Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz To Mentor New York University Students
Swizz Beatz has been named the first Producer in Residence at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
The rap producer, who is married to Alicia Keys, will guide the students at the Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music through lectures, mentoring and one-on-one sessions during the upcoming academic year.
He says, "I'm excited to be able to take my many years of experience in the music business and use it as an example to instruct students, "The invitation is humbling and I'm honoured."
The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music provides students with professional business and artistic training for success in the music industry.
Knight's Legal Battle With West Dismissed
Hip-hop mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight has lost his long running legal battle with Kanye West over a shooting at a Florida nightclub in 2005.
Knight sued the Stronger hitmaker over allegations he was shot in the leg during a robbery at a party hosted by the star in Miami Beach five years ago.
He claimed West was responsible for the incident because he should have increased security at the venue to stop a gun being smuggled in, and demanded more than $1 million (£666,000) in damages.
A judge in Miami threw out the lawsuit on Thursday (04Nov10) after concluding there was not enough evidence to prove the shooting could have been prevented.
Lil Wayne Honours Huddy 6
Lil Wayne has paid tribute to his rapper pal Huddy 6, who was killed in a car crash while the Lollipop hitmaker was behind bars.
The hip-hop star was released from New York's Rikers Island jail on Thursday morning (04Nov10) and taken to a safe house, where he was reunited with loved ones.
But his first day of freedom was tinged with sadness - because he couldn't celebrate with Huddy 6, who was involved in a fatal traffic accident in October (10).
Lil Wayne took a moment to reach out to fans on Twitter.com and to honour his friend, real name Andre Hudson.
In a post on the site, Lil Wayne writes, "Aaaaaaahhhhhhmmmmm baaaaakkkkkkkkkk (I'm back). With the family... perfekto (sic)... R.I.P. Huddy6... Harlem stand up!"