Lil Wayne was named lyricist of the year and Russell Simmons was honored as a hip-hop icon at this year's BET Hip-Hop Awards taped on Saturday (Oct. 18th) in Atlanta. The New Orleans rapper, who was nominated for 12 awards, was also named MVP of the Year and the Alltel Wireless People's Champ at the ceremony, which was hosted by T-Pain instead of scheduled host, comedian Katt Williams.
The show featured a hip-hop matriarch medley that included MC Lyte, Yo-Yo, Salt-n-Pepa. DJ Kha...
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According to The New York Post, Brookland Media filed a $2.5 lawsuit against
lil Kim last week. The upstart label was founded by the production duo Jean-Claude "Poke" Olivier and Samuel "Tone" Barnes, collectively known as the Trackmasters. Papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court states that Brookland spent $240,000 to produce eight songs and it paid $200,000 to get Kim released from her previous contract with Atlantic Records.
"We think they're wonderful people and we expect to...
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