EVERYDAY HE’S…CUFFIN’ THEM?

There have been rumors circulating that Rick Ross used to be a Correctional Officer, a picture even surfaced on the web showing a younger, beardless Ross. Check it out…

 

Rick Ross denied those rumors claiming it was photo-shopped. "My life is 100% real. These online hackers putting a picture of my face when I was a teenager in high school on other peoples’ body. If this s**t was real don’t you think they would have more specifics, like dates and everything?"

TIMBO AND JAY BACK AT IT

In an interview with MTV, Timbaland revealed that Jay-Z asked him to produce his entire next album. No date yet on when they'll start working on an album but regarding Jay-Z dropping albums Timbo said, "Jay should never chill. We had a long talk, and I really talked to him. Jay-Z does it for the love. That's different. When somebody does it for the love, you don't stop. He has everything, but he's still current. A million people are buying his album regardless."

RIHANNA’S RE-RELEASE SELLS MORE THAN G-UNIT!!!

Lil Wayne came out on top again this past week selling 124,676 copies of Tha Carter III (total of 1,806,562). After a very disappointing first week, G-Unit dropped 64% in sales moving 36,348 units (total of 138,150). Even Rihanna's re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad sold more than 50 Cent’s crew with 47,117. Three 6 Mafia is still doing solid numbers in their third week with 24,291 units moved (total of 138,404).

DIDDY CAN’T STOP…WON’T STOP BEING ON TV

Diddy will premier a new reality television program on VH1 next month titled "I Want to Work for Diddy." The program will feature thirteen contestants competing against each other in a series of challenges to become the next Fonzworth Bentley. According to VH1, the challenges will be based on the real-life experiences of Diddy's previous assistants. The series is set to premier Monday, August 4th at 9PM EST.

50 CENT GETS VISITATION RIGHTS

50 Cent was back in court this week in an effort to gain permission to see his 12-year-old son, Marquise. Before the judge granted him permission 50 was required to take a drug test, which he successfully passed. "I haven't seen my son in a while. That's why I came here today," explained 50. According to reports, 50 will be granted an unrestricted visit to his son from August 3-12. This recent legal battle comes on the heels of last month's $20 million defamation lawsuit that 50 filed against his ex, Shaniqua Tompkins. The defamation lawsuit is still pending.

YOUNG BUCK VS. TONY YAYO

Tony Yayo expressed wanting to fight Young Buck, and Buck had no problem with that. "As far as Yayo talking about he wanna fight, I’ll do it" Young Buck said. "I’ll do it off of real n**** s**t. I swear on my child’s life. If they line this s**t up, where me and that n**** can go in a ring, we can put that s**t on VH1. We can make that s**t real life. I’ll have Floyd Mayweather training me. I’ll knock that n****’s fat, flabby, old non-rappin’ ass out."