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With the August 17th release date of his King Uncaged album quickly approaching, T.I. is continuing his promo trail and speaking out on his incarceration.

The Bankhead rapper that was released from prison in December for felony weapon possession is voicing his opinion on the time he spent in an Arkansas federal prison.

According to Tip, his time behind bars hindered him from the positive path he was embarking on and added insult to injury.

The Grand Hustle head says he already understood what he did wrong and prison made him “worse” by preventing him from making any constructive changes.

He tells Complex,

“When I was goin’ through it, I really felt like it added insult to injury. The lesson had already been learned. I already understood the errors in my ways and made the adjustments necessary. It did make me worse in a sense that, before I went in, I was already on a path of positivity. Putting me in prison took me off that path a little bit, and now I’m working to get back on that path—or at least back on the path to the extent that I was before I went in. I’m still not as bad as I was before this incident, but I lost a little bit of my positive focus during that period of incarceration. Being in that environment and having those daily surroundings, it’s going to affect you.”

When Complex references several instances on his F*ck A Mixtape project when the rapper says he’s replaced the guns that led to his conviction with knives and is willing to “stab someone”, the man who told Larry King he was a “retired gangster” says the weapons are only meant for self defense.

“It’s within your rights to do anything to protect your well-being, right? That’s well within the law. If my life is being threatened, I have every right, legally, to protect my life and my loved ones. So that wouldn’t be getting in trouble at that point. Everybody takes everything so literal and so…I don’t know. You could spit on the concrete in public and get the same reaction: “Oh, I thought Tip was done getting in trouble. What is he doing spitting on the concrete? What is he doing jaywalking?” The best thing I can do is continue to live my life the best way I know how.”

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Percy Miller, the man formerly known as Master P, is voicing his opinion on Shyne who’s garnered criticism for his recent onslaught of new music.

Master P is offering advice to the now deported rapper who spent nearly ten years in jail after an infamous 1999 club shooting.

According to P instead of making music, Shyne should focus on other opportunities outside of Hip-Hop and disassociate himself with any negative people that could lead him back to a life behind bars.

He tells ForbezDVD that Shyne should;

“Look at his resources and what got him into the situation in the first place…disassociate himself with any negativity…any people that’s negative. He got a second chance at life I think he should make the best of it.”

P also lends more advice to Po, saying that sales are ailing in Hip-Hop and at Shyne’s age, he should broaden his horizons.

“Start associating himself with people that could help build his career outside of Hip-Hop because he’s getting older now and he’s got a real short time frame.  Hip-Hop’s at an all-time low right now to where he’s not really selling that many records. He should get into TV, other opportunities…he could utilize his celebrity status to get into something else…not just live for Hip-Hop.”

Miller is not one to hold his tongue and previously criticized Lil Wayne for not rooting for the Saints in the Super Bowl and for the endless streams of tattoos on his body.

Likewise, P was recently criticized himself by his brother C-Murder who’s currently serving a life sentence for murder and says he thinks P is sabotaging his chances of winning an appeal

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Dr. Dre has teamed up with Hewlett Packard to release the first laptop deigned for music.

The HP Envy is the new limited edition collaboration project that features the built in sound quality of Dr. Dre’s “Monster Beat” headphones.

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Young Money emcee Drake has once again found a way to end up in the news for his concert behavior.

As a part of his set Drake chose one lucky female fan to join him on stage as he romanced her in front of the crowd.

One lucky fan he brought onstage during his July 16^th concert in Ottawa, Canada may have thought she hit the jackpot, but ultimately ended up dissed.

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It seems like Drake is serious about returning to his first love, acting.

In an interview with Papers magazine, Drake revealed his dream role and how he is preparing for it right now, just in case.

“I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him. That’s the goal [laughs],” Drake said. “I watch all the addresses. Anytime I see him on TV, I don’t change the channel; I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m pretty good at impressions.”

In addition to talking about his dream role, Drake discusses why he is not going to just take any role.

“Slowly but surely.   I’m not in the study mode because nobody’s called me about anything, but I just pay attention so when the day comes I’m not scrambling to learn how to speak like him. I want to be involved in great film projects. I don’t want to do the basketball movie that everyone does. I don’t want to do the typical Black film that everyone expects. I think that I have enough experience to actually be involved in a real meaty [role].”

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Rapper/Actor Ice Cube shares his comments towards Lebron Jame’s decision to join the Heat.

The veteran west coast rapper Ice Cube recently blogged his feelings about Lebron James joining Chris Bosh and Dwayne Wade in South beach.

