News: Trick Daddy Puts Rick Ross In Time Out, "I Raised His A**"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Wed, 06 May 2009 12:55:25

Trick Daddy spoke with radio personality Angela Yee this morning (May 6) to address Rick Ross' recent taunts and to reveal his issues with the Miami rapper.

Along with saying he had nothing to do with leaking an image of Ross' corrections officer graduation, Trick said he helped pave the way for his fellow Southern emcee.

"I'd like to apologize to all my fans even the Rick Ross fans for any of this situation coming up because I know it's gonna get bigger now because I've said something about it," Trick said. "I read the blogs and would like to thank everybody for commending me for taking it like a man and knowing that I said the political correct answer and I'd also like to apologize for my kid misbehaving in class and on the radio and in concerts because I raised his a**. What happened, I let Ross start eatin' table food too fast, you know when you don't raise your kid they will throw their hands up at you...I just don't understand it, I was a big Ross fan and if you check all my interviews, you check the web, radio, I never sneak dissed him, I always tell people I like Ross as an artist even when he was Teflon Don. Whatever he wanted to be, I supported him. For him to try and assasinate my character and then what's the sad part about this is when the first corrections officer picture came out about a week later I saw an interview, the interviewer said, 'So Rick Ross, how do you feel about Trick Daddy calling you a prison guard,' time-out. Ain't no way you went for that dumb a** sh*t right there. The sad part is that that interview is three years old." (Shade 45)

Trick's name is heard via Ross' "Valley of Death" record in which he said Trick had AIDS.

"Caught a little case, buddy had a little cheddar," Ross raps on "Valley of Death." "Pled out to 15, poured his life in a letter/ Very first line he called Trick Daddy stupid/ Said he had AIDS telling people that it's lupus/ Not the one just to jump to conclusions/ I'm getting money, small talk can be a nuisance." ("Valley of Death")

He previously opted out of dissing Ross and discussed the disease's seriousness last month.
"Millions of people are stricken with lupus," Trick said in an interview. "I have stayed out of the bullsh*t, I will continue to stay out of it. Ross had been with Slip-N-Slide Records as long as I have been with Slip-N-Slide Records. He's known I've had lupus for 10 years. I was referred to my doctor by Ted Lucas who is the head of Slip-N-Slide Records. I would like to apologize to everyone suffering with lupus. I would like to apologize for the insults." (MTV)

Upon learning of his illness, SOHH also spoke with Trick to learn what advice he could give others.

"I don't want no body to feel embarrassed about it or uncomfortable about it," he explained. "A lot of people probably think, 'Oh I hate my life. Why do God got me living like this? Why am I the only one'? No, there's hundreds of thousands of millions of us that suffer from the disease. I'm a person that would get a couple of people's attention. I could make them a little more comfortable with dealing with the situation." (SOHH)

News: DJ Drama On Lil' Wayne Ban & Cash Money Lawsuit, "It'll Just Bring More Attention"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Wed, 06 May 2009 12:20:00

DJ Drama recently addressed the current lawsuit filed against him and other deejays by Cash Money Records, which has reportedly forced Lil Wayne and Baby to stop recording music with him until the case is resolved.

Along with answering the question on how the publicized lawsuit will impact his upcoming Gangsta Grillz Volume 2 album, Drama addressed reportedly not being able to work with the Cash Money emcees.

"Nah, actually, in a lot of ways, it'll just bring more attention to it. Somehow, some way, in the last few years I've found a way to live up to my name, DJ Drama; even when things seem simple, here comes another situation! But, you know, I stay in the news, so it's not a problem...Actually, neither [Wayne or Baby] were on the album even before the situation. I mean, I have songs with them and whatnot, and we've worked in the past, and me and Wayne just worked on a mixtape, and I look forward to workin' with him again. They weren't scheduled to be on this album as-is, so that's not a situation for me." (DJ Booth)

Drama was named in a multi-person lawsuit which emerged early last month.

"Plaintiff Cash Money Records Inc., by its attorneys, Goldberg & Rimberg PLLC and The Law Firm of Candance C. Carponter, P.C., for its Complaint against defendant, BCD Music Group, Inc., Tyree C. Simmons a.k.a. DJ Drama, Cinque Productions, Inc., Aphilliates Music Group, Makin Moves Entertainment and Frank Nino," the suit reads. Filed in New York in February 2009, a jury trial has been demanded with defendants having 35 days to answer the complaint. The suit names mixtape albums Happy Father's Day, When the North and South Collide, Dedication (Chopped & Screwed), Dedication 2 and Dedication 3. (Court Documents)

Despite being involved in the suit, Drama previously released a statement which said his relationship with Weezy would be unaffected.

