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BigHiest 03-01-04 01:00 AM

Get It First! Hip Hop News
 
Andre 3000 of Outkast is in the final stages of negotiations to play legendary guitar player Jimi Hendrix on the big screen.

Volvo has tapped Hip-Hop music to help sell their Volvo S40. The music of Dilated Peoples will be heard in ads promoting the car. LL Cool J is featured in
the voice-overs.

Tony Yayo, a member of 50 Cent's G-Unit, has pleaded guilty to passport fraud being rearrested a day after being released from prison.


According to sources, incarcerated rap mogul Suge Knight is planning to
release his own magazine. Titled "Uncut," Knight's publication would be
part Hip-Hop, part tabloid. "Suge wants to do it," a source told
AllHipHop.com. "The major obstacle is that there is a British publication
by the same name, so a name change might happen." Knight will emerge from
prison in late April. He was sent back to prison in June of 2003 after
being accused of violating his parole.


Incarcerated RAM Squad member Tommy Hill claims that he was set up another rapper, after he was arrested in Philadelphia on charges that he sold large quantities of cocaine to undercover officers. Authorities have tried
to turn Hill into a cooperating witness, but Hill has rejected the offers.
While the rapper in question is not known, authorities are seeking
information about Shamsud-din Ali, a Muslim cleric who is facing
corruption allegations by authorities.



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