T.I.
In today’s Daily Rap we see TI to pay more child support, Master P launches mentorship program, DMX claims he is innocent and The Clipse Link with Rick Rubin.
TI to Pay More
A court has ruled in favor of the mother of TI’s eldest two children LaShon Dixon to increase her child support payments to $5,000 a month.
The rapper and Dixon had appeared in court last year when $3,000 had been agreed but an Atlanta Judge confirmed a new amount yesterday.
The rapper who will be starting a one year prison sentence next year is also responsible for the boys medical bills and half the costs of any extra curricular activities they partake in.
Master P launches Mentorship Program
New Orleans rapper and entrepreneur Master P has launched yet another aspect of his multi million dollar empire.
Having heavily involved himself in community and youth awareness over the last five years, P who now goes by his given name of Percy Miller recently launched his P. Miller Mentorship Program.
Here the mogul will talk about the obstacles he has faced growing up and getting to where he is now, hoping that it will inspire kids that utilize the program.
DMX Claims he is innocent
As we reported yesterday, rapper DMX who was said to have assaulted an officer while serving a ninety day sentence in the infamous Tent City Prison in Arizona, is now pleading his innocence.
The rapper told gossip site TMZ in a telephone interview that he did not ‘physically touch or hit an officer’ and went on to say that the breaking news was ‘just another attempt to destroy his credibility.’
It has been reported however in a local paper that the rapper in fact threw a tray of food in the direction of an officer when the rapper had attempted to take a plate of regular food as opposed to the bread and water he had been ordered to take due to insubordination earlier in the month.
Even though DMX born Earl Simmons failed to touch the Officer with his hands, the Phoenix authorities consider throwing a tray as assault thus increasing the possibility of lengthening DMX’s sentence.
The Clipse Link with Rick Rubin
Famed for working with bands such as Run DMC, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Jay Z, Rick Rubin the co-Chair of Columbia Records has been hard at work with Virgina based brothers The Clipse on their third album.
Til the Casket Drops which is slated for a late summer release is the third album from the duo who spent two years unable to release music due to label indifferences were brought to Columbia by Rubin personally when he took his job as co-Chair in 2007.
The trio are said to be working in a Malibu studio with plans of recording three tracks for the album, one of which is already completed.
Melanie Cornish