Self-proclaimed “boss”, Miami rapper Rick Ross has admitted he once held down a gig as a correctional officer. After being questioned numerous times, and adamantly denying it, many were still convinced otherwise. Well it turns out that those who DID think it was true…were right.

Ross sat down with a magazine recently and explained himself. He was shown a picture of the CO photo and was asked, point blank, if that was him or not.

“Yes. It’s me.” He also added, “I never tried to hide my past. I put my name inside my cds. My company has my SS#. I could’ve put a company name… I done been up and I done been down and that’s what makes me what I am. I never ratted on a nigga. I never prosecuted a nigga. I never locked up a nigga, that’s first and foremost. I always felt that me being the nigga that I am, I never owed a nigga an explanation… When I’m making my music and I’m talking about blow, it’s because I did it. When I say that I’m rich off cocaine, it’s because i did it. Those are the street principals that apply.”

DOES THIS SURPRISE ANYONE? WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

Okay, so if you are up on your bay news and music, you have heard the buzz about these diss tracks, so we are gonna present them to you in order!

First, Mess drops “Talk Baseball”

Messy Marv - Talk Baseball (Quinn Diss) Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/19236604c5dcff2b/

Then, Quinn Responds with “Messy Marv is a Turf Hopper”

San Quinn - Messy Marv is a Turf Hopper - Download
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1918534915339664/

Then San Quinn released another official response called “Fence Hopper”

San Quinn - Fence Hopper (Messy Marv Diss) Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/1919645667f431d2/

Then Messy Marv responded with; “Killer”

Messy Marv - Killer (San Quinn Diss) Download:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/19247195e81d713b/

Then Messy takes a shot at Quinn again with an Interview with CoopDville of siccness.net with an interview:

Download the Interview:
http://www.zshare.net/download/1926168313615eb2/

Messy Marv also recently dropped a track called “Shooting Range”
Enjoy it here as well!

Messy Marv - Tha Shooting Range (Download):
http://www.zshare.net/audio/193612845cd8298a/

Is the beef over? Only time will tell.

AP9 took some time to clear his name regarding the involvement in these beefs. Listen to him clear his name in this interview: http://siccness.net/media/interviews/ap9-interview-7-24-08.wma

Rapper/actor Bow Wow has teamed with Walk Across America to encourage voter registration and youth participation in the upcoming presidential elections.

Starting in October 1, Bow Wow and Walk Across America will travel to various cities across the United States, including major markets like Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and New York City.

Bow Wow and company will travel by foot and bus at several of the stops, which includes local radio stations, colleges and universities, where Declare Yourself and Black Youth Vote will assisting with the voter registration process.

“It’s important for the youth to participate because we’re tomorrow’s leaders,” Bow Wow told AllHipHop.com in a statement. “We need to make sure that our voices are heard and have a say in the decisions that will affect our lives and our country for years to come.”

In order to ensure his voice is continuously heard as a community activist, Bow Wow will launch his own non-profit, the Follow The Leader Foundation, later this year.

Bow Wow is currently in the studio finishing his sixth album, New Jack City, Pt. II, which will hit stores in December.

Bow Wow’s Walk Across America dates are listed below:
10/1 Atlanta, GA
10/2 Columbia, SC
10/3 Philadelphia, PA
10/4 Richmond, VA
10/5 Mobile, AL
10/6 Nashville, TN
10/7 TBA
10/8 North Carolina (city TBA)
10/9 TBA 10/10 New York, NY
10/11 Washington, D.C.

I HOPE MORE ARTIST FOLLOW IN HIS LEAD, AGAIN WE NEED TO GET OUT AND VOTE!!!

