The rumored collaboration between Chamillionaire and 50 Cent has been officially confirmed.

"I bumped into 50 in NY a couple of weeks ago, and he hollered at me and said he wanted to do some stuff, next day Sha Money hit me up and put me on some records," explained Cham.

Chicago bred rapper Twista and his management team have reportedly been sued by a man who claims he was seriously injured after a 2004 tour bus accident.

The accident killed Twista’s security guard Arthur Dixon, the son of legendary blues singer Willie Dixon, and injured five others.

Ludacris, along with fellow DTP members Bobby Valentino and Shareefa recently gave a performance that will be available exclusively to Cingular Wireless customers.

The concert, which was held yesterday (August 30) at the Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC, is part of the Cingular Sounds Live concert series. The series is developed specifically to provide mobile content for Cingular customers and is made available through their on-demand streaming video service, Cingular Video. "Advanced technology has found a new way to break through to the audience, and DTP is proud to be doing this live concert for the Cingular audience," Ludacris said.

Artist: T.I.
Song: Live In The Sky
Featurings: Jamie Foxx
Album: King
Ripped By: Ramvideos

DJ LRM - Dirty Thirty

The Duck Down
Always having the hip-hop mixtape game on Open Lock is definitely DJ L’s thing. You can’t deny it. At least that’s L’s story. We’re with him on that one.
Probably putting out a new hip-hop mixtape every 2 weeks, L always has his finger on the pulse of hip-hop. This mixtape is no different, keeping an ear to the street with all-new hip-hop from coast to coast.
This mixtape is heavy on the beat-thievery (MAD FREESTYLES!) and heavy on the potency. Featuring new joints from Cassidy, 50 Cent, Jadakiss, Method Man & ODB, Fabolous, The Game & Lil’ Wayne, Hell Rell, Sheek, Freeway, Ransom, Noreaga and more.

R&B vocalist Mya will return on Nov. 14 with her first album for Universal Motown, "Liberation." In addition to first single "Ayo" featuring DJ Kool, the set includes "I Got That" featuring the Game, the Scott Storch-produced "Lock U Down" and the Kwame-produced "I Am."

Mya drew inspiration for the album by leaving Los Angeles and moving back to Washington, D.C., where she spent her formative years. "I just knew that I had to get back to my roots and rediscover what had made me excited in the first place," she says.

An official release date for Styles P’s long-delayed sophomore album, Time Is Money, has been confirmed.

According to an Interscope representative, Time Is Money, will now hit stores on October 17th.

My Ghetto Report Card, the 12th album from Bay Area slang legend, rapper E-40, has been certified gold.

The album, which was released in March, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s r&b/hip-hop and rap charts, thanks to its preceding single "Tell Me When 2 Go", and continued to gain momentum with the second single "U And Dat".

Dem Franchize Boyz member Parlae, and six others appeared in a Fulton County courtroom yesterday for a plea hearing, only to have their charges reduced.

Yesterday, August 28th Parlae appeared before Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore at his plea hearing, which had previously been rescheduled from an earlier date. When the defendants’ charges were read they had been reduced from drug trafficking to the charge of possession with the intent to distribute.

Word is Peedi Peedi of State Property may become the newest member of the legendary Roots crew.

?uestlove recently revealed that they offered Peedi (formely known as Peedi Crack) the opportunity to join the group and that the Philadelphia emcee accepted it. The funky drummer shared that he’s looking into finance and structure to determine whether or not Peedi could become a Root for the year. Peedi collaborated with the Roots on Game Theory’s "Long Time." While the union is in the works, Peedi isn’t an official member just yet.

Houston-bred rapper Mike Jones (Who? Mike Jones!) preps to begin production on his debut project, American Dream, via his newly created film production company of the same name.

The multi-platinum selling rapper is set to start production on the film, which is co-executive produced by Asylum Records and Warner Bros. Records and will chronicle Mike’s real life rise to fame as an aspiring rapper from the streets who finds his path in life through music, in his Texas hometown from August 28th – September 15th.

Despite his surpassing interest these days in old-time music, Bob Dylan is undoubtedly living in ‘Modern Times,’ as the title of his new album suggests.

So how does it fee-el… to join such Dylan inspirations as Woody Guthrie, "Hurricane" Carter and the Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands? Keys says she’s flabbergasted.

Talk about bad timing. At the start of a media blitz to support her new album, "A Public Affair," Jessica Simpson is on vocal rest.

"It is true that she has indeed lost her voice," Simpson’s publicist, Rob Shuter, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. "She’s been ordered to rest. … She can talk, she can croak out a few sentences. She sounds a little off, but, you know, she can’t sing."

DJ Mello - Rise of a Hustla  

Who would have thought all these people would turn out to see Diddy’s former umbrella carrier? Sean Paul, Snoop Dogg and hundreds of music fans did just that Sunday night (Aug. 27) at Hollywood’s Cabana Club to witness Fonzworth Bentley performas a solo hip hop artist.

