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Multicolour calf leather colour block hi-top sneakers from Maison Martin Margiela featuring a round toe, a lace-up front fastening, a perforated detail, a geometric paneled design, a padded ankle and a flat rubber sole. And now…the price: $700.

Jermaine Dupri lavished his friend with a free place to live, a free car, free studio time and several other gifts ... and the guy repaid him by trashing his hummer and then having the audacity to sue him. Dupri says Taddrick Mingo is a leach who did nothing but take, take take: -- free recording studio time -- 4 years free rent in a 2 bedroom condo -- use of Dupri's Hummer -- free computer -- referrals so Mingo could get studio work Jermaine says Mingo then turned around and sued him ... claiming he worked as Dupri's assistant but never got paid. So now Dupri has fired back with his own lawsuit, claiming Mingo was NEVER his assistant. And Jermaine wants money for the financial beating he took when he sold the whip at a loss. As for why Dupri showered Mingo with gifts over a period of years ... he never says. Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/30/jermaine-dupri-sues-friend-personal-assistant-lawsuit/#ixzz3Eq2EGyqF

Atlanta rapper Rich Homie Quan’s label has come forward to issue a statement confirming publicized coverage of the hip-hop artist’s father being shot multiple times this week. Think It’s A Game Entertainment head G. “Fly” Henry addressed the shooting Tuesday (September 30). ”Unfortunately RHQ’s father Corey Lamar was shot due to an attempted robbery in his barbershop yesterday. We don’t know how the news traveled so fast. Was this gang/beef related? Not that we know of. Quan’s Dad is doing better now and in the healing process. We’re just asking all of his fans to support and honor the privacy of Rich Homie Quan and his family as they push through. We at TIG Records wish him well and a speedy recovery. It’s really times like these that we stand even stronger by our code at T.I.G and that’s to, Trust In God.” (XXL Mag)

@DBDABOSS & @MikeCap3 of #BOSSTV get an exclusive Behind The Scenes interview with Houston native emcee/business-man Hefe Wine aka Wine-O. Hefe detail’s his early childhood in Houston’s 5th Ward, how his journey began in the music industry, how he ending up meeting/working with current rap sensation Iggy Azalea and recording their new record entitled “It Ain’t Trickin” produced by local super-producer @JuneTheJenius.

Back in 2004 Atlanta’s T.I. was involved in a feud with fellow southern rapper Lil Flip. The issues between the two included diss tracks and reported physical altercations. Tip’s wife Tiny was asked about the beef while speaking with VladTV. “Lil Flip had kinda went out-of-bounds talking about his kids. Things that he was saying was just way out of line,” said Tiny. “Talking about killing some kids. Who kids you gonna kill? That kind of stuff, you just don’t do that. Especially if you ain’t ready for war. And he wasn’t ready.”

Birdman just dropped the tracklisting for the Rich Gang "The Tour" mixtape. Just titles, no artists or features.

According to TMZ, after severe seizures and a scary fall landed him in a hospital for nearly 2 weeks, singer August Alsina thinks he’s about ready to go on the road again. The singer was finally released from the hospital and is now at home in New Orleans continuing to recover. But he’ll reportedly only have about a month to heal before starting a 27-date tour with Usher on Nov. 1st! If you’ll recall Ausust ended up in a coma for 3 days earlier this month when he fainted and tumbled off a stage in NYC. Take a look at the disturbing incident below.