Kiss Puts Up Big Numbers

Jadakiss has did it. The Yonkers rapper has blew beyond expectations on his first week on the Billboard 200 sales chart with his Def Jam debut, The Last Kiss.

This is Jada's first solo album since 2004’s Kiss Of Death, reached the no. 3 position behind country acts Miley Cyrus and the Rascal Flats. Breezing past the 100,000 mark, Jada officially pushed 134,520 copies of his CD the first week, according to Nielsen’s SoundScan.

Boasting features from The Lox, Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Nas, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Raekwon and Ghostface.

The next hip-hop release is Flo Rida all the way down at the no. 17 spot. R.O.O.T.S, the muscle-bound rapper’s sophomore release fell nine places down this week, scooping up 31,740 sales numbers. In his second week, Rida has sold a total of 87,100 copies.
UGK, who led the pack last week, dropped from no. 6 to no. 20 this week. The group’s final LP, UGK 4 Life, pushed an additional 26,300 discs this week, making its two-week tally 102,900.

Def Jam crooner The-Dream slipped seven spots to no. 25 this sales cycle. The singer’s latest CD, Love Vs Money, bagged up 23,750 more discs this week, making his his total stand at 295,240.

At no. 30 is T.I. who continues to keep registers ringing, selling 19,490 copies of Paper Trail this week. After about seven months the disc has an overall sales number of 1,877,550.

Sliding all the way to no. 48 is Bow Wow’s New Jack City Part II. After debuting at no. 16 last week, the young MC managed to score 12,940 more albums sold this week, making his second week total 43,890.

In his first week, New York rapper Mims, landed at the no. 53 spot. The “This Is Why I’m Hot” MC sold 12,400 copies of his sophomore disc Guilt.

Jada signs with the Roc

Jadakiss has signed with Roc-A-Fella Records.


"Well, I"ve been actually trying to get Jadakiss to come to the Roc for a minute, It"s in the final stages, though. And I just finished talking to Dean, CEo of Ruff Ryder's and all of them about doing something really special with a Roc-A-Fella/ Ruff Ryders collaboration." says Jay Z.

Charges dropped against Jadakiss

Prosecutors are dropping drug and gun charges against Jadakiss, who was arrested last October when police found a loaded handgun in a car he was traveling in.

Jadakiss was arrested in his hometown of Yonkers, New York last October, when police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation.

Police claimed they smelled marijuana coming from the car and when they searched the vehicle, they found a loaded handgun.

Jadakiss and three other occupants were charged with criminal possession of a weapon, because of the loaded handgun inside the vehicle.

Jadakiss pleaded not guilty to the charges days after being arrested and his lawyer denied the charges, stating "I have yet to see or hear of any evidence connecting my client to possessing this weapon."

Last week, the Westchester County's district attorney asked a judge to dismiss the charges, after a jury acquitted one of the men in the car when DNA tests failed to link any of the three men to the gun.

Jadakiss indicted on gun charges

Jadakiss has been indicted on gun and drug charges.
Jason Phillips aka Jadakiss entered a not guilty plea today to charges of possessing a loaded handgun and marijuana.
He was arrested Oct. 7 with three other men in Yonkers. Police said they stopped his car after smelling marijuana and then found the gun.
"I have yet to see or hear of any evidence connecting my client to possessing this weapon," said the rapper's lawyer, Clement Patti. He said Jadakiss was in the back seat and didn't know there was a gun in the front console.
If convicted on the gun charge in Westchester County Court, the maximum sentence he would face is 16 months to seven years in prison. The law was toughened in November to provide a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years.
Two of the other arrested men face similar charges. No indictment of the fourth was annouced.