It seems that no one is safe from getting dissed this year in Hip-Hop. With Beef’s between Jay-Z and Nas, Prodigy and Jay-Z, Jadakiss and Jay-Z, Suge and all Death Row defectees, Beanie Sigel and Jadakiss, Foxy Brown and Lil Kim and whoever else, it seems that K-Solo has thrown in his bid on the new DJ 4-5 mixtape, dissing DMX. According to Solo, he and DMX were incarcerated at the same time and witnessed "acts of violation" being performed against DMX. He claims that DMX was raped during a bid. During the verbal assault, solo states in his lyrics "Yall aint f###### me with those big d#### all night," and also states "I aint Redman I’ll put two in your headband." It seems that K-Solo’s main issue with DMX comes down to DMX allegedly stealing K-Solo’s "spelling" style while they were both locked up. DMX first dissed K-Solo on the unedited form of "Get At Me Dog" and has made it clear that he will not turn the beef public or "raise [K-Solo’s career] from the dead." K-Solo, Redman’s cousin, was a member of EPMD’s original Hit Squad and appeared on song’s like "Headbanger" and "Knick Knack Paddy Wack." He also dropped 2 well recieved solo albums , Tell The World My Name (1990) and I Can’t Hold It Back (1992).  

Calvin Broadus, known to the world as Snoop Dogg was charged with marijuana possession after police officers stopped two of his tour buses for speeding and found several bags of the drug. Tray Dee of Tha Eastsidaz was also arrested. State police pulled the buses over after a traffic stop on Interstate 90, west of Cleveland on Wednesday, as Snoop and entourage had performed at the Agora Theater in Cleveland on Tuesday night. They were on their way to Detroit around 12:10 p.m. when troopers stopped two of their three commercial tour buses traveling 77 mph in a 55-mph zone, said patrol spokesman Lt. Gary Lewis. In one bust they found Snoop and smelled burnt marijuana. The police brought in the drug sniffing dogs and found 6 bags of weed, weighing around 200 grams. Snoop was charged with possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor with a maximum $100 fine and possession of drug paraphernalia, which carries a maximum of $250 and 30 days in jail. "During the contact, [Broadus] was very professional and very courteous with troopers," Lewis said.

Nate Dogg is ready to drop his long-awaited solo album, and — unsurprisingly — the King of Cameos isn’t going it alone. Some of Nate’s past collaborators — including Pharoahe Monch, Kurupt, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg — will rap along with the crooning O.G. on Music & Me, which drops December 4, according to his label, Elektra Records. Supplying the tracks to Nate’s gangstafied soul offerings will be a roster of producers, including Bink, the Megahertz, Mike City, Battlecat, Fredwreck and Dre’s sometime beatmaking accomplice Mel Man, the Elektra spokesperson said. Nate’s first single, the bluesy "I Got Love," is already getting airplay on a few radio stations and sounds almost like a church testimonial. On the track, Nate reaffirms that "ain’t nobody tighter" than him when it comes to singing, and he asserts that he has no love for hoes, but does have an undying affinity for his homies and the ghetto. Although Nate has built his career not from his own songs but by singing hooks for everyone from Warren G — on the 1994 smash "Regulate" — to his most current appearances with Fabolous, Mariah Carey and Brian McKnight, Music & Me is actually not his first album. He released the double CD G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2 in 1998 on his independent label, Breakaway Records. That LP spawned the underground hits "Never Leave Me Alone," which featured Snoop Dogg, and "Me and My Homies," which featured Tupac Shakur.

Ja-Rule, who will shoot the video for his latest single, “Always On Time” next week in Miami, has been a busy man lately. According to sources, it seems that JA-Rule has set his sites beyond Hip-Hop, recently penning the remix to Jennifer Lopez’ hit "I’m Real," as well as songs on Mariah Carey’s new album glitter. Ja has also finished up writing tunes for TLC and Brandy as well. "JA is becoming a very well rounded artist," Def Jam publicist Theda Waller said. "He has set his sights beyond Hip-Hop." JA recently announced that he finished up an untitled song with metal act Metallica. "I spin two 12-bar verses with Metallica on their new big, huge record they got that’s crazy," Ja Rule said. Ja Rule will release his latest LP, Pain Is Love on October 2nd. Here is the track listings: Pain Is Love Tracklisting 1 Pain Is Love (Skit) 2 Dial M For Murder 3 Livin’ It Up 4 The INC. 5 Always On Time 6 Down A** B**ch 7 Never Again 8 Worldwide Gangsta 9 Leo (Skit) 10 I’m Real (Murder Remix) 11 Smokin and Ridin 12 X 13 Big Remo (Skit) 14 Lost Little Girl 15 So Much Pain 16 Pain Is Love

According to court papers filed by the Bank of New York, Juvenile has failed to make any of the monthly $2,329 mortgage payments on his home since April. The bank has foreclosed on its loan for the $315,000 Mandeville, LA real estate and has authorized the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office to seize the property and sell it at auction. Juvenile, born Terius Grey, stopped making his payments around the same time the managers of his gated community sued him for parking his tour bus on the street and leaving a fleet of luxury vehicles in his back yard. The suit was settled this summer after he agreed to follow the rules. Juvenile’s, Project English is currently No. 8 on The Billboard 200 this week.  

