In today’s Daily Rap Tupac’s mother is named in a lawsuit, Tameka Foster returns home, Lil Wayne’s rock debut is pushed back and Rick Ross calls on hip-hop’s finest.
Tupac Shakur
Tupac’s Mother Named in Lawsuit
Afeni Shakur, the mother of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, has been named in a lawsuit brought against her by a Hollywood Production company who claim she signed a contract with them to work on a biopic movie about the rapper.
Famed production house Morgan Creek, known for movies such as Ace Ventura Pet Detective imply in the suit that Ms. Shakur who controls her late sons estate has baked out of a contract which would have seen the company produce a movie about the life and death of the rapper.
Legal reps for the Shakur estate have gone on the record and said that they will in fact be suing Morgan Creek for damaging the possibility of any other Hollywood heavy weight coming on board to re-create the life of Tupac due to this fabricated story of a deal which never existed. No comment was made by Morgan Creek in regards to the allegations.
Tameka Returns Home
The wife of Usher, Tameka Foster-Raymond has been discharged from a Brazilian hospital after she suffered a cardiac arrest stemming from plastic surgery two weeks ago.
The Mother of five was having a generic procedure, when she began having problems, doctors then proceeded to put Ms. Raymond into a coma which is the norm when something like this is to happen.
Usher who was in Los Angeles to attend the Clive Davies pre Grammy party and the 51st Grammy Awards fled LA to be at his wife’s bedside.
Lil Wayne Rock Debut Pushed Back
For all those Lil Wayne fans desperate to hear their idols rock debut it will be May before the rappers Rebirth album hits the shelves.
Wayne who grabbed himself four out of eight Grammies the other night in Los Angeles will deliver to fans and critics the highly anticipated project on May 19th.
The album which is tipped to feature a collaboration with Limp Bizkit who have just returned from an eight year music hiatus is also expected to feature production from Kanye West and Cool and Dre.
The first video from the project for Prom Queen which garnered mixed reviews is expected in the up and coming weeks.
Rick Ross Calls on the Best
With a serious battle in progress with 50 Cent, Miami rapper Rick Ross has rounded up a powerful list of Hip-Hop and R&B royalty to accompany him on his latest Hip-Hop offering.
Joining forces with Nas, Mary J Blige and Lil Wayne on his up and coming third album Deeper Than Rap. The album which is the first from the rapper since he parted ways with Slip N Slide will be released through his own label Maybach Music and Def Jam and is scheduled for a March 24th release date.
The first single from the album, Magnificent featuring John Legend, has not been quite as successful as the rappers previous projects, but this has been put down to the ongoing feud with 50 Cent which has amassed extensive media coverage over the last month.
Melanie Cornish