News: Baby On Lil Wayne's 50 Cent Beef Strategy, "We Ain't Got Time For Bulls**t"

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Tue, 05 May 2009 12:40:09

Cash Money Records co-founder Bryan "Baby" Williams previously spoke on Lil Wayne's decision to ignore past diss records from 50 Cent and his artist's main focus.

In some newly released footage, which was likely recorded around summer 2008, Baby addressed Wayne's attention on generating profits and avoiding outside controversy.

"We got money man," Baby explained. "We on islands and jets f*cking h*es. We ain't trippin' off petty sh*t. We got money. Ain't ever a dark day in my life, why won't I go spend 250 right now, I'll burn that b*tch...We just did a deal for a 100 mil, we got money for real. It ain't no game. We ain't got time for bullsh*t. We getting money man. We go to the studio that's money, that's like $20 million. When I hit your town they pay 250 just to say they saw us...We been through the wars, I got scars from wars. Get with that anytime, but lets get with this money sh*t, that's what's up...Me and my son are rich for real, that's why I won't entertain bullsh*t...Today, I'm the only n*gga in the industry, me, my son and my brother that own everything, nobody owns nothin'. We 100 percent in this b*tch, we make more than they make." (SmackTube)

Along with making disses towards Weezy in a past King Magazine interview and his song "Part Time Lover" both around 2007, Fif called out the rapper in the song "Try Me" earlier this year.

"Fat f*ck playing Wii Fit Nintendo/Have another tattoo, here's another tattoo," 50 rapped referring to Rick Ross. "Run into my goons soon, have a new bullet wound/Officer Ricky, radio for backup/See ya a** anyway, you know I'm gon' act up/You wanna play with me when I don't wanna play/Have my n*ggas whip the skin off ya a** all day...This n*gga's an appetizer. Where you at Wayne? You the full course meal, Wayne. You awfully quiet." ("Try Me")

Baby has expressed his close relationship with Wayne and recently justified their "mafia" kiss from 2006.

"That's my son, ya heard me," he explained in an interview. "If he was right here, I'd kiss him again. I kiss my daughter, my other son, I mean, you have children? Well, if you did you'd understand what I meant with it. I just think people took that too far man. That's my son. I'll do it again tomorrow, I'll kill for him. Ride and die for him." (Tim Westwood TV)

In addition to working with Wayne on music, the duo reportedly have a film coming out together this summer.

"Me and Wayne just finished this movie, Like Father, Like Son, that's coming out in June and the album coming out at the same time," Baby said in an interview. "That's what we do. Just me being myself. I just wanted to, it's something we wanted to fund. It's ours...So, it's really what it is, like father, like son," Baby added. "Normal day growing up in New Orleans, you know. Hood rich." (Power 105.1)

News: T.I. Associate Alfamega Worked As DEA Informant, Leaked Records ID Rapper

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Tue, 05 May 2009 11:32:56
Records have leaked online that reveal T.I.'s artist, Cedric "Alfamega" Zellars, as a one time Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant and government witness.
According to a report from The Smoking Gun, Grand Hustle's Alfamega worked with the DEA in the mid-1990's.

Court records show that Zellars began working with law enforcement officials after he was sentenced in September 1995 to 110 months in a federal gun case (Zellars, who had a prior felony robbery conviction, was collared for selling weapons to an undercover federal agent). Zellars "agreed to cooperate with authorities and was debriefed" about the criminal activity of several individuals. "In particular he was debriefed concerning the drug trafficking activities of a Mr. Ali Baaqar," according to a government court filing. During his cooperation against Baaqar, Zellars met with a DEA agent and a federal prosecutor, and subsequently testified at trial. "Ali Baaqar was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin based upon the trial testimony of [Zellars] and others." In return for his snitching, Zellars had 18 months shaved off his prison term when he was resentenced in July 1997 by Judge J. Owen Forrester. (The Smoking Gun)

While the topic of snitching is taken seriously within the hip-hop community, T.I. previously addressed detractors who called him a snitch for appearing in an ATL Crime Stoppers PSA last year.

