After conducting several phone and in-person interviews and allegedly recording material from prison, Jamal "Shyne" Barrow's phone privileges have been taken away pending an investigation into his unauthorized use of prison facilities.

Authorities are reportedly investigating how Shyne has possibly broken prison rules by making roughly 100 phone calls. In recent weeks, Shyne has conducted countless interviews with web sites, including SOHH.com and appeared on the cover story of Vibe Magazine's September issue. Last week, MTV premiered a special featuring a two-hour interview with the Brooklyn rapper and the network's John Norris.

In addition to the numerous interviews, Shyne is believed to have recorded music while incarcerated in Clinton's Correctional Facility. "For The Record," a cut containing jabs aimed at 50 Cent, was clearly taped via telephone from behind prison walls. Prison officials think Shyne discussed the marketing and promotion of his album over the phone while in prison.

According to prison laws, inmates cannot call cell phones, have calls transferred to another party, do business over the phone or call reporters that aren't on their designated media list. According to James Flateau, a Department of Correction spokesman, a probe shows that Barrows did the aforementioned violations and provided fake names for his call list.

"If a call is transferred to a cell phone, we have no idea who that call is going to or where that person is," Flateau told the AP. "In a post-Sept. 11 world, we'd like to know who inmates are talking to."

Barrow's privileges are cut pending further investigation. New York's Son of Sam law bars inmates from profiting from their crimes. If the investigation finds Shyne indeed conducted business over the phone prior to Gadfather's release, state law will allow the victims of his crimes sue for compensation. The New York Crime Victims Board sent a letter to Def Jam inquiring information about Shyne's contract with the label.
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Sean "P. Diddy" Combs was recently booed off stage twice on two separate nights during recent soirees at two separate Ibiza, Spain nightclubs.

U.K.'s Daily Mirror reports that Diddy was initially warmly welcomed by the crowd, but then received a handful of boos when he attempted to rap on stage.

"It started well - he was getting the crowd going and singing over some tracks," a source told the Mirror. "But when he tried to rap the crowd turned on him, shouting and jeering until he left the stage."

Diddy reportedly suffered the same fate when he stopped by an underground nightclub the next night.

"He [Diddy] got on stage and everyone cheered - but once he started rapping there was another chorus of boos," the source revealed. "He persevered but the crowd reaction was so bad he was forced to leave the stage."

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Black Entertainment Television and Paramount’s Kings Dominion theme park in Virginia have pulled the plug on their annual College Hip-Hop Fest.

According to a press release, the festival was yanked due to poor attendance. The annual event drew students from nearby black colleges in the area, as well as others up and down the east coast.

"We are disappointed but unfortunately, the number of students participating has declined to the point where it doesn't make sense for us to host it," said Richard A. Zimmerman, executive vice president and general manager of Kings Dominion in a statement.

The park refused to divulge their actual attendance numbers and the statement made no reference to the shootings that took place after the daylong festival in the past two years.

Last year, two men were shot in the theme park’s parking lot as thousands of people were leaving.

In an attempt to keep trouble out, organizers of the event made it more difficult for people other than students to attend the festival, requiring students to present a valid college ID to purchase tickets.

Additionally, over 100 deputies were assigned to work Kings Dominion’s parking lots and police stepped up their presence by putting almost four times the regular amount of officers on the streets of nearby Richmond.

"The relationship with our sister Viacom company Paramount's Kings Dominion has been a mutually successful one, and we're grateful for all of the hard work and dedication shown over the years," BET President Debra Lee said in a statement.

During the seven-year annual event, Kings Dominion and BET helped raise over $250,000 for black colleges, as well as $50,000 for BET’s campaign to raise awareness about HIV in the black community.