The Wu-Tang Clan and Afroman were winners of High Times magazine’s Doobie Award. The 2nd annual show, which was scheduled for September 12th at the Wetlands in New York City, was canceled due to the terrorist acts the day before. Afroman, who won Pot Song Of The Year was scheduled to perform at the show. Wu-Tang Clan won Best Hip-Hop Album for their LP, The W. The single, "Because I Got High," has sold over 2 million copies in the United States along. Afroman’s album, The Good Times broke into the top 10, at the 10 spot in its second week of release. Afroman was recently added to Cypress Hill’s Smoke Out Tour as well as his own tour. Here are his latest dates and appearances: 09/22 WLIR – Nassau-Suffolk – Garden City, NY 10/06 Smoke Out/San Bernadino 10/20 WLLD/Orlando, FL radio show 10/25 KYLD-San Francisco – San Francisco, CA 11/15 Rick’s Cafe – Starkville, MS 11/16 Bourbon Street – Auburn, AL

Dr. Dre donated $1 million dollars to help with the relief efforts, due to the terrorist attacks that leveled the World Trade Center and smashed a portion of the Pentagon. The donation, went to Los Angeles’ Hot 106 FM’s Power Of The Dollar fundraising campaign. Other artists have also donated as well. Russell Simmons donated $20,000, Def Jam gave $25,000 Fubu donated $25,000, Baby from Cash Money gave $100,000 The Rza donated $10,000 and Lyor Cohen, President of Island Def Jam gave $10,000. Radio jock Big Boy asked each of Power’s 1.6 million listeners to donate a dollar each to the fund, with the aim of raising $1.6 million. "The outpouring of support from the people has been amazing," Big Boy said. "This tragedy has touched everyone. We wanted to do something immediately to help these innocent victims. I thought if each of our 1.6 million listeners donated $1 dollar each, we’d raise over $1 million dollars for victim relief. That’s the power of a dollar." New York City sister station Hot 97 is doing the same thing. They have established the Hip-Hop Has Heart Foundation. They too are asking for $1 dollar from each listener. In related Dr. Dre news, in addition to working with female R&B artist, Truth Hurts and Hip-Hop icon Rakim, he recently penned a screen play based on his rise from the projects, to being one of the top producers in the world. Tentatively titled "Please Listen To My Demo," the script is still in the process of being sold. If you would like to donate, please use either of the addresses below: 106 FM Knowledge Is Power Foundation. 2600 West Olive Avenue Suite 850 Burbank, California 91505 Hot 97 HOT 97’s Hip Hop Has Heart Foundation P.O. Box 679 Village Station, NY 10014

Jay-Z‘s The Blueprint sold over 400,000 copies its first week out, despite bootlegging and the tragedy on his release date. The Blueprint will debut in Billboards charts in the weeks Top Ten releases and is expected to claim the number one position. "Due to the tragedy that occurred on Tuesday, I am postponing the start of my tour," Jay-Z said. The tour, which was scheduled to begin Friday, September 14th in Columbus, OH, has been moved out of respect and necessity. The shows scheduled for Friday, September 14th in Columbus, OH and Sunday, September 16th in Cleveland have been rescheduled for October 9th and 10th. The new schedule is below. THE BLUEPRINT LOUNGE TOUR Wednesday, September 19th Baltimore, MD Bohangers Thursday, September 20th Worcester, MA Palladium Saturday, September 22nd New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom Sunday, September, 23rd Washington DC Nations Monday, September 24th Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Wednesday, September 26th Raleigh, NC The Ritz Thursday, September 27th Charlotte, NC Grady Cole Center Friday, September 28th Norfolk, VA The Boathouse Saturday, September 29th Atlanta, GA DeKalb Atlanta Center Monday, October 1st Miami, FL Billboard Live Tuesday, October 2nd Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live Thursday, October 4th Houston, TX Ariel Theater Friday, October 5th Dallas, TX Bronco Bowl Sunday, October 7th St. Louis, MO TBA Monday, October 8th Chicago, IL The Riviera Tuesday, October 9th Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall Wednesday, October 10th Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom Thursday, October 11th San Francisco, CA The Warfield Friday, October 12th Los Angeles, CA The Shrine

Snoop Dogg’s syndicated radio show, Bigg Snoop Dogg Radio continues to do well for the stations that carry the show. On the show, Snoop takes listeners on a four hour journey of world premier releases, mixes and in studio interviews with top acts. Recent guests have included Busta Rhymes, Fred Durst, Tha Eastsidaz, Nate Dogg, Kurupt and Master P. Snoop’s current album, Tha Last Meal, was the top debut on The Billboard 200 Chart at No. 9 and eventually peaked at No. 4. The album went straight to No. 1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart where it remained for several weeks, and currently sits at No.6 after seven weeks on the chart. His debut single "Snoop Dogg" is gaining massive airplay across the country, while his second single "Lay Low" was recently featured on MTV’s Making The Video.