"This is not a case of Lil Wayne vs. DJ Drama," he wrote. "Me and Wayne are good. I am confident that this matter will be resolved quickly without harming the relationships between myself, Wayne and Cash Money Records. However, due to the ongoing nature of this litigation I do not wish to make any further comments." (Statement)

Cash Money attorney Candance Carponter confirmed the lawsuit's authenticity and broke down its main defendants in the suit last month.

She confirmed to the authenticity of the documents. Carponter clarified that the lawsuit, stemming from an ongoing case against BCD Music Group, an independent distribution company based in Texas, has not been pushed by Lil Wayne directly, but by his recording home. "BCD claimed the right to sell the music," Carponter said, noting the contracts the company said it signed with the parties, including Drama. "So we named them in complaints and they have 30 days to answer the charges, based on when they receive the papers." (MTV News)

While no word has been given on whether a settlement was made, an anti-Lil Wayne website called www.LilWayneGonnaSueYou.com was launched shortly after the suit hit the Internet.

News: Redman Gets Dirty W/ UGK For "Blackout 2," "We Ain't Trying To Step Out The Box"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Wed, 06 May 2009 12:05:00

Redman recently spoke about his upcoming collaborative album Blackout 2 and how he was able to convince Methd Man and Bun B to hop on the same record.
Red described his intent to provide fans with their old-school sound and his resistance to trying new fads in music.

"I look at it like it's on that 90's feel," Red explained about his album with Mef. "You want that ol' thing back with a little bit of twists to it. It's like it's Red and Meth all the way, nothing different, we ain't trying to step out the box. We try to please y'all with the hot sh*t...I know Bun B, ["City Lights"] was made by my boy overseas who I put on, Nasty Cut. I always had the track 'cause I was gonna use it for Muddy Waters 2...I ain't think Mef was gonna f*ck with it 'cause it was more of a South beat, but Meth liked it, called Bun B up, said 'Yo man, listen to it, the song already got Pimp C in it and since me and Mef doing an album and y'all a duo, what be better than put UGK on there?"...Also, May 19th, after that, September, I got an album coming out called Reggie Noble 09 1/2." (iHipHop)

Serving as a ten-year follow-up to Blackout, Mef previously discussed the reasons behind their long-awaited album delay.

"I had obligations," Mef explained in an interview. "Doc had obligations. There were things going on [with] the label. Staff changes. That's what happened...I never really got the chance to sit down and actully make an album. I mean really get in and make an album that was complete to the point that I was satisfied with it. Whereas my man's track record, he's made whole movies with an album. So with both those aspects brought on to this project, this is the most focused I've been really on any of the projects I've been on including Wu-Tang because there wasn't any rush, we had time to really think out what we wanted to do and it was a comfortable environment man. First time in a long a** time, man." (MTV)
Red also described his motivation to put the album out for his "smoking" audience in a past interview.

"The Blackout! album [is coming] plus we shootin' How High Part 2, so you know, we we in the midst of sh*t, man," Red promised in an interview. "We wanna represent all the smokers. We know ain't nobody came out and represented the smokers in a long time besides us, so we comin' out for y'all...We missed out a lot of jobs and a lot of people f*cking with us big time in Hollywood because we smoke too much...we promote smoke, I don't give a f*ck...So I said 'f*ck all that Hollywood money, I'm gonna smoke my ass off.' So you know, all my smokers out there, we coming. We want y'all to support us 'cause we definitely, we definitely represent all the smokers." (Out Tha Box TV)
Aside from music, SOHH recently reached out to Red about the delay with his How High movie sequel.

"As far as Universal, bad move," he said. "Everybody that we promoted the [movie] to all our fans we thank you for listening and rooting for us and wondering when the new movie coming out but it's not our fault. It's a business move. Universal are not pushing. They're not opening that money door for us to shoot it. We promoted the sh*t out of that movie. We got the whole world waiting for a How High 2. [They'd] be stupid not to just throw money and say let's just do it because it's already promoted. That's the real deal. It's business, paperwork, not us." (SOHH)