JOIN “RAPPERS VOTE”
10/12 Baltimore, MD
10/13 New Jersey (city TBA)
10/14 Boston, MA
10/15 Hartford, CT

It is not strange to hear a rumor about Jay-Z either becoming the president of a label or signing to a label, but such things happen so often that Hip Hop fans have begun to learn how to take these numerous rumors with a grain of salt. So after so many false rumors, fans are granted with some truth. After weeks of speculation, the Brooklyn bred rapper has finally announced his new partnership with StarGate, the company which is best known in the hip hop community for producing hit singles for Ne-Yo, Rihanna, Beyonce Knowles and others.
There had been rumors swirling around for weeks about this partnership, as well as rumbles that Hov would attempt to sign 50 Cent, and Janet Jackson to this “super label.” With this deal, StarRock becomes the first partnership for Roc Nation, which is Jay-Z’s Venture with the concert distribution group “Live Nation.”

Hov spoke very highly about Stargate, proclaiming: “Stargate were like a secret weapon, we had great success with Rihanna and Ne-Yo. In only 2 years, they’ve generated 10 singles in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and 3 of those singles hit the # 1 position.

This new “superlabel” will focus on signing artist and use a developement plan that uses stratagetic global partnerships. They will do this with the help of Roc Nation, who will assist them by, providing a direct connection through the marketing and global distribution.

IM JUST GOIN TO SAY, JAYZ IS ON HIS SHIT.

Aww crap, first TRL (not that alot of you care about that show) and now BET cancels Rap City. The internet has been dishing out some major blows to the media but not many that has affected us as the viewers–until now.
Rap City has been a major staple in Hip Hop. While many of you became familiar with the show after it’s 2005 reboot and new host Tigger, Rap City has been around as long as the genre itself.

Here’s A quick rundown of the show’s history snatched from Wikipedia.

Among notable previous hosts of the show are Chris Thomas, (The first host of the show from 1989-1991). Throughout his run, Thomas was also known as “THE MAYOR OF RAP CITY”, or The Mayor. Other hosts: Hans Dobson (1989-1991), Prince Dejour (1991-1994), Joe Clair (1994-1999), and Leslie Segar (a.k.a. Big Lez) (1994-1999).

On September 13, 1999, the show was re-titled Rap City: Tha Basement and newly hosted by Big Tigger (a.k.a. Tigger), who succeeded Joe Clair and Big Lez. On August 28, 2000, BET moved the show to a new time slot at 4 p.m.

On January 21, 2005, the show was repackaged and host Big Tigger was replaced by Mad Linx, a DJ and radio personality. The transition was explained that Tigger’s “mother” sold the basement and forced Big Tig out to live with his father.

On October 3, 2005, Mad Linx went on hiatus to host BET Road Show. For several weeks, the show was hosted by J-Nicks, a native of St. Louis. Occasionally, special guests (such as a hip hop star) would host Rap City. The network also shortened the shows run time from two to one hour.

On December 28, 2005, BET returned the show to its original 5 p.m. time slot. Mad Linx returned to his weekday routine on February 2, 2006. J-Nicks left to work as a weekday radio DJ for WHTA Hot 107.9 FM in Atlanta. On August 24, 2006, Q45 replaced Mad Linx on the show. On September 25, 2006, the time slot for Rap City changed to 4 p.m., and then flipped back to 5 p.m. in October 2006. From that moment on, Q45 hosted the show on Weekdays. Mad Linx hosted Rap City Top 10 on Saturdays and Big Tigger hosted the show as Rap City Presents… specials.

On September 17, 2007, BET changed the timeslot of Rap City to 1 a.m. Eastern Time. A timeslot previously held by re-runs of The Parkers and other syndicated shows. In the timeslot that Rap City previously occupied, random music videos are now being shown. In October 2007, due to drop of ratings Rap City returned to its previous time slot at 5 p.m.

IF THIS ISNT A SIGN OF HIPHOP GOIN ON THE DECLINE WHAT IS? THIS SHOW DID SO MUCH FOR HIPHOP CULTURE? NOW WE HAVE NO SHOWS THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE ARTIST AND THERE VIDEOS. I HOPE THEY ARE COMING UP WITH A NEW BRAND IN THIS OVERRATED REALITY TV WORLD. NOW ARTIST REALLY WILL BE PUSHING THERE VIDEO MORE HEAVILY TO YOUTUBE!