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Less than a week after being slapped with a lawsuit by New York-based book publisher Simon and Schuster, a lawyer for Foxy Brown has fired back on behalf of her client. The lawsuit stems from a deal that went sour regarding Brown’s autobiography. “Simon and Shuster… were the ones [that] halted the project,” Fox’s lawyer said.

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Rapper Trick Daddy has announced that he’ll soon be releasing an autobiography. The Dunk Ryder Record CEO said his book was “amazing” and expects publishers to quickly pickup the title. “I have a writer, I have a agent already shopping the book, and actually, I think we’ll have a book deal by next week,” he said.

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Buffie “The Body” recently sat down with HHDX to discuss everything from her ambitions to how she got started in the modeling world. “You didn’t see girls with my complexion, or my size being on the cover of King or Black Men. Now that I think of it, I was the first girl of my complexion to be on the cover of King.”

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Kanye West has blown up over a concert review by Entertainment Weekly. The rapper is outraged that his show received a B+. “Y’all rated my album shitty and now y’all come to the show and give it a B+. What’s a B+ mean? I’m an extremist. It’s either pass or fail! A+ or F-! You know what, f*ck you and the whole f*cking staff,” Kanye said.

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L.A. Times Editor Russ Stanton has admitted the paper is unsure of what to do with writer Chuck Phillips. Phillips was the writer behind a factually incorrect article that implicated Sean Combs and others in the 1994 assault of Tupac Shakur. “What he is going to be doing in the future is still in the process of being defined,” Mr. Stanton said.

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One man was killed and another was left injured after a party celebrating the release of a new book on the life of Dr. Dre turned violent last Sunday. The celebration, which took place in Tukwila, Washington, turned into a murder scene after gunshots rang out from a nearby parking lot, where a 24-year-old man was shot to death.

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Eminem’s mom has come under legal fire after releasing her tell-all book My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem: Setting the Record Straight on My Life as Eminem’s Mother. Debie Nelson is being sued over breach of contract by the Neal Alpert and the Rachel Erin Corporation, who she agreed to give 25% gross profit.

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The L.A. Times has officially retracted an article that implicated Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jimmy Rosemond in the 1994 assault of Tupac Shakur. “Any statements or implications suggesting that Combs was given advance knowledge of the assault on Shakur, or played any role in it, are specifically retracted,” the apology read.

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Czar Entertainment CEO Jimmy “Henchmen” Rosemond has hit back at the L.A. Times, claiming the paper’s fraudulent 2Pac article put his family at risk. “[Chuck Phillip’s] actions were done with reckless disregard for the truth and for that the L.A. Times will be held responsible,” Henchmen’s lawyer Jeffery Lichtman said.

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