The latest on The Game, Kanye West and the Mel Gibson conection, Swizz, Beyonce and Taboo's not guilty plea.

Game over
Father of two, The Game, has hinted that he may just be throwing in the towel on thr rap game after his third album. Born Jayceon Taylor the multi-platinum rapper who has been embroiled in an ongoing feud with former label boss 50 Cent has been reported to have said "I made my impact enough for my name to be said and remembered."He went on to say "right now I am taking a break from Hip-Hop and enjoying time with my family and my friends"The Game has two critically acclaimed albums to his name The Documentary(2005) and The Doctors Advocate(2007).
Kanye comparable to Mel Gibson
Well according to the Chicago rapper/super producer he is the 'Mel Gibson' of the recording industry. In a recent interview with MTV.Com West famed for tracks such as Gold Digger and Diamonds from Sierra Leone, believes the reason he fails to receive the awards he thinks he is worthy of is because like Gibson he is too outspoken.Perhaps when the rappers third album The Graduation is released, he may want to keep quiet to see is his 'conspiracy theory' is actually true. His third album has had its release date pushed forward and is expected to hit shelves now in August as opposed to September.

Swizz Beats recovering from illness
Notorious producer Swizz Beats is recovering from a sudden bout of viral meningitus.

Famed for extensive studio sessions which last for days the rapper collapsed after working in the studio for four days straight and was rushed to hospital. "I couldn't even get into my truck" he explained.

Thinking he was just suffering from exhaustion the rapper was then diagnosed with viral meningitis.

Swizz who is the brain behind tracks like Beyonces Upgrade You and Eves current chart hit Tamborine is now making a concious effort to take it easy. He and wife R&B singer Mashonnda have recently become parents to a little boy.

No kids for B just yet
The Princess of Music, Beyonce Knowles has mad it very clear to a French magazine that she is not planning on having kids for another ten years as her life "is just too busy" right now to accomodate children.

This however may come as a shock to her boyfriend of five years, rapper and President of Def Jam Records Jay Z. If he and B are to have children together he will be close to 50 when they start their quest for a family.

Beyonce has been out on a world tour over the last couple of months promoting her Birthday album. She has been however caught up in a copyright infringement battle with singer Des'ree over one of the songs on Beyonces second album. The singer and her label failed to achieve permission from the UK's Des'ree to use one of her songs on the platinum selling album.

Taboo pleads not guilty
Taboo, one quarter of the black eyed peas pleaded not guilty last week on drug charges stemming from a car accident in Industry, California in March of this year.

Born Jamie Luis Gomez, Taboo is charged with posession of marijuana while driving and posession of marijuana and if found guilty, he could be fined up to £100.

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