"I ain't trippin'," Tip said. "Can't nobody challenge my integrity...I ain't told nobody to go and get yourself in trouble and tell on somebody to get yourself out of trouble. I said man, if there's an old lady walking down the street and you see her getting knocked down and beat up, call somebody and do something about it. I don't see that as snitching man, I see that as being responsible for your neighborhood. Anybody who disagree, so be it. They can shove it up they a** sideways if they don't like it. I don't care." (SOHH)

However, Bang Bang Boogie's Mysonne said Tip's actions were not justified.

"Any time a n*gga that advocates that he is the king, that he is the streets, that he is a trap star, that he glorified how he got here, that he grinded and he never did this and all this sh*t any time a n*gga do that and he get up here and make a Crime Stoppers commercial, them n*ggas made you sell your soul," Mysonne said in a video. "The police utilized you. They took you and made you a motherf*cking tool." (SOHH TV)

Alfa previously reached out to SOHH to speak about his upcoming debut album and how he linked with Tip.

"I got with Tip, we did a handshake deal, never signed no contracts or nothing," Alfamega explained. "The Capitol deal came about because me and him had a discussion about me being as big as he is and it wouldn't be feasible to either one of us to go through Atlantic." T.I. helped the rapper secure a deal with Capitol Records through his own label, Grand Hustle. (SOHH)

News: Dr. Dre Makes Rap Return, "I'm Still Hungry & I'm Back" [Audio]

Written by Cyrus Langhorne
Tue, 05 May 2009 10:17:11

Renowned producer Dr. Dre has emerged from the shadows via Eminem's new song "Old Time's Sake" building anticipation for his long-awaited release, Detox.

While Dre doesn't directly refer to his upcoming album, the legendary producer uses Em's Relapse track to display his rhyming scheme and remind fans of his "hunger."

"I'm Dre from/Back in the day from," he rapped. "NWA from/Packin' the grey from/Choking a b*tch, to smackin' her face from/Stackin' up bodies to backin' the K's up/From rackin' up hits to stackin' them crates up/I'm still hungry and I'm back with a tape worm/And where what was happenin' and rappin' and tamin' me and Shady/Far as competition, f*ggot there ain't none...Now put your smoke up in the air and raise your Henny and coke/And if you really wanna get f*cked up just let me know/We can smoke 'til there's no more lighter fluid to do it/Let's get into it/You're smoking the tritest and truest/I got the mightest touch when it comes to rolling sh*t up/You motherf*ckers ain't smokin', you just rollin' sh*t up/Now here we go/Let's get up, get down/Hold up a blunt, I smoke the stuff that make the records go No. 1/'Cause if at first you don't succeed/Won't hurt to smoke some weed/It's just a little more personal for me/Seeing how I blew up from smoking those trees." ("Old Time's Sake")

Originally slated to debut today (May 5), the song was leaked online Monday morning.

The song wasn't supposed to drop until Tuesday, but you know how these things go. With such high-profile artists as Eminem and Dr. Dre, there's no such thing as releasing music on its proper date. The latest track off of Slim Shady's upcoming Relapse, "Old Time's Sake," has already leaked online. (MTV)
Aftermath/Shady's 50 Cent recently video recorded Dre from his studio promising Detox was on its way.

"Dr motherf*cking Dre in the background, look at that sh*t," Fif said. "There it is ladies and gentlemen, D-r-e. Live in Detroit, makin' 50 Cent's new record.

This sh*t is gonna be crazy baby...Doing it, crazy, Detox, oh my God. You n*ggas better be ready. It's definitely going down. 50 cam, baby." (This Is 50)

Interscope head Jimmy Iovine previously said Dre's album was placed on hold due to Em's Relapse.

"We only tried to put [Em] out this year to replace Dr. Dre, but we got into a quagmire," Iovine explained. "Eminem was always coming next year. But what happened was, I lost Dr. Dre to Eminem. Dre had to stop making his album to finish Eminem's album. Eminem hit a streak, and when a guy like Eminem gets on fire, you stop everything. That's how we lost Dre." (Billboard)