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Rapper Could Face Prison For Violating His Probation
6:00PM ET September 2nd, 2010
Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff
A Rocky Williform Company 
How quickly things have changed for the King of the South. The fallout from rapper T.I.'s arrest in Los Angeles could be swift and severe. The Grammy-winner is to return to Atlanta and may be ordered to face the same federal judge who signed off on an extraordinary deal that shaved years off his potential prison term after T.I. was found guilty of felony weapons possession charges in 2008.
T.I. and his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Harris, were arrested Wednesday night in Los Angeles for suspicion of possession of methamphetamine. The arrest could set in a motion a series of events that could be disastrous for the rapper-turned-actor who's new action film, Takers was #1 at the box office this past weekend. It could lead to a motion by his probation officer, with the officer asking U.S. District Judge Charles Pannell Jr. to revoke some of the remaining probation on T.I.'s federal sentence stemming from the gun charges three years ago. T.I's probation expires in 2013.
"T.I. is going to be back on his way to Atlanta in the next 24 hours," Don Samuel, one of T.I.'s lawyers, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday. "It's almost certain he'll end up appearing before the court here. But without knowing all the facts, it's premature to speculate what the court is likely to do."
T.I.'s plea deal was the first of its kind. Before going to prison, the rapper was required to perform 1,000 hours of community service telling kids and fans across the country not to emulate his old lifestyle of drugs and violence. The deal was endorsed by former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young. Pannell seemed please with how things had gone, but he warned the rapper, born Clifford Harris, Jr., that if he had failed during his time out on community service, "I would have simply sent you to prison."
It remains to be seen if Pannell will do just that following the events of Wednesday night.
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''I Was Afraid To Be A Solo Female Rapper''
5:00PM ET September 2nd, 2010
Contributor : Stephen Willis
A Rocky Williform Company 
Nicki Minaj is positioning herself as the torch-bearer for female MCs everywhere. With so few femcees making any major noise in the hip hop industry, Minaj feels that her debut album's success will mean more than just a hit for the self-proclaimed 'Barbie,' it will be a victory for female rappers as a whole. She even admits that her own label will probably be hesitant if Pink Friday flops.
"[Young Money] won't look to sign other female rappers if the project doesn't do well, because they're going to say, 'Well, her buzz was so crazy, and if she couldn't do it, then no one can do it,' and I don't want that to happen. So I'm doing this as well for all the girls...I hope it will open doors for all girls everywhere who ever wanted to pick up a mic and rap and who have been kind of afraid to do it." "For a long time in my life, I was afraid to be a solo female rapper, because everyone told me, 'It doesn't work. It's not going to happen. Record companies are never going to invest in you just to get it. Just be part of a group.' ... Even as far as I've come now is already a testament in my mind, so I hope the female rappers understand how big it is for our culture that the album does well."
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Ecreia Perez Caught Smuggling Guns Into Court
12:00PM ET September 2nd, 2010
Contributor : 80Dreams
A Rocky Williform Company 
Another rapper-related controversy. It's looking like a bad week for Bankhead rappers. Atlanta rapper Shawty Lo's baby's
mother, (formerly his fiancée), Ecreia Perez, was arrested
after being found with a semi-automatic handgun and stungun at
Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse's security checkpoint.
She was there to get her shoplifting charges dismissed but she clearly
must have had other intentions although those are not yet (thankfully)
clear to the public.
Perez told police that she simply forgot the items were in her purse.
Perez’s bail was set at $6,000 and she was released yesterday.
She and Shawty Lo announced their engagement in June. But Shawty, real name Carlos Walker, broke off the engagement to his girlfriend of 10 years after he caught Perez allegedly cheating on him.
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Atlanta Rapper To Take the Stage In Detroit
6:00AM ET September 2nd, 2010
Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff
A Rocky Williform Company 
Atlanta alternative rapper B.o.B. will be the opening act for the highly-anticipated Jay-Z and Eminem concerts at Detroit's Comerica Park. The Detroit shows will be held tonight (September 2nd) and tomorrow (September 3rd.)
Em and Jay have gone through a number of rehearsals to prep for the shows, which will resume in Jay-Z's hometown of NYC on September 13th and 14th at Yankee Stadium.
Eminem even spoke about the show via his Twitter account, which he rarely uses. He stated that they had finished the rehearsal, and that the stadium was planning on opening up more seats in preparation for the concert.
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Mogul Accused of Age Discrimination
6:00AM ET September 2nd, 2010
Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff
A Rocky Williform Company 
Does Diddy discriminate? A former Bad Boy employee is accusing the Bad Boy CEO of unfairly firing her due to her advanced age. Fifty-one-year-old Francesca Spero has filed an age discrimination lawsuit Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. Spero claims she fired after having hip surgery and confiding to an executive that she was treated for a drug dependency relapse and replaced with someone younger.
Spero claims she introduced Combs to hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and future Uptown Records CEO Andre Harrell in 1988 and that she worked at Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment record label as an executive for 12 years before being fired in March. She was eventually replaced by a woman over 10 years younger, whom she alleges 'lacked the skill set and experience Spero brought to the position.' Spero claims Diddy and his partners owe her $US 12 million in damages for age and disability discrimination.
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