LL Cool J is in negotiations to star in the action-thriller feature "Mindhunters" for director Renny Harlin. Production is slated to begin in November in the Netherlands. The project will reunite the rapper-actor and the director, who worked together on the 1999 Warner Bros. feature "Deep Blue Sea." The film’s plot revolves around the FBI’s psychological profiling division, whose members are referred to as mindhunters, and involves seven new recruits in training on a remote island to track serial killers. The trainees must put theory into practice when it emerges that a killer is among them. LL Cool J will play the lead role of Gabe, one of the seven recruits. LL Cool J next stars in MGM’s "Rollerball." He also is attached to star in Dimension Films’ "Dolemite" and Miramax Films’ "My Baby’s Mama" opposite John Leguizamo, Lil’ Kim, and Eddie Griffin from a script co-written by Griffin. The rapper most recently appeared onscreen in the film "Kingdom Come."

On September 7th, people started leaving the Mike Tyson/Bruce Seldon fight that was held at the MGM grand. Tupac Shakur was in attendance that fateful night. The fight, which started at 8 p.m., lasted 109 seconds, with Mike Tyson being declared the winner in a fight that many feel was thrown by Bruce Seldon. The controversy surrounding that fight was nothing compared to the events about to transpire. Between 8-9 p.m., Tupac and his bodyguard were involved in an altercation with a man believed to be Orlando Anderson, a local gang member, who’s cronies had allegedly stolen a Death Row medallion from an employee of the infamous label. Security catches the incident on tape, showing Suge Knight, who was on probation, kicking and participating in the beating of Orlando Anderson. Knight later served over 5 years for this incident. “All the n##### who change the world, die in violence. They don’t die in regular ways,” Tupac said shortly before his death. As Shakur and Knight were eastbound on Flamingo Road, a vehicle pulls along side of the car Knight and Shakur are riding in and pumps 13 shots in the car. After the shooting, Knight makes a U-turn and heads west on Flamingo. Police reached the car on the strip where it was caught in traffic. An ambulance then picked up Shakur and Knight transporting them to University Medical Center, where Shakur underwent the first three operations. Seven days later on Friday 13th, 1996, Tupac Amaru Shakur was pronounced dead due to the gunshot wounds. The following years saw a vicious battle over Tupac’s Estate between his mother Afeni Shakur and Suge Knight. Afeni Shakur came out the victor, gaining control of Tupac’s estate. Tupac Amaru Shakur is now the biggest selling rapper of all time, with over 33 million sold to date, eclipsing the closest behind him, The Notorious B.I.G., who was also gunned down. B.I.G. has an impressive amount as well, with almost 20 million to date. "The misconceptions are that Tupac was a rapper, the Tupac wasn’t political and that Tupac was a gangster," Afeni Shakur told our good friend Davey D. "Primarily I really think that time will take care of that. I have faith in Tupac’s legend. I really believe in the divinity of legends. I believe that God choose Tupac and I believe that no human being can destroy his image, his legend, his life, his music or his work. So in reality I don’t care what people say, because I truly believe that God sent him here. He sent him with a mission. He fulfilled his mission and he went back where he came from." Tupac’s mother recently unveiled plans for the Tupac Shakur Performing Arts center. Here are exclusive blue print pictures of how the performing arts center will look. Blueprint One Blueprint Two. Here are some interesting links relating to Tupac. Interview With Afeni Shakur Orlando Anderson Shot Before Settlement Money Received CNN Original Report Of Tupac’s Death Court TV’s Latest News Chuck D.’s 18 Reasons Why Tupac Is Still Alive Stories From The Las Vegas Sun On Tupac’s Murder Tupac Sought nonviolent life prior to his death

Kane & Abel, once part of Master P’s No Limit empire, were sentenced to three years in Federal prison on Wednesday. A U.S. District Court Judge accepted the rappers’ plea last year, in which Kane & Abel admitted to lying to Federal Agents about jailed New Orlean’s murderer and drug kingpin Richard Pena. The Judge in the case, Judge Sarah Vance gave the brothers the maximum sentence for the charge of lying to Federal Agents. According to prosecuters, Kane & Abel met Richard Pena while students at Xavier University. He allegedly financed their music career and shen their relationship soured, he put them to work as drug couriers. Pena pleaded guilty to eight murders. "We feel that was unfair, and we plan to appeal," Abel told sonicnet. "Our view is that the sentence was harsher than it needed to be under both the law and the facts of the case," Kane & Abel’s attorney, Richard Westling said. Kane & Abel will check into an as yet unknown prison October 10th, to begin serving their time. "We’re happy to get this thing behind us, and we know that our company won’t miss a beat and we’ll be back in no time," Abel said. While awaiting their sentence, the brothers remained busy. Their label, Most Wanted Records, will release a compilation titled Most Wanted Boys, with guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Juvenile and Most Wanted Acts 5th Ward Weebie and Boss Player.