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Rick Ross going in on Eminem

Rick Ross has sidetracked his beef with 50 Cent, bringing up 50's boss Eminem. Ross said that 50 isn’t a worthy competitor anymore.

“50 you bore me, I might need to get at Eminem now,” Rick said. “Eminem, I’m a big fan of yours but your monkey, you’re pet monkey is boring me.”

“If I want any competition I’m gonna have to take this to Eminem’s front door,” Ross added.

Ross even offered an invitation for Eminem to join him on a track.

“Shout out to Aftermath,” Rick said. “Shady what’s up. Eminem you need to get on this ‘Magnificent’ remix. You feel me. I’ma help everybody out.”

When asked if he thinks the feud with 50 helped his career, Rick Ross instead declared himself the undisputed victor.

“Everybody gotta accept this,” he said, “Rick Ross went to war with the monkey and beat him.”

Yo Gotti..."Sold Out"

IRS...On Xzibit's Heels

Xzibit was summoned by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for being delinquent on his taxes.

According to reports...Xzibit ( born Alvin Joiner), owes the IRS $501,840 in federal taxes.

The debt resulted from a $296,355 lien filed by the IRS in Los Angeles County on April 17, 2008.

That action was followed by a $205,485 lien the IRS filed in the Los Angeles County Recorder of Deeds office on February. 4, 2009

Xzibit is the latest celebrity to come under fire for failing to pay taxes.

Last Month the New York Department of Taxation repossessed Method Man's 2008 Lincoln Navigator.

The seizure took place at Method's Staten Island home, after Method Man failed to pay $52,503 in personal income taxes.

Mike Jacked For His Jewels

It's very easy to notice Mike Jone's big weight lost...100 lbs to be exact, but one thing you may or may not have noticed about Mike is that his huge, diamond encrusted chain and Ice Age pendant is missing from around his neck. The reason why is because it was stolen.

Mike revealed that his missing chain wasn't the result of someone snatching it, or robbing him while in the streets, but it was stolen right from under his nose, while in his own home, while he was asleep.

"I was asleep in my house one day, I woke up, and my homies stole it from me,"

"They stole my chain, bracelet, and my watch, but I still got my ring though. I'm good. All that shit was insured, so all that's coming back."

Mike explained that his close friends...ones he grew up with...waited until he fell asleep and made off with his jewelry.

"It was homies that I grew up with , like partners I grew up with," Mike said.

"It wasn't like someone ran up on me and said 'Give it here.' I was asleep in my house, and I wake up and its gone...inside my house.

"I stay in a penthouse, you just can't come in there like that. I got security at the bottom. You ain't just able to walk in and just come up to my floor. There's people who have access to be up in my room. I guess they waited until I fell asleep, when I woke up, it was gone".

"That was a learning lesson to me. That's material stuff. I ain't tripping on that 'cause I'm gonna re-get it. Point of it is, they just sold they souls and they showed they true colors. Now that I'm back on top, a lot of people trying to come back to Mike Jones, but I tell em: 'Back then you didn't want me, now I'm hot you all on me.'"

These types of situations are some of the topics covered on his comeback album, The Voice, where he says he'll address everything ... and leave nothing out.

"I wanted to really just let my true fans know where I been and why I was took away from the game, and why this happened and why that happened. And, put a little light on this and that and this issue. I call it The Voice, so ya'll gonna hear me April 28".

"I'mma answer all questions, and still give ya'll the hits that ya'll want. I'mma let ya'll know, very clearly what happened with me, what's going on, what's the delay, and why I went through a four year hiatus. I'mma tell you everything. ... When I drop this album, I'm gonna put my right hand up and tell you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."

The Voice hits stores April 28.

Lil Boosie Wipes out Wal-Mart

Check out Lil Boosie as he buys ALL the bikes Wal-Mart had in stock to give to the kids who attended his annual “Lil Ivy’s Easter Bash.” Lil Boosie stay giving back to the hood.

Boosie had to go to several different Wal-Marts, purchasing 2000 bikes, totally some $38,000. Now that's giving back to the hood for real.

Mike Jones..."Swagger Right"

Scott Storch...Arrested

Producer Scott Storch was arrested in Miami on Friday and charged with, grand theft auto. Scott posted an undisclosed amount for his bond soon after.

According to the authorities, Storch had begun leasing a 2004 Bentley GT in February 2006, with a return date of March 2008. The owners of the vehicle, Atlas Leasing Company, are alleging that Scott failed to comply with the terms of their leasing agreement.

Atlas Leasing also claims the producer's negligence has cost the company $65,000 in revenue that could have been accruing from other clients for the Bentley. Scott has had a slew of legal and financial troubles in the past year or so.

In June 2008, he failed to show for a child-support hearing where he was accused of being behind on his payments. Scott was also way behind on paying his property taxes, owing the government $500,000 which resulted in having his $10 million Miami mansion foreclosed on.

