Rita Ora Addresses A$AP Rocky's Sexual Comments

Rita Ora sat down with HOT 97's Nessa and discussed her opinion on A$AP Rocky's single "Better Things," in which he makes sexual comments on the British singer-songwriter.
"I love what he does," Rita Ora says. "I like how, you know, he looks dope, whatever. But for me, it's not about me. It's about what people think they can get away with about speaking about women.
"I’m not looking at it like, ‘You’re upsetting me,' cos I don’t actually give a shit," Rita continues. "I really don't care what you got to say I got all this going on, like I got stuff going on in my own life. I got my own career to think about. Like you and me both know I care about my business more than anything. So, I actually don't care, you know what I'm saying? But I think about it, and I'm like, 'I don’t want people to think it’s OK to speak about women like that.'"
Hot 97's interviewer Nessa says that A$AP Rocky did later say his words were "tasteless."
"Oh he did?" Rita Ora says. "Oh I didn't pay no mind. I didn't look. That's nice. Still said it though, but that's nice.
"You want to apologize, you know where to find me," she adds.
For the last five years, Rita Ora says she cannot recall a time she was single. Now that she is, Ora says she feels fantastic and free.
"Don't get me wrong, even sometimes I'm like, 'Yo, am I gonna end up with like 10 cats? Am I gonna be that woman?'" she says with a laugh. "But then I think, 'No, you know, at this time it's just not mean to be.' Accept that, be happy with who we have, what we are, and I'm not trying to preach but I'm kind of saying this so I can hear myself say it, too. It's one of those things, man. [Relationships] don't mean everything."
Rita Ora's music video for "Body On Me" featuring Chris Brown is scheduled to be released August 21.

Busta Rhymes Being Investigated For Incident At BET Awards

Busta Rhymes is being investigated by police for threatening to slap fans at a BET Awards event, TMZ reports.
Busta allegedly was upset after a woman bumped into him while dancing. When she and her friend, Kim Simpson, started taking pictures with Flavor of Love co-star Deelishis, the rapper was agitated again and charged at a group of people.
"Don’t make me slap you," he said.
Simpson filed the police report and law enforcement is seeking to interview Rhymes about the incident.
Busta was arrested last week for throwing a protein drink at a man while at the gym

Jay Z & Timbaland To Testify In "Big Pimpin" Lawsuit

Court documents were filed yesterday (August 10) in the lawsuit over the rights to the sample in Jay Z's song "Big Pimpin'." In the documents, both Jay Z and Timbaland are scheduled to testify in the case, which goes to trial October 13, Billboard reports. Timbaland produced the song.
Osama Ahmed Fahmy filed the lawsuit in 2007 against Jay Z, Timbaland and outlets who used the song for promotional purposes. Fahmy is the nephew of Baligh Hamdy, who composed "Khosara, Khosara," which was identified as the track sampled in "Big Pimpin'."
When the song was released in 1999 on Jay Z's Vol. 3 ... Life and Times of S. Carter, Timbaland paid $100,000 to clear the sample with EMI Music, who said it owned the rights to the song via a deal with an Egyptian company in conjunction with an agreement from Hamdy's family.
Fahmy says that because the artists did not get the consent from the author of the original song through his family according to Egyptian law, any use of the song would be unauthorized.
"The evidence will also show that the defendants did not obtain the consent of the author or his heirs to introduce modifications in or additions to 'Khosara Khosara,'" the plaintiff statement reads. "Therefore, any license to economically exploit 'Khosara Khosara' in 'Big Pimpin'' would be null and void."
Jay Z, Timbaland and the defendants state that the use of cultural customs does not apply to United States law and that they used the sample legally.
"Throughout the course of this litigation, Plaintiff has consistently tried to make this a case about so-called 'moral rights,'" the statement reads, "complaining for example that under Egyptian law, authors and their heirs can always refuse to permit use of a composition in manners deemed to be 'objectionable,' regardless of whether they previously gave up all of their economic rights in connection therewith. This Court, however, already has properly determined that moral rights have no application in the United States, and cannot support Plaintiff’s copyright infringement claims."

