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Jim Jones' fourth solo album, Pray IV Reign, debuts at No. 1 on this week's 'Top Rap Albums Chart'.

Pray IV Reign, which features appearances from Ludacris, Ryan Leslie and Juelz Santana, reels in 42,900 copies in its opening week.

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Debuting at No. 1 on the 'Top R&B Albums Chart' this week is Keri Hilson with her first album In A Perfect World.

In A Perfect World, which features appearances from Kanye West,Ne-Yo and Akon, scanned 94,400 discs in its opening week.

The Dream… Continue

Mobb Deep rapper and G-Unit affiliate Prodigy is suing Vox Music Group for allegedly failing to pay him more than $30,000 and plunging his family into foreclosure.

Prodigy says Vox Music Group agreed in August 2007 to pay him $10,300 a month but t… Continue

Despite recent reports that the rapper is so broke that his 2008 Lincoln Navigator was repossessed to pay back taxes, Method Man — insists his cash flow is just fine. In fact, he says, his penchant for marijuana is to blame for the mishap.

Citing the Wu Tang member for… Continue

DNA tests on Alfie Patten, the 13-year-old boy who was alleged to have become a father when he was just 12, show that he not the baby girl’s actual dad.

The 300-pound test was conducted on him after half a dozen boys claimed to have slept with schoolgirl pal Cha… Continue

Kentucky police are seeking to question Flo Rida and his entourage for allegedly killing a rabbit.

According to WKYT, a witness told police they saw the rapper's tour bus stop on a road Wednesday afternoon (March 26) and two men got out of the bus and killed a rabbit… Continue

Gorilla Zoe's sophomore album, Don't Feed Da Animals, debuts at the top spot of Billboard's 'Top Rap Albums Chart' this week.

The album, which features appearances from Rick Ross and Gucci Mane, scans 31,300 copies in its opening week.

Michigan rap duo… Continue

The Dream's Love Vs Money remains at the top of Billboard's 'Top Rap Albums Chart' by pushing 55,500 units this week. After 2 weeks, the album has sold a total of 206,900 copies.

Beyonce hits the double platinum target this week. I Am...Sasha Fierce… Continue

C-Murder is home again. The New Orleans rapper made bail Tuesday (March 24) and returned to house arrest two weeks after he was jailed for allegedly leaving his house without permission.

C-Murder is charged with the second-degree murder of 16-year-old Steve Thomas… Continue

Jim Jones has rejected a plea deal that would have required 10 days of community service for allegedly attacking a rival recording artist's friend.

Jones, 32, was charged with misdemeanor assault after a fight with Javon Smith inside a Louis Vuitton store on East 57th S… Continue

T-Pain got slapped with a lawsuit Monday (March 23) in Broward Circuit Court -- for canceling a major concert in Guyana last month because of alleged kidnap and death threats.

The plaintiff, Hits and Jams Entertainment, says T-Pain became a major pain by making g… Continue

He's got no money, but he sure does have mo' problems.

Roc-A-Fella Records and Rocawear co-founder Damon Dash has been slapped with divorce papers by wife Rachel Roy, the Daily News has learned.

The stunning fashion designer piled onto Da… Continue

A volunteer firefighter was charged Saturday with setting a fire that ripped through a crowded apartment house, killing a woman and three of her children.

Caleb Lacey, 19, a volunteer member of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department, set the f… Continue

Method Man's 2008 Lincoln Navigator was reportedly repossessed this week.

According to The New York Post, the Wu-Tang rapper had failed to pay $52,503 in personal income taxes and repo men swiped his vehicle on Wednesday (March 18) at 6 a.m. from his Stat… Continue

50 Cent will be replacing Forest Whitaker in an upcoming Sylvester Stallone flick titled The Expendables.

Whitaker dropped from the flick due to a scheduling conflict and the G-Unit rapper was Stallone's next choice.

The film revolves arou… Continue

Los Angeles county prosecutors have charged Kanye West with three criminal misdemeanors for breaking a paparazzo's camera during an altercation at the Los Angeles Airport last year.

West and his manager Don Crowley confronted a paparazzo who was taking pictures of th… Continue

Dipset affiliate King Tut shot himself in the head on a New York highway last night (March 17) after being surrounded by police.

Police had been tracking King Tut for stabbing a wom… Continue

Debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's 'Top R&B Albums Chart' this week is The Dream with his sophomore album Love Vs Money.

Love Vs Money, which features appearances from Kanye West and Lil Jon, scanned 151,400 discs in its opening week.

Debuting… Continue

For the third week in a row, T.I. remains at the No. 1 spot on Billboard's 'Top Rap Albums Chart'.

Paper Trail shelved off 23,300 discs this week, pushing the album's total sales to 1,796,000.

Lil Wayne stays put at No. 2. Tha Carter III shifted 12,100 unit… Continue

An unreleased Beyonce track is reportedly among the 10,000 songs that were acquired in the auction of Deathrow Records earlier this year.

Death Row was auctioned off for $18 million to WIDEawake Entertainment Group in January.

The initial reports… Continue