At one time, Scott was one of the most in-demand producers in the music business, producing such hits as "Candy Shop" for 50 Cent, "Lean Back" for Fat Joe and "Baby Boy" for Beyoncé.

Em Speaks On T.I. and Lil Wayne

Although Lil Wayne dissed him in the past, saying he was scared to collaborate with him, Eminem thinks Weezy's latest album Tha Carter III helped make hip-hop "look a lot better" right now.

In Em's cover story with XXL, Em revealed that while his last solo album came in 2004 with Encore, he felt as though hip-hop was on a downhill slope. But, with new albums from T.I. and Lil Wayne, it's helped the genre stay afloat.

"I stayed up on the music, and obviously I watch TV and saw what was going on. And without naming any names, it just felt like hip-hop was going downhill," said Em. "It seemed like kinda fast. You know, in them three years, it was like everybody just cares about the hook and the beat; nobody really cares about substance. But with this new T.I. album, with this new Lil Wayne album of recent, it seems like things are looking a lot better now."

"You can appreciate Lil Wayne using different words to rhyme and actually rhyming words that you know. Or T.I., where you hear shit and you're like 'Whoa, ah, I wish I would have thought of that!' You know what I mean? Or you hear all the compound-syllable rhyming and all that. It just seems like now the craft is getting cared about more," Em continued.

Eminem, who is currently gearing up for the release of his highly-anticipated Relapse, album also touches on some of the things he was dealing with while away, which included drug addiction, and coping with the loss of his best friend and D12 brother Proof.

According to Em, he took Proof's death so hard, he fell into a self-loathing, drug-laced depression, and finally, he's just now starting to get over it.

"Everyone felt his loss, from his kids, to his wife, to everyone. But, for some reason, in hindsight, the way I felt was almost like it happened to just me," Em admits.

"Maybe at the time I was a little bit selfish with it. I think it kind of hit me so hard. It just blindsided me. I just went into such a dark place that, with everything, the drugs, my thoughts, everything."

"The more drugs I consumed, and it was all depressants I was taking, the more depressed I became, the more self-loathing I became... By the way, I'm just now at the point where I'm better talking about it. It took me so long to get out of that place where I couldn't even speak about it without crying or wanting to cry. Proof was the anchor. He was everything to D12. And not just the group -- for me, personally, he was everything," Eminem continued.

Em's XXL cover hits newsstands May 5, two weeks before his fifth solo album, Relapse, hits stores May 19.

The issue also will be a special collector's edition, showcasing the rapper as Marvel Comics' notorious vigilante The Punisher. It includes an exclusive collaboration between XXL, Em's Shady Records and Marvel Comics: a special edition Punisher comic book entitled Eminem/Punisher: Kill You, starring the rapper and created by Marvel Comics.

Young Buck...On His Buck Shit

Young Back is back…on his Buck shit, that is. The Nashville MC recently announced the release of his new mixtape - with that appropriate title - in a short web video.

“Streets wanna know whats going on with Buck and where I been at and all that good shit, look around you can see for yourself,” he said.

“The streets done waited long enough, so get ready man, mixtape is on the way, DJ Scream, DJ Smallz, Young Buck, Back On My Buck Shit.”

“I’m good people, I’m doing what you should be doing and that’s surviving.” Only to add, “At this point I feel like I’m more focused than I’ve ever been in my career.”

As of press time it is uncertain when the mixape will hit the streets.

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.

T.I.'s Bodyguard Sentenced

Corey Williams, former bodyguard to Hip-Hop star T.I., has been sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison for his role in last year’s machine gun/silencer scandal.

According to the Smoking Gun, Williams entered into a plea deal for his role in purchasing illegal firearms for T.I., real name Clifford Harris.

In court records, Williams revealed that he started working for T.I. in July 2007.

Soon after, Williams’ previously clean record allowed him to purchase weapons for T.I., who is barred from obtaining any due to his previous criminal convictions.

The arrangement was discovered by ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) authorities when Williams attempted to purchase a machine gun without registering the weapon, which is required by federal law.

Upon his arrest, Williams agreed to wear a wire during face-to-face meetings with T.I., which led to the rapper’s arrest on felony weapons charges.

Although no charges were filed, Williams also implicated T.I. protégé Alfamega in the conspiracy.

T.I. faced up to 10 years in prison for the charges, but was able to secure a unique deal that allowed him to perform 1000 hours of community service to at-risk youth.

In the past year, T.I. successfully completed the requirement by speaking at over 70 schools and community centers, and filming the MTV reality series Road to Redemption.

T.I. received the same one year sentence as his former bodyguard under his plea deal, and will start serving his sentence sometime next month.

Pending good behavior, the Atlanta native can be eligible for release within 10 months.

Corey Williams has already started his jail term.