Suge Knight remained in the headlines this week with news that he fired one of his lawyers at his most recent court appearance for a robbery charge stemming from a September incident in which he robbed a photographer of her camera. Elsewhere, 50 Cent took a shot at Young Thug as the Atlanta rapper preps the release of his Lil Wayne-inspired Carter 6 release.
Last weekend Plies was body-slammed at a concert and Run The Jewels rapper Killer Mike responds to Kendrick Lamar’s kind words about him on the Compton rapper’s new album.
“Help Bail Out Suge Knight” Fund Launched
A Suge Knight advocate created a campaign via GoFundMe to help bail the Death Row Records founder out of prison earlier this year.
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The “Help Bail Out Suge Knight Fund” was created by KJ Simpson on January 31, two days after Knight was involved in a hit-and-run that left one man dead and another injured in Compton, California.
“Suge is in Lockup for a simple misunderstanding,” the site says. “Please help put together the $202,500 to help get him out. If we fall short we will just put the money on his books. please help.”
Read the full story on HipHopDX here.
50 Cent Addresses Young Thug “No Homo” Tweet
50 Cent took aim at Young Thug for some of his social media activity early this week.
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The G-Unit founder took to Instagram to repost a Twitter comment he made about the Cash Money artist.
“No homo we smoking penises!!!!!” Young Thug posted to his Twitter Account.
“What the fu*k !!!, he on that puffy juice LOL. #EFFENVODKA #FRIGO #SMSAUDIO,” 50 Cent responded.
The “puffy juice” refers to the Puff Daddy-endorsed brand Ciroc vodka. 50 uses the opportunity to plug the vodka which he endorses, Effen.
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Read the full story on HipHopDX here.
Young Thug Leaks Tracks From Tha Carter 6
While his beef with Lil Wayne worsens, Young Thug is moving ahead with the release of his new project, the not-so originally-titled Carter 6.
Earlier this week Young Thug shared the album artwork and leaked two songs from the project called “Beat It” and “Halftime.”
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Listen to the songs and read up on Young Thug’s latest here.
Additional News Stories: Plies, Killer Mike, Fetty Wap
– Plies Body Slammed At Concert
– Killer Mike Reacts To Kendrick Lamar’s “Hood Politics” Lyric
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– Fetty Wap Reveals The Real Reason He Lost His Eye
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