The Game

The Game

The Game Joins Wayne Onstage After Canadian Deportation

Rapper The Game celebrated his return to Los Angeles by hitting the stage with Lil Wayne on Friday (22Apr11) after he was deported by Canadian immigration officials.

The Dreams hitmaker, real name Jayceon Taylor, was due to perform a string of concerts across Canada last week (begs18Apr11), but had to cancel the tour when he was refused entry and detained by border authorities upon landing on a flight from California.

According to show promoters at Substance Entertainment Group, The Game was banned from entering Canada due to his alleged affiliation with notorious L.A. gang The Bloods.

The hip-hop star took to Twitter.com to protest his detainment when the incident first occurred on Wednesday (20Apr11), claiming he could be locked up for up to 14 days.

But he was released within days and logged back on to Twitter on Saturday (23Apr11) after his surprise performance at Wayne's concert at the Staples Center.

He wrote, "Happy to be home !!! S/O (shout out) to (Wayne) for lettin a n**ga rock out."

And The Game briefly addressed the Canadian controversy by insisting there "aint (sic) no love lost".

Rapper Cudi Launches Own Label

Rapper Kid Cudi has formed his own record label, almost two months after dumping his management team and relaunching himself as an independent artist.

The Day 'N Nite hitmaker parted ways with record company bosses at Dream On in March (11) and ditched managers Patrick Reynolds and Emile Haynie over creative differences.

He has now unveiled plans for Wicked Awesome Records, but that's not the only change in Cudi's career - the hip-hop star has also altered his band's name from Wizard to 2 Be Continuum.

Flavor Flav Pulls Name From Iowa Fried Chicken Restaurant

Hip-Hop Veteran Flavor Flav is withdrawing his name from his troubled fast food restaurant in Iowa after accusing his business partner of bad management.

The Public Enemy star launched Flav's Fried Chicken in January (11) with Nick Cimino, but the venture hit headlines earlier this month (Apr11) when a number of employees claimed their pay cheques had bounced.

Flavor Flav dismissed the allegations, blaming disgrunted former staff members for spreading false rumors, but now the rapper has pulled out of the business deal altogether.

He tells TMZ.com, "I had a licensing agreement with Nick Cimino and that's all we had. It was his business to run from there and the business was not run right."

And the star reveals the final straw came when he paid a visit to the chicken joint and was disgusted by what he found in the kitchen.

He says, "Let me be straight up with you, I went up inside there on April 2 and I found potato salad that expired on February 28. And it's then when I realized I can't do business with this man and I really hope no one ate those potatoes."

But Flav isn't giving up on the catering business - he's secured a deal to open Flavor Flav's House of Flavor in Las Vegas next month (May11). The venue will feature a restaurant, a bar, a studio and a stage for live performances.