Being from the west coat could it be that Ice Cube is afraid of the new 3 headed monster in Miami? Since the announcement many entertainers have spoken on the new team including rappers like Rick Ross who has said

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Lil Kim gave a performance in Scottsdale, Arizona Saturday and shocked fans when she brought DMX onstage.

As previously reported, X was recently released from prison after serving 4 months of a 6 month sentence for probation violation.

The Queen Bee performed her hit “Money, Power, Respect” and brought Dark Man X out to spit his verse.

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50 Cent is doing what he does best again and creating another divide in New York Hip-Hop.

This time Fif is making Diddy his new prime target as the two have been having a war of words as of late.

As previously reported, Fif was quoted at a recent performance saying “F*ck Diddy” prompting Puff to subliminally respond to him after the BET awards saying,

“If you’re hating, you’re a sucka and your breath stinks… you know who I’m talking to you hatin’ a** crab!”

Well in his latest jab, Fif fired more shots at Puff during a concert in Brazil this weekend and had a little fun over Diddy’s “Hello Good Morning” before he spit his verse off the “Bitch (Remix).

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Fif stated,

“Hello, good morning, you like that s*it,” Fif asked the concertgoers.  Well the next time you see Puffy, tell him I said ‘N*gga don’t act like a b*tch..”

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Federal Panel Upholds Wesley Snipes Tax Sentence

Looks like Nino Brown is going to jail after all as actor Wesley Snipes lost his appeal against a three-year prison sentence on federal tax charges.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled that the judge properly sentenced Snipes.

Lawyers for Snipes argued that the sentence was “unreasonable” and that he should have been granted a hearing to decide whether his trial should have been held in New York instead of Florida.

Snipes was convicted by a jury in 2008 of three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file his income tax returns and has been out on bond since then.

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R&B singer The Dream has finally decided to open up about what led to his pending divorce from Christina Milian.

According to The Dream via his letter, the pictures of his alleged affair is not what caused the separation, but that there were marital problems going on for a while.

“I take FULL RESPONSIBILITY for misleading everyone into thinking everything was fine and okay,” The Dream wrote. “We knew problems existed for a while!”

The Dream states that part of the issues was that he “fell out of love” with the singer turned actress.

“I am Human and people fall in and out of Love all the time… This is Life.  Nothing’s promised or perfect, neither am I.  I am not proud that I lost something we once had…LOVE!” The Dream continued. “I’ve always been a Loving Father, Hard Worker, Generous, Stern and Eager to prove myself.  My faults are I can be irresponsible and an ass sometimes, but I HAVE NEVER and WILL NEVER be a malicious person or wish harm to anyone, especially those I love or the mother of my child. “

Making his marriage sound more like a championship game, The Dream has decided to put to rest any possible hope for reconciliation.

“I was just simply scared and embarrassed to let everyone know we WERE FAILING and HAVE NOW FAILED!”

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First I want to thank God for the trials of life, without them we can’t know purpose!

I would love to tell the truth as to why my relationship wasn’t successful, but today that is between me and Christina. Its easy to say that it’s because of another woman or a new relationship but truthfully, IT’S NOT.

I take FULL RESPONSIBILITY for misleading everyone into thinking everything was fine and okay when we knew problems existed for awhile! I wanted to speak up but we decided it wasn’t for anyone to know. I would NEVER intentionally hurt a soul and everyone around me knows that! There was so much going on in me and Christina’s personal world that I tried to deal with it as delicately as I could and tried to regain my footing. Instead of being direct in order not to cause even more hurt or hurt someone’s feelings, I carried the weight in secret!

I am Human and people fall in and out of Love all the time… This is Life.  Nothing’s promised or perfect, neither am I.  I am not proud that I lost something we once had…LOVE!  I’ve always been a Loving Father, Hard Worker, Generous, Stern and Eager to prove myself.  My faults are I can be irresponsible and an ass sometimes, but I HAVE NEVER and WILL NEVER be a malicious person or wish harm to anyone, especially those I love or the mother of my child.  I’m sorry for the embarrassment to everyone involved!  If there’s anyone to blame and you can’t fathom this happening, please blame me and me alone for not being upfront!  Even though we were trying to overcome personal things between us, I was just simply scared and embarrassed to let everyone know we WERE FAILING and HAVE NOW FAILED!

This is not to justify anything, it’s true emotion! It’s a real thing that involves real people!  I’ve cried about this for months, after interviews, after prayer and I’ve tried to take my own life at a point because of the failure that was looming.

But I was reminded by my MOTHER that I am not “Superman” and its okay to lose sometimes…

This too shall pass! And everything will be fine!

~ Terius Nash ~

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