is looking to take his 4Hunnid Records imprint to the next level after inking a multi-million dollar joint venture with Interscope Records.

The 26-year old Compton native, born Keenon Jackson, told Billboard that he and his label's president, Brandon Moore, felt comfortable hammering out the deal with Joie Manda, the president of urban music at Interscope Geffen A&M, because of their previous relationship.

Manda was an executive at Def Jam Records when YG released his debut album "My Krazy Life" in 2014. The rapper says Manda was a big supporter of his from the beginning.

"After the album came out and had its success, Joie was really behind our whole movement and everything we had going on," YG told Billboard. "[Joie] knew what I did, who I had something to do with. With the album being a classic, [DJ] Mustard popping off, Ty [Dolla $ign] popping off 'cause we all from the same camp, he felt like I could have my own label and do the same things that we did for ourselves and other artists." Manda adds, "I've gotten to know YG and his team over the past few years and have full belief in their vision to build a label that moves the culture."

4Hunnid Records President Brandon Moore, Interscope President Of Urban Music Joie Manda, 4Hunnid Records CEO YG and Interscope CEO John Janick

YG spoke to Billboard in detail about how the deal came about, his vision for the label, the kind of artist's he's looking for and more.

What do you think Joie saw in you as a potential label boss?

Joie just knew about my success [and 4Hunnid's] success story. He knew all the people that was moving with me. He brought Sickamore up under him and you know Sick is a whole part of my situation so he just seen that it’s not too many people from the streets that made it out the West Coast -- the new West Coast. He saw that we knew what to do like attack the Internet and the streets, make hit records, touring -- we was covering all bases. There’s a lot of artists that don’t really know everything about the music business like they’re all just scrapping through to get on but Joie knew we knew that because we did it for ourselves. It’s just the whole camp -- me, Ty and Mustard -- really was homies before everybody had their success. Just three motherf--kers who popped off and became successful from nothing -- that’s big.

What’s the significance of the 4Hunnid name?

I mean it’s something I’ve just been pushing since I started rapping. I been yelling out “4hunnid.” That’s just like my lucky number. There’s so many ways to get rich and it means "forever one hunnid." That’s something we real big on -- just being real, authentic, being yourself, not letting this lifestyle change you. That’s something we’ve been real good at.

Who are some of the signees you have now? I've heard Sad Boy was in the mix.

We ain’t really got none of that locked in yet but we working on it. We got a couple of artists we looking at and trying to figure it out. With Sad Boy, I was trying to bridge the situation between Spanish and blacks [on the song "Blacks & Browns"] and the relationship that we got. I wanted to put out the positive side like, 'We f--k with Hispanics.' We grow up with them, we share the same culture basically.

Do you envision 4Hunnid Records being a predominantly West Coast roster?

Starting off, we for sure gonna have West Coast artists because we’re West Coast-based label. Before the world believes in you, you gon’ have to pop some shit off from your section and your culture. Then when that happens, we gon’ be able to go get who we want from where ever and see where they from but I’m really trying to pop off someone from my side first.

What would you say your day-to-day duties are?

I’m the CEO and creative director so my shit I do on a daily basis is I get on n----s’ bumpers about shit. [Laughs] I get on everybody ass like I just oversee everybody's marketing plan, rollout plan, the goals we trying to accomplish, the touring, all that type of shit. I’m making sure it happen in a timely fashion and I’m doing my thing as an artist.

What do you think is the key difference between 4Hunnid Records and other artist-owned labels?

We different. We 4Hunnid, you know. We like red. [Laughs] We from the West Coast. Like I don’t think nobody could get it how we tryna do it on the West Coast. Ain’t nobody did especially in artist relations. We ain’t f--kin with you if we feel like you can’t be around for 20-plus years. It’s a lotta other artist-owned labels who want artists with hot singles like for right now and that’s cool because that’s the easy money but we getting brands. We teach artists how to build brand and be businessmen and business ladies. It’s just bigger than being an artist and putting out an album. I know there’s a lot of motherf--kers who ain’t taking the time out to spend with their peoples and break shit down from the bottom with them about all of this type of shit. In the record business, if you sign an artist that don’t really know too much about the business, you can really get over on them in a lot of different ways so it’s a lot of people that don’t give artist the game because they’re trying to make the most money in the fastest way off their artists. They ain’t trying to be business partners with their artists. We bring that to the table. 