Bentley (ne Derek Watkins), who signed with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. music label, a joint venture with Sony Music, plans on releasing his debut album, C.O.L.O.U.R.S., an acronym for “Cool Outrageous Lovers of Uniquely Raw Style,” says Bentley, early 2007.

Rapper Fat Joe has signed with Virgin Records, less than a month after confirming to Billboard he had left longtime home Atlantic. The artist will crown the new deal tomorrow (Aug. 31) with a performance during a Virgin-hosted after-party for the MTV Video Music Awards in New York.

Fat Joe had previously announced that he would release his next album, "Me, Myself & I," independently on Oct. 17 via his own Terror Squad imprint, but it is unclear at deadline if the street date will be affected. A video was recently shot for first single "No Drama."

Artist: Dr. Dre
Song: Lil’ Ghetto Boy
Featurings: Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg
Album: The Chronic
Ripped By: Dgr8baller

Fasten Your Lap Belt
A couple years ago, the pairing of movie mogul Samuel L. Jackson and mixtape monster 50 Cent was unlikely, if not impossible. L had said he wouldn’t work with Fif on Get Rich Or Die Trying because he had an aversion to rapper-actors. Two years later the two have settled their difference, says the recent announcement that the two will star in an upcoming movie together. Along with DJ Whoo Kid, Samuel L. and 50 announce their upcoming project Home Of The Brave and spin the latest hip-hop from 50 Cent & G-Unit, Mase, Stat Quo, Prodigy & Nyce, Beenie Man, Ali Vegas, Akon, Hot Rod and more. As a special bonus, POW! Radio, vol. 3 receives a surprise visit from pin-up model Meagan Good.

J Armz - Hitman Pt. 13

Some Ghostly ’16’s
Not afraid of ghosts, DJ Trigga lands on The Mix Unit with this collection of nearly 40 freestyles from ‘The Ghost’ Styles P. Featuring 41 tracks in all, this strictly-Styles P mixtape features the finest 16’s and beat-jacking’s from the Yonkers veteran and D-Block representative. Count ‘em if you’d like — this mixtape features 39 new, rare and classic freestyles from Styles P, notated below by the name of the instrumental.

Jim Jones - Capo Status (By Trigga)

The Best of Three 6 Mafia (By Trigga)

Artist: The Pack
Song: Vans
Album: Pack
Ripped By: Ramvideos

SRC/Universal artist and world-wide phenomenon Akon is readying his much anticipated follow-up to his multi- platinum epic smash CD Trouble. The new disc titled Konvicted is scheduled to hit stores on December 12th. The first single, "Smack That," from the album, features none other than hip-hop icon, Eminem. The video for the new song, considered by many to be one of the hottest releases of the fall, is helmed by revered video director Benny Boom. Other guests on the new album include Snoop Dogg and Styles P.

Last night, I was in Encore studios in LA with the Game, Black Wall st, and DJ Skee. Last night, I heard one of the most anticipated albums of the year! Does Game have that crack music? Does he really rep for the West? Can he do it again without 50? Is Dre on the album? This is what the street is asking, this what the fans are asking, Dj’s and Journalists are itching to cast their judgement.

‘One Blood’ is the street single, and is killing the streets in the UK and the US, but this isnt s@*t compared to the album. The album isnt mixed yet, he’s still adding vocals and we were listening to the tracks of the pro-tools files. I havent got the track titles, this isnt the order that they will appear on the album, but it went something like this when I hear them:

Worldwilde Legacy & Superstar Jay Present Jay-Z: "I Never Retired"

My Favorite R&B
Mixed and arranged by the most Famous dee jay in the R&B game, DJ Famous puts his Sexual Affairs series in motion for the 29th time, giving you another dose of the game’s sexiest R&B .
Grab ya favorite girl and curl up with this mixtape. With new records from a mix of R&B’s favorites and newcomers, this mixtape features new slow jams, remixes and sexy R&B from Neyo, Rihanna, Letoya, Mary J Blige, Marques Houston. Jamie Foxx, The Isley Brothers, Jagged Edge and more.

Artist: Snoop Dogg
Song: Murder Was the Case
Featurings: None
Album: Doggy Style
Ripped By: KobraVideos

Rappers On The Verge
You’ve probably seen his name in the pages of your XXL Magazine. As an in-house writer for the popular hip-hop magazine, DJ Rhude knows a thing or two about the game. So with his latest mixtape, We Got Now, which presents hip-hop brightest talents, Rhude is letting you know who’s really bubbling in the game. With co-signs from mixtape heavyweights Jae Millz, J-Hood, Red Cafe, Maino and Sam Scarfo, this mixtape is a demonstration of what’s to come. This mixtape has 39 tracks & freestyles featuring Saigon, Papoose, Jae Millz, Grafh, Cory Gunz, Ransom, Red Cafe, Termanology, Stimuli, Wiz Khalifa, Smitty and others.