In todays Hip Hop news sheet catch the latest from Jay-Z in Vegas, Ja Rule and 50 Cents response to the legal threat against him and Lil' Kim

Jay Z hits Vegas
Rapper and CEO Shawn Carter, AKA Jay Z is adding another 40/40 Sports Bar to his list. This one will be opening in the City of Sin, Las Vegas. The $20 million dollar project will be part of the Palazzo Casino Hotel which has 3,000 rooms.The first 40/40 establishment was launched in New York City in 2003 and another was opened in Atlantic City two years later. There are plans to open another 40/40 in Tokyo next year.
Ja Rule gets on the wrong side of G.L.A.D
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has lashed out at comments made by former rapper Ja Rule born Jeffrey Atkins. Ja Rule who lost momentum in his career after being lyrically slaughtered by Curtis Jackson, 50 Cent has recently lashed out at the gay community in a recent interview with Complex magazine when questioned about the misogyny which Hip-Hop portrays.Atkins avoided the question by attacking TV shows which condone gay lifestyles. GLAD had this to say in response to his outburst."No fair-minded person can look at Ja Rule's interview with Complex magazine and believe for one second that his children could be more harmed by what they might see on television than by the vulgarity and prejudice that comes out of their father's mouth. Now that media have seen Ja Rule's intolerance unmasked by his own words, they have a responsibility not to provide in the future a platform for his ugly, vulgar displays of prejudice."
50 Cent and Lil Kim sued over Magic Stick
The man behind the beat for Magic Stick, the track featuring Lil Kim and 50 Cent which featured on Lil Kims Bella Mafia album in 2003 is suing the artists and their labels for failure to pay royalties to Carlos "Phantom of the Beats" Evans after the song went onto amass sales of over 2 million.

Representatives for 50 Cent have stated that the reason royalties were not paid out was due to a sample in the track that permission had to be granted for. He also assured that Evans will receive any royalties owed to him once Atlantic who released the album iron out the issues with the sample.

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