How do you go about looking for artists?

It all starts with the music. I got homies that’s trying to be artists so we do certain things with the homies ‘cause that’s how we rock -- from the ground up. I put my people in situations like if that work out, that work out but we out looking for superstars so it all start with the music. You gotta have the music and then you gotta have potential star power. Then you gotta represent something different that YG don’t represent because we all can’t be doing the exact same shit.

What do you hope your label represents?

It’s real family-oriented. We giving our people opportunities to be something. We not just pulling a regular homie that don’t know nothing about music or don’t got no potential to be successful in the music industry. We not bringing 'em along and giving them job titles like, 'Here, bro, you gon’ run this.' It’s certain people that’s been around since we came in the game. They been around from that time doing certain little things, watching how we move, watching how we do things and they learned so we bringing them along with us. We about the people so we’re trying to uplift one another ‘cause that’s really how you gon’ have some real shit. We trying to do it like we on some Roc-A-Fella shit.

Head over to Billboard to read more.

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Katt Williams has another legal mess on his hands.

TMZ reports that the 44-year old comedian and actor, born Micah Sierra Williams, has been hit with a misdemeanor battery charge by the Los Angeles City Attorney in connection with an alleged physical assault on a woman.

The victim, an employee at the Sportsmen's Lodge restaurant in Studio City, California called police on Sunday, July 24, claiming Williams had attacked her.

The altercation followed an argument that began when Williams felt the woman had disrespected him.

When cops arrived they noticed visible minor injuries on the victim. 

Williams was arrested and hauled off to jail. He was later released after posting $20,000 bail. If convicted he could be sentenced to 6 months in jail.

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Freddie Gibbs has been charged with sexual abuse of a defenseless or psychologically impaired person, in connection with the alleged July 2015 rape of woman backstage at a concert in Austria.

"He is alleged to have administered knock-out drops to a woman and then have abused her sexually while she was in a defenseless state," a spokesman for Vienna's criminal court said Wednesday.

Reuters reports that the charges were handed down Tuesday, August 16.

Gibbs' Vienna-based attorney, Thomas Kralik, insists his client had nothing to do with the alleged victim's drink being spiked and is innocent.

"He strenuously denies (the accusations)," Kralik said.

As we previously reported, the 34-year old rapper, born Fredrick Tipton, has been locked up in Josefstadt prison in Vienna since being extradited from France on July 31.

He was originally picked up by French authorities on a European arrest warrant out of Austria on June 2. Gibbs was in France to perform at.the Rex in Toulouse at the time.

His U.S. lawyer, Theodore Simon, issued an emailed statement to Reuters.

"While Freddie Gibbs was charged with an offense today, it remains only an allegation, and it does not in any way change the actual facts that Freddie Gibbs is 100 percent innocent."

Gibbs faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence if convicted.

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Former Odd Future member Earl Sweatshirt teams up with Knxwledge for a new song titled "Balance."

Download this track for FREE at adultswim.com/singles

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Rich the Kid and 2016 XXL Freshman Desiigner combine their talents on a new song titled "Strippers." Give it a listen up top and sound off in the comment section below.

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Kid Ink drops off an official music video for his single titled "Nasty" featuring Jeremih and Spice.

Download & Stream Kid Ink "Nasty" below:
Apple Music: http://smarturl.it/iNasty?iqid=yt
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/aNasty?iqid=yt
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/gNasty?iqid=yt
Spotify: http://smarturl.it/sNasty?iqid=yt

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Remy Ma stopped by Tony Touch's Shade 45 show recently with her husband Papoose. Before leaving, Remy blessed the mic with a freestyle over Jay Z's "Where I'm From" instrumental.

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Rochester, New York rap collective recently paid a 2nd appearance to DJ Kay Slay's Shade 45 show, Streetsweeper Radio.

Watch Rigz, Symph and ILLANOISE rip a freestyle session.

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