Sean Combs
In today’s Daily Rap, young Biggie Smalls plans a rap career, there is trouble at Rock the Bells, Diddy re-brands and fat Joe defends himself.
Young Biggie Smalls Views Rap Career
Following in the foot steps of his late father, Christopher Wallace Jnr - who played his father in the recent movie Notorious - is embarking on a career in rap.
Christopher has been working with his father’s friend and label boss Sean Combs in developing his skills as a lyricist and a mixtape is expected from him very soon.
Christopher Wallace Junior is the second child of the Notorious BIG who was shot dead in 1997 in Los Angeles, he resides with his mother, R&B singer Faith Evans in California.
Trouble at Rock the Bells
An ongoing feud between rapper Joe Budden and the Wu Tang Clan came to a climax this past weekend at the Rock the Bells event in Los Angeles this past weekend.
Budden who had made remarks about Method Man and Inspecktah Deck, members of the Staten Island collective was allegedly punched by someone from Wu member, Raekwon’s entourage backstage.
Budden was quick to explain that it wasn’t Raekwon who punched him like various media sources reported however the incident was enough to cut appearances at the legendary Rock the Bells concert short.
Also performing was Nas, M.O.P and Slaughterhouse, the group which Joe Buddens is a member of.
Diddy Re-Brands
After an award winning tenure in the fashion business, New York mogul, Sean Combs is taking some time to re-brand his clothing line Sean John, changing the image and the logo of the multi million dollar fashion house.
The company which was established in 1998 by the rapper/producer was initially a sports clothing line whose sales soared and encouraged a rapid expansion to both casual wear and a couture line. Last year the company exceeded $125 million dollars in revenue.
Fat Joe Defends himself
In an ongoing feud between Terror Squad head honcho and the wife of the late Big Pun who died from a heart attack in 1999, Fat Joe finally spoke out about the financial issues surrounding the Bronx rappers later widow.
Calling into a NY radio station, Fat Joe explained the situation between himself and Liza Rios who has, on many times, accused Fat Joe of failing to take care of her and her family since her husbands passing.
Rios has since the death of Pun, the first Latino rapper to sell over a million records with one album, cited him as an animal and even posted a video of him assaulting her on the internet which has angered Fat Joe, who allegedly gave her the money to set herself up in business when Pun died.
"How could expect to live off of Big Pun's name, being his wife, and you putting out DVDs of him pistol whipping you and you calling him an animal, calling him a beast. This is the problem I have with Liza Rios. At the same time she's saying 'I'm Pun's wife, take care of me,' she's basically disrespecting his legacy.' "
Fat Joe and Big Pun were the founding members of the Bronx crew, Terror Squad which Fat Joe now heads up.
Melanie Cornish