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[18] In 2006, Henchman and 50 Cent (Curtis Jackson) settled a lawsuit regarding a DVD that Czar Entertainment released about 50 Cent's namesake, Kelvin "50 Cent" Martin, in which interviews with Jackson were alleged to have been inappropriately used. In the settlement, a charity was created with funds going to support Martin and his children.
Common was born on March 13, 1972, at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. He is the son of educator and former principal of John Hope College Preparatory High School, Mahalia Ann Hines, and former ABA basketball player turned youth counselor Lonnie Lynn. [15]
N.W.A (an abbreviation for Niggaz Wit Attitudes, [5] [6] eye dialect for Niggas With Attitudes) was an American hip hop group formed in Compton, California.They were among the earliest and most significant popularizers and controversial figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, and the group is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of hip hop music.
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins Sr. [5] (born February 29, 1976), [1] better known by his stage name Ja Rule (/ dʒ ɑː r uː l /), is an American rapper, singer, and actor.Born and raised in New York City, Ja Rule became known as a leading figure in 2000s hip hop for his blending of gangsta rap with commercially-oriented pop sensibilities.
Karrine Steffans (born August 24, 1978 [1]), also known as Elisabeth Ovesen, [3] is an American author, most notably of the Vixen series of books. She has worked as an actress and as a video vixen, having appeared in more than 20 music videos.
Snoop also has a son from a relationship with Laurie Holmond, Julian Corrie Broadus (born 1998). He is the first cousin of NJPW professional wrestler Mercedes Moné , as well as the fellow 213 member Nathaniel Hale, known professionally as Nate Dogg , who died of congestive heart failure on March 15, 2011.
Shad Gregory Moss (born March 9, 1987), better known by his stage name Bow Wow (formerly Lil' Bow Wow), is an American rapper and actor. His career began upon being discovered by rapper Snoop Dogg in 1993 at the age of six; five years later, he signed with record producer Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings, an imprint of Columbia Records.
Her relationship with Def Jam ended when the company dropped her without warning after three and a half years. She found out when her landlord said that the company would no longer pay her rent. [8] Prior to the label dropping her, Rockafeller had been working on an album named Accidentally Gangster, [7] which was cancelled. [citation needed]