Master P Weighs In On Lil Wayne & Birdman Beef

Master P says that he hopes Lil Wayne and Birdman can make amends.
"The advice I give Lil Wayne and Birdman is that y'all made money together," he says to HipHopWired. "Y'all family. You guys shouldn't be at each other like that. Both these guys could go and be successful."
Master P, who like Lil Wayne and Birdman is from New Orleans, has high praise for the pair. He says that they shouldn't give people what is expected.
"I think what Birdman built is a great brand," he says. "Lil Wayne is a hell of a talent. That's what people wanna see. They wanna see us going at each other. They wanna see us killing each other. I feel like I think they could work it out. I feel like whatever it is, even if y'all gotta go your separate ways, I think y'all should go in peace."
Birdman and Young Thug are implicated in a conspiracy to kill Lil Wayne.
In December, Lil Wayne said he wanted off Cash Money Records and then filed a lawsuit against Birdman and the label.

50 Cent Says Cars & Jewelry Are Not His During Sex Tape Court Appearance

50 Cent testified in court today (July 21) and described his finances to a jury who will decide if he has to pay punitive damages to Lastonia Leviston for posting a sex tape of her, Page Six reports.
50 says that the cars and jewelry that he displays in social media are not his.
"It’s like music videos," he says. "They say action and you see all these fancy cars but everything goes back to the dealership."
The rapper says that he owns three gold chains and wears a plastic Casio G-Shock watch, not a diamond-studded Rolex.
"The Hip Hop culture is aspirational," he says.
50 Cent says that his net worth is around $4.4 million, not $155 million as Forbes reports.
He admitted that he owns a 21-bedroom home on 17 acres in Connecticut and that he receives six digits for various appearances.
The report says that 50 apologized to Leviston, who was seated in the crowd. He says that the competitive nature of the Rap game caused him to post the tape of her. Leviston has a child with Rick Ross.
"I’m sorry if you feel like I hurt you," 50 Cent says.
50 was supposedly all smiles as he gave his report to the jury, which consists of four women and two men.
"You gotta smile when you’re in a public situation," he says. "If you’re crying they’re just having more fun with you."
(The most recent article in this thread was published July 10 and is as follows.)

A jury decided today (July 10) that 50 Cent must pay $5 million to Lastonia Leviston for posting a sex tape of her, Daily News reports.
The rapper must pay damages to Leviston, who has a daughter with Rick Ross, for two counts. The first is for violating her civil rights by posting an image of her without her permission. The second is for intentional affliction of emotional distress. Each count is $2.5 million.
50 Cent was not present at the trial or the verdict.
(The original article in this thread was published on June 17 and is as follows.)
Rick Ross’ baby mother, Lastonia Leviston appeared in a New York City court earlier this week to speak on the personal damage, which resulted from rapper 50 Cent allegedly putting a sex tape featuring the woman on his website.
Leviston is currently suing 50 Cent over the release of the sex tape, which the Queens, New York lyricist says he did not make public.
According to XXLMag.com, during her appearance in court on June 15, Leviston stated that the release of the video caused her emotional damage.
Additionally, Leviston’s lawyer, Philip Freidin informed jurors that 50 Cent gained a great deal from the release of the sex tape on his website. According to Freidin, the video brought extra traffic to a site where the rapper sold merchandise, concert tickets, and music.
It was previously reported that the sex tape brought in over 3 million views on YouTube.
50 Cent’s lawyer, James Renard attempted to denounce Leviston’s claims in courts, stating that “Her life is better because she filed this lawsuit against Rick Ross’ rival.”
In addition to Leviston’s lawsuit against 50 Cent, 50 is suing Rick Ross. According to the rapper, the Maybach Music Group founder is the one responsible for the sex tape leak.

Police Going After Rihanna's Stalker After Death Threats

Rihanna‘s alleged stalker has decided to make his obsession public by posting stuff online about killing the singer and even posted a selfie of him outside her house, but the LAPD are now going after him via his online accounts. According to TMZ, after Rihanna got a scary gun threat on social media, she decided it was time to track this creep down electronically through his phone, computer, and his social media accounts.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … LAPD will scour the records of someone who goes by Alex Mercer and Ralph Alexander on Twitter and Yahoo. We’re told the guy posted a selfie of himself on April 30 outside Rihanna‘s former home. The next day, he tweeted … “Should of killed @rihanna a minute back I would be good right now. Sorcery is a weapon I use guns, bout to get a gun license, can’t use my hands.”

Tyga Sued For Starting New Clothing Line

Tyga is being sued by a lady who claims he stole her concept for a clothing company and started his own. According to report, Tyga and Chuon Guen Lee created the Last Kings clothing line in January of 2013, and she says he was suppose to promote the line and get it in to a popular store called Tilly’s. Lee is now saying the rapper didn’t do what he promised, and he even ran off and got another partner to start another clothing line with a very similar name called Egypt Kings!?
Lee is suing Tyga and his new partner for $1.6